More Questions on History
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya was born in
A)563 BC
B)340 BC
C)189 BC
D)99 BC
Answer: 340 BC
- Q. The Sikh Guru who had been killed at the instance of Aurangzeb was
A)Guru Hargobind
B)Guru Atjan Dev
C)Guru Tegh Bahadur
D)Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Q. The landmarks or Dalhousie’s administration did not include
A)English as the medium of instruction
B)Indian Railways
C)Public works department
D)Telegraph
Answer: English as the medium of instruction
- Q. Name the ruler whose patronage had been enjoyed by Jainism
A)Kharavela
B)Kanishka
C)Pushyamitra Sunga
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Kharavela
- Q. When did Japanese invasion of Manchuria begin?
A)1935
B)1931
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the
A)Religious beliefs of the Harappans
B)Indus seals excavated
C)Tools and implements used by the Harappans
D)Different types of dwellings excavated
Answer: Different types of dwellings excavated
- Q. Which of the Kushana ruler patronised Buddhism?
A)Vikramaditya
B)Ashoka
C)Kanishka
D)Kautilya
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Who among the following occupied the supreme position in the Later Vedic pantheon?
A)Prajapati
B)Indra
C)Agni
D)Varuna
Answer: Prajapati
- Q. The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Satyendra Nath Tagore
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)C. R. Das
Answer: Satyendra Nath Tagore
- Q. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Subhash Chandra Bose
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
A)In the name of the Crown
B)By the Company
C)By a Board of Directors
D)In the name of Governor-General of India
Answer: In the name of the Crown
- Q. The aim of Ashoka’s Dhamma was
A)Religious domination
B)Subtle conquest
C)A casteless society
D)Non-violence and peace
Answer: Non-violence and peace
- Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
A)Kapila
B)Patanjali
C)Vyasa
D)Shankaracharya
Answer: Vyasa
- Q. Ajitnath Tirthankar was born on the eighth day of which Hindu month of shukl paksh?
A)Chaitra
B)Maagh
C)Ashwin
D)Jyestha
Answer: Maagh
- Q. Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in the book
A)British Rule and its Consequences
B)Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
C)Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India
D)Nature of British Colonial Rule
Answer: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
- Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)S. N. Bannerjee
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer: S. N. Bannerjee
- Q. The United Nations declared __________ as the International Year of Women
A)1878
B)1875
C)1975
D)1956
Answer: 1975
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the age of Vedic Civilisation? I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on astronomical grounds, dated Rig Veda to 6000 B.C. to Harmon Jacobi, Vedic civilization flourished between 4500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. and the Samhitas were composed in the latter half of the period. II. Famous Sanskritist, Winternitz felt that the Rig Veda was probably composed in the third millennium B.C.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following
A)Upanishads
B)Tripitakas
C)Angas
D)Aranyakas
Answer: Tripitakas
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