More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
A)Ravi Kirti
B)Bhani
C)Banabhatta
D)Vishnu Sharma
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. What was the name of first Gandhar of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
A)Vipul
B)Vajrnath
C)Chandra Prabhu
D)Vasu
Answer: Vajrnath
- Q. Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India?
A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
Answer: The Regulating Act, AD 1773
- Q. “The word impossible is found, in the dictionary of fools” was the famous quote of
A)Alexander the Great
B)Hitler
C)Julius Caesar
D)Napoleon
Answer: Napoleon
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from
A)Ruskin
B)Thoureau
C)Confucius
D)Tolstoy
Answer: Thoureau
- Q. The Gupta Saka was founded by
A)Chandra Gupta, the Second
B)Chandra Gupta, the First
C)Samudra Gupta
D)Kumara Gupta
Answer: Chandra Gupta, the First
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the cardinal principle of Bhakti Cult? I. It was influencing devotion to a personal God, whose grace was the only means of attaining salvation or Mukti. II. It stressed the idea of a personal God and pointed out the absurdity of the caste system in the presence of God and the futility of external rites and ceremonies.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Boston Tea Party’ protest was associated with the revolution of
A)Italy
B)America
C)Franch
D)India
Answer: America
- Q. The Harappas had commercial relations with __________
A)Jawa
B)China
C)Mesopotamia
D)Burma (Now, Myanmar)
Answer: Mesopotamia
- Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
A)Victoria Memeorial
B)San Thome
C)Fort William
D)Howrah Port
Answer: Fort William
- Q. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period?
A)Nishka
B)Kakini
C)Rupyaka
D)Dinar
Answer: Rupyaka
- Q. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
A)Babur
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. After receipt of Diksha, with which food Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna?
A)Kheer
B)Milk
C)Water
D)Dahi
Answer: Kheer
- Q. Socialism is essentially a movement of
A)The poor people
B)Intellectuals
C)The middle classes
D)The workers
Answer: The workers
- Q. Hakim Mirza, the younger brother of Akbar was the viceroy of
A)Herat
B)Kabul
C)Agra
D)Bengal
Answer: Kabul
- Q. Which inscription mentions about the village administration under the Cholas?
A)Uttaramerur
B)Junagarh
C)Aihole
D)Nasik
Answer: Uttaramerur
- Q. The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
A)The imprisonment of Lenin
B)The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
C)The ambition of America to dominate the world
D)The sudden death of Lloyd George
Answer: The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
- Q. In which city of India is Dhamek Stupa located?
A)Delhi
B)Pune
C)Varanasi
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. Lytton was selected as Viceroy to India to fulfill the ambitious plans of Disraeli in __________
A)Afghanistan
B)Awadh
C)Bengal
D)Burma
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. The Greek viewed ‘politics’ as the basis of
A)Ethical terms
B)Both ethical and legalistic terms
C)Terms of power
D)Legalistic terms
Answer: Ethical terms
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