More Questions on History
- Q. In which century did the first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start?
A)14th century BC
B)19th century BC
C)5th century AD
D)600 BC
Answer: 600 BC
- Q. Sardar Patel brought all the Indian States into the Country’s unity
A)By using armed forces
B)By a bloody revolution
C)By a bloodless revolution
D)With the help of the English
Answer: By a bloodless revolution
- Q. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
A)1980
B)1970
C)1990
D)1991
Answer: 1991
- Q. Who has called the Prime Minister Primus inter pares (first among equlas)?
A)Harcourt
B)Morely
C)Laski
D)Lowell
Answer: Morely
- Q. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
A)Hastings
B)Clive
C)Wellesley
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Cornwallis
- Q. The Hindustan Republican Association, subsequently styled as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded in 1924 by
A)Chandra Shekhar Azad
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Jogesh Chandra Chatterji
D)Sachindra Sanyal
Answer: Sachindra Sanyal
- Q. Alexander was trained by
A)Aristotle
B)Socrates
C)Plato
D)Homer
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?
A)Ibrahim Lodi
B)Bahlol Lodi
C)Daulat Khan Lodi
D)Sikandar Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- Q. I. VishishtAdvaita (“Advaita with uniqueness; qualifications”) is a non-dualistic school of Vedanta philosophy. II. Ramanuja, the main proponent of Vishishtadvaita philosophy contends that the Prasthana Traya (“The three courses”), namely the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Brahma Sutras are to be interpreted in a way that shows this unity in diversity. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Visishtadvaita?
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The famous Buddhist scholar Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of which one of the following?
A)Bindusara
B)Ashoka
C)Harsha
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A)The partition of Bengal
B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
C)The Surat Split
D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
Answer: The partition of Bengal
- Q. Who was the Congress President at the time when India become free?
A)V. L. Pandit
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)J. B. Kripalani
Answer: J. B. Kripalani
- Q. Who is also known as ‘Bard of Avon’
A)Karl Marx
B)William Wordsworth
C)William Shakespeare
D)John Milton
Answer: William Shakespeare
- Q. Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
A)removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
B)enforcing monogamy
C)penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
D)civil marriages
Answer: penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
- Q. Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as__________
A)Vishwanath Datta
B)Narendra Nath Datta
C)Upendranath Datta
D)Vasava Datta
Answer: Narendra Nath Datta
- Q. In which year Napoleon I crowned himself as Emperor of France
A)1804
B)1799
C)1807
D)1812
Answer: 1804
- Q. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the city of
A)Milan
B)Rome
C)Florence
D)Madrid
Answer: Florence
- Q. The battle of Balakot was in __________
A)1821
B)1806
C)1831
D)1896
Answer: 1831
- Q. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
A)Raigarh
B)Poona
C)Singhgarh
D)Panhala
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. Which of the following is not a religious text?
A)Sangam
B)Rigveda
C)Upanishad
D)None of the above
Answer: Sangam
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