More Questions on History
- Q. Total number of theses written by Martin Luther on Power of Indulgences are
A)87
B)81
C)95
D)101
Answer: 95
- Q. Which one of the following mentioned division of the Mauryan Society into seven classes?
A)Indica
B)Ashoka's Edicts
C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
D)Vishnu Purana
Answer: Indica
- Q. Which revolutionary said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective?”
A)Narayan Guru
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Dayanand Sarshwati
D)Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
A)Pavnar in Maharashtra
B)Nadiad in Gujrat
C)Adyar in Tamil Nadu
D)Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Pavnar in Maharashtra
- Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called
A)Vasubandhu
B)Upagupta
C)Ambhi
D)Asvagosha
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta
C)Kanishka
D)Harshavardhan
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
D)None of the above
Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
- Q. Who did Mahatma Gandhi recognise as his political Guru?
A)B. G. Tilak
B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
A)Swami Dayananda
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Raja Rammohan Roy
D)None of the above
Answer: Swami Dayananda
- Q. What is the correct order (first to last) of states annexed under the policy of “Doctrine of Lapse”?
A)Jaipur > Satara > Sambhalpur> Bahat
B)Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur> Bahat
C)Bahat >Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur
D)Satara > Jaipur > Bahat> Sambhalpur
Answer: Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur> Bahat
- Q. __________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. During which US President period, the Cuban Missile Crisis conflict was occurred
A)Richard Nixon
B)Lyndon B. Johnson
C)Ronald Reagan
D)John F. Kennedy
Answer: John F. Kennedy
- Q. The title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:
A)Kanishka
B)Samudragupta
C)Chandragupta II
D)Ashoka
Answer: Chandragupta II
- Q. Which one of the following item was collected only in cash under the Mauryas?
A)Bhaga
B)Kara
C)Pranaya
D)Hiranya
Answer: Hiranya
- Q. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
A)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
B)Firoz Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Sikandar Lodi
Answer: Sikandar Lodi
- Q. What is meant by Mughalai?
A)Very rich food
B)Infantry of the Mughals
C)Royal household
D)Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
Answer: Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
- Q. Infanticide was completely banned by the
A)Sharda Act, 1930
B)Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
C)Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
D)Minto-Morley reforms
Answer: Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
- Q. Where is Muslim mosque situated where a hair of pagamber Mohammad Sahed has been preserved
A)Ahmedabad
B)Ajmer
C)Srinagar
D)Mecca
Answer: Srinagar
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