More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Smritis? I. It deals with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma II. It is concerned mainly with the rules of the organization of the monasteries
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
A)Warren Hastings
B)Macaulay
C)Lord Canning
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. Which of the following Indian literature is the earliest known works?
A)Rig Vedas
B)Puranas
C)Sama Vedas
D)Rajtrangini
Answer: Rig Vedas
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. Which of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?
A)The discovery of fire
B)Writing
C)Agriculture
D)The use of internet
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who had been the first to emphasise the instruction in literature and science through the English Language was essential for building a modern India?
A)GK Gokhale
B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C)Raj Ram Mohun Roy
D)MM Malaviya
Answer: Raj Ram Mohun Roy
- Q. Satyarth Prakash was written by __________
A)Lala Hardyal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Chandragupta
C)Samudragupta
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta-II
- Q. What was the name of the assassinator of John F. Kennedy
A)John Wilkes Booth
B)Lee Harvey Oswald
C)John Surratt
D)None of the above
Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald
- Q. The majority of the moderate leaders of India’s freedom struggle may be traced to hail from
A)Rural areas
B)Bengal
C)Urban areas
D)Both rurals as well as urban parts
Answer: Urban areas
- Q. Which one of the following places has yielded earliest Stupa railing?
A)Bharhut
B)Sanchi
C)Amaravati
D)Nagarjunkondas
Answer: Sanchi
- Q. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
A)Persians
B)Abyssinians
C)Africans
D)Afghans
Answer: Abyssinians
- Q. After the defeat at Plassey, Siraj-ud-daullah was assassinated __________and was made the nawab
A)Mir Qasim
B)Mir Jafar
C)Haider Ali
D)Tipu Sultan
Answer: Mir Jafar
- Q. Which one is the last of the ruling Chinese dynasties
A)Shang Dynsaty
B)Zhou Dynasty
C)Han Dynasty
D)Qing Dynasty
Answer: Qing Dynasty
- Q. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed form
A)Kashmir
B)Bengal
C)Maharashtra
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
A)he suffered defeat in India
B)he fell ill
C)his forces refused to go further
D)he did not like India
Answer: his forces refused to go further
- Q. Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as ‘Mahatma’ by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Rabindra Nath Tagore
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Q. Where was the Devadasi System prevailed in India?
A)Northern India
B)Southern India
C)East India
D)West India
Answer: Southern India
- Q. The utensils of the Indus Valley people were mainly made of
A)copper
B)clay
C)bronze
D)brass
Answer: clay
- Q. Which of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of blood and iron?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Balban
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