More Questions on History
- Q. Find out the odd one
A)AI-Biruni: Given valuable account about Harshavardhana
B)Hiuen-Tsang: Acquired knowledge of Indian society through literature
C)Megasthenes: Describes about the Indo-Persian relations
D)Ptolemy: Written a geographical treatise on India
Answer: Ptolemy: Written a geographical treatise on India
- Q. In 1928 Gurudevan took part in the special meeting of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam at __________
A)Trivandrum
B)Kollam
C)Kottayam
D)Aluva
Answer: Kottayam
- Q. “India Wins Freedom” is the autobiography of
A)Muhammad Ali
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Zakir Hussain
D)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: Abdul Kalam Azad
- Q. What is the meaning of Masi?
A)Defence
B)Teaching
C)Agriculture
D)Business
Answer: Teaching
- Q. Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind.’?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Aurobindo Ghosh
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Bucephalus’ was the name of the horse of
A)Alexander
B)Napoleon
C)Julius Caesar
D)Mark Antony
Answer: Alexander
- Q. What was the name of the assassinator of John F. Kennedy
A)John Wilkes Booth
B)Lee Harvey Oswald
C)John Surratt
D)None of the above
Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald
- Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
A)Right Effort
B)Right Speech
C)Right Desire
D)Right Conduct
Answer: Right Desire
- Q. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
A)Aga Khan
B)The Turkish Caliph
C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D)Abdul Kalam Azad
Answer: The Turkish Caliph
- Q. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th Century A.D.?
A)Temple of Khajuraho
B)Suntemple of Konark
C)Angkor Vat
D)Notre Darn, the Paris
Answer: Suntemple of Konark
- Q. Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Lokmanya Tilak
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Where did the practice of Shadow Cabinet originate?
A)Great Britain
B)United States of America
C)Italy
D)France
Answer: Great Britain
- Q. The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was
A)Organised city life
B)Worship of forces of nature
C)Pastoral farming
D)Caste society
Answer: Organised city life
- Q. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
A)Jaipur
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Amarkot
Answer: Agra
- Q. Which Directive Principal bears the direct impact of Gandhi’s moral philosophy?
A)Provision of free legal aid and advice
B)Equal pay for equal work
C)Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
D)Protection of the mounments of historical importance
Answer: Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
- Q. Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore prison?
A)Batukeshwar Dutt
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Jatin Das
D)Sukh Dev
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. The Wailing wall is situated in
A)Beijing
B)Berlin
C)Jerusalem
D)Tel Aviv
Answer: Jerusalem
- Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Lord Curzon
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Daya Nand Saraswati
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. Where did Moplah revolt took place?
A)Bihar
B)Bengal
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Who is consider as the first Pope of christianity
A)St Linus
B)St Peter
C)St Evaristus
D)St Alexander I
Answer: St Peter
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