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Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of History’

A
Thucydides
B
Homer
C
Herodotus
D
Archimedes

Correct Answer

Herodotus

More Questions on History

  • Q. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghori, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was
    A)Hemantasena
    B)Samantasena
    C)Ballalasena
    D)Lakshamanasena
    Answer: Lakshamanasena
  • Q. Kasturba Gandhi died in detention (in 1944) at
    A)Ahmedabad Prison
    B)Yeravada Jail
    C)Aga Khan Palace
    D)Ahmednagar Fort
    Answer: Aga Khan Palace
  • Q. Which of the following leaders was one of the founding member of the Muslim League?
    A)Shaukat Ali
    B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    C)Nawab Salimullah
    D)Aga Khan
    Answer: Nawab Salimullah
  • Q. In his early days Shivaji moved with
    A)Mawali leaders
    B)Jat leaders
    C)Santhals
    D)Bhils
    Answer: Mawali leaders
  • Q. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
    A)Kumaragupta
    B)Vikramaditya
    C)Harshavardhana
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Harshavardhana
  • Q. In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was founded, AO Hume acted as its
    A)Vice-President
    B)President
    C)General Secretary
    D)Member of the Working Committee
    Answer: General Secretary
  • Q. Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
    A)The right to move from one manor to another
    B)The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
    C)The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
    D)All the above
    Answer: The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
  • Q. The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act __________
    A)1858
    B)1856
    C)1865
    D)1946
    Answer: 1856
  • Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
    A)Mohenjo-Daro
    B)Harappa
    C)Ropar
    D)Kalibangan
    Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
  • Q. Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore prison?
    A)Batukeshwar Dutt
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Jatin Das
    D)Sukh Dev
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of
    A)the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
    B)unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
    C)both A and B above
    D)the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
    Answer: both A and B above
  • Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674-1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Haryanka
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Maratha
    Answer: Maratha
  • Q. The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
    A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
    B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
    C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
    D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
    Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
  • 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. Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:
    A)April 1906
    B)April 1907
    C)April 1905
    D)April 1904
    Answer: April 1907
  • Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar receive Shiksha (enlightenment)?
    A)Nasik
    B)Ayodhya
    C)Ujjain
    D)Kiskindha
    Answer: Ayodhya
  • Q. The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
    A)The imprisonment of Lenin
    B)The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
    C)The ambition of America to dominate the world
    D)The sudden death of Lloyd George
    Answer: The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
  • Q. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?
    A)Nalanda
    B)Taxila
    C)Vikramshila
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
    A)Kerala
    B)Gujarat
    C)Karnataka
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Bengal

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