More Questions on History
- Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
A)The Guru of the Sufis
B)The Supreme God
C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
- Q. August Offer’ was issued by __________
A)Parliament
B)Crown
C)Viceroy
D)Secretary of State
Answer: Viceroy
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the Durrani Empire
A)Zaman Shah Durrani
B)Timur Shah Durrani
C)Mahmud Shah Durrani
D)Ahmad Shah Durrani
Answer: Ahmad Shah Durrani
- Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
D)None of the above
Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
- Q. Where was saint kabir born?
A)Varanasi
B)Delhi
C)Mathura
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Morarji Desai
C)Mahadev Desai
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Vallabhbhai Patel
- Q. How were the streets of cities in Indus Valley Civilization?
A)Narrowand Unhygienic
B)Wide and Straight
C)Slippery
D)Narrow and Curved
Answer: Wide and Straight
- Q. John Locke profounded
A)Theory of Divine Rights
B)Social Contract Theory
C)Patriarchal Theory
D)Theory of Force
Answer: Social Contract Theory
- Q. Assertion (A): Chandragupta Maurya failed in his first campaign against Magadha. Reason (R): He did not begin with the frontiers, but invaded the heart of Magadha.
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 and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
A)Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
B)Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
C)Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
D)Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Answer: Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
- Q. Bimbisara was the king of which dynasty?
A)Maurya
B)Haryanka
C)Shunga
D)Nanda
Answer: Haryanka
- Q. The battle of Plassey was fought between
A)East India Company and Tipu Sultan
B)East India Company and Ahmad Shah
C)East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
D)East India Company and Anwaruddin
Answer: East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
- Q. Who was the Mughal Prince who was well-versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanakrit?
A)Prince Salim
B)Prince Akbar
C)Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
D)Prince Dara Shukoh
Answer: Prince Dara Shukoh
- Q. The death of millions of Indian in frequent famines which visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to
A)commercialisation of agriculture
B)overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
C)poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
D)unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production
Answer: poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
- Q. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
A)Potato and Mustard
B)Millet and Groundnut
C)Tobacco and Maize
D)Indigo and Maize
Answer: Tobacco and Maize
- Q. Which following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Ancient Sanskrit literature? I. The works of Kalidasa include the Kumarsambhava, the Raghuvamsha, the Meghaduta, the Abhijnanshakuntalam are considered classics in field of poetry and style. II. Bana wrote Harshacharita which is a biography of King Harsha and Kadambari. III. Dandin wrote Dashakumaracharita (the tale of 10 prince)
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)I & III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Veda, which is partly a prose work, is
A)Samaveda
B)Atharvaveda
C)Yajurveda
D)Rigveda
Answer: Yajurveda
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. When were concave spectacles invented?
A)1320
B)1286
C)1360
D)1000
Answer: 1286
- Q. Name the kingdom which first used elephants in wars
A)Magadha
B)Kosala
C)Champa
D)Avanti
Answer: Magadha
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