More Questions on History
- Q. The Indian National congress decided to launch an individual civil disobedience in place of Mass civil Disobedience in:
A)1935
B)1942
C)1933
D)1928
Answer: 1933
- Q. Who was popularly known as Africa’s Gandhi?
A)Firoz Gandhi
B)Mir Karzai
C)Nelson Mandela
D)M.K.Gandhi
Answer: Nelson Mandela
- Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
A)Narayan Rao
B)Raghunath Rao
C)Madhav Rao-II
D)Baji Rao-II
Answer: Baji Rao-II
- Q. The Upanishads are the__________
A)Story Books
B)Great Epics
C)Source of Hindu Philosophy
D)Law Books
Answer: Source of Hindu Philosophy
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
- Q. Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:
A)1942
B)1935
C)1945
D)1943
Answer: 1945
- Q. Genghis Khan died in the year
A)1219
B)1209
C)1227
D)1232
Answer: 1227
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi had been present at the Round Table Conference(s) held in London
A)Second
B)Third
C)First
D)All of the above
Answer: Second
- Q. Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota?
A)Aravidu
B)Sangam
C)Tuluva
D)Saluva
Answer: Tuluva
- Q. The All India Muslim league was founded by
A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B)Maulana Ahmed Ali
C)Agha Khan
D)Hakim Ajmal Khan
Answer: Agha Khan
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
A)Sutudri - Sutlej
B)Askini - Chenab
C)Vipas - Jhelum
D)Parushni - Ravi
Answer: Vipas - Jhelum
- Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
A)Cyrus
B)Darius
C)Socrates
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/an
A)Absolute monarchy
B)Aristocracy
C)Constiutional monarchy
D)Polity
Answer: Constiutional monarchy
- Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
A)Madina
B)Baghdad
C)Kahira
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. Name the temple in Combodia where scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharatha are depicted
A)Kailashnath
B)Borobudur
C)Angkor Wat
D)Brihadeshwara
Answer: Angkor Wat
- Q. Which among the following statements is/ are not correct? I. The theosophical society preached the Aryan philosophy and religion II. It laid great emphasis on the Vedas and Upanishad. III. It considered Hinduism to be the best religion and the only means to attain salvation. IV. It called for universal brotherhood. V. The Upanishads revealed the essence of life
A)II, II and V
B)I, III and V
C)Only III
D)I and III
Answer: Only III
- Q. In 1906 to protest discrimination against Indians in S. Africa Mahatma Gandhi started
A)Satyagraha at Cape Town
B)Satyagraha at Durban
C)Satyagraha at Port Elizabeth
D)Satyagraha at Johannesburg
Answer: Satyagraha at Johannesburg
- Q. In __________, a man named Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded an organization called ‘Brahma Samaj’
A)1728
B)1628
C)1828
D)1928
Answer: 1828
- Q. Mausoleum (Dargah) of Salim Chishti is situated in?
A)Fatehpur Sikri
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Gwalior Fort
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. When did the Germans establish colonies in Samoa?
A)1899
B)1898
C)1900
D)1901
Answer: 1900
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