More Questions on History
- Q. Under Shivaji each province was under a
A)Governor
B)Viceroy
C)Diwan
D)Zamindar
Answer: Viceroy
- Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The Mughals imported fruits from
A)Arabia
B)Samarkand
C)Kabul
D)Portugal
Answer: Samarkand
- Q. The ‘political philosophy’ was the work of __________
A)Dadabai Naoroji
B)Gopala Krishna Gokhale
C)R. C. Dutt
D)Lala Lajpath Rai
Answer: Gopala Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Akbar established Ibadat Khana at
A)Delhi
B)Lahore
C)Agra
D)Fatehpur Sikri
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Who among the following is the great disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and helped in spreading the message that there are many roads to god and salvation and service of god for man was embodiment of god?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Raja Rammohan Roy
C)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
A)Baani
B)Bhagwad Gita
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
- Q. The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at its session held at
A)Allahabad
B)Karachi
C)Lahore
D)Calcutta
Answer: Lahore
- Q. Who is the author of “Shahnama”?
A)Firdausi
B)Utbi
C)Hasan Nizami
D)AI-Beruni
Answer: Firdausi
- Q. Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student Farmer-Middle class Revolt’?
A)Barun De
B)Sumit Sarkar
C)B A Saletore
D)Dr. Amba Prasad
Answer: Dr. Amba Prasad
- Q. Who among the following was the first grammarian of the Sanskrit language?
A)Maitreyi
B)Kalhana
C)Kalidasa
D)Panini
Answer: Panini
- Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
- Q. The Monk whom Chandragupta Maurya accompanied to South India was __________
A)Vasumitra
B)Asvaghosa
C)Upagupta
D)Bhadrabahu
Answer: Bhadrabahu
- Q. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
A)Lord Dufferin
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Northbrook
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. A hearty welcome was extended to the English captain Hawkins by the Mughal Emperor
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. When did the Nawabs of Bengal surrender to the British East India Company?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1757
D)1765
Answer: 1757
- Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Lord Curzon
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Daya Nand Saraswati
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. The Buddhist Doctrines were written in
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Tibetan
D)Not written in any language but orally transmitted
Answer: Pali
- Q. Who said this message, the name Ezhava does not denote a caste or a religion and he made temple rights to everyone. Therefore people can be admitted to this organization without paying heed to differences of caste
A)T. K. Madhavan
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Narayana Guru
D)Rajaram Mohan Roy
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. Who won the Battle of Poitiers in 732?
A)Charles Martel
B)Carloman
C)Pepin of Herstal
D)Pepin the Short
Answer: Charles Martel
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