More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following is associated with the Gupta Age of Indian History?
A)Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
B)Visit of Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang
C)Significant contribution to poetry and literature by Banabhatta
D)Macedonian invasion
Answer: Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
- Q. In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
A)Thalassery
B)Kannur
C)Travancore
D)Cochi
Answer: Travancore
- Q. Synagogue is the place of worship of
A)Taoism
B)Zorastrianism
C)Judaism
D)Shintoism
Answer: Judaism
- Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
- Q. Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formula?
A)Rig Veda
B)Sama Veda
C)Yajur Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Yajur Veda
- Q. Which one is the correct chronological order of the following events? I. Quit India Movement II. Shimla Conference III. Poona Pact IV. Cabinet Mission
A)III, IV,II, I
B)II, IV, I, III
C)III, I, II, IV
D)IV, II, III, I
Answer: III, I, II, IV
- Q. Anti Semitism’ to Adolf Hitler meant
A)Anti Jewish policy
B)Anti Black policy
C)Anti Protestant policy
D)Anti German policy
Answer: Anti Jewish policy
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
B)his trial in 1907-08
C)the Home Rule Movement
D)the Congress Session in 1917
Answer: the Home Rule Movement
- Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A)Government of India Act, 1919
B)Government of India Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)None of these
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
- Q. Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country’s unity?
A)Hume
B)Sardar Patel
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Sardar Patel
- Q. Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters was done on 9th August?
A)Boycott of Simon Commission
B)Salt Satyagraha
C)Champaran Satyagraha
D)Kakori Mail train robbery
Answer: Kakori Mail train robbery
- Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
A)Dhyana
B)Abhaya
C)Dharmachakra
D)Bhumisparsha
Answer: Dharmachakra
- Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma?
A)Madhava
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Merabai
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Madhava
- Q. Who established Nalanda Mahavihara ?
A)Skandagupta
B)Kumaragupta
C)Devgupta
D)Vedgupta
Answer: Kumaragupta
- Q. Baburnama was written by
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. Atala Masjid which was built by Sultan Ibrahim is located at?
A)Kanpur
B)Jaunpur
C)Agra
D)Mysore
Answer: Jaunpur
- Q. Where was the first Buddhist Council held?
A)Kashmir
B)Vaishali
C)Rajagriha
D)Pataliputra
Answer: Rajagriha
- Q. Panchasidhantika, written by Varahmihir is based on?
A)Science
B)Mathematics
C)Astrology
D)Astronomy
Answer: Astronomy
- Q. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
A)Potato and Mustard
B)Millet and Groundnut
C)Tobacco and Maize
D)Indigo and Maize
Answer: Tobacco and Maize
- Q. The Jaina saint credited with the spread of Jainism in Karnataka (south India) was
A)Adinatha
B)Bhadrabahu
C)Parshvanatha
D)Mahavira
Answer: Bhadrabahu
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