More Questions on History
- Q. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the __________ movement
A)Back to the Vedas
B)Swadeshi
C)Young Bengal
D)Young India
Answer: Young Bengal
- Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
A)Nadir Shah
B)Timur Lang
C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Genghis Khan
- Q. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
A)Regulating Act
B)White Paper
C)Ordinance
D)Resolution
Answer: Regulating Act
- Q. Which one of the following mentioned division of the Mauryan Society into seven classes?
A)Indica
B)Ashoka's Edicts
C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
D)Vishnu Purana
Answer: Indica
- Q. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander the Great?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Bimbisara
C)Ashoka
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. In which year Genghis Khan was proclaimed as Emperor or Khagan
A)1998
B)1192
C)1200
D)1206
Answer: 1206
- Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Which one of the following traders first came to India during the Mughal period?
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)Danish
D)Britis
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
A)Mohenjo-Daro
B)Harappa
C)Ropar
D)Kalibangan
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
- Q. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in
A)1941
B)1943
C)1942
D)1940
Answer: 1942
- Q. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golconda it was ruled by
A)Durga Devi
B)Sikandar
C)Abul Hasan
D)Afzal Khan
Answer: Abul Hasan
- Q. Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu’s philosophical genius and passion for Yoga, introduced him to__________, a ‘Hatha yogi’
A)Thycattu Ayyaavu
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Thycattu Ayyaavu
- Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
A)Kshatriyas
B)Brahmanas
C)Vaishyas
D)Shudras
Answer: Shudras
- Q. The designation ‘amil’ during Akbar’s reign denoted a
A)Retail trader
B)Policeman
C)Postman
D)Revenue official
Answer: Revenue official
- Q. The battle between Babur and Rana Sanga was fought at
A)Chunar
B)Panipat
C)Khanwa
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Khanwa
- Q. Name the language that was designated as the ‘Camp Language’ during the Medieval Period
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Hindi
D)Urdu
Answer: Urdu
- Q. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
A)Jaipur
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Amarkot
Answer: Agra
- Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
A)Right Effort
B)Right Speech
C)Right Desire
D)Right Conduct
Answer: Right Desire
- Q. Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
A)Venice
B)Rome
C)Jerusalem
D)Vienna
Answer: Jerusalem
- Q. Who founded Saint Petersburg?
A)Ivan the Terrible
B)Alexis of Russia
C)Peter the Great
D)Peter III of Russia
Answer: Peter the Great
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