More Questions on History

  • Q. Which one of the following scholar, challenged Invincible Yajnavalkya for debate?
    A)Apala
    B)Ghosha
    C)Maitreyi
    D)Gargi
    Answer: Gargi
  • Q. The first Indian who was elected to the leadership of the Communist International was
    A)SS Joshi
    B)SA Dange
    C)MN Roy
    D)PC Joshi
    Answer: MN Roy
  • Q. The monolithic image of Jain Saint ‘Gomatiswara’ is at __________
    A)Shravanbelagola
    B)Mount Abu
    C)Kusinagara
    D)Kalinga
    Answer: Shravanbelagola
  • Q. Which of the following are the reasons for which Wahabi / Walliullah movement was started?
    A)Encouraging to give up puradh system
    B)Spreading education among Muslim women
    C)Reviving Muslim principles in response to western influences
    D)Propagating Quran as the only source
    Answer: Reviving Muslim principles in response to western influences
  • Q. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
    A)Amritsar
    B)Gurdaspur
    C)Lahore
    D)Talwandi
    Answer: Talwandi
  • Q. Which of the following Indian literature is the earliest known works?
    A)Rig Vedas
    B)Puranas
    C)Sama Vedas
    D)Rajtrangini
    Answer: Rig Vedas
  • Q. Who was the founder of the, Ghadar Party?
    A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
    B)Basant Kumar Biswas
    C)Ram Prasad Bismil
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
  • Q. Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly?
    A)V. K. Krishna Menon
    B)Vijayalakshmi Pandit
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Rajeswar Dayal
    Answer: Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  • Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir’s reign was
    A)Shah Parvez
    B)Shah Muhammad
    C)Shah Abbas
    D)Shah Raza
    Answer: Shah Abbas
  • Q. Which inscription mentions about the village administration under the Cholas?
    A)Uttaramerur
    B)Junagarh
    C)Aihole
    D)Nasik
    Answer: Uttaramerur
  • Q. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
    A)Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
    B)Mrs. Annie Besant
    C)Mrs. Nelline Sengupta
    D)Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Mrs. Annie Besant
  • Q. The main purpose of Brahmo Samaj for which it was set up are
    A)Criticize social evils, oppose idolatry and emphasize human dignity
    B)Purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
    A)Ram Mohan Roy
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Sisir Kumar
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: E
  • 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 among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
    A)Megasthenese
    B)Hiuen Tsang
    C)I-Tsing
    D)Fahien
    Answer: Megasthenese
  • Q. India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister
    A)Winston Churchill
    B)Clement Attlee
    C)Ramsay Mac Donald
    D)William Pitt
    Answer: Clement Attlee
  • Q. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of
    A)Mewar
    B)Bijapur
    C)Gujarat
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Bijapur
  • Q. Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the presence of temples or public places of worship in the Indus civilization. Reason (R): To the Harappans, religion was perhaps more a personal and a private matter than a public affair
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
    A)Kabirdas
    B)Sur Das
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Kalidasa
    Answer: Sur Das
  • Q. The Inca civilization was raised in which country
    A)Colombia
    B)Bolivia
    C)Peru
    D)Chile
    Answer: Peru

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