More Questions on History
- Q. The Buddha attained nirvana at __________
A)Sarnath
B)Bodh Gaya
C)Sanchi
D)Kusinagara
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. The queen with the title Didda ruled over which part of India between 980 – 1003?
A)Kashmir
B)Avadh
C)Sindh
D)Bengal
Answer: Kashmir
- Q. Which one of the following Harappan sites is NOT located in Gujarat?
A)Rangpur
B)Surkotada
C)Sutkagendor
D)Desalpur
Answer: Sutkagendor
- Q. What was the name of the Sabha started by Debendranath Tagore?
A)Dharma Sabha
B)Arya Samaj
C)Tattvabodhini Sabha
D)Tattvabodhini Samaj
Answer: Tattvabodhini Sabha
- Q. Who was the first Roman Emperor
A)Claudius
B)Caligula
C)Augustus
D)Nero
Answer: Augustus
- Q. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
A)March 14, 1878
B)April 14, 1878
C)March 14, 1876
D)March 14, 1870
Answer: March 14, 1878
- Q. The caste system of India was created for
A)Recognization of the dignity of labour
B)Immobility of labour
C)Economic uplift
D)Occupational division of labour
Answer: Occupational division of labour
- Q. The Tata Iron and Steel Works was completed with the aid of
A)Russian experts
B)Japanese experts
C)American experts
D)French experts
Answer: American experts
- Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by
A)Azam Shah
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Azam Shah
- Q. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre, New York?
A)Minoru Yamasaki
B)Le Corbusier
C)Edwin Lutyens
D)Charles Correa
Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
- Q. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)William Bentinck
D)Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Q. Which of the following Vedas is not a part of Vedatrayi?
A)Yajur Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)Sama Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
- Q. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
A)Lord Wavell
B)Lord Mountbatten
C)Lord Linlithgow
D)Lord Irwin
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
A)Indian mill owners and non government officials
B)British mill owners and government officials
C)British non-government officials
D)Indian government officials
Answer: Indian mill owners and non government officials
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
A)Shaivism
B)Nirguna and Saguna
C)Sikkhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
- Q. The Frontier Gandhi actively participated in
A)Non-Cooperation Movement
B)Khilafat Movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)All the above
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. The capital of the Abbasid Caliphs was
A)Damascus
B)Bagdad
C)Constantinople
D)Madina
Answer: Bagdad
- Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B)Allauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
D)Muhamad bin Quasim
Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
- 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
- Indian History
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- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
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- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
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- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
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