More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following did not rule the Delhi Sultanate?
A)Sayyed dynasty
B)Slave dynasty
C)Khalji dynasty
D)Ghori dynasty
Answer: Ghori dynasty
- Q. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
A)Lala Hardyal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)M G Ranade
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Shaivism
D)Bhagavatism
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. During the First World War, which country signed the Peace Treaty (1917) with Germany
A)USA
B)England
C)Russia
D)Austria
Answer: Russia
- Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
- Q. Which Bhakti saint believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
A)Shaivism
B)Sikhism
C)Vaishanvism
D)All of the above
Answer: Sikhism
- Q. The revolutionary like Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were all associated with :
A)1857 Revolt
B)The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
C)Chauri Chaura Case
D)The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Answer: The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
- Q. I. Aurangzeb abolished Rahdari, Pandari and Pilgrim tax. II. Aurangzeb discontinued the practice of inscribing the Kalima on the coins. Which of the above statements is/are correct related to Aurangzeb?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only II
- Q. “Go back to Vedas” This call is given by
A)Vivekananda
B)Ramakrishna Paramhansa
C)Jyotiba Phule
D)Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. Who among the following introduced Ryotwari system in madras?
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Hastings
C)Sir Thomas Munro
D)Lord Cannemara
Answer: Sir Thomas Munro
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Shah Jahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
A)Karl Marx
B)Bernard Shaw
C)Lenin
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
- Q. Indian Dyarchy was started by :
A)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909
B)Indian Council Act, 1861
C)Indian Council Act, 1992
D)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
Answer: Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
- Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
A)Shivaji
B)Shaji Bhonsle
C)Sambaji
D)Shahu
Answer: Sambaji
- Q. Assertion (A): The culture of the Mughal period is generally termed as the Mughal court culture. Reason (R): The Mughal court culture was an antithesis of Indian culture
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Which of the following pair leader associated with the Revolt of 1857 is not correctly matched?
A)Khan Bahadur Khan : Bareilly
B)Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur
C)Kunwar Singh : Bihar
D)Bakht Khan : Delhi
Answer: Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur
- Q. Which amidst the following sites/monuments in India is on the UNESCO’s list of World Cultural Heritages?
A)Kashi Viswanath Temple
B)Ellora Caves
C)Qutab Minar
D)Manas Wildlife - Sancturary
Answer: Kashi Viswanath Temple
- Q. The Gupta Saka was founded by
A)Chandra Gupta, the Second
B)Chandra Gupta, the First
C)Samudra Gupta
D)Kumara Gupta
Answer: Chandra Gupta, the First
- Q. Moti Masjid in the Red Fort, Delhi was constructed by
A)Shahjahan
B)Sher Shah
C)Aurangzeb
D)Bhahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Aurangzeb
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