More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following reformer was associated with Prarthana Samaj?
A)Bhandarkar
B)M. G. Ranade
C)Atmaram Pandurang
D)Chandavarkar
Answer: Atmaram Pandurang
- Q. When did the Germans establish colonies in New Guinea?
A)1898
B)1884
C)1899
D)1900
Answer: 1884
- Q. Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?
A)Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
B)Priority to be given to communal question
C)Grant of Dominion Status
D)Date of transfer of power
Answer: Priority to be given to communal question
- Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
A)Wajid Ali Shah
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C)Sirajud daulla
D)Alivardi Khan
Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
- Q. Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in
A)Babylon
B)Persia
C)Macedonia
D)Taxila
Answer: Babylon
- Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
A)Surat
B)Agra
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Agra
- Q. The origin of Indian music can be traced to which of the following Vedic Samhitas?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Yajurveda
D)Atharvaveda
Answer: Samaveda
- Q. In which language were the Buddhist-texts ‘Pitakas’ composed?
A)Ardhamagadhi
B)Sanskrit
C)Pali
D)Prakrit
Answer: Pali
- Q. Lytton was selected as Viceroy to India to fulfill the ambitious plans of Disraeli in __________
A)Afghanistan
B)Awadh
C)Bengal
D)Burma
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. Which ruler murdered his father, Bimbisara to ascend the throne?
A)Ajatshatru
B)Ashoka
C)Kanishka
D)Simukha
Answer: Ajatshatru
- Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Lord Minto - India Councils Act, 1909
B)Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse
C)Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance
D)Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Answer: Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
- Q. Who among the following was the court physician of Kanishka?
A)Nagarjuna
B)Vasumitra
C)Charaka
D)Patanjali
Answer: Charaka
- Q. Who among the following took greater interest in laying out gardens than others?
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
A)Zoroastrianism
B)Taoism
C)Shintoism
D)Paganism
Answer: Shintoism
- Q. Tipu was defeated in the __________ Anglo-Maratha war by the British
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Third
- Q. In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to
A)practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings
B)follow three jewels and five vows
C)renounce the world and attain right knowledge
D)believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence
Answer: follow three jewels and five vows
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘A Gift to monotheists’?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)David Hare
C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
D)Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Assertion (A): The Sultans may not have been too eager to encourage large scale conversion. Reason (R): The increasing conversion could lead to a loss of revenue, as jizya paying citizens to Islam
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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 true but R is false
- Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a scholar in
A)Arabic
B)Persian
C)Sanskrit
D)French
Answer: Arabic
- Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Basant Kumar Biswas
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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