More Questions on History

  • Q. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man’.Who said this?
    A)Sri Ramakrishna
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
    D)Sri Narayana Guru
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. Pazhassi Samarangal (Malayalam) was written by __________
    A)Bhattacharya Sabya
    B)K. K. N. Kurup
    C)K. K. Kusuman
    D)B. Sobhanan
    Answer: K. K. N. Kurup
  • Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of History’
    A)Thucydides
    B)Homer
    C)Herodotus
    D)Archimedes
    Answer: Herodotus
  • 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
  • Q. The famous vedic saying “war begins in the minds of men” is contained in the
    A)Mahabharata
    B)Mundakopanishad
    C)Rig Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
    A)Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
    B)He wanted to join the Congress
    C)Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    D)He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
    Answer: Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
    A)Arthur Wellesly
    B)General Dyer
    C)General Harris
    D)Colonel Wellesly
    Answer: General Dyer
  • Q. All are of one Self-fraternity such being the dictum to avow, in such a light how can we take life and devoid of least pity go on to eat. Who said this?
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Tilak
    C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
    D)Sree Narayana Guru
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore prison?
    A)Batukeshwar Dutt
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Jatin Das
    D)Sukh Dev
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
    A)Angas
    B)Prabandhas
    C)Nibandhas
    D)Chartis
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. I. The rebels lacked effective leadership. II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country. III. There was no central organisation to guide them. IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English. Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
    A)I, II & III
    B)I, III & IV
    C)III & IV
    D)II, III & IV
    Answer: I, III & IV
  • Q. The Mohamedan Association was founded in __________in 1856
    A)Adayar
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Kabir was contemporary of
    A)Sultan Sikandar Lodi
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Both (A) and (B) above
    D)Babur
    Answer: Both (A) and (B) above
  • Q. What was the extent of Harsha’s empire?
    A)The whole of India
    B)The entire Indian subcontinent
    C)The entire Deccan region
    D)A part of northern India
    Answer: A part of northern India
  • Q. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following was not a transferred subject?
    A)Museum
    B)Education
    C)Medical Relief
    D)Land Revenue
    Answer: Land Revenue
  • Q. Ayurveda’ has its origin in
    A)Sama Veda
    B)Rig Veda
    C)Yajur Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath?
    A)1892
    B)1858
    C)1882
    D)None of these
    Answer: 1882
  • Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
    A)Gladstone
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)W.W Hunter
    D)Hastings
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Who called Sree Narayana Guru as ‘The Second Buddha’?
    A)Swami Vivekananda
    B)G. Sankara Kurup
    C)Bodhananda Swamikal
    D)Moorkoth Kumaran
    Answer: G. Sankara Kurup
  • 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

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