More Questions on History

  • Q. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
    A)Devapala
    B)Mahipala
    C)Gopala
    D)Dharmapala
    Answer: Dharmapala
  • Q. Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
    A)Shah Waliullah
    B)Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
    C)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
    D)Sayyed Amir Ali
    Answer: Sayyed Ahmad Khan
  • Q. Which of the following Vedas was compiled first?
    A)Samaveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Yajurveda
    D)Atharvaveda
    Answer: Rigveda
  • Q. Which of the following systems of Indian Philosophy uphold the ideology of Charvakism, Ajivika, Jainism and Buddhism?
    A)Unorthodox System of Indian Philosophy
    B)Orthodox System of Indian Philosophy
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Unorthodox System of Indian Philosophy
  • Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was
    A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
    B)Geronimo Verroneo
    C)Tavernier
    D)Austinof Bordeaux
    Answer: Tavernier
  • Q. Who defeated whom in the second Battle of Tarain (AD 1192)?
    A)Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
    B)Prithviraj defeated Muhammad Ghori
    C)Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazni
    D)Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
    Answer: Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
  • Q. The Upanishads are the__________
    A)Story Books
    B)Great Epics
    C)Source of Hindu Philosophy
    D)Law Books
    Answer: Source of Hindu Philosophy
  • Q. Which one of the following was the book written by Amoghvarsha the Rashtrakuta King?
    A)Ganitasara Samgraha
    B)Adipurana
    C)Saktayana
    D)Kavirajamarg
    Answer: Kavirajamarg
  • Q. Aravippuram movement which is considered as a precursor to all south Indian socio religious reform movement started in which of the following places?
    A)Kerala
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)Andra Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Shivaji attacked Shaista Khan in the night at
    A)Konkan
    B)Agra
    C)Bijapur
    D)Poona
    Answer: Poona
  • Q. The Indian National Congress was formed __________
    A)1887
    B)1885
    C)1888
    D)1895
    Answer: 1885
  • Q. Swaathanthrya gadha’ – was written by the great poet __________
    A)O. N. V. Kurup
    B)Cherusseri
    C)G. Sankara kurup
    D)Kumaranaasan
    Answer: Kumaranaasan
  • Q. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
    A)Ravi Kirti
    B)Bhani
    C)Banabhatta
    D)Vishnu Sharma
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?
    A)Mongolia
    B)Tibet
    C)Burma (Now Myarnmar)
    D)Siam (now Thailand)
    Answer: Siam (now Thailand)
  • Q. Which emperor shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    B)Aurangzeb
    C)Sher Shah Suri
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Brahmavidya Panchakam is a Sanskrit work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)K. Madhvan Nair
    D)Dr. Palpu
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the
    A)Twelve Upangas
    B)Fourteen Purvas
    C)Twelve Angas
    D)Fourteen Uparvas
    Answer: Twelve Angas
  • Q. What name was given to Rishabhnath Tirthankar due to his father Nabhiraya?
    A)Anantnath
    B)Dharam Nath
    C)Chandra Prabhu
    D)Nabhisunu
    Answer: Nabhisunu
  • Q. Which of the following statement is/are correct? I. Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, book on grammar in eight chapters is the final culmination of this excellent art of writing in sutra (precepts) in which every chapter is precisely interwoven. II. The Brahmanas elaborates vedic caste system of the society
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)V N Mandalik
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

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