More Questions on History
- Q. Year of the Battle of Plassey is __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1757
D)1857
Answer: 1757
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Ramanuja? I. He preached Vishishtadvaita. II. He said that the ‘God is Sagunabrahman’
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. What do you consider to be the least important cause for Alauddin’s south Indian campaigns?
A)Imperialism
B)Political condition of South India
C)Fabulous wealth
D)Religion
Answer: Religion
- Q. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kotwal
D)Amin
Answer: Diwan
- Q. Akbar’s mausoleum is situated at
A)Sikandra
B)Sasaram
C)Agra
D)Delhi
Answer: Sikandra
- Q. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great against
A)Bessus
B)King Darius III
C)King Porus
D)Spitamenes
Answer: King Porus
- Q. Which of the following is/are correct statement(s) related to the Buddhist Philosophy?
A)Buddhism is a non-theistic system of beliefs based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian prince later known as the Buddha, in the 5th Century B.C.
B)Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics and epistemology.
C)Both A & B
D)Netheir A nor B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
A)The village community
B)The cultivator
C)The king
D)The joint family
Answer: The king
- Q. Baz Bahadur was a . . . . . . in the court of Akbar
A)Painter
B)Musician
C)Architect
D)Soldier
Answer: Musician
- Q. In which session of India National Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time?
A)Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
B)Calcutta Session, 1920
C)Lahore Congress, 1929
D)Haripura congress conference, 1938
Answer: Lahore Congress, 1929
- Q. The capital of Kanishka was
A)Benares
B)Puruspura
C)Allahabad
D)Sarnath
Answer: Puruspura
- Q. The later Mughal King, popularly known as Shah-i-Bekhabar (the Heedless King), was
A)Jahandar Shah
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Muhammad Shah
D)Shah Alam I
Answer: Bahadur Shah
- Q. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?
A)William Jones
B)Alexander Cunningham
C)James Prinsep
D)Charles Wilkins
Answer: Charles Wilkins
- Q. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacturing of Harappan seals?
A)Bronze
B)Terracotta
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Terracotta
- Q. The institution of varna appeared in the
A)Later vedic period
B)Rigvedic period
C)Period of the Manava Dharm Shastra
D)Period of consolidation of text of the Mahabharata
Answer: Rigvedic period
- Q. In which year ‘University of Oxford’ was founded
A)1562
B)1096
C)1117
D)1342
Answer: 1096
- Q. The Indian People play people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of:
A)Indian National Congress
B)The Forward Block
C)Communist Party of India
D)None of these
Answer: Communist Party of India
- Q. Which is a treatise on the science of governance?
A)Ramayana
B)Mahabharata
C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
D)Chandrawati Ramayana
Answer: Kautilya's Arthshastra
- Q. Who discovered America?
A)Columbus
B)Vascoda Gama
C)Captain Cook
D)Amundsen
Answer: Columbus
- Q. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
A)Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
B)Mrs. Annie Besant
C)Mrs. Nelline Sengupta
D)Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Mrs. Annie Besant
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