More Questions on History
- Q. Who was given the title of “The Ambassador of Hindu – Muslim Unity” for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?
A)Fazl-ul-Haq
B)Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
C)Sayyid Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
D)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Q. Two highest gods in the Vedic religion were
A)Vishnu and Mitra
B)Agni and Savitri
C)Indra and Varuna
D)Surya and Pushan
Answer: Indra and Varuna
- Q. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as “Pushti Marga” for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna’s sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the “Hare Krishnas”
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. The first Indian national leader who began building, organizing and promoting the freedom struggle was
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
D)None of the above
Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
- Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by __________ at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal
A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)None of the above
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan to __________ ‘?
A)Premanand
B)Narsi Mehta
C)Chunilal
D)Dharmiklal
Answer: Narsi Mehta
- Q. Which of the following statement regarding Henry Vivian Derozio are correct? I. He is an Anglo-Indian II. Was called first nationalist poet of modern India III. He taught at Hindu college and was later removed because of his radicalism
A)Only I and II
B)Only I
C)Only II and III
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
A)Civil Rights Movement
B)Non-Aligned
C)Apartheid
D)Suffrage
Answer: Apartheid
- Q. In which year salt Satyagraha took place?
A)1930
B)1929
C)1931
D)1932
Answer: 1930
- Q. Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Agra Fort
- Q. Humayun restored his Indian kingdom with the help of the ruler of
A)Kabul
B)Arabia
C)Persia
D)Turkey
Answer: Persia
- Q. What was the capital of Pallava Dynasty?
A)Tiruchirapalli
B)Kanchipuram
C)Tanjore
D)Chennai
Answer: Kanchipuram
- Q. Harappa is situated on the bank of the river
A)Ravi
B)Ganga
C)Yamuna
D)Sindhu
Answer: Ravi
- Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
A)Assam and Kerala
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Bengal and Assam
D)Punjab and Kerala
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
A)1982
B)1872
C)1884
D)1892
Answer: 1872
- Q. At which Indus Valley site the Dockyard was found?
A)Ropar
B)Lothal
C)Kalibangan
D)Banawali
Answer: Lothal
- Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A)He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
B)Krishnadeva Raya wrote Amuktamalyada
C)His court was adorned by the Ashtadiggajas
D)He maintained friendly relations with the Portuguese
Answer: He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
- Q. The Indian National Congress was formed __________
A)1887
B)1885
C)1888
D)1895
Answer: 1885
- Q. Why was the Khilafat Movement started?
A)To protest against the injustice done to Arabia
B)To protest against the injustice done to Egypt
C)To protest against the injustice done to Persia
D)To protest against the injustice done to Turkey
Answer: To protest against the injustice done to Turkey
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