More Questions on History
- Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
A)Saktism
B)Shaivism
C)Bhagavatism
D)Tantricism
Answer: Bhagavatism
- Q. Who took the throne after Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Ashoka
B)Bimbisara
C)Bindusara
D)Vishnugupta
Answer: Bindusara
- Q. Indian handicrafts rapidly declined due to
A)growing craze for imported goods
B)lack of patronage
C)stiff competition from the machine-made goods of England
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
A)Delhi
B)Paris
C)London
D)Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
A)Kapila
B)Patanjali
C)Vyasa
D)Shankaracharya
Answer: Vyasa
- Q. Who among the following was also known as ‘Zinda Pir’?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat?
A)Once
B)Four Times
C)Thrice
D)Twice
Answer: Twice
- Q. After the ruin of India’s trade, industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
A)Peasantry
B)Zamindars
C)Income-tax payers
D)All the above
Answer: Peasantry
- Q. Tripitakas are sacred books of
A)Hindus
B)Buddhists
C)Jains
D)None of the above
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was
A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
B)Subhas Chandra Bose
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A)Shudraka : Mrichchhakatika
B)Kalidasa : Kumarasambhava
C)Varahamihira : Brihat-samhita
D)Vishakhadatta : Kaumudi-mahotsava
Answer: Vishakhadatta : Kaumudi-mahotsava
- Q. The Harappas had commercial relations with __________
A)Jawa
B)China
C)Mesopotamia
D)Burma (Now, Myanmar)
Answer: Mesopotamia
- Q. Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya – “India for Indians”?
A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Sri Aurobindo
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
A)1912
B)1911
C)1920
D)1925
Answer: 1911
- 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. American Civil War was started in the year
A)1806
B)1756
C)1861
D)1890
Answer: 1861
- Q. Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Damodar Chapekar
D)V.D. Savarkar
Answer: V.D. Savarkar
- Q. AI Hilal’ was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)DE Wacha
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were
A)Mahasabha and Ganasabha
B)Sabha and Mahasabha
C)Sabha and Samiti
D)Ur and Kula
Answer: Sabha and Samiti
- Q. Which of the following saint wrote Sri-Bhasya?
A)Vallabh
B)Ramanuja
C)Tukaram
D)Eknath
Answer: Ramanuja
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