More Questions on History
- Q. Where was saint kabir born?
A)Varanasi
B)Delhi
C)Mathura
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
- Q. Jyotirao’s family belonged to __________ caste
A)Thiyya
B)Mali
C)Pulaya
D)Mahar
Answer: Mali
- Q. Who, according to the Buddhist, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
A)Maitreya
B)Atreya
C)Nagarjuna
D)Kalki
Answer: Maitreya
- Q. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in
A)Exploitative land revenue policy
B)Blatantly discriminatory policies
C)The policy of greased cartridges
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
A)Economic relief to the common people
B)Complete Independence for India
C)Repeal of salt laws
D)Curtailment of the Government's powers
Answer: Repeal of salt laws
- Q. __________ was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement
A)Maqsud Ali
B)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul kalam Azad
D)Karim Ali
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Q. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by
A)Dara Shikoh
B)Akbar
C)Shah Jahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Dara Shikoh
- Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
A)1797
B)1795
C)1894
D)1897
Answer: 1897
- Q. Which of the following scholars, who was the first to discover the Harappan Civilization?
A)R.D. Banerjee
B)Sir Johan Marshall
C)A. Cunningham
D)Daya Ram Sahani
Answer: A. Cunningham
- Q. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
A)Minto-Morley Reforms
B)Rowlatta Act
C)Simon Commission
D)Pitts India Act
Answer: Simon Commission
- Q. Author of ‘Culture ideology Hegemony Intellectual and Social consciousness in Colonial India’ is
A)K. N. Panikkar
B)K. N. Ganesh
C)R. C. Majumdar
D)Herman Kulke
Answer: K. N. Panikkar
- Q. Indian Dyarchy was started by :
A)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909
B)Indian Council Act, 1861
C)Indian Council Act, 1992
D)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
Answer: Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
- Q. Which ruler founded the famous Vikramshila University for the Buddhists?
A)Devapala
B)Mahipala
C)Gopala
D)Dharampala
Answer: Dharampala
- Q. Who defeated Hannibal at Battle of Zama?
A)Scipio Aemilianus
B)Cato the Elder
C)Scipio Africanus
D)Hasdrubal
Answer: Scipio Africanus
- Q. At which Indus Valley site the Dockyard was found?
A)Ropar
B)Lothal
C)Kalibangan
D)Banawali
Answer: Lothal
- Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
A)Rahim
B)Tansen
C)Kabir
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Kabir
- Q. Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the Indian legislature?
A)Scheduled Tribes
B)Scheduled Caste
C)Anglo-Indian
D)Landed Gentry
Answer: Landed Gentry
- Q. Who founded Abhinav Bharat ?
A)Arbindo Ghosh
B)V.D.Savarkar
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)None of these
Answer: V.D.Savarkar
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?
A)It was in operations between 1848 and 1856
B)It was started by Lord Dalhousie
C)Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
D)Satara, jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
Answer: Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
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