More Questions on History
- Q. Humayun’s Tomb was built by
A)Bega Begum
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Akbar
Answer: Bega Begum
- Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
A)Kshatriyas
B)Brahmanas
C)Vaishyas
D)Shudras
Answer: Shudras
- Q. Who wrote Mrichhakatikam?
A)Vishnu Sharma
B)Vishakhadatta
C)Kalidasa
D)Shudrak
Answer: Shudrak
- Q. Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language ?
A)Munda
B)Santali
C)Awadhi
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Awadhi
- Q. I. System of Purva Mimamsa was propagated by sage Jaimini, a disciple of Veda Vyasa. II. The main objective of the Purva Mimamsa School is to interpret and establish the authority of the Vedas. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Purva Mimamsa?
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as
A)Minister of Defence
B)Minister of Religious Affairs
C)Chief Minister
D)Minister of Justice
Answer: Chief Minister
- Q. When was the first Ancient Greek Olympic Game begun
A)552 BC
B)776 BC
C)800 BC
D)235 BC
Answer: 776 BC
- Q. Shuja-ud-Daulah was the Nawab of
A)Arcot
B)Rampur
C)Awadh
D)Surat
Answer: Awadh
- Q. When was Bulgaria founded?
A)864
B)681
C)917
D)923
Answer: 681
- Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
- Q. In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because
A)of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders
B)he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt
C)both A and B above
D)of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders
Answer: both A and B above
- Q. 1917 is known for
A)Battle of Waterloo
B)Battle of Trafalgar
C)End of the World War-I
D)The Russian Revolution
Answer: The Russian Revolution
- Q. Assertion (A): East India Association in London was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji. Reason (R): He wanted to influence the British public opinion
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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: A is true but R is false
- Q. The Vedic deity Indra was the god of
A)Rain and Thunder
B)Fire
C)Eternity
D)Wind
Answer: Rain and Thunder
- Q. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship to
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non- Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
- Q. Indian Dyarchy was started by :
A)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909
B)Indian Council Act, 1861
C)Indian Council Act, 1992
D)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
Answer: Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
- Q. The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
A)early Buddhist texts
B)early Vedic texts
C)pre-Gupta inscriptions
D)post-Gupta inscriptions
Answer: pre-Gupta inscriptions
- Q. Which one of the following scholar, challenged Invincible Yajnavalkya for debate?
A)Apala
B)Ghosha
C)Maitreyi
D)Gargi
Answer: Gargi
- Q. Under which tree Sumtinath Tirthankar received Kaivalya Gyan?
A)Neem
B)Devdar
C)Priyangu
D)Vat
Answer: Priyangu
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