More Questions on History
- Q. What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
A)As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
B)He was responsible for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan by the Congress
C)He was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements
D)As President of the Indian National Congress he engineered the passing of the Quit India Resolution
Answer: As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
- Q. Who is known as the father of Modern Medicine?
A)Euclid
B)Erastosthenes
C)Hippocrates
D)Pythagoras
Answer: Hippocrates
- Q. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?
A)Grihastha- Brahmacharya- Vanaprashta- Sanyasa
B)Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
C)Brahmacharya- Vanprastha- Sanyasa- Grihastha
D)Grihastha- Sanyasa- Vanaprastha- Brahmacharya
Answer: Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
- Q. Which was the second capital of Akbar?
A)Agra
B)Delhi
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Patna
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were
A)Officials of the state
B)Landlords and zamindars
C)Those who had to give revenue
D)Revenue collectors
Answer: Officials of the state
- Q. The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State
A)During the Khilafat Movement
B)At its birth in 1906
C)In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement
D)At the Lahore Session of 1940
Answer: At the Lahore Session of 1940
- Q. Which of the following statement is correct about South-Indian Literature?
A)Tamil is the oldest with literature dating back to early centuries of Christian era. This developed during the three Sangams(assemblies of poets and writers) held during different times
B)In Southern India, the ancient Indian writings were written in four Dravidian languages which developed their own script and literature, these are, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,Malayalam
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
A)Kabir
B)Ramananda
C)Nanak
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was
A)A.O. Hume
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Ferozshah Mehta
D)Badruddin Tayyabji
Answer: A.O. Hume
- Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
A)Caligula
B)Augustus
C)Constantine the Great
D)Cicero
Answer: Constantine the Great
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
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. Who was Mahavira?
A)24th Tirthankara
B)21st Tirthankara
C)23rd Tirthankara
D)22nd Tirthankara
Answer: 24th Tirthankara
- Q. The Mughal troops were largely drawn from
A)Tributary Chiefs
B)The Rajput Chiefs
C)Mansabdars
D)Central Contingents
Answer: Mansabdars
- Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?
A)The Kalinga War
B)The third Buddhist Council
C)His embracing of Buddhism
D)His sending missionary to Ceylon
Answer: The Kalinga War
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with
A)the Ganges
B)the Sky
C)the Gangotri
D)the Mansarovar Lake
Answer: the Ganges
- Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
A)A Secretary
B)A Committee of 24
C)A Council of Lords
D)A Board of Revenue
Answer: A Committee of 24
- Q. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after independence?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C)Lord Pethick Lawrence
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the age of Vedic Civilisation? I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on astronomical grounds, dated Rig Veda to 6000 B.C. to Harmon Jacobi, Vedic civilization flourished between 4500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. and the Samhitas were composed in the latter half of the period. II. Famous Sanskritist, Winternitz felt that the Rig Veda was probably composed in the third millennium B.C.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Against Lord and State was written by
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)K. N. Panikkar
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Shyama Charan Sen
Answer: K. N. Panikkar
- Q. When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?
A)860
B)800
C)871
D)899
Answer: 800
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