More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following rulers was first to embrace Buddhism?
A)Ajatasatru
B)Ashoka
C)Bindusara
D)Bimbisara
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of
A)Marathas
B)Rohelas
C)Sikhs
D)Tamils
Answer: Rohelas
- Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Q. There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the
A)Religious beliefs of the Harappans
B)Indus seals excavated
C)Tools and implements used by the Harappans
D)Different types of dwellings excavated
Answer: Different types of dwellings excavated
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Andal?
A)Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
B)Andal was a woman Alvar, the most striking features of her compositions were widely sung (and continue to be sung to date)
C)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity
D)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Krishna; her verses express her love for the deity
Answer: Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
- Q. The Jaina literature is known as
A)Epics
B)Tripitakas
C)Aryasutras
D)Angas
Answer: Angas
- Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
- Q. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
A)Rani Laxmi Bai
B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
C)Kunwar Singh
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai
- Q. A Study in Consciousness was written by __________
A)Mrinal Gore
B)Annie Besant
C)Prasanna Kumar Tagore
D)Rajkamal Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which of the following reasons can be attributed to the success of Ramakrishna mission?
A)Popularized the saying" for our own motherland a junction of both Hinduism and Islam is necessary"
B)Focused mainly on teachings of Upanishads and Vedas
C)Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism
D)Worked for upliftment of depressed classes
Answer: Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism
- Q. Who among the following built the Gomateshwara statue at Sravanabelagola ?
A)Kharvela
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Amoghavarsha
D)Chamundaraya
Answer: Chamundaraya
- Q. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came to each other in 1916 at
A)Amritsar
B)Lahore
C)Lucknow
D)Haripura
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
A)Vedas
B)Upanishad
C)Tripitaka
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
A)As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
B)He was responsible for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan by the Congress
C)He was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements
D)As President of the Indian National Congress he engineered the passing of the Quit India Resolution
Answer: As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
- Q. The Rama Krishna Mission was established by
A)Rama Krishna
B)Vivekananda
C)M. G. Ranade
D)Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: Vivekananda
- Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
A)Agnimitra
B)Pushyamitra Sunga
C)Vasumitra
D)Jyesthamitra
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)None of the above
Answer: Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
- Q. Name the ruler whose reign was a witness to both Vardhaman Mahavira and the Buddha preaching their respective doctrines?
A)Bimbisara
B)Udayin
C)Ajatashatru
D)Harshvardhana
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
A)Vaishanavism
B)Nirgunabraman
C)Shaivism
D)None of the above
Answer: Nirgunabraman
- Q. According to Gregory of Tours, which of the following was true about Clovis’s conversion?
A)He began to consider conversion when his army was defeated by the Christian Alamanni
B)He was forced to convert by the bishops
C)He forced his army to be baptized after he was
D)At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
Answer: At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
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