More Questions on History

  • Q. Justice movement was started by? I. C. N. Mudaliar II. T. M. Nair III. P. Tyagaraja
    A)Only b
    B)Only a
    C)By both A and B
    D)All the three
    Answer: By both A and B
  • Q. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?
    A)Ramananda
    B)Madhava
    C)Vallabhacharya
    D)Chaitnaya
    Answer: Madhava
  • Q. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?
    A)T. R. Holmes
    B)V A Smith
    C)J K Hikki
    D)Sir Ahmed Khan
    Answer: T. R. Holmes
  • Q. Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
    A)Lord Cornwallis
    B)Munro and Charles Reed
    C)John shore
    D)None of these
    Answer: Munro and Charles Reed
  • Q. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej?
    A)Vitasta
    B)Askini
    C)Shutudri
    D)Parushni
    Answer: Shutudri
  • Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
    A)16 October , 1896
    B)16 October , 1911
    C)16 October , 1907
    D)16 October , 1905
    Answer: 16 October , 1905
  • Q. Who are the earliest migrants from Europe to South America
    A)French
    B)Britishers
    C)Portuguese
    D)Spaniards
    Answer: Spaniards
  • Q. Who was the mother of Mahavira?
    A)Anojja
    B)Yasoda
    C)Trishala
    D)Devanandi
    Answer: Trishala
  • Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
    A)Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Queen Victoria
    Answer: Lytton
  • Q. As the unrest continued unabatedly, the Madras government appointed . . . . . . the collector of Malabar as special commissioner to enquire into the causes of the uprisings and recommend remedial measures.
    A)William Logan
    B)Connolly
    C)S. N. Banerjee
    D)Gokahale
    Answer: William Logan
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
    A)Lord Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord William Bentic
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were
    A)Mahasabha and Ganasabha
    B)Sabha and Mahasabha
    C)Sabha and Samiti
    D)Ur and Kula
    Answer: Sabha and Samiti
  • Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
    A)The Panch Mahal
    B)The Rang Mahal
    C)The Red Fort
    D)The Bahai temple
    Answer: The Panch Mahal
  • Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
    A)The Portuguese
    B)The French
    C)The Dutch
    D)The English
    Answer: The Portuguese
  • Q. Who among the following leader made the famous ‘Objectives Resolution’, in the Constituent Assembly?
    A)C. Rajagopalachari
    B)Vallabhbhai Patel
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Dr. John Mathai
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
    A)Angas
    B)Prabandhas
    C)Nibandhas
    D)Chartis
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
    A)Right Effort
    B)Right Speech
    C)Right Desire
    D)Right Conduct
    Answer: Right Desire
  • Q. Which among the following book based on the exploits of Yasovarman of Kanauj?
    A)Gaudavaho
    B)Rajatarangini
    C)Malavikagnimitram
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Gaudavaho
  • Q. Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
    A)Anandmath
    B)Pariksha Guru
    C)Rangbhoomi
    D)Padmarag
    Answer: Anandmath
  • Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of
    A)Morley
    B)Minto
    C)Northbrook
    D)Hastings
    Answer: Northbrook

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