More Questions on History
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy’s contribution to education are: I. Assisted David Hare in setting Hindu college II. English school at Calcutta was maintained at his own cost III. Established Vedanta College which taught only western social and physical sciences
A)Both II and III
B)Only III
C)Only I and II
D)All the above
Answer: Only I and II
- Q. To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
A)Sakyas
B)Licchavis
C)Mallas
D)None of the above
Answer: Sakyas
- Q. Babur was originally the ruler of
A)Persia
B)Kabul
C)Fargana
D)Khandahar
Answer: Fargana
- Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
A)George Washington
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)Benjamin Franklin
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. To which Ganarajya Gautam Buddha belonged?
A)Shakya
B)Shibi
C)Saurasena
D)Shabara
Answer: Shakya
- Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
- Q. The Greek viewed ‘politics’ as the basis of
A)Ethical terms
B)Both ethical and legalistic terms
C)Terms of power
D)Legalistic terms
Answer: Ethical terms
- Q. Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British
A)Chandrashekhar Azad
B)Jitin Das
C)Rajguru
D)Kalpana - Dutt
Answer: Rajguru
- 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. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
A)Mauryan period
B)Harappan period
C)Buddhist period
D)Gupta period
Answer: Gupta period
- Q. Assertion (A): The Sultans of Delhi were appointed as Viceroys of the Caliph of Baghdad. Reason (R): The Caliph granted them recognition by way of khilat and khitab.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Who was the in-charge of a pargana?
A)Pattidar
B)Amin
C)Shiqdar
D)Oanungo
Answer: Shiqdar
- Q. The ruler of Mysore who secured the rendition of Mysore was
A)Hyder
B)Tippu
C)Krishnaraja III
D)Rajendra Wodiar
Answer: Krishnaraja III
- Q. I. The full name of Jahangir was Nuruddin Md. Jahangir II. Jahangir had ended a long drawn out struggle with Mewar III. Mahabat Khan revolted against Jahangir and captured Jahangir and his wife Nurjahan at Lahore Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)II and III
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Who started the Young Men’s Indian Association in 1914?
A)Swarnakumari Devi
B)Annie Besant
C)Devendranath Tagore
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Wavell Plan was announced in the year
A)1942
B)1945
C)1946
D)1940
Answer: 1945
- Q. In Mauryan dynasty Kalinga war took place in the year
A)261 BC
B)260 BC
C)126 BC
D)232 BC
Answer: 261 BC
- Q. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of
A)Stone
B)Burnt bricks
C)Wood
D)All of the above
Answer: Burnt bricks
- Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
A)Ryotwari
B)Zamindari
C)Mahalwari
D)Inamdari
Answer: Zamindari
- Q. In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
A)Phillip Reading
B)Phillip Uartog
C)Uartog Reading
D)None of these
Answer: Phillip Uartog
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