More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
- Q. __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
A)Tarachand Chakravarty
B)Annie Besant
C)D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
D)Brojnath Dhar
Answer: Annie Besant
- 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. In the Mughal period the registers of the agricultural lands were maintained by
A)Qanungo
B)Kotwal
C)Amin
D)Krori
Answer: Qanungo
- Q. Queen Elizabeth I of England belongs to which dynasty
A)York
B)Stuart
C)Tudor
D)Normandy
Answer: Tudor
- 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. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: I only
- Q. Which of the following periods is considered as the revolutionary era in Indian history?
A)1857-1947
B)1857-60
C)1857-90
D)1845-1947
Answer: 1857-90
- Q. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’?
A)The Dewan of Travancore
B)The Maharaja of Baroda
C)The Nizam of Hyderabad
D)The Raja of Jodhpur
Answer: The Dewan of Travancore
- Q. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following saints?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Nanak
C)Nimbarkacharya
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Tirthankar Ajitnath was detached from whose effects?
A)Acharya Aridaman
B)Padprabhu
C)Arahnath
D)Naminath
Answer: Acharya Aridaman
- Q. The main purpose of Brahmo Samaj for which it was set up are
A)Criticize social evils, oppose idolatry and emphasize human dignity
B)Purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?
A)Varanasi
B)Lucknow
C)Hyderabad
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Ayurveda’ has its origin in
A)Sama Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)Yajur Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
- Q. Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act?
A)The West Punjab
B)East Bengal
C)Sind
D)West Bengal
Answer: West Bengal
- Q. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
D)Birbal
Answer: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
- Q. Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?
A)Aurobindo Ghose
B)Lokamanya Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Hume
Answer: Hume
- Q. During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by
A)Prithviraja Chauhan III of Ajmer
B)Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat
C)Both (a) and (b) above
D)(b) and the Chandela king Paramardi
Answer: Both (a) and (b) above
- Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Satavahana dynasty originated from?
A)South of Vindhya
B)South of Arawali
C)South of Satpura
D)South of Satmola
Answer: South of Vindhya
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