More Questions on History
- Q. At Jallianwala Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire
A)Irwin
B)Benn
C)Dyer
D)Montagu
Answer: Dyer
- Q. Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
A)Warren Hastings
B)Wellesley
C)Dalhousie
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24 th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at __________ and died at __________
A)Kusinara and Pava
B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
C)Kundagrama and Pava
D)Kashi and Champa
Answer: Kundagrama and Pava
- Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Barley
Answer: Rice
- Q. Which dynasty immediately succeeded the Maurya dynasty and ruled Magadha Kingdom?
A)Sunga
B)Satavahana
C)Nanda
D)Kanva
Answer: Sunga
- Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
A)Madina
B)Baghdad
C)Kahira
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. The Harappan town considered to be a town of the artists and craftsmen was
A)Chanhudaro
B)Mohenjo-Daro
C)Harappa
D)Lothalmenials
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. Michelangelo was a __________
A)Sculptor
B)Painter
C)Astronomer
D)Poet
Answer: Sculptor
- Q. A new period in__________’s life began in 1913 when she became active in Indian politics, and gave a lead by claiming ‘Home Rule’ for India
A)Malati Patwardhan
B)Ammu Swaminathan
C)Annie Besant
D)Ambujammal
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? The materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 were drawn from
A)The Nehru Committee Report
B)The Simon Commission Report
C)The White Paper issued by the British Government
D)Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms
- Q. According to Jains, what was the number of Gandhars of Sumtinath Tirthankar?
A)100
B)50
C)150
D)200
Answer: 100
- Q. Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system?
A)Government of India Act, 1935
B)Indian Council Act of 1861
C)Government of India Act, 1919
D)Indian Council Act of 1909
Answer: Indian Council Act of 1861
- Q. Wahabi movement aimed to organize Muslims around two fold ideas, which of the following forms the ideas among them? I. Harmony among 4 schools of Muslim which were divided at that time II. Recognition of the role of individual conscience in religion as conflicting interpretations were derived from quran and other practices
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)None of the above stated
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The Mauryan administration was highly
A)Bureaucratic
B)Decentralized
C)Centralized
D)Despotic
Answer: Centralized
- Q. The Congress ministries gave up office in October 1939 over the issue of
A)propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress
B)constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration
C)India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War
D)failure of the British to define their war aims
Answer: failure of the British to define their war aims
- Q. The first plans for an Indian railway system was made by
A)Amherst
B)Minto
C)Hardinge
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Hardinge
- Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
A)Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
B)The last effort of the old political order to regain power
C)A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
D)An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Answer: The last effort of the old political order to regain power
- Q. The Upanishads are separated from the Brahmanas by treatises called __________
A)Aranyakas
B)Vedas
C)Epics
D)Puranas
Answer: Aranyakas
- Q. Which of the following was the cause of the decline of Buddhism?
A)Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
B)Buddhism was founded by a prince
C)Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries
D)Buddha preached non-violence
Answer: Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
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