More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart, that he wrote: ‘That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the ‘Bhagavad Gita’
A)Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
B)Hare Ram
C)Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
D)Ishwar Allah Tero Nam
Answer: Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
- Q. In which year, New Zealand became the first country in world to grant women vote
A)1893
B)1887
C)1898
D)1905
Answer: 1893
- Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Q. Theosophical society was started by whom and where, initially?
A)Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
B)A.O Hume in India
C)M.G Ranade in India
D)Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa
Answer: Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
- Q. The Buddha attained nirvana at __________
A)Sarnath
B)Bodh Gaya
C)Sanchi
D)Kusinagara
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. Akbar’s son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of
A)Jahangir Alampanah
B)Jahangir
C)Jahangir Alamgir
D)Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
Answer: Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
- Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
A)Chhota Nagpur
B)Punjab
C)Tarai
D)Manipur
Answer: Chhota Nagpur
- Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
A)Pradesa
B)Bhukit
C)Vithi
D)Ahara
Answer: Vithi
- Q. In which country the revolution of 1848 first begins that lead to a series of revolutions
A)Germany
B)Italy
C)French
D)Austria
Answer: Italy
- Q. The only Hindu Courtier of Akbar who accepted Din-i-Ilahi was
A)Birbal
B)Todermal
C)Tansen
D)Man Singh
Answer: Birbal
- Q. Which Buddhist literature consists of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers?
A)Sutta Patika
B)Milnda Panha
C)Vinayapitaka
D)Buddhhacharita
Answer: Sutta Patika
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?
A)Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
B)Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
C)Abbas Tyabji
D)Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Answer: Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?
A)We have some indications of polyandry in this period
B)We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
C)There are no examples of child marriage in this period
D)The practice of levirate was known
Answer: We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
- Q. “The word impossible is found, in the dictionary of fools” was the famous quote of
A)Alexander the Great
B)Hitler
C)Julius Caesar
D)Napoleon
Answer: Napoleon
- Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
A)Mohenjo-Daro
B)Harappa
C)Ropar
D)Kalibangan
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
A)Prakrit
B)Magadhi
C)Mythili
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Magadhi
- Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
A)Chandragupta - I
B)Sri Gupta
C)Ghatotkacha
D)Kumaragupta - I
Answer: Sri Gupta
- Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Lucknow
C)Lahore
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
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