More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. The art of painting in the Mughal age was __________ in origin
A)Hindu
B)Persian
C)French
D)Afghan
Answer: Persian
- Q. Which of the following is not a religious text?
A)Sangam
B)Rigveda
C)Upanishad
D)None of the above
Answer: Sangam
- Q. Annie Besant joined The Theosophical Society on 21 May __________
A)1878
B)1867
C)1879
D)1889
Answer: 1889
- Q. Marco-polo, a famous traveller, was native of which country?
A)Italy
B)Uzbekistan
C)Morocco
D)Russia
Answer: Italy
- Q. Which is the correct chronology of the excavation of the site in the Indus civilization? I. Mohenjo-Daro II. Chanhudaro III. Harappa IV. Lothal
A)I, III, II & IV
B)III, I, II & IV
C)II, I, III & IV
D)III, IV, II & I
Answer: III, I, II & IV
- Q. Who had observed that “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation”?
A)Annie Besant
B)BG Tilak
C)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. After the death of Rajaram in 1700A.D., Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
A)Lakshmibai
B)Tarabai
C)Ramabi
D)Jijabai
Answer: Tarabai
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? As per the Act of 1935, the Federal Court would have jurisdiction to decide disputes between
A)The Federating Units and the Federal Government
B)The Federating Units
C)The Federal Government and a Federating Units
D)The Secretary of State and the Viceroy's Council
Answer: The Secretary of State and the Viceroy's Council
- Q. What is ‘Patriarchal Society’?
A)System that values men more than women
B)System that values women more than men
C)System that values both men and women equally
D)System that values elders
Answer: System that values men more than women
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
- Q. The Sikh gurus who compiled the Guru Granth Sahib was
A)Har Rai
B)Nanak
C)Arjan
D)Bahadur
Answer: Arjan
- Q. Who is called as the ‘Prophet of New India’?
A)Sri Ramkrishna
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Sri Ramkrishna
- Q. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on :
A)June 5, 1931
B)July 5, 1931
C)March 5, 1931
D)January 5, 1931
Answer: March 5, 1931
- Q. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?
A)Bahadur Shah-II
B)Bahadur Shah-I
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Shah Alam-II
Answer: Shah Alam-I
- Q. The main centre of Wahabi Movement during the freedom movement was
A)Mysore
B)Lucknow
C)Patna
D)Delhi
Answer: Patna
- Q. Who had given out the political message or ‘India for the Indians’?
A)Dayananda Saraswati
B)P. A. Charlu
C)AO Hume
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Dayananda Saraswati
- Q. After reading Thomas Paine’s famous book __________Jyotirao was greatly influenced by his ideas
A)Prince
B)The Rights of Man
C)Utopia
D)Advaitha Deepika
Answer: The Rights of Man
- Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A)16 October , 1896
B)16 October , 1911
C)16 October , 1907
D)16 October , 1905
Answer: 16 October , 1905
- Q. Rajatarangini was written by
A)Alberuni
B)Kalhana
C)Harsha Vardhana
D)Kautilya
Answer: Kalhana
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