More Questions on History
- Q. Gandhi wanted the students to spend their vacations in
A)Social service
B)Studies
C)Games
D)Rebellious deeds
Answer: Social service
- Q. In which year Russian Revolution happened
A)1915
B)1912
C)1917
D)1921
Answer: 1917
- Q. During the Mauryan period the administration was in the hands of
A)four boards
B)three boards
C)five boards
D)six boards
Answer: six boards
- Q. The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by
A)Mao-Tse-tung
B)Pu-yi
C)Chiang-Kai-shek
D)Sun-Yat-Sen
Answer: Sun-Yat-Sen
- Q. The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees __________ annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge
A)Two lakhs
B)One lakh
C)£10000
D)£5000
Answer: One lakh
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
- Q. Which of the following was the cause of the decline of Buddhism?
A)Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
B)Buddhism was founded by a prince
C)Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries
D)Buddha preached non-violence
Answer: Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
- Q. The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances by the act of
A)1861
B)1858
C)1860
D)1871
Answer: 1861
- Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Sankara
C)Vashnavaite Alwars
D)Tukaram
Answer: Sankara
- Q. The Simla Conference called by Viceroy Lord Wavell (to discuss the so-called Wavell Plan) in June 1945 failed on account of
A)the demand of the Congress to include the members of all communities in their quota to the Executive Council
B)Jinnah's demand that the Muslim League alone would nominate Muslim members to the Executive Council
C)the demand of the Scheduled Castes to reserved seats in the Executive Council in Proportion to their population
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. MSP means __________
A)Mysore Special police
B)Malabar Special Police
C)Madras Special police
D)Mappila Special Police
Answer: Malabar Special Police
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar dispensed with the practice of keeping revenue records in the local languages, in addition to Persian. Reason (R): In Mughal lndia, Persian language and literature was well developed and widely in use.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. The Harappan town considered to be a town of the artists and craftsmen was
A)Chanhudaro
B)Mohenjo-Daro
C)Harappa
D)Lothalmenials
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. Who was the king during the french revolution
A)Louis XV
B)Napoleon
C)Louis XVI
D)Charles IX
Answer: Louis XVI
- Q. Bagh painting of Gupta Empire was found in which of the following Indian states?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Bihar
C)Chattisgarh
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
A)Hinduism
B)Zoroastrianism
C)Buddhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Hinduism
- Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of
A)Biology
B)Astronomy
C)Medicine
D)Physiology
Answer: Astronomy
- Q. The first Carnatic War in India was an extension of the Anglo-French War in
A)Europe
B)Canada
C)Africa
D)America
Answer: Europe
- Q. Who started the journal ‘The Commonweal’?
A)Annie Besant
B)N. G. Chandavarkar
C)M. G. Ranade
D)R. G. Bhandarkar
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)none of the above
Answer: Both I & II
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