More Questions on History
- Q. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following rulers? I. Muizuddin Bahram Shah II. Iltutmish III. Raziya IV. Rukhnuddin Firuz
A)II, IV, III, I
B)I, II, III, IV
C)III, II, IV, I
D)IV, III, I, II
Answer: II, IV, III, I
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
A)Sutudri - Sutlej
B)Askini - Chenab
C)Vipas - Jhelum
D)Parushni - Ravi
Answer: Vipas - Jhelum
- Q. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
A)Aravidu
B)Chandragiri
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu
Answer: Hampi
- Q. Abdul Hamid Lahori is the author of
A)Padshah Nama
B)Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh
C)Alamgir Nama
D)Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
Answer: Padshah Nama
- Q. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Britain
D)Germany
Answer: Britain
- Q. The main founder (s) of the Swaraj Party was/were
A)Motilal Nehru
B)CR Das
C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
D)Only A and B above
Answer: Only A and B above
- Q. Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him
A)Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures
B)He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s
C)His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism
D)The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
Answer: The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
- Q. Communist Revolutionary Che Guevara was born in the city
A)Rosario
B)Havana
C)Matanzas
D)San Juan
Answer: Rosario
- Q. When was the first train steamed off in India?
A)1853
B)1848
C)1875
D)1880
Answer: 1853
- Q. The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
A)The British Government Authority
B)Muslim Land Holders
C)The non-tribal outsiders
D)Hindu Land Holders
Answer: Hindu Land Holders
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from
A)Ruskin
B)Thoureau
C)Confucius
D)Tolstoy
Answer: Thoureau
- Q. One time associated of Mahatma Ghandhi, broke off from him and launched a radical movement called ‘self-respect movement’. Who was he?
A)Chhatrapati Maharaj
B)P. Thyagaraja Shetti
C)E.V.Ramaswamy Naicker
D)Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
Answer: E.V.Ramaswamy Naicker
- Q. The Peshwa’s Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as
A)El Beriz Daftar
B)Huzur Daftar
C)Chalte Dafter
D)Peshwa Dafter
Answer: Huzur Daftar
- Q. “Desire is the cause of all sufferings”. Which religion promoted this?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Sikhism
D)Hinduism
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it
B)There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
C)To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
D)The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
Answer: To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
- 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. Which European power was the last who reached India?
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)The French
D)The Dutch
Answer: The French
- Q. The Sikh Guru who had been killed at the instance of Aurangzeb was
A)Guru Hargobind
B)Guru Atjan Dev
C)Guru Tegh Bahadur
D)Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Q. Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
A)Aristotle, St, Augustine and T.H, Green
B)Plato, Machiavelli and Herbet Spencer
C)Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
D)Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
Answer: Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
- Q. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab?
A)Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana
B)Pallavas and Chalukyas
C)Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
D)Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms
Answer: Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
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