More Questions on History
- Q. The archaeologist to initially discover the Mohenjo-Daro site of the Indus Valley Civilization was
A)Daya Ram Sahni
B)Sir John Marshall
C)Sir Martimir Wheeler
D)Rakhal Das Banerji
Answer: Rakhal Das Banerji
- Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Under the Mughal rule the Chief Minister was known as
A)Vakil
B)Diwan
C)Kazi
D)Mansabdar
Answer: Diwan
- Q. What was the capital of Shivaji’s Kingdom?
A)Raigarh
B)Pune
C)Karwar
D)Purandhar
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
A)Gwalior
B)Baghat
C)Sambalpur
D)Satara
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
- Q. Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
D)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
- Q. The earlier Buddhist sculptures had shied away from depicting the image of the Buddha, except through such symbols as
A)The Bodhi Tree
B)Footprints
C)Stupas
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Kakori Conspiracy took place in :
A)1922
B)1925
C)1920
D)1915
Answer: 1925
- Q. Baji Rao-II (1796-1818 A.D.) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Haryanka
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Peshwas
Answer: Peshwas
- Q. Who wrote famous book Kitab-ul-hind?
A)Amir Khusrau
B)Abul Fazl
C)Al Biruni
D)Firdausi
Answer: Al Biruni
- Q. Which of the following has not been found in the excavation in Terracotta of Indus Valley sites?
A)Sheep
B)Buffalo
C)Cow
D)Pig
Answer: Cow
- Q. An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
A)The British became totally demoralized
B)The spirit of rebellion in Indian was crushed
C)The British abandoned their repressive policies
D)Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
- Q. Who defeated Hannibal at Battle of Zama?
A)Scipio Aemilianus
B)Cato the Elder
C)Scipio Africanus
D)Hasdrubal
Answer: Scipio Africanus
- Q. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
A)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
D)None of the above
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. One of the best known tribal rebellions in Bihar, known as Ulgulan (meaning Great Tumult), was launched by the Mundas under the leadership of
A)Sidhu
B)Kanhu
C)Birsa Munda
D)Rampa Munda
Answer: Birsa Munda
- Q. The subject matter of Ajanta Paintings pertains to
A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Vaishnavism
D)Shaivism
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Who among the following leader draws his inspiration from M.K Gandhi?
A)Jayaprakash Narayan
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Abdul Ghaffar Khan
D)Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Q. Who called Sree Narayana Guru as ‘The Second Buddha’?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)G. Sankara Kurup
C)Bodhananda Swamikal
D)Moorkoth Kumaran
Answer: G. Sankara Kurup
- Q. Who said “Where there is no law, there is no freedom”?
A)Lenin
B)Bentham
C)Marx
D)Locke
Answer: Locke
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