More Questions on History
- Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
- Q. What is the literal meaning of Bhakti?
A)Prayer
B)Salvation
C)Offer words of praise
D)None of the above
Answer: Salvation
- Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Who was the king during the french revolution
A)Louis XV
B)Napoleon
C)Louis XVI
D)Charles IX
Answer: Louis XVI
- Q. The most important source of our information on ancient India’s cultural history are
A)Antiquities and monuments
B)Archaeological excavations
C)Literature and epics
D)Inscriptions and coins
Answer: Literature and epics
- Q. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
A)Kumaragupta
B)Vikramaditya
C)Harshavardhana
D)Kanishka
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. Who is the author of “From the Founding of the City”?
A)Livy
B)Cicero
C)Polybius
D)Sallust
Answer: Livy
- Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
A)Dakhma
B)Tripitaka
C)Khanjah
D)Synagogue
Answer: Khanjah
- Q. Swami Dayananda had translated the __________ into Hindi.
A)Four Vedas
B)Rig Veda and Yajur Veda
C)Sama Veda and Atharva Veda
D)Sama Veda and Yajur Veda
Answer: Rig Veda and Yajur Veda
- Q. Which of the following dynasty succeeded the Mauryas?
A)Sungas
B)Satavahanas
C)Yavanas
D)Pandya
Answer: Sungas
- Q. The local name of Mohenjodaro is
A)Mound of the tree
B)Mound of the living
C)Mound of the dead
D)Mound of the survivor
Answer: Mound of the dead
- Q. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A)William Bentinck
B)Minto-I
C)Hastings
D)Auckland
Answer: William Bentinck
- Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
- Q. Dyarchy’ was introduced in the Government of India Act of
A)1919
B)1909
C)1935
D)None of these
Answer: 1919
- Q. Which Ancient Indian literature deals with concepts about origin of universe, death and birth, material and spiritual world?
A)AtharvaVedas
B)Rig Vedas
C)Aryankas
D)Upanishad
Answer: Upanishad
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?
A)Vallabhbhai Patel
B)Rajendra Prasad
C)Rajagopalachari
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. The Indian People play people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of:
A)Indian National Congress
B)The Forward Block
C)Communist Party of India
D)None of these
Answer: Communist Party of India
- Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
A)Bede
B)Alcuin
C)Einhard
D)Rabanus Maurus
Answer: Alcuin
- Q. Gandhi wanted to realise ‘truth’ through
A)Dharma (Religion)
B)Ahimsa (Non-violence)
C)Karma (Service)
D)Dhyana (Meditation)
Answer: Ahimsa (Non-violence)
- Q. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of
A)Calcutta
B)Karnataka
C)Jammu & Kashmir
D)Kerala
Answer: Karnataka
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