More Questions on History
- Q. What is meant by “The Forty”?
A)The pick of the intellectuals among the Khaljis
B)The cream of Afghan nobles
C)The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
D)The Ulema or the Muslim divines
Answer: The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
- Q. Which of the following are the paths chosen by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa towards salvation
A)Belief in one single god monotheism
B)Gyana marg
C)Vedas and Upanishads are the only way to salvation
D)Renunciation, meditation and devotion
Answer: Renunciation, meditation and devotion
- Q. What was the another name of ‘Pledge of Indian Independence’?
A)Declaration of Constitution
B)Declaration of Independence
C)Declaration of Constituent Assembly
D)None of the above
Answer: Declaration of Independence
- 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. The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of
A)Stones, trees and animals
B)Pashupati, Indra and the Mother Goddess
C)Vishnu and Lakshmi
D)Siva and Sakti
Answer: Stones, trees and animals
- Q. Which war was formally ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth
A)World War II
B)World War I
C)Russo-Japanese War
D)China Japan War
Answer: Russo-Japanese War
- Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
A)Nadir Shah
B)Timur Lang
C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Genghis Khan
- Q. When Japan handed over Andaman Nicobar islands to Subhash Chandra Bose in Nov. 1943, he named these islands as :
A)Samaj Island and Swaraj Island respectively
B)Shaheed Island and Samaj Island respectively
C)Swaraj Island and Shaheed Island respectively
D)Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
Answer: Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
- Q. In India, the Wahabi movement was started by __________
A)1906
B)1901
C)1915
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
- Q. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
A)Plantations and mines
B)Railways
C)Banking and insurance
D)Shipping
Answer: Railways
- Q. In which descent Abhinandannath Tirthankar was born?
A)Nand Vansh
B)Ikswakshu Vansh
C)Gulam Vansh
D)Duguwa Vansh
Answer: Ikswakshu Vansh
- Q. Which of the following are beliefs of Buddhism? I. The world is full of sorrows. II. People suffer on account of desires. III. If desires are conquered, nirvana will be attained. IV. The existence of God and Soul must be recognised.
A)II and III
B)I, II, III and IV
C)I, II and III
D)II, III and IV
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
A)Rajasthan
B)Hydaspes
C)Panipat
D)Train
Answer: Hydaspes
- Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
A)three centuries
B)two centuries
C)four centuries
D)a little over one century
Answer: three centuries
- Q. What did Raja Ram Mohan Roy actively seek reforms in?
A)Teaching the Vedas in schools
B)Promoting intercaste marriages
C)Ending the practice of Sati
D)Building more temples
Answer: Ending the practice of Sati
- Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
A)The Guru of the Sufis
B)The Supreme God
C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
- Q. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western __________ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries
A)Afghanistan
B)Iraq
C)Pakistan
D)India
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. The Sikh military sect ‘the Khalsa’ was introduced by
A)Guru Har Krishan
B)Guru Har Rai
C)Guru Gobind Singh
D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at
A)Calcutta
B)Multan
C)Alwar
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
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