More Questions on History
- Q. Who of the following was associated with the publication of a large number of weeklies and dailies such as Hindustan, Indian Union, Leader, Maryada, Kissan, Abhudaya etc.?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
D)Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Answer: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
- Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
A)Lord Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Lord William Bentic
D)Gladstone
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. Peking is the sacred place of
A)Shintoism
B)Taoism
C)Confucianism
D)Judaism
Answer: Confucianism
- Q. Concerning the caste system, __________said the following to Narayana Guru: “The casteHindus and the low caste-Hindus are both the sons of Hinduism. The caste-Hindu is the elder brother who shoulders responsibility, and he therefore exercises certain privileges. The low casteHindu is his younger brother who is to be cared for. If the elder brother turns out to be somewhat rough and aggressive that should not make the younger brother a runaway from his mother Hinduism.”
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Tilak
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The first invasion of India by Sultan Mahmud Ghazni was in
A)1001 AD
B)1004 AD
C)1000 AD
D)999 AD
Answer: 1000 AD
- Q. On account of his differences with Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress (April 1939) and organised a new party called
A)Azad Hind Fauz
B)Congress Socialist Party
C)Congress Liberal party
D)Forward Block
Answer: Forward Block
- Q. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Narayan Guru
C)Krishna swami Aiyar
D)Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Keshav Chandra Sen
- Q. Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of
A)Marathas
B)Rohelas
C)Sikhs
D)Tamils
Answer: Rohelas
- Q. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is
A)Sabastu
B)Sindhu
C)Shatudri
D)Saraswati
Answer: Saraswati
- Q. In the Mughal administration, military recruitment had been looked after by the
A)Bakhshi
B)Kotwal
C)Wazir
D)Diwan
Answer: Bakhshi
- Q. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
A)Thailand and Cambodia
B)Burma and Tibet
C)Korea and Japan
D)Indonesia and Vietnam
Answer: Korea and Japan
- Q. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped __________
A)Pashupati
B)Vishnu
C)Indra
D)Brahma
Answer: Pashupati
- Q. During the reign of which ruler Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India?
A)Akbar
B)Aurangazeb
C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
A)not to steal
B)not to kill (non-injury)
C)non-attachment to worldly things
D)celibacy
Answer: celibacy
- Q. Who among the following was/were not disciples of Ramananda?
A)Sena & Sadhana
B)Kabir & Raidas
C)Dhanna & Naraharai
D)Tulsidas & Mirabai
Answer: Tulsidas & Mirabai
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22, 1772 in village Radhanagar in the District of Hooghly in __________
A)Assam
B)Bombay
C)Bengal
D)MP
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Which one of the following scholar, challenged Invincible Yajnavalkya for debate?
A)Apala
B)Ghosha
C)Maitreyi
D)Gargi
Answer: Gargi
- Q. Who founded the city of Singapore?
A)Herman Willem Daendels
B)Francis Light
C)Lee Kuan Yew
D)Stamford Raffles
Answer: Stamford Raffles
- Q. Who among the following from the first cabinet of indepenent India was responsible of mass religious conversion?
A)Dr. John Mathai
B)Dr. S. P. Mukherjee
C)Sardar Baldeve Singh
D)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. In India, the Wahabi movement was started by __________
A)1906
B)1901
C)1915
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
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