More Questions on History
- Q. The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in
A)Pali texts
B)Prakrit texts
C)Sanskrit texts
D)Pictographical texts
Answer: Pali texts
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?
A)The structure for "Federation of India" was established for both British India and some or all of the "princely states"
B)This act ended the system of diarchy
C)Burma became the part of India
D)The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people
Answer: Burma became the part of India
- Q. The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihira are associated with the age of the
A)Kushanas
B)Guptas
C)Mauryas
D)Palas
Answer: Guptas
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against British. It began in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company and later spread to Delhi, Agra, Awadh, Kanpur, Chambal and Lucknow.
A)Awadh
B)Delhi
C)Bombay
D)The Chambal Region
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the India National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red fort Trial towards the end of
A)1944
B)1943
C)1945
D)1946
Answer: 1945
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?
A)It was in operations between 1848 and 1856
B)It was started by Lord Dalhousie
C)Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
D)Satara, jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
Answer: Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
- Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
A)Subhas Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
A)Foreign accounts
B)Literary works
C)Numismatic evidence
D)Epigraphic sources
Answer: Numismatic evidence
- Q. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
A)Khan Bahadur Khan - RuhelKhand
B)Rani Laxmibai - Indore
C)Kunwar Singh - Sahabad
D)Nana Saheb - Kanpur
Answer: Rani Laxmibai - Indore
- Q. Humayun died in the year
A)1546
B)1536
C)1556
D)1566
Answer: 1556
- Q. Where was the introductory capital of Harsha?
A)Kannoj
B)Paryag
C)Thaneshwar
D)Mathura
Answer: Thaneshwar
- Q. Which of the following legislative measures taken till 1861 regarding women rights and marriage are true? I. Permitted inter-caste marriage II. Daughter to be treated equal with son regarding inheritance III. Equal remuneration to both men and women IV. Immoral traffic of women to be illegal
A)II and III
B)I and II
C)III, II and I
D)All the above
Answer: I and II
- Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
A)1261
B)1204
C)1291
D)1225
Answer: 1261
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
A)Michelangelo
B)Filippo Brunelleschi
C)Vincent van Gogh
D)Leonardo da Vinci
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Q. Who was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great
A)Aristotle
B)Plato
C)Socrates
D)None of the above
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Which monarch is known as ‘the Sun King’ and also the longest of monarchs of major countries in European history
A)Henry III of England
B)Louis XIV of France
C)Louis XIII of France
D)Edward I of England
Answer: Louis XIV of France
- Q. Who was the Governor-General when Pindaris had created havoc in Central India by indulging in large-scale looting?
A)Lord Hastings
B)Lord William Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Wellesley
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. Taxila University was located between which two rivers?
A)Jhelum and Ravi
B)Indus and Jhelum
C)Beas and Indus
D)Satluj and Indus
Answer: Indus and Jhelum
- Q. The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
A)Sirr-i-Akbar
B)Mayma-ul-Bahrain
C)Al-Fihrist
D)Kitabul Bayan
Answer: Sirr-i-Akbar
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