More Questions on History
- Q. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization?
A)2500 BC - 1700 BC
B)2400 BC - 1700 BC
C)2400 BC - 1750 BC
D)2500 BC - 1750 BC
Answer: 2500 BC - 1750 BC
- Q. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
A)1982
B)1872
C)1884
D)1892
Answer: 1872
- Q. Purana Qila at Delhi was built by
A)Sher Shah
B)Akbar
C)Humayun
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Sher Shah
- Q. Who among the following was first initiated disciple of Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi?
A)Tansen
B)Todarmal
C)Birbal
D)Mansingh
Answer: Birbal
- Q. According to the Regulating Act, Directors were to be elected for a period of
A)4 years
B)5 years
C)6 years
D)3 years
Answer: 4 years
- Q. Why Simon commission was established?
A)To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms
B)To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
C)To declare India as republic state
D)None of these
Answer: To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
- Q. Peking is the sacred place of
A)Shintoism
B)Taoism
C)Confucianism
D)Judaism
Answer: Confucianism
- Q. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?
A)Muslims
B)Jews
C)Christians
D)Sikhs
Answer: Muslims
- Q. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Tripitakas are sacred books of
A)Hindus
B)Buddhists
C)Jains
D)None of the above
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
A)R.C. Mazumdar
B)S.N. Sen
C)B.G. Tilak
D)V.D. Savakar
Answer: V.D. Savakar
- Q. With which of the following would you associate Jyotiba Phule?
A)Theosophical Society
B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
C)Tattvabodhini Samaj
D)Dharma Sabha
Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
- Q. Which of the following statement is related with the provision of the Charter Act of 1833?
A)Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
B)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China
C)Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China
D)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China for ten years
Answer: Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
- Q. Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Both (A) and (B) above
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The first Indian national leader who began building, organizing and promoting the freedom struggle was
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as
A)Siddhartha
B)Gautam
C)Rahul
D)Suddhodhana
Answer: Siddhartha
- Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
A)Wajid Ali Shah
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C)Sirajud daulla
D)Alivardi Khan
Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
- Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
A)1757
B)1657
C)1765
D)1857
Answer: 1857
- Q. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
A)Prakrit
B)Sanskrit
C)Pali
D)Sauraseni
Answer: Pali
- Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
A)Vaishanavism
B)Nirgunabraman
C)Shaivism
D)None of the above
Answer: Nirgunabraman
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