More Questions on History
- Q. Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious belief deeply rooted in
A)Chinese custom and world view
B)Taiwanese custom and world view
C)Japanese custom and world view
D)Vietnamese custom and world view
Answer: Chinese custom and world view
- Q. The Congress ministries gave up office in October 1939 over the issue of
A)propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress
B)constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration
C)India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War
D)failure of the British to define their war aims
Answer: failure of the British to define their war aims
- Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
- Q. Which of the following leader was not moderate?
A)Anand Charlu
B)Dada Bhai Naoroji
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
A)Humayun
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Who is the Duchess of Cornwall?
A)Camilla
B)Diana
C)Anne
D)Margaret
Answer: Camilla
- Q. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre, New York?
A)Minoru Yamasaki
B)Le Corbusier
C)Edwin Lutyens
D)Charles Correa
Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
- Q. Who is the saint to have written the famous Bijak?
A)Kalidasa
B)Sant Kabir
C)Harisena
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Sant Kabir
- Q. Lord __________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India
A)Bentinck
B)Ripon
C)Curzon
D)Mayo
Answer: Ripon
- Q. The leader of the Anuslian Samiti was
A)Pulin Das
B)Barindra Kumar Ghosh
C)Kanai Lal Dutta
D)Prafulla Chaki
Answer: Barindra Kumar Ghosh
- Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
A)Right Effort
B)Right Speech
C)Right Desire
D)Right Conduct
Answer: Right Desire
- Q. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Harsha
D)Fa-Hien
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
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: A is false but R is true
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
A)Venice
B)Rome
C)Jerusalem
D)Vienna
Answer: Jerusalem
- Q. Bindusara was the son of?
A)Akbar
B)Ashoka
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)Shivaji
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. During the reign of Bindusara there was unrest at __________
A)Pushkalavati
B)Ujjayani
C)Taxila
D)Rajagriha
Answer: Taxila
- Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Lord Curzon
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Daya Nand Saraswati
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century was from
A)Assam
B)Bihar
C)Orissa
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
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