More Questions on History
- Q. The ‘Three Jewels’ (Triratnas) of Jainism are
A)right action, right livelihood and right effort
B)right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
C)right thoughts, non-violence and non-attachment
D)right speech, right thinking and right behaviour
Answer: right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
- Q. With which of the following is the classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in Tamil associated?
A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Hinduism
D)Christianity
Answer: Jainism
- Q. Baburnama was written by
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. The family of the Rig Vedic Aryans was
A)Patriarchal
B)Patrilineal
C)Matriarchal
D)Matrilineal
Answer: Patriarchal
- Q. The Peloponnesian War was fought between which cities?
A)Carthage and Athens
B)Athens and Macedonia
C)Sparta and Carthage
D)Sparta and Athens
Answer: Sparta and Athens
- Q. The first Sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the Caliph (Khalifa) was
A)Balban
B)Iltutmish
C)Firoz Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. In 1942, Europe had witnessed a great war between
A)France and Germany
B)Sweden and Russia
C)France and England
D)Germany and Russia
Answer: Germany and Russia
- Q. In which year, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg
A)1910
B)1905
C)1911
D)1912
Answer: 1912
- Q. The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
A)Lord Minto
B)Lord Hastings
C)Lord metcalfe
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. The architectural raw material generally used in Akbar’s period was
A)Brick
B)Marble
C)Limestone
D)Redstone
Answer: Redstone
- Q. In which year did the Indian National Congress split between moderates and extremists?
A)1908
B)1907
C)1909
D)1910
Answer: 1907
- Q. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?
A)Godeheu
B)Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
C)La Bourdonnais
D)Joseph Francois Dupleix
Answer: Joseph Francois Dupleix
- Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
- Q. The first Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. This Vedic God was ‘a breaker of the forts’ and also a ‘war god’
A)Yama
B)Indra
C)Marut
D)Varuna
Answer: Indra
- Q. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
A)Chota Nagpur
B)Orissa
C)Bijapur
D)Golconda
Answer: Golconda
- Q. During the Mauryan period the administration was in the hands of
A)four boards
B)three boards
C)five boards
D)six boards
Answer: six boards
- Q. In 1884 __________founded the Indian National Union
A)A. M. Bose
B)A. O. Hume
C)Lord Dufferin
D)W. C. Banerjee
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. The first Bhakti Movement was organised by
A)Meera
B)Nanak
C)Ramdas
D)Ramanujacharya
Answer: Ramanujacharya
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
A)Kheda
B)Dandi
C)Sabarmati
D)Champaran
Answer: Champaran
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