More Questions on History
- Q. Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?
A)Harappa
B)Kalibangan
C)Mohenjodaro
D)Chanhudaro
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. In 1916-18 the Home Rule League movement was launched under the leadership of :
A)G. S. Khaparde and Sir S. Subramania Iyer
B)Mohammad Ali Jinnah and G. S. Khaparde
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Sir S. Subramania Iyer and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. The author of ‘Arthashastra’ was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ashoka
C)Samudragupta
D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of
A)Marathas
B)Rohelas
C)Sikhs
D)Tamils
Answer: Rohelas
- Q. Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of
A)CR Das
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)Gokhale
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
A)a positive state of law
B)truth
C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
D)doing good even to the evildoers
Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
- Q. As per the Indian Independence Act of 1947, which of the following did not form a part of Pakistan?
A)Sind and British Baluchistan
B)East Bengal and the West Punjab
C)The North West Frontier
D)Assam
Answer: Assam
- Q. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
A)Magadhi
B)Bhojpuri
C)Pali
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Pali
- Q. Who built the famous Charminar of Hyderabad?
A)Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
B)Krishndev Rai
C)Nadir Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
- Q. In which year salt Satyagraha took place?
A)1930
B)1929
C)1931
D)1932
Answer: 1930
- Q. The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, __________ Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21
A)Kummampilli Raman Pillai
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Kummampilli Raman Pillai
- Q. The most important craftsman in the Vedic period was the
A)goldsmith
B)blacksmith
C)carpenter
D)barber
Answer: carpenter
- Q. A great astronomer and mathematician during the Gupta period was
A)Vagabhatta
B)Bhanugupta
C)Aryabhatta
D)Varahamihira
Answer: Aryabhatta
- Q. Recognize the medicinal trio of ancient India from the following options
A)Charak, Sushruta and Patanjali
B)Charaka, Sushruta, and Bharata
C)Charak, Sushruta, and Banabhatta
D)Charak, Vatsyayana, and Banabhatta
Answer: Charak, Sushruta and Patanjali
- Q. The British India Society was formed in __________
A)1833
B)1832
C)1839
D)1874
Answer: 1839
- Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the formation of the Congress Socialist Party?
A)Subhas Chandra Bose
B)P. C. Joshi
C)Acharya Narendra Dev
D)Ram Manohar Lohia
Answer: Acharya Narendra Dev
- Q. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
A)Attacking the caste system
B)Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
C)Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
D)Seperate representation for untouchables
Answer: Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
- Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 primarily to promote among Indian Muslims
A)political consciousness
B)mutual unity and goodwill
C)feeling of loyalty to the British Government
D)hatred for the Congress
Answer: feeling of loyalty to the British Government
- Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
A)Lady Hardinge
B)Robert Clive
C)James Prinsep
D)Dalhousie
Answer: James Prinsep
- Q. The medieval Hindu ruler who was a contemporary of Akbar, and took the title of Vikramaditya was
A)Sadasiva Raya (of Vijayanagar)
B)Rana Pratap (of Mewar)
C)Raja Man Singh (of Amber)
D)Hemachandra (Hemu)
Answer: Hemachandra (Hemu)
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