More Questions on History
- Q. The quintessence of Gandhian thought is
A)Metaphysics
B)Satyagraha
C)Spiritualism
D)Moksha
Answer: Satyagraha
- Q. The Sikh Guru who fought in the Mughal ranks during the reign of Aurangzeb was
A)Har Rai
B)Tegh Bahadur
C)Amar Das
D)Angad
Answer: Tegh Bahadur
- Q. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
A)Punjab and NWFP
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Madras and Central Provinces
D)Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. The Harappans were the earliest people to produce
A)Bronze implements
B)Seals
C)Cotton
D)Barely
Answer: Cotton
- Q. Who was the author of Telugu Work Amuktamalyada?
A)Devaraya
B)Harihara
C)Krishnadevaraya
D)Bukka
Answer: Krishnadevaraya
- Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
A)A. C. Wadia
B)Srinivas Ramanujam
C)C. V. Raman
D)P. C. Mahalanobis
Answer: A. C. Wadia
- Q. When was The Government of India Act 1858 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom?
A)June,1857
B)August 2, 1858
C)January, 1858
D)December, 1857
Answer: August 2, 1858
- Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
A)Kalasoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Ashoka
D)Ananda
Answer: Kalasoka
- Q. The Rigvedic Aryans were governed by a
A)Form of democracy
B)Tribal republic
C)Monarchical government
D)Rule by elders
Answer: Monarchical government
- Q. Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?
A)Nelson Mandela
B)Zuma
C)Kofi Annan
D)Booker T. Washington
Answer: Nelson Mandela
- Q. Whom had Gandhi named as Mira Behn?
A)Kamla Devi
B)Annie Besant
C)Indira Gandhi
D)Madeline Slade
Answer: Madeline Slade
- Q. Prithivyah Pratham Veer was the title of?
A)Rajendra I
B)Samudragupta
C)Amoghavarsha
D)Gautamiputra Shatkarni
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
A)early Buddhist texts
B)early Vedic texts
C)pre-Gupta inscriptions
D)post-Gupta inscriptions
Answer: pre-Gupta inscriptions
- Q. Of the following who did not revolt against Aurangzeb?
A)Satnamis
B)Jats
C)Prince Akbar
D)Shayista Khan
Answer: Shayista Khan
- Q. How many Mahajanapadas were there in ancient India?
A)16
B)20
C)18
D)10
Answer: 16
- Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
A)Bindusara
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Ajatashatru
D)Pulakesin
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?
A)1603
B)1600
C)1707
D)1761
Answer: 1600
- Q. Noakhali is situated in
A)Bangladesh
B)West Bengal
C)Tripura
D)Bihar
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. Herodotus is considered as the father of
A)Geography
B)History
C)Political Science
D)Philosophy
Answer: History
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