More Questions on History
- Q. Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were I. Cheras II. Cholas III. Chalukyas iV. Pallavas V. Pandyas
A)II, III, IV
B)I, II, V
C)III, IV, V
D)I, II, IV
Answer: I, II, V
- Q. The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis is in Bengal is known as
A)Mahalwari System
B)Roytwari System
C)Zamindari System
D)Iqtadari System
Answer: Zamindari System
- Q. The sun saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was
A)Baba Farid
B)Muin-ud-din Chishti
C)Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
D)Shah Alam Bukhari
Answer: Muin-ud-din Chishti
- Q. In which year (in A.D) did Babur invaded India?
A)1520
B)1530
C)1526
D)1550
Answer: 1526
- Q. Sati was prohibited by
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Warren Hastings
C)Lord William Bentinck
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- Q. Upto where did Chandragupta Maurya’s empire extend in the north west?
A)Indus river
B)Ravi river
C)Satluj river
D)Hindukush range
Answer: Hindukush range
- Q. Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the presence of temples or public places of worship in the Indus civilization. Reason (R): To the Harappans, religion was perhaps more a personal and a private matter than a public affair
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
A)Mahavira
B)Gautama
C)Chandra Gupta
D)Ashoka
Answer: Mahavira
- Q. Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as
A)Siddhartha
B)Gautam
C)Rahul
D)Suddhodhana
Answer: Siddhartha
- Q. The quintessence of Gandhian thought is
A)Metaphysics
B)Satyagraha
C)Spiritualism
D)Moksha
Answer: Satyagraha
- Q. Theosophical society was started by whom and where, initially?
A)Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
B)A.O Hume in India
C)M.G Ranade in India
D)Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa
Answer: Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
- Q. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order- I. Nandas II. Shisu nagas III. Mauryas IV. Hariyankas
A)II, I, IV and III
B)IV, II, III and I
C)IV, II, I and III
D)III, I, IV and II
Answer: IV, II, I and III
- Q. The last constitutional provision (covering undivided India) passed by the House of Commons was
A)Cabinet Mission Plan
B)Government of India Act 1935
C)Mountabatten (or June 3) Plan
D)Indian Independence Bill
Answer: Government of India Act 1935
- Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was
A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
B)Geronimo Verroneo
C)Tavernier
D)Austinof Bordeaux
Answer: Tavernier
- Q. Assertion (A): The nobility under Muhammad bin Tughlaq was a highly homogeneous one. Reason (R): Royal intervention in the iqta system was as its peak under Muhammad Tughlaq.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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 false but R is true
- Q. When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated?
A)4th July, 1947
B)15th August, 1947
C)16th August, 1947
D)14th August, 1947
Answer: 14th August, 1947
- Q. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’?
A)Sahir Ludhianvi
B)Ashafaqullah Khan
C)Mohammad Iqbal
D)Ramprasad Bisrnil
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of Passive Resistance ?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)B. G Tilak
C)Lajpat Rai
D)G. K. Gokhale
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
A)Nimbarka
B)Mirabai
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Madhav
Answer: Madhav
- Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)Danish
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
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