More Questions on History
- Q. Who murdered Julius Caesar?
A)Marcus Brutus
B)Augustus
C)Mark Antony
D)Pompey
Answer: Marcus Brutus
- Q. Because of his virtuous deeds Ajitnath Tirthankara was born from whose womb?
A)Tara
B)Vijaya
C)Sharmestha
D)Geeta
Answer: Vijaya
- Q. Lord Mahavira died at
A)Lumbini Garden
B)Saravana Belagola
C)Kalugumalai
D)Pavapuri
Answer: Pavapuri
- Q. The Diwani Adalat was presided over by
A)Governor
B)Collector
C)Resident
D)Nawabs
Answer: Collector
- Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)S. N. Bannerjee
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer: S. N. Bannerjee
- Q. Where did Gandhiji form the Satyagraha Sabha?
A)Calcutta
B)Bombay
C)Poona
D)Nagpur
Answer: Bombay
- Q. The last Buddhist king who was a great Sanskrit scholar and a writer was
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Bimbisara
D)Harshavardhana
Answer: Harshavardhana
- 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. Akbar saw the sea for the first time in his life at
A)Surat
B)Calcutta
C)Cambay
D)Madras
Answer: Cambay
- Q. Who among the following wrote commentaries on Harshavardhana’s administration and the court life in Kannauj?
A)Fa-Hien
B)AI-Beruni
C)Hiuen-Tsang
D)Ibn Batutah
Answer: Hiuen-Tsang
- Q. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
A)Civil Rights Movement
B)Non-Aligned
C)Apartheid
D)Suffrage
Answer: Apartheid
- Q. In what session did Congress declared complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?
A)Madras session held in 1927
B)Lahore session held in 1929
C)Ahmadabad session held in 1921
D)Gaya session held in 1922
Answer: Lahore session held in 1929
- Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
A)Pali
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Both A & B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
A)Eternity
B)Wind
C)Rain and thunder
D)Fire
Answer: Rain and thunder
- Q. In which century Bhakti movement began?
A)7th century
B)6th century
C)8th century
D)9th century
Answer: 7th century
- Q. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
A)Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
B)Mrs. Annie Besant
C)Mrs. Nelline Sengupta
D)Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Mrs. Annie Besant
- Q. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A)George Washington
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)John F. Kennedy
D)William Wallace Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
A)Dhyana
B)Abhaya
C)Dharmachakra
D)Bhumisparsha
Answer: Dharmachakra
- Q. From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Q. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
A)Agra Fort
B)Gwalior Fort
C)Lahore Fort
D)Allahabad Fort
Answer: Gwalior Fort
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