Q. Marco-polo, a famous traveller, was native of which country?

Correct Answer

Italy

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which one of the following famous ruler is called as ‘Father of Inscriptions’?
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Samudra Gupta
    C)Ashoka
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Samudra Gupta
  • Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
    A)1797
    B)1795
    C)1894
    D)1897
    Answer: 1897
  • Q. __________first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomar Rajputs
    A)Patliputra
    B)Delhi
    C)Calcutta
    D)Taxila
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Which one of the following ruler was not contemporary to ‘Buddha’?
    A)Bimbisara
    B)Udayin
    C)Ajatshatru
    D)Mahapadma Nanda
    Answer: Mahapadma Nanda
  • Q. As per Indian Independence Act, the suzerainty of His Majesty over the Indian State would come to an end on __________
    A)14 August 1947
    B)15 August 1947
    C)15 August 1950
    D)26 January 1950
    Answer: 14 August 1947
  • Q. The name Buddha means
    A)learned
    B)enlightened
    C)divine
    D)sacred
    Answer: enlightened
  • Q. The Atharva Veda does not discuss the ideal of
    A)Jnana
    B)Karma
    C)Upasana
    D)Moksha
    Answer: Moksha
  • Q. Assertion (A): Nalanda was the centre of Buddhist learning in the post-Gupta period. Reason (R): It was patronised by the Pala rulers.
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is 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: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. Baji Rao-II (1796-1818 A.D.) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Haryanka
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Peshwas
    Answer: Peshwas
  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
    C)H. P. Blavatsky
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
    A)Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Mauryan King Ashoka
    C)Gautam Buddha
    D)Bhagwan Mahavira
    Answer: Mauryan King Ashoka
  • Q. Who wrote Vedanta-Parijatasourabha, a commentary on the Brahma Sutra, in simple language?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Nimbarka
    C)Madhva
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Nimbarka
  • Q. Who was the first sailor to sail around the world
    A)Vasco da Gama
    B)Ferdinand Magellan
    C)Christopher Columbus
    D)Amerigo Vespucci
    Answer: Ferdinand Magellan
  • Q. By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
    A)In the name of the Crown
    B)By the Company
    C)By a Board of Directors
    D)In the name of Governor-General of India
    Answer: In the name of the Crown
  • Q. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
    A)Elizabeth of Russia
    B)Catherine the Great
    C)Peter the Great
    D)Peter III of Russia
    Answer: Catherine the Great
  • Q. The Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in :
    A)1883
    B)1872
    C)1886
    D)1893
    Answer: 1893
  • Q. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of
    A)All India Unity Mahasabha
    B)All India Hindu Mahasabha
    C)All India Kisan Mahasabha
    D)None of these
    Answer: All India Kisan Mahasabha
  • Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
    A)Impact of World War II
    B)Change in the government of the UK
    C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Which Veda deals with magical hymn or charms of spell?
    A)Samveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Atharvaveda
    D)Yajurveda
    Answer: Atharvaveda
  • Q. After the elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in July 1946, the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on
    A)January 15, 1947
    B)December 9, 1946
    C)February 10, 1947
    D)August 15, 1947
    Answer: December 9, 1946

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