More Questions on History
- Q. The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were known as
A)Barawardi
B)Walashahi
C)Jcumaki
D)Dakhili
Answer: Dakhili
- Q. Who He said, “I accept as Dharma whatever is in full conformity with impartial justice, truthfulness and the like; that which is not opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas. Whatever is not free from partiality and is unjust, partaking of untruth and the like, and opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas—that I hold as adharma”.He also said “He, who after careful thinking, is ever ready to accept truth and reject falsehood; who counts the happiness of others as he does that of his own self, him I call just”
A)Ranjit Singh
B)Baba Ram Singh
C)Lal Singh
D)Dayananda Saraswathi
Answer: Dayananda Saraswathi
- Q. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
A)Tughlaq dynasty
B)Khalji dynasty
C)Slave dynasty
D)Lodi dynasty
Answer: Tughlaq dynasty
- Q. The capital of the Bahmani Kings was
A)Bijapur
B)Gulbarga
C)Hampi
D)Agra
Answer: Gulbarga
- Q. Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna after how many days of receipt of Diksha?
A)Two
B)One
C)Three
D)Four
Answer: Two
- Q. Who said: “Let the pilgrims congregate at the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. It should be Dhanu 16-17 in Malayalam calendar. Let the pilgrims observe 10 days self-purification according to Sri Buddha’s principles of five purities – body, food, mind, word, and deed called as Pancha Dharma”
A)P. V. Raghavan
B)S. Sankunni
C)M. S. Raghavan
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
C)Iltutmish
D)Mohammad Adilshah
Answer: Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
- Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. G. Ranade
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Atmaram Panduranga
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
A)Surendra Sai
B)Kattabomman
C)Utirat Singh
D)Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
Answer: Surendra Sai
- Q. The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in __________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy
A)1843
B)1842
C)1845
D)1875
Answer: 1875
- Q. Which of the following was common to both the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society?
A)Female deities
B)Horse
C)Urban centres
D)Iron implements
Answer: Horse
- Q. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
A)Indo-Greeks
B)Mauryas
C)Guptas
D)Kushans
Answer: Indo-Greeks
- Q. On which island of France, Napoleon was born
A)Corsica
B)Saint Helena
C)Elba
D)Oleron
Answer: Corsica
- Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Ekanatha
- Q. Who formed SNDP Yogam?
A)Nataraja Guru
B)T. K. Madhavan
C)Narayana Guru
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. The Constituent Assembly was formed on the recommendations of the
A)Cabinet Mission Plan
B)Government of India Act, 1935
C)Cripps' Mission
D)Mountbatten Plan
Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan
- Q. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell’s Plan in the Conference held at __________
A)Shimla
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Madras
Answer: Shimla
- Q. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
A)Iltutmish
B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
C)Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
D)Jalal-id-din Khilji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc. in 19th century, India remained mainly localised because
A)the peasants had no leadership and organisation
B)they were mainly directed against enhancement in rent, evictions, usurious practices of moneylenders, etc.
C)they grew out of local grievances
D)the big landlords were allies of the British
Answer: they grew out of local grievances
- Q. Which one of the following sources states that Srinagar was built by Ashoka?
A)Divyavadana
B)Kalhana's Rajatarangini
C)Tarantha's History of Tibet
D)Mahavamsa
Answer: Kalhana's Rajatarangini
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