More Questions on History
- Q. Sri Narayana Guru was born into an __________ family.
A)Nayar
B)Ezhava
C)Pulaya
D)Vannan
Answer: Ezhava
- Q. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of __________
A)Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement?
A)Munda
B)Uraon
C)Santhal
D)Konadora
Answer: Uraon
- Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D)Baba Farid
Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
- Q. __________was the first Mughal Emperor to acquire Koh-i-noor diamond
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
A)Praja Mandal Movement
B)State People's Movement
C)Both A and B above
D)Swaraj Movement
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
A)Indian mill owners and non government officials
B)British mill owners and government officials
C)British non-government officials
D)Indian government officials
Answer: Indian mill owners and non government officials
- Q. Which of the following are essentially books of rituals?
A)The Upanishads
B)The Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Brahmanas
Answer: The Brahmanas
- Q. Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by
A)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B)Dinbandhu Mitra
C)Rabindranath Tagore
D)Naveen Chandra Sen
Answer: Dinbandhu Mitra
- Q. I. The Arthashastra, attributed to the Mauryan minister Chanakya in the 4th Century B.C., is one of the earliest Indian texts devoted to political philosophy, and it discusses ideas of statecraft and economic policy. II. During the Indian struggle for independence in the early 20th Century, Mahatma Gandhi popularized the philosophies of ahimsa (non-violence) and satyagraha (non-violent resistance), III. Gandhian Philosophy was influenced by the teachings of the Hindu Bhagavad Gita, as well as Jesus, Tolstoy, Thoreau and Ruskin. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct related to the Indian Political Philosophy?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)I, II & III
Answer: I, II & III
- Q. Which Bhakti saint believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Who were called “Kukas”?
A)Nirankari
B)Namdhari
C)Tilak
D)Sri Aurobindo
Answer: Namdhari
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in :
A)1913
B)1905
C)1919
D)1925
Answer: 1919
- Q. When Alexander invaded India, Taxila was ruled by
A)Porus
B)Ambhi
C)Ashoka
D)Bimbisara
Answer: Ambhi
- Q. Which Nazi Field Marshal is known as the ‘Desert Fox’
A)Erwin Rommel
B)Viktor Brack
C)Hans Frank
D)Hermann Goring
Answer: Erwin Rommel
- Q. Aligarh Muslim University was founded by
A)Syed Ahmed Khan
B)Jinnah
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Bhutto
Answer: Syed Ahmed Khan
- Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
- Q. The most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period was
A)Nishka
B)Karashopana
C)Suvarna
D)Kakini
Answer: Karashopana
- Q. Gandhara school of art came into existence in
A)Mahayana sect
B)Hinayana sect
C)Vaishnava sect
D)Shaiva sect
Answer: Mahayana sect
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