More Questions on History

  • Q. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped __________
    A)Pashupati
    B)Vishnu
    C)Indra
    D)Brahma
    Answer: Pashupati
  • Q. Who was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great
    A)Aristotle
    B)Plato
    C)Socrates
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
    A)Dufferin
    B)Northbrook
    C)Elgin-II
    D)Ripon
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. Which one of the following Harappan sites is NOT located in Gujarat?
    A)Rangpur
    B)Surkotada
    C)Sutkagendor
    D)Desalpur
    Answer: Sutkagendor
  • Q. Guru Gobind Singh was the son of
    A)Arjan Dev
    B)Tegh Bahadur
    C)Har Gobind
    D)Nanak
    Answer: Tegh Bahadur
  • Q. Who He said, “I accept as Dharma whatever is in full conformity with impartial justice, truthfulness and the like; that which is not opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas. Whatever is not free from partiality and is unjust, partaking of untruth and the like, and opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas—that I hold as adharma”.He also said “He, who after careful thinking, is ever ready to accept truth and reject falsehood; who counts the happiness of others as he does that of his own self, him I call just”
    A)Ranjit Singh
    B)Baba Ram Singh
    C)Lal Singh
    D)Dayananda Saraswathi
    Answer: Dayananda Saraswathi
  • Q. Who was the President of Indian National congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted?
    A)Sardar Patel
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Maulana Azad
    D)Acharya J. B. Kripalani
    Answer: Acharya J. B. Kripalani
  • Q. The Indian People play people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of:
    A)Indian National Congress
    B)The Forward Block
    C)Communist Party of India
    D)None of these
    Answer: Communist Party of India
  • Q. Khilafat Movement was organised by
    A)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    B)Jinnah
    C)Ali Brothers
    D)Agha Khan
    Answer: Ali Brothers
  • Q. After receipt of Diksha, under which tree Abhinandannath Tirthankar attained Kaivalya gyan (enlightenment)?
    A)Devdar
    B)Neem
    C)Vat
    D)Priyangu
    Answer: Devdar
  • Q. Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?
    A)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
    B)Ramabai Saraswati
    C)Lord Edwin Montague
    D)Dorothy Jinarajadasa
    Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
  • 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. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?
    A)Lala Hardayal
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)None of these
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Who among the following Mughal Emperors was half Rajput?
    A)Akbar Jahan & Jahangir
    B)Shah Jahan & Aurangzeb
    C)Shah Jahan & Jahangir
    D)Jahangir & Humayun
    Answer: Akbar Jahan & Jahangir
  • Q. Who was the author of famous Persian series of 52 stories Tutinama?
    A)Amir Khusrau
    B)Nakhshabi
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Hasan Nizami
    Answer: Nakhshabi
  • Q. Who is the author of Vikramakacharita?
    A)Mangalesa
    B)Ravi Kirti
    C)Bana
    D)Bilhana
    Answer: Bilhana
  • Q. Which Viceroy of India had largest tenure during British rule:
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Lord Linlithgow
    C)Lord Bentick
    D)None of above
    Answer: Lord Linlithgow
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :
    A)Bombay Session, 1934
    B)Ramgarh Session, 1940
    C)Tripuri session, 1939
    D)Wardha Session, 1942
    Answer: Tripuri session, 1939
  • Q. Tripitakas’ are sacred books of
    A)Jains
    B)Hindus
    C)Parsis
    D)Buddhists
    Answer: Buddhists
  • Q. India was partitioned as a consequence of the formula contained in
    A)Attlee's Declaration
    B)Cabinet Mission Plan
    C)June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
    D)Both B and C above
    Answer: June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan

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