More Questions on History
- Q. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into Independent Republics?
A)1991
B)1990
C)1992
D)1993
Answer: 1991
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
B)of superior resources of the British empire
C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
- Q. The most famous Chera ruler was
A)Nedunjeraladan
B)Udiyanjeral
C)Senguttuvan
D)Sengannan
Answer: Senguttuvan
- Q. The leader of the Anuslian Samiti was
A)Pulin Das
B)Barindra Kumar Ghosh
C)Kanai Lal Dutta
D)Prafulla Chaki
Answer: Barindra Kumar Ghosh
- Q. The death of millions of Indian in frequent famines which visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to
A)commercialisation of agriculture
B)overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
C)poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
D)unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production
Answer: poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
- Q. The battle of Thermopylae was fought between
A)Athens and Rome
B)Sparta and Athens
C)Greece City States and Persia
D)Rome and Carthage
Answer: Greece City States and Persia
- Q. What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Kesari
B)Young India
C)Bombay Chronicle
D)Resurgent India
Answer: Young India
- Q. Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Ghananand
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
A)Queen Victoria
B)Queen Elizabeth
C)Queen Anne
D)Queen Marie
Answer: Queen Victoria
- Q. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
A)Lord Dufferin
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Northbrook
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is
A)Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra
B)Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra, Vaishali
C)Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
D)Pataliputra, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Vaishali
Answer: Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
- Q. Which of the following leaders was one of the founding member of the Muslim League?
A)Shaukat Ali
B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C)Nawab Salimullah
D)Aga Khan
Answer: Nawab Salimullah
- Q. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama Masjid at Khana – were constructed at
A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Absolute sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by
A)Rousseau
B)Thomas Hobbes
C)John Locke
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Thomas Hobbes
- Q. Regulating Act was in the year of__________
A)1673
B)1573
C)1773
D)1873
Answer: 1773
- Q. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A)Hunter Commission
B)Macaulay's Minute
C)Charter Act
D)Wood's Despatch
Answer: Wood's Despatch
- Q. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
A)Sayyid Ahmed Khan
B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
C)Aga Khan
D)All of the above
Answer: Aga Khan
- Q. Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana yogam which took up issues regarding depressed classes, contains which of the issues? I. Encouraging inter caste marriages II. Right of admission to public schools III. Recruitment to government schools IV. Access to temples and roads
A)I, II and III
B)Only II and III
C)I, II and IV
D)All four are correct
Answer: All four are correct
- Q. Arab merchant, Suleiman, came to India in 9th century in the kingdom of
A)Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
B)Vijaysena of Sena dynasty
C)Gopala of the Pala dynasty
D)Dantidurga of Rashtrakuta dynasty
Answer: Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
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