More Questions on History
- Q. Mahavira was born in a Kshatriya clan by the name of
A)Janatrika
B)Shakya
C)Mallas
D)Lichhavis
Answer: Janatrika
- Q. Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?
A)Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
B)Allaudin Khalji
C)Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
D)Muhammad Bin Qasim
Answer: Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
- Q. In Jain literature, which of the following Tirthankar is also known as Prajapati, Adibrahma and Aadinath?
A)Ajitnath
B)Rishabhnath
C)Sambhav nath
D)Abhnindan Nath
Answer: Rishabhnath
- Q. The Bloodless Revolution of 1688 was started in which country
A)Italy
B)England
C)Portugal
D)France
Answer: England
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :
A)1904
B)1896
C)1906
D)1910
Answer: 1906
- Q. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located?
A)Krishna
B)Kaveri
C)Wainganga
D)Tungabhadra
Answer: Tungabhadra
- Q. Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?
A)The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
B)The Religious Disabilities Act
C)Both the above
D)None of the above
Answer: Both the above
- Q. The Singh Sabha intended to restore Sikhism to its past purity by publishing historical religious books, magazines and journals, to propagate knowledge using Punjabi, to return Sikh apostates to their original faith, and to involve highly placed __________in the educational programme of the Sikhs
A)Frenchmen
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)Englishmen
Answer: Englishmen
- Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
- Q. The sculpture “David” was a creation of
A)Leonardo da Vinci
B)Michelangelo
C)Raphael
D)Donatello
Answer: Michelangelo
- Q. The First Opium War was fought between British and __________
A)Indian
B)Chinese
C)Japanese
D)Thai
Answer: Chinese
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892?
A)Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination
B)A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India
C)Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
D)Reduction in the Military expenditure
Answer: Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
- Q. The Act of __________ had introduced the system of separate electorates
A)1893
B)1874
C)1909
D)1926
Answer: 1909
- Q. In the Mughal administration, military recruitment had been looked after by the
A)Bakhshi
B)Kotwal
C)Wazir
D)Diwan
Answer: Bakhshi
- Q. When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?
A)860
B)800
C)871
D)899
Answer: 800
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from__________ in January 1915
A)England
B)South Africa
C)USA
D)Russia
Answer: South Africa
- Q. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
A)Persians
B)Abyssinians
C)Africans
D)Afghans
Answer: Abyssinians
- Q. The INC for the first time passed the resolutions on Swaraj, Boycott and National Education at its annual session held at
A)Calcutta (1906)
B)Banaras (1905)
C)Surat (1907)
D)Madras (1908)
Answer: Calcutta (1906)
- Q. The Upanishads are
A)Books of ancient Hindu laws
B)A source of Hindu philosophy
C)Books on social behavior of man
D)Prayers to God
Answer: A source of Hindu philosophy
- Q. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
A)Sant Jnanesvar
B)Sant Tukaram
C)Samarth Guru Ramdas
D)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Answer: Sant Tukaram
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