More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following provision was not included in the Nehru Report?
A)The Governor General must be only the constitutional head
B)India must be given Dominion status
C)There was to be no separate electorate
D)Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
Answer: Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
- Q. What was the meaning of the symbol Horse of Sambhavnath Tirthankar?
A)Restrained heart
B)Speed
C)Anger
D)Charm
Answer: Restrained heart
- Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by __________ at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal
A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)None of the above
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. The Saviour of the Delhi Sultanate was
A)Minas-us-Siraj
B)Qutub-din-Aibak
C)Iltutmish
D)Ghiyasuddin Balban
Answer: Ghiyasuddin Balban
- Q. The Renaissance movement is described as the ending of
A)Ancient Era
B)Pre Historic Era
C)Medieval Era
D)Modern Era
Answer: Medieval Era
- Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Lord Minto - India Councils Act, 1909
B)Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse
C)Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance
D)Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Answer: Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
- Q. Which one of the following mentioned division of the Mauryan Society into seven classes?
A)Indica
B)Ashoka's Edicts
C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
D)Vishnu Purana
Answer: Indica
- Q. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Chandragupta
C)Samudragupta
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta-II
- Q. Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of
A)Kanishka
B)Asoka
C)Menander
D)Harsha
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India? I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties. II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Which of the following was not the saint of Varkari sect?
A)Namdev
B)Tukaram
C)Eknath
D)Kabir
Answer: Kabir
- Q. The philosophy propounded in the Upanishads is known as
A)Vedanta
B)Advaita
C)Yoga
D)Samkhya
Answer: Vedanta
- Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Tulsidas
C)Sankara
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement on March 12, 1930 by
A)Dandi March to break the Salt Laws
B)asking the Viceroy through a letter containing Eleven Points Programme to remove the evils of the British rule
C)asking the people to take Poorna Swaraj Pledge
D)launching the non-payment of taxes campaign
Answer: Dandi March to break the Salt Laws
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is correct about Alvar Saints?
A)The 63 Alvars saints were the Shiva devotional poets, who lived between 5th and 10th centuries
B)The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
C)Only B
D)Both A & B
Answer: The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
- Q. Herodotus is considered as the father of
A)Geography
B)History
C)Political Science
D)Philosophy
Answer: History
- Q. In which of the following provinces the Congress Ministry was not formed in June 1937?
A)Central Provinces
B)United Provinces
C)Madras
D)Assam
Answer: Assam
- Q. Which saint and reformer of Bengal who popularized the Krishna Cult?
A)Madhava
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Chaitanya
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
A)Baroda
B)Travancore
C)Hyderabad
D)Mysore
Answer: Travancore
- Q. According to the provisions of the Regulating Act the Supreme Court in Bengal consisted of the Chief Justice and
A)Two Judges
B)Five Judges
C)Six Judges
D)Three Judges
Answer: Three Judges
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