More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following books were written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru? I. Discovery of India II. Outline of History III. Glimpses of World History IV. A Study of History
A)II & IV
B)I & IV
C)I & III
D)I, II, III & IV
Answer: I & III
- Q. The European renaissance started from which country
A)Franch
B)England
C)Italy
D)Greece
Answer: Italy
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with
A)the Ganges
B)the Sky
C)the Gangotri
D)the Mansarovar Lake
Answer: the Ganges
- Q. Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa?
A)Firoz Shah Suri
B)Muhammad Adil Shah
C)Sikandar Shah Suri
D)Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Sher Shah Suri
- Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
A)Bodh Gaya
B)Sarnath
C)Kapilavastu
D)Rajgriha
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. Which ancient literature contains short stories that have the priceless treasure of morality and knowledge?
A)Hitopdesha
B)Panchtanra
C)Mahabharata
D)None of the above
Answer: Hitopdesha
- Q. The Indian National Congress was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all India Scale; a retired English LC.S officer played an important rule in its formation
A)Man Mohan Gosh
B)A. O. Hume
C)W. C. Banerjee
D)S. N. Sen
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. The Ghadar Party took the name Ghadar from
A)its objective to wage another revolt
B)the Revolt of 1857
C)a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
D)All the above
Answer: a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
- Q. The main exponent of the theory of Drain of Wealth was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)RC Dutt
C)DR Gadoil
D)Karl Mane
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. The socialist group in the INC during, the 1930s had been led by
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)Bipin Chandra Pal
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose
- Q. Who was the spatial (Sthaanik) during Mauryan’s period?
A)Provincial Administrator
B)District Administrator
C)Village Administrator
D)City Administrator
Answer: District Administrator
- Q. Pitt’s India Act brought the company in direct subordination to a body representing __________
A)The English Merchants in India
B)The Parliament of Britain
C)The Indian Merchants
D)Princely States
Answer: The Parliament of Britain
- Q. Where was the first Buddhist Council held?
A)Kashmir
B)Vaishali
C)Rajagriha
D)Pataliputra
Answer: Rajagriha
- Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
A)Nadir Shah
B)Timur Lang
C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Genghis Khan
- Q. In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India
A)Babur
B)James I
C)Shajahan
D)Humayun
Answer: James I
- Q. The capital of Kanishka was
A)Benares
B)Puruspura
C)Allahabad
D)Sarnath
Answer: Puruspura
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. When was the building of the Parthenon at Athens started?
A)424 BC
B)447 BC
C)404 BC
D)399 BC
Answer: 447 BC
- Q. What was the suitable language for source material in Ancient Times?
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Brahmi
D)Kharoshthi
Answer: Sanskrit
- Q. The ‘Ajivikas’ were
A)Breakaway branch of the Buddhists
B)Sect contemporary to the Buddha
C)Sect founded by Charvaka
D)Sect founded by Shankaracharya
Answer: Sect contemporary to the Buddha
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