More Questions on History
- Q. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar took place on :
A)April 13, 1919
B)March 13, 1919
C)May 13, 1919
D)June 13, 1919
Answer: April 13, 1919
- Q. Jathi Nirnayam is the work of __________
A)C. Kesavan
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Nataraja Guru
D)T. K. Madhavan
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Akbar-II
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
A)J. S. Mill
B)Herbert Spencer
C)John Locke
D)Tocqueville
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was led by __________
A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
B)Amaresh Chakravarty
C)Gandhi
D)Patel
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacturing of Harappan seals?
A)Bronze
B)Terracotta
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Terracotta
- Q. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
A)Acharya Kripalani
B)M K Gandhi
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
A)Cripps Mission
B)Simmon Commission
C)Cabinet Mission
D)Wavel Plan
Answer: Cripps Mission
- Q. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?
A)Tantia Tope
B)Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
D)Faqir-ud-din
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Q. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
A)Nandas
B)Mauryas
C)Guptas
D)Cholas
Answer: Guptas
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. Who among the following renowned Scholar wrote the biography of King Harsha and Kadambari?
A)Bhartrihari
B)Bharavi
C)Bana
D)Magha
Answer: Bana
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24 th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at __________ and died at __________
A)Kusinara and Pava
B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
C)Kundagrama and Pava
D)Kashi and Champa
Answer: Kundagrama and Pava
- Q. The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
A)Lord Minto
B)Lord Hastings
C)Lord metcalfe
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. Mahabandula was the great General of the
A)Sikhs
B)Marathas
C)Nepalese
D)Burmese
Answer: Burmese
- Q. Zamindari Association was the political association of modern India
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: First
- Q. Who defeated Darius III in the Battle of Gaugamela?
A)Aristotle
B)Alexander the Great
C)Julius Caesar
D)Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer: Alexander the Great
- Q. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
A)Baba Farid
B)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
C)Saiyid Mummed
D)Shah Alam Bukhari
Answer: Baba Farid
- Q. Who had rounded the first women’s university in India?
A)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
B)Rani Ahilya Devi
C)Rani of Thomi
D)Dhondo Keshav Karve
Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
- Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
A)Pradesa
B)Bhukit
C)Vithi
D)Ahara
Answer: Vithi
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