More Questions on History
- Q. Who designated the administrative head of the district as Collector?
A)Cornwallis
B)Warren Hastings
C)MacPherson
D)Clive
Answer: MacPherson
- Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Who among the following wrote commentaries on Harshavardhana’s administration and the court life in Kannauj?
A)Fa-Hien
B)AI-Beruni
C)Hiuen-Tsang
D)Ibn Batutah
Answer: Hiuen-Tsang
- Q. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath?
A)1892
B)1858
C)1882
D)None of these
Answer: 1882
- Q. When did Otto I secure recognition of his title?
A)972
B)936
C)973
D)967
Answer: 972
- Q. Nanu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of__________, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals
A)Maruthwamala
B)Silanka
C)Karunagapally
D)Kayamkulam
Answer: Maruthwamala
- Q. Who said “Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom”?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Subhash Chandra Bose
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
- Q. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of
A)Sri Vaishavism
B)Sri Vaishnavism
C)Nirguna
D)Sikkhism
Answer: Sri Vaishnavism
- Q. Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
A)Queen Elizabeth-II
B)Queen Victoria
C)Queen Mary Tudor
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Queen Elizabeth-II
- Q. What were the crops raised by the Harappans? I. Cotton II. Wheat III. Barley IV. Peas Select the correct option
A)I, II and III
B)I, II, III and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)II and III
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
A)Vedas
B)Upanishad
C)Tripitaka
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. Who was the architect who designed “Taj Mahal” ?
A)Ustad Ahmed Lahori
B)Muhammad Hussain
C)Shah Isa
D)Ismail
Answer: Ustad Ahmed Lahori
- Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
A)The Panch Mahal
B)The Rang Mahal
C)The Red Fort
D)The Bahai temple
Answer: The Panch Mahal
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect?
A)They worshipped gods in the form of human beings
B)The Harappans were phallus worshippers
C)They placed their gods in temples
D)They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess
Answer: They placed their gods in temples
- Q. Buddhism in Nepal was introduced during the reign of
A)Ashoka
B)Samudragupta
C)Chandragupta
D)Harshavardhana
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
A)Cornwallis
B)Robert Clive
C)Dalhousie
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Cornwallis
- Q. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?
A)Sheep
B)Buffalo
C)Cow
D)Pig
Answer: Cow
- Q. Napoleon-I and the Duke of Wellington fought the famous
A)Battle of Leipzig
B)Battle of Austerlitz
C)Battle of Borodini
D)Battle of Waterloo
Answer: Battle of Waterloo
- Q. Bindusara was the son of?
A)Akbar
B)Ashoka
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)Shivaji
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. When was the first Ancient Greek Olympic Game begun
A)552 BC
B)776 BC
C)800 BC
D)235 BC
Answer: 776 BC
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