More Questions on History
- Q. In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself
A)Ashoka Priyadarshi
B)Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
C)Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
D)Daivaputra
Answer: Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
- Q. Who got construced ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
A)Ashoka
B)Akbar
C)Shershah Suri
D)Samudra Gupta
Answer: Shershah Suri
- Q. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
A)Gautam
B)Vyasa
C)Kapila
D)Charaka
Answer: Gautam
- Q. The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed at
A)Amritsar
B)Allahabad
C)Kashmir
D)Agra
Answer: Amritsar
- Q. What were the taxes extracted by Church during late eighteenth century in the French Society called
A)Taille
B)Tithes
C)Livre
D)Jizya
Answer: Tithes
- Q. Who of the following Governor General is associated with Subsidiary Alliance System?
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Cornwallies
C)Lord Mayo
D)Lord Delhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. The medieval Hindu ruler who was a contemporary of Akbar, and took the title of Vikramaditya was
A)Sadasiva Raya (of Vijayanagar)
B)Rana Pratap (of Mewar)
C)Raja Man Singh (of Amber)
D)Hemachandra (Hemu)
Answer: Hemachandra (Hemu)
- Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
A)Foreign accounts
B)Literary works
C)Numismatic evidence
D)Epigraphic sources
Answer: Numismatic evidence
- Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
A)Nimbarka
B)Mirabai
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Madhav
Answer: Madhav
- Q. The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the
A)Treaty of Madras
B)Treaty of Pondicherry
C)Treaty of Mysore
D)Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Treaty of Madras
- Q. Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________
A)1729
B)1727
C)1829
D)1834
Answer: 1829
- Q. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
A)Vishakhadatta
B)Shundraka
C)Kalidasa
D)Chanakya
Answer: Kalidasa
- Q. __________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
A)W. C. Banerjee
B)Gokhale
C)Ranade
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. Sir Thomas Roe came to India with a letter from the British Monarch
A)Queen Elizabeth
B)Queen Mary
C)James I
D)Queen Anne
Answer: James I
- Q. Where can the finest examples of medieval architecture be seen?
A)Castles
B)Cathedrals
C)Homes of townspeople
D)Universities
Answer: Cathedrals
- Q. Shree Narayana Guru was a great socio-religious reformer of
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Kerala
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Karnataka
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to
A)Disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
B)Competition from British manufacturing industries only
C)Establishment of alien rule only
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna after how many days of receipt of Diksha?
A)Two
B)One
C)Three
D)Four
Answer: Two
- Q. Humayun was born in the year
A)1608
B)1508
C)1708
D)1808
Answer: 1508
- Q. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
A)Mauryan period
B)Harappan period
C)Buddhist period
D)Gupta period
Answer: Gupta period
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