More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India’?
A)Amir Khusro
B)Hussain Shah
C)Barbak Shah
D)Nanak
Answer: Amir Khusro
- Q. Sir Thomas Roe came to India with a letter from the British Monarch
A)Queen Elizabeth
B)Queen Mary
C)James I
D)Queen Anne
Answer: James I
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct?
A)Harsha erected thousands of stupas
B)Harsha stopped the use of animal food throughout his empire
C)Harsha regularly held the quinquennial convocation
D)Harsha sent missionaries to the west to propagate Buddhism
Answer: Harsha sent missionaries to the west to propagate Buddhism
- Q. Which of the following works taken up even after the decline of the movement?
A)Carry forward Raja Ram Mohan Roy's tradition of public education on social, economic and political questions
B)Fight for women's rights and education
C)Took up farmers issues and fought for their better treatment and against oppressive zamindars
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. What was the name of the assassinator of John F. Kennedy
A)John Wilkes Booth
B)Lee Harvey Oswald
C)John Surratt
D)None of the above
Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald
- Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
A)Delhi
B)Paris
C)London
D)Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Q. Which of the following place, Buddha was never depicted in a human form but was represented only as a symbol of either two footprints or wheel?
A)Loria
B)Sanchi
C)Kesaria
D)All of the above
Answer: Sanchi
- Q. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
A)Indian mill owners and non government officials
B)British mill owners and government officials
C)British non-government officials
D)Indian government officials
Answer: Indian mill owners and non government officials
- Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from England?
A)1306
B)1290
C)1492
D)1453
Answer: 1290
- Q. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as “Pushti Marga” for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna’s sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the “Hare Krishnas”
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to
A)tribals
B)robbers
C)non-Aryans
D)menials
Answer: non-Aryans
- Q. Justice movement was started by? I. C. N. Mudaliar II. T. M. Nair III. P. Tyagaraja
A)Only b
B)Only a
C)By both A and B
D)All the three
Answer: By both A and B
- 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. 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. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
A)Punjab and NWFP
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Madras and Central Provinces
D)Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
A)1925
B)1919
C)1927
D)1930
Answer: 1919
- Q. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
A)Tughlaq dynasty
B)Khalji dynasty
C)Slave dynasty
D)Lodi dynasty
Answer: Tughlaq dynasty
- Q. All the early Mughal Emperors except __________ were great builders
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Who among the following was the reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Valmiki
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Tulsidas
- Q. The youngest President of the Indian National Congress, who held that office at the age of 35, was
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Annie Besant
D)Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
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