More Questions on History
- Q. A Royal Commission on the Public Service was appointed in the year
A)1915
B)1912
C)1910
D)1918
Answer: 1912
- Q. Which of the following is not a category into which Ashoka’s monuments may be grouped?
A)Pillars
B)Stupas
C)Viharas
D)Caves
Answer: Viharas
- Q. The Wahabis operated from
A)Khyber Pass
B)Hindukush
C)Western Ghat
D)Palghat
Answer: Hindukush
- Q. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
A)Harshavardhana
B)Banabhatta
C)Baskarvardhana
D)Bindusara
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. __________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Ranade
C)Pulinbehari Sarkar
D)Amaresh Chakravarty
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of
A)Abhinava Bharat
B)Anusilan Samiti
C)Abhinava Bharat Society
D)Ghadar Party of India
Answer: Anusilan Samiti
- Q. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated before Independence?
A)On 26th January 1931
B)On 26th January 1929
C)On 26th January 1935
D)On 26th January 1930
Answer: On 26th January 1930
- Q. The Mughals have been made immortal by their achievements in the field
A)Architectural
B)Political
C)Military
D)Social
Answer: Architectural
- Q. Whom did Henry Tudor defeat in 1485?
A)Richard I
B)Edward IV
C)Richard III
D)Edward V
Answer: Richard III
- Q. Who was the first Indo-Greek king, who became Buddhist?
A)Apollodotus I
B)Antiochus II
C)Apollodotus II
D)Menander I
Answer: Menander I
- Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
A)Samugarh
B)Dharmat
C)Deorai
D)Khajwa
Answer: Samugarh
- Q. Who did Mahatma Gandhi recognise as his political Guru?
A)B. G. Tilak
B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct?
A)Harsha erected thousands of stupas
B)Harsha stopped the use of animal food throughout his empire
C)Harsha regularly held the quinquennial convocation
D)Harsha sent missionaries to the west to propagate Buddhism
Answer: Harsha sent missionaries to the west to propagate Buddhism
- Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
A)Vidatha
B)Bali
C)Varman
D)Kara
Answer: Bali
- Q. Which Indian literature is a collection of 1028 hymns written in Vedic Sanskrit?
A)Sama Vedas
B)Rig Vedas
C)Brahamans
D)Aryankas
Answer: Rig Vedas
- Q. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
A)October 17, 1940
B)October 17, 1942
C)October 17, 1939
D)October 17, 1938
Answer: October 17, 1940
- Q. Which of the following writers has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?
A)Vincent Smith
B)Badayuni
C)Barni
D)W.Haig
Answer: Vincent Smith
- Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
- Q. Mahavira’s first disciple was
A)Sthulabhadra
B)Bhadrabahu
C)Charvaka
D)Jamali
Answer: Jamali
- Q. The voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as
A)Apni Katha
B)Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
C)Baichitra Natak
D)Gyan Prabodh
Answer: Baichitra Natak
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