More Questions on History
- Q. Ajitnath Tirthankar was born on the eighth day of which Hindu month of shukl paksh?
A)Chaitra
B)Maagh
C)Ashwin
D)Jyestha
Answer: Maagh
- Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
- Q. Which is the oldest trade Union organisation in India?
A)Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
B)Indian National Trade Union Cogress (INTUC)
C)All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
D)Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
Answer: All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
- Q. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
A)Rangpur
B)Pataliputra
C)Sukatagendor
D)Lothal
Answer: Pataliputra
- Q. Cereal(s) grown by the people of the Harappan Civilisation was/were
A)Rice
B)Wheat
C)Millet
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Which one is the first dynasty that ruled China
A)Xia dynasty
B)Shang dynasty
C)Qin dynasty
D)Ming dynasty
Answer: Xia dynasty
- Q. What is the first discourse that the Buddha had delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath called?
A)Mahamastabhisheka
B)Mahaparinirvana
C)Mahabhiniskraman
D)Dharmachakrapravartan
Answer: Dharmachakrapravartan
- Q. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Seleucos
B)Megasthanes
C)Menander
D)Demetrias
Answer: Megasthanes
- Q. The Sikh Guru who had been killed at the instance of Aurangzeb was
A)Guru Hargobind
B)Guru Atjan Dev
C)Guru Tegh Bahadur
D)Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Q. Which of the following Mughal ruler who tried to create affinity between Sikh and Maratha by granted the right to collect Sardesh Mukhi of Deccan but not Chauth to the Marathas?
A)Muazzam
B)Jahander Shah
C)Akbar
D)Farukhsiyar
Answer: Muazzam
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. Which of the following could be associated with Buddhism? I. Rejection of the authority of Vedas II. Denial of God III. Belief in the categories of jiva and ajiva IV. The concept of nirvana V. Theory of prakriti and purusha
A)II,III,IV and I
B)I,II and III
C)I,II and IV
D)I,III,IV and V
Answer: I,II and IV
- Q. Who among the following was not a physician?
A)Charaka
B)Sushruta
C)Charvaka
D)Dhanvantari
Answer: Charvaka
- Q. Choose the correct option I. Dharmpala was the founder of the Pala Empire. II. Mihir Bhoja belongs to Pratihar dynasty. III. Mihir bhoja was the devotee of Lord KRISHNA.
A)Only I, III
B)Only I, II
C)Only II
D)All of the above
Answer: Only II
- Q. Who built the famous Vaikunta Perumal temple at Kanchipuram?
A)Parameswara Varman II
B)Narasimhavarman II
C)Nandivarman II
D)Aparajita Varman
Answer: Nandivarman II
- Q. Kabir was a disciple of
A)Ramanujana
B)Ramananda
C)Shakracharya
D)None of the above
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. When was NATO signed?
A)1990
B)1949
C)1948
D)1950
Answer: 1949
- Q. In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India
A)Babur
B)James I
C)Shajahan
D)Humayun
Answer: James I
- Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
A)Kalasoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Ashoka
D)Ananda
Answer: Kalasoka
- Q. Which of the following leaders was one of the founding member of the Muslim League?
A)Shaukat Ali
B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C)Nawab Salimullah
D)Aga Khan
Answer: Nawab Salimullah
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