More Questions on History
- Q. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
A)Jalpaiguri
B)Duars
C)Goalpara
D)Cooch Behar
Answer: Duars
- Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
A)Dunkirk
B)London
C)Paris
D)Liverpool
Answer: Dunkirk
- Q. The last of the Charter Act concerning India was the Act of
A)1813
B)1773
C)1853
D)1793
Answer: 1853
- Q. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Aurangzeb? I. He forbade the cultivation of Bhang II. Forbade singing at court III. A proficient player of Veena IV. His tomb is at Tughlaqabad
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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. The Rigvedic Aryans were governed by a
A)Form of democracy
B)Tribal republic
C)Monarchical government
D)Rule by elders
Answer: Monarchical government
- Q. Kalibangan is situated in
A)Sindh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Rajasthan
D)Gujarat
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book
A)Indika
B)Travels of Megasthanes
C)Indicoplecusts
D)Both (B) and (C)
Answer: Indika
- Q. In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns, Mahatma Gandhi did not participate directly?
A)Non-Cooperation Movement
B)Rajkot Satyagraha
C)Kheda Satyagraha
D)Vaikom Satyagraha
Answer: Rajkot Satyagraha
- Q. Who founded the philosophy of Stoicism in Athens?
A)Cleanthes
B)Chrysippus
C)Epictetus
D)Zeno of Citium
Answer: Zeno of Citium
- Q. In which year, America joined the Second World War
A)1940
B)1939
C)1941
D)1942
Answer: 1941
- Q. The earliest city discovered in India was
A)Punjab
B)Harappa
C)Mohenjo Daro
D)Sindh
Answer: Harappa
- Q. Against Lord and State was written by
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)K. N. Panikkar
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Shyama Charan Sen
Answer: K. N. Panikkar
- Q. Which of the following incident ended the historic fast of Gandhi?
A)Issue of White Paper
B)Poona Pact
C)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
D)Arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: Poona Pact
- Q. The Constitution drawn by the Constituent Assembly (provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan) would be implemented by
A)The British Government
B)Parliament
C)Viceroy
D)Indian National Congress
Answer: The British Government
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Ancient Indian literature? I. Brahmanas and Aryankas followed by philosophical doctrines of Upanishads. II. Brahmanas are contains detailed explanation about Vedic literature and instructions.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The author of ‘Arthashastra’ was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ashoka
C)Samudragupta
D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by
A)Locke
B)Hobbes
C)Bentham
D)Marx
Answer: Locke
- Q. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna?
A)Mirabai
B)Ramananda
C)Tukaram
D)Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
- Q. Adilabad fort and the city of Jahanpanah was built by?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
D)None of the above
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughluq
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