More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are not correct about Bhagavatism and Krishna Cult (Bhakti Cult)? I. Bhagavatism is a branch of Vaishnavism, where the devotees worship the various avatars of Lord Vishnu. II. The origin of Bhagavatism or Vaishnavism has been sought in the Upanishadic period because in the ‘Chandogya Upanishad’ Krishna is described as a disciple of the sage Ghora.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- 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. When were concave spectacles invented?
A)1320
B)1286
C)1360
D)1000
Answer: 1286
- Q. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
A)To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
B)To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
C)To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
D)To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
- Q. Which of the following is the ceremony of initiation of education in Buddhism?
A)Upanayanam
B)Siksha
C)Pabajja
D)Diksha
Answer: Pabajja
- Q. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Lokmanya TiIak
C)Bhikaji Cama
D)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. What was the Ilbert Bill intended for?
A)To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans
B)To remove racial discrimination in employment
C)To save Indians from racial humiliation
D)To change the method of recruitment in the Indian Civil Service
Answer: To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans
- Q. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ is the call associated with
A)French Revolution
B)American Revolution
C)Chinese Revolution
D)Russian Revolution
Answer: French Revolution
- Q. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Willingdon
C)Lord Linlithgow
D)Viscount Wavell
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. Harshavardhana moved his capital from __________ to __________
A)Delhi, Deogiri
B)Thanesar, Kannauj
C)Kamboj, Kannauj
D)Valabhi, Delhi
Answer: Thanesar, Kannauj
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact?
A)It was signed on January 23, 1932
B)It was signed between Madan Mohan Malaviya and Dr. Ambedkar
C)It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna
D)This act increased the number of seats reserved for depressed class from 71 to 147
Answer: It was signed on January 23, 1932
- Q. When did Saladin captured Jerusalem?
A)1187
B)1118
C)1193
D)1203
Answer: 1187
- Q. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
A)Aurangzeb
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named
A)Vishnu Shastri
B)Jagannath Shankar
C)Bal Shastri
D)Krishna Shastri
Answer: Bal Shastri
- Q. Sir William Wallace is known as the independence fighter of
A)Scotland
B)Denmark
C)Ireland
D)Italy
Answer: Scotland
- 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. Which one of the following is the principal source of information of Ashoka’s campaign against Kalinga?
A)Mahavamsa
B)Pillar Edict-VII
C)Divyavadana
D)Rock Edict-XIII
Answer: Rock Edict-XIII
- Q. The first newspaper which was published in India was
A)The Bombay Gazette
B)The Calculatta Gazette
C)The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta
D)The Bengal Gazette
Answer: The Bengal Gazette
- Q. Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
A)Venice
B)Rome
C)Jerusalem
D)Vienna
Answer: Jerusalem
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