More Questions on History
- Q. Which Bhakti saint believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Gautama Buddha was brought up by
A)Mayadevi
B)Mahaprajapati
C)Kundavi
D)Sangamitra
Answer: Mahaprajapati
- Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
A)Lahore
B)Allahabad
C)Amritsar
D)Belur
Answer: Belur
- Q. The only Hindu Courtier of Akbar who accepted Din-i-Ilahi was
A)Birbal
B)Todermal
C)Tansen
D)Man Singh
Answer: Birbal
- Q. In which century Bhakti movement began?
A)7th century
B)6th century
C)8th century
D)9th century
Answer: 7th century
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Ramananda? I. He worshipped Ram and Sita but preached the oneness of God and the doctrine of Bhakti for everyone II. Dismissed the caste system and untouchability, simplified rules of worship and made rigidity of the Varnashrama tradition milder
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- 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. Who is regarded as the second Alexander?
A)Mubarak Khalji
B)Jalaluddin Khalji
C)Khusru Khan
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)Danish
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
A)Curzon
B)Dalhousie
C)Bentick
D)Conrnwallis
Answer: Conrnwallis
- Q. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
C)C. Rajagopalachari
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
- Q. The origin of Indian music can be traced to which of the following Vedic Samhitas?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Yajurveda
D)Atharvaveda
Answer: Samaveda
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Who was the first sailor to sail around the world
A)Vasco da Gama
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)Christopher Columbus
D)Amerigo Vespucci
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan
- Q. The Quit India Movement was Launched in 1942 in the month of
A)March
B)January
C)August
D)December
Answer: August
- Q. Two socio-religious reform movements founded in India in 1875 were
A)Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission
B)Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj
C)Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj
D)Aligarh Movement and Servants of Indian Society
Answer: Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj
- Q. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the __________ age
A)Paleolithic
B)Megalithic
C)Neolithic
D)Chalcolithic
Answer: Chalcolithic
- Q. Who said “Knowledge is Power”?
A)Milton
B)Shakespeare
C)Francis Bacon
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Francis Bacon
- Q. Who was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?
A)Ambedkar
B)Nandalal Bose
C)Vir Savarkar
D)Jyotiba Phule
Answer: Vir Savarkar
- Q. In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what?
A)Medicine
B)Prophecy
C)Love
D)Peace
Answer: Prophecy
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