More Questions on History
- Q. Who founded the Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam?
A)Periyar Swami
B)Daya Nand Saraswati
C)Narayan Guru
D)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. Tilak was sentenced and transported to
A)Mandalay
B)Mandal
C)Australia
D)Andaman
Answer: Mandalay
- Q. Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper
A)National Herald
B)Pioneer
C)Kesari
D)Patriot
Answer: National Herald
- Q. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
A)Hinduism
B)Zoroastrianism
C)Buddhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Hinduism
- Q. In U.S.A. the President is elected by
A)Universal Adult Franchise
B)The Senate
C)The House of Representatives
D)The Congress
Answer: Universal Adult Franchise
- Q. Who wrote biography of Chaitanya?
A)Namadeva
B)Krishnadasa Kaviraja
C)Shankar Dev
D)Both A & B
Answer: Krishnadasa Kaviraja
- Q. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
A)They were taller and stronger
B)They used elephants on a large scale
C)They were from an advanced urban culture
D)They used chariots driven by horses
Answer: They used chariots driven by horses
- Q. Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal? I. Kunwar Singh II. Nana Saheb III. Begum of Awadh IV. Bakht Khan
A)I and IV
B)I and II
C)II and IV
D)II and III
Answer: II and III
- Q. Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal is not correct?
A)It was built by Shah Jahan
B)It is a magnificent Mausoleum
C)It is situated outside Agra Fort
D)The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
Answer: The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
- Q. Infanticide was completely banned by the
A)Sharda Act, 1930
B)Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
C)Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
D)Minto-Morley reforms
Answer: Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
- Q. Tansen, a great musician of his time, was in the Court of
A)Akbar
B)Jahangir
C)Shahjahan
D)Bahadur Shah
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
- Q. Viewing the pathetic condition of widows and unfortunate children Jyotirao decided the open an orphanage called __________
A)Arya Samaj
B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
C)Brahma Samaj
D)Ramakrishna Mission
Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
- Q. Assertion (A): Firuz Shah Tughlaq did not leavy jizya tax. Reason (R): His influential minister Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul was a converted Hindu.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is false but R is true
- Q. Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional system
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Rowaltt Act
C)Partition of Bengal
D)Simon Commission
Answer: Simon Commission
- Q. To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
A)Sakyas
B)Licchavis
C)Mallas
D)None of the above
Answer: Sakyas
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)Home Rule Movement
B)His imprisonment in 1908
C)Revolutionary Movement
D)Swadeshi Movement
Answer: Home Rule Movement
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect?
A)They worshipped gods in the form of human beings
B)The Harappans were phallus worshippers
C)They placed their gods in temples
D)They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess
Answer: They placed their gods in temples
- Q. My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in
A)1902
B)1901
C)1906
D)1946
Answer: 1906
- Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
D)C. R. Das
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
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