More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims ‘as pots of the same clay’?
A)Tulsidas
B)Kabir
C)Ramananda
D)Raidasa
Answer: Kabir
- Q. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
A)Chauth
B)Land-tax
C)Sardeshmukhi
D)Pilgrim tax
Answer: Pilgrim tax
- Q. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
A)Mundakopanishad
B)Chhandogyopanishad
C)Kathopanishad
D)Kenopanishad
Answer: Kathopanishad
- Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- Q. Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?
A)The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
B)The Religious Disabilities Act
C)Both the above
D)None of the above
Answer: Both the above
- Q. I. The full name of Jahangir was Nuruddin Md. Jahangir II. Jahangir had ended a long drawn out struggle with Mewar III. Mahabat Khan revolted against Jahangir and captured Jahangir and his wife Nurjahan at Lahore Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)II and III
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Select correct pair of book and author
A)Brihat Samhita: Ravi Kriti
B)Mudrarakshasa: Somdeva
C)Kathasaritsagar: Visakdatta
D)Panchsidhantika : Varharmihara
Answer: Panchsidhantika : Varharmihara
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was in __________
A)Bombay
B)Gujarat
C)Bihar
D)Madras
Answer: Bihar
- Q. What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
A)Question of promotion and pay
B)The Religious Cause
C)Political Cause
D)None of these
Answer: Question of promotion and pay
- Q. How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National flag?
A)18
B)22
C)24
D)14
Answer: 24
- Q. The Akal Takht was built by
A)Guru Teg Bahadur
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Guru Hargovind
D)Guru Nanak
Answer: Guru Hargovind
- Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
A)Charles Darwin
B)Auguste Comte
C)Emile Durkheim
D)Herbert Spencer
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. Which of the following periods is considered as the revolutionary era in Indian history?
A)1857-1947
B)1857-60
C)1857-90
D)1845-1947
Answer: 1857-90
- Q. __________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
A)H. P. Blavatsky
B)Annie Besant
C)W. T. Stead
D)H. S. Olcott
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________
A)Orissa
B)Bengal
C)Mysore
D)Surat
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following?
A)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
B)Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas
C)Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas
D)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Yadavas
Answer: Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
- Q. Which of the following reasons can be attributed to the success of Ramakrishna mission?
A)Popularized the saying" for our own motherland a junction of both Hinduism and Islam is necessary"
B)Focused mainly on teachings of Upanishads and Vedas
C)Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism
D)Worked for upliftment of depressed classes
Answer: Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism
- Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
A)the state treasury
B)military affairs
C)the royal household
D)the land revenue system
Answer: military affairs
- Q. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
A)78 AD
B)108 AD
C)58 AD
D)128AD
Answer: 78 AD
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