More Questions on History
- Q. The English who twice served as President of the Indian National Congress was
A)Sir William Wedderburn
B)George Yule
C)AO Hume
D)Mrs Annie Besant
Answer: Sir William Wedderburn
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :
A)Land Lords
B)Mill Owners
C)The peasants
D)Kol Rebellion
Answer: The peasants
- Q. On which island of France, Napoleon was born
A)Corsica
B)Saint Helena
C)Elba
D)Oleron
Answer: Corsica
- Q. Lord Mahavira died at
A)Lumbini Garden
B)Saravana Belagola
C)Kalugumalai
D)Pavapuri
Answer: Pavapuri
- Q. “Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)Tilak
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A)Veer Kunwar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in
A)Rangoon
B)Andaman and Nicobar
C)Singapore
D)Mandalay
Answer: Mandalay
- Q. Buddha delivered his first sermon at __________
A)Sarnath
B)Sanchi
C)Kapilvastu
D)Vaisali
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. Koh-i-noor diamond was presented to Aurangzeb by
A)Mir Jumla
B)Mirkasim
C)Shivaji
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Mir Jumla
- Q. Which of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from invading India?
A)Samudragupta
B)Kumaragupta
C)Skandgupta
D)Chandragupta
Answer: Skandgupta
- Q. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Seleucos
B)Megasthanes
C)Menander
D)Demetrias
Answer: Megasthanes
- Q. Total number of theses written by Martin Luther on Power of Indulgences are
A)87
B)81
C)95
D)101
Answer: 95
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. Which of the following was the God of Animal during the later Vedic period?
A)Rudra
B)Indra
C)Vishnu
D)Prajapati
Answer: Rudra
- Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
A)Lady Hardinge
B)Robert Clive
C)James Prinsep
D)Dalhousie
Answer: James Prinsep
- Q. Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Lokmanya Tilak
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
A)Mundakopanishad
B)Chhandogyopanishad
C)Kathopanishad
D)Kenopanishad
Answer: Kathopanishad
- Q. What was the main inspiration for establishing Theosophical Society?
A)Women's education and their upliftment
B)Tackling zamindars issue
C)Propagate Indian thought and culture there by revival of ancient religions of Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism
D)Work for depressed classes
Answer: Propagate Indian thought and culture there by revival of ancient religions of Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism
- Q. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
A)Nakhshabi
B)Utbi
C)Amir Khusarau
D)Tansen
Answer: Amir Khusarau
- Q. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
A)Mauryan period
B)Harappan period
C)Buddhist period
D)Gupta period
Answer: Gupta period
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