More Questions on History
- Q. The first elaborate description of Upanayana Sanskar is found in the
A)Taittiriya Brahmana
B)Aitareya Brahmana
C)Tandyamaha Brahmana
D)Shatapatha Brahmana
Answer: Tandyamaha Brahmana
- Q. In the Interim Government formed in 1946, the Minister for Education was
A)Rajaji
B)Patel
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. Who among the following had during his reign introduced a new calendar, a new system of coinage, and new scales of weights and measures?
A)Murshid Quli Khan
B)Tipu Sultan
C)Raghunath Rao
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. Cortez discovered Mexico in the year
A)1519
B)1506
C)1532
D)1560
Answer: 1519
- Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A)Noncooperation Co-operation
B)Khilafat movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Quit India Movement
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. Who was the first to raise the slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’?
A)M Kelappan
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Veer Savarkar
D)Shankaran Nair
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement on March 12, 1930 by
A)Dandi March to break the Salt Laws
B)asking the Viceroy through a letter containing Eleven Points Programme to remove the evils of the British rule
C)asking the people to take Poorna Swaraj Pledge
D)launching the non-payment of taxes campaign
Answer: Dandi March to break the Salt Laws
- Q. Charak was the famous court physician of
A)Chandra Gupta Maurya
B)Harsha
C)Ashoka
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat?
A)Once
B)Four Times
C)Thrice
D)Twice
Answer: Twice
- Q. The famous Jain centre in South India is situated at
A)Madurai
B)Rameshvaram
C)Kanchi
D)Shravanbelgola
Answer: Shravanbelgola
- Q. Which of the following Mughal emperors is credited with composition of Hindi songs?
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The ‘Hero of Plassey’ was
A)Dupleix
B)Warren Hastings
C)Clive
D)Shuja-ud-Daulah
Answer: Clive
- Q. What was the original name of Nur Jahan?
A)Fatima Begum
B)Zeb-un-Nissa
C)Mehr-un-Nissa
D)Jahanara
Answer: Mehr-un-Nissa
- Q. Which of the following aspects is not common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
A)Worship of idols
B)Personal love for God
C)Mysticism
D)Visit to holy shrines
Answer: Worship of idols
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
A)Bimbisara
B)Udayin
C)Ajatshatru
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
A)Qutb-din-Aibak
B)Nasir-ud-din
C)Bahram Shah
D)Aram Shah
Answer: Nasir-ud-din
- 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. What does the Yajur Veda contain?
A)Spells and charms
B)Only hymns
C)Hymns and rituals
D)Commentaries on society
Answer: Hymns and rituals
- Q. Who among the following was also known as ‘Zinda Pir’?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
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