More Questions on History
- 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 of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Lokmanya Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)A. O. Hume
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. The most powerful Peshwa was
A)Baji Rao-I
B)Balaji Baji Rao
C)Madhava Rao
D)Balaji Vishwanath
Answer: Baji Rao-I
- Q. Who is known as the father of Modern Medicine?
A)Euclid
B)Erastosthenes
C)Hippocrates
D)Pythagoras
Answer: Hippocrates
- Q. Ashoka has been particularly influenced by the Buddhist monk
A)Upagupta
B)Ambhi
C)Asvaghosha
D)Vasubandhu
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A)He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
B)Krishnadeva Raya wrote Amuktamalyada
C)His court was adorned by the Ashtadiggajas
D)He maintained friendly relations with the Portuguese
Answer: He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
- Q. Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)Aurobindo Ghosh
C)Devendra Nath Tegore
D)Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?
A)Nelson Mandela
B)Zuma
C)Kofi Annan
D)Booker T. Washington
Answer: Nelson Mandela
- Q. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company’s monopoly for __________ years
A)10 years
B)20 years
C)30 years
D)15 years
Answer: 20 years
- Q. Which of the following was not the saint of Varkari sect?
A)Namdev
B)Tukaram
C)Eknath
D)Kabir
Answer: Kabir
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
A)the Nandas were low-born
B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
- Q. Which of the following was not included in the Treaty to be negotiated as provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan?
A)Constituent Assembly
B)The Indian Union
C)Indian National Congress
D)The United Kingdom
Answer: Indian National Congress
- Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
A)Chhota Nagpur
B)Punjab
C)Tarai
D)Manipur
Answer: Chhota Nagpur
- Q. I. The Arthashastra, attributed to the Mauryan minister Chanakya in the 4th Century B.C., is one of the earliest Indian texts devoted to political philosophy, and it discusses ideas of statecraft and economic policy. II. During the Indian struggle for independence in the early 20th Century, Mahatma Gandhi popularized the philosophies of ahimsa (non-violence) and satyagraha (non-violent resistance), III. Gandhian Philosophy was influenced by the teachings of the Hindu Bhagavad Gita, as well as Jesus, Tolstoy, Thoreau and Ruskin. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct related to the Indian Political Philosophy?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)I, II & III
Answer: I, II & III
- Q. __________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
A)H. P. Blavatsky
B)Annie Besant
C)W. T. Stead
D)H. S. Olcott
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Akbar saw the sea for the first time in his life at
A)Surat
B)Calcutta
C)Cambay
D)Madras
Answer: Cambay
- Q. Which Mughal ruler constructed a new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. In which script were the Ashokan inscription were written in North West Frontier Province?
A)Brahmi
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Kharoshti
Answer: Kharoshti
- Q. Which of the following leader gave the safety valve theory for Indian National Congress and said that it was brain child of Lord Dufferin?
A)M N Roy
B)Dadabhai Nairoji
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. I. Jahangir promulgated twelve edicts for the general welfare and better government to mark his coronation II. Jahangir composed verses in Persian and sang Hindi lyrics Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
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