More Questions on History

  • Q. Which is representative of Dravida style of temple architecture?
    A)Shikhara
    B)Viman
    C)Mandapa
    D)Gopuram
    Answer: Viman
  • Q. Gupta Dynasty was famous for
    A)Imperialism
    B)Art and architecture
    C)Revenue and land reform
    D)None of these
    Answer: Art and architecture
  • Q. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge” – this was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
    A)C Raja Gopalchari
    B)Dr. B R Ambedkar
    C)Jawaharlal Neheru
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawaharlal Neheru
  • Q. Which of the following works taken up even after the decline of the movement?
    A)Carry forward Raja Ram Mohan Roy's tradition of public education on social, economic and political questions
    B)Fight for women's rights and education
    C)Took up farmers issues and fought for their better treatment and against oppressive zamindars
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • 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. The greatest contribution of the British rule to the growth of India nationalism was the __________
    A)Racial arrogance of the British
    B)Introduction of western education in India
    C)Denial of Higher Jobs to deserving Indians
    D)Queen's proclamation of 1858
    Answer: Introduction of western education in India
  • Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
    A)Mahavira
    B)Gautama
    C)Chandra Gupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Mahavira
  • Q. Who give the famous quote ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth’
    A)Abraham Lincoln
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Vladimir Lenin
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. The Hindu social sacraments such as marriage etc. are performed on the basis of the rituals described in the
    A)Yajurveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Grihyasutras
    D)Upanishad
    Answer: Grihyasutras
  • Q. What did the ninth-century Scandinavian invasions do in England?
    A)Led to disintegration of a large kingdom into smaller kingdoms
    B)Promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a large kingdom
    C)Gave way to colonization by the Vikings
    D)Brought down Anglo-Saxon alliance
    Answer: Promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a large kingdom
  • Q. The Sikh Guru who fought in the Mughal ranks during the reign of Aurangzeb was
    A)Har Rai
    B)Tegh Bahadur
    C)Amar Das
    D)Angad
    Answer: Tegh Bahadur
  • Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
    A)A. C. Wadia
    B)Srinivas Ramanujam
    C)C. V. Raman
    D)P. C. Mahalanobis
    Answer: A. C. Wadia
  • Q. Which revolutionary said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective?”
    A)Narayan Guru
    B)Vinoba Bhave
    C)Dayanand Sarshwati
    D)Aurobindo Ghosh
    Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
  • Q. Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?
    A)Aurobindo Ghose
    B)Lokamanya Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Hume
    Answer: Hume
  • Q. Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between Babur and__________
    A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    B)Rana Sanga
    C)Hemu
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
  • Q. Who propounded the ‘Eight-Fold Path’ for the end of misery of mankind?
    A)Gautam Buddha
    B)Mahavir
    C)Adi Shankaracharya
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Gautam Buddha
  • Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
    A)1901
    B)1898
    C)1908
    D)1946
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
    A)Heinrich Himmler
    B)Hermann Goering
    C)Rudolf Hess
    D)Joseph Goebbels
    Answer: Joseph Goebbels
  • Q. How many Mahajanapadas were there in ancient India?
    A)16
    B)20
    C)18
    D)10
    Answer: 16

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