More Questions on History

  • Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
    A)Mahavira
    B)Gautama
    C)Chandra Gupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Mahavira
  • Q. As per the Act of 1919, the Council of India would consist of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of __________ members
    A)12
    B)15
    C)10
    D)20
    Answer: 12
  • Q. The Prarthana Samaj had been established by
    A)Keshub Chandra Sen
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)MN Roy
    Answer: Keshub Chandra Sen
  • Q. Who is also known by the name of ‘Tiger of ‘Mysore’?
    A)Tipu Sultan
    B)Haidar Ali
    C)Yaduraya Wodeyar
    D)Krishna Devaraya
    Answer: Tipu Sultan
  • Q. What was the original name of Dayananda Saraswati?
    A)Mul Shankara
    B)Malku das
    C)Narendra
    D)Dadu
    Answer: Mul Shankara
  • Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
    A)Pali
    B)Prakrit
    C)Sanskrit
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
    A)Montesquieu
    B)Voltaire
    C)Diderot
    D)Rousseau
    Answer: Voltaire
  • Q. The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Brahmi
    C)Pali
    D)Magadhi
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by
    A)LaIa Lajpat Rai
    B)Nehru
    C)Bose
    D)Gandhi
    Answer: LaIa Lajpat Rai
  • Q. When did the first Huna invasion take place?
    A)458 AD
    B)358 AD
    C)558 AD
    D)658 AD
    Answer: 458 AD
  • Q. Who was admired as tempestuous Hindu in 1893 in the World Parliament of Religious in Chicago ?
    A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Swami Dyanand Sarshawati
    C)Gautam Budha
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Swami Vivekanand
  • Q. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
    A)Khan Bahadur Khan - RuhelKhand
    B)Rani Laxmibai - Indore
    C)Kunwar Singh - Sahabad
    D)Nana Saheb - Kanpur
    Answer: Rani Laxmibai - Indore
  • Q. The city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in the year
    A)325BC
    B)331 BC
    C)322 BC
    D)365 BC
    Answer: 331 BC
  • Q. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the
    A)Pallavas
    B)Rashtrakutas
    C)Pandyas
    D)Chalukyas
    Answer: Chalukyas
  • Q. Who is the author of “The History of the World-Conquerer”?
    A)Clifford Edmund Bosworth
    B)Annemarie Schimmel
    C)Gustaf John Ramstedt
    D)John Andrew Boyle
    Answer: John Andrew Boyle
  • Q. Land Revenue under Tipu__________
    A)Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
    B)Was mainly collected through revenue officers
    C)Was collected by interme-diaries
    D)Was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan
    Answer: Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
  • Q. Who wrote the book Ninety-Five Theses, which is regarded as initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation
    A)Martin Luther
    B)Michelangelo
    C)John Calvin
    D)Huldrych Zwingli
    Answer: Martin Luther
  • Q. Which Indian literature is a collection of 1028 hymns written in Vedic Sanskrit?
    A)Sama Vedas
    B)Rig Vedas
    C)Brahamans
    D)Aryankas
    Answer: Rig Vedas
  • Q. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)V N Mandalik
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
    A)1900
    B)1898
    C)1901
    D)1903
    Answer: 1898

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