More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following cult was popularised by Chaitanya?
A)Krishna Cult
B)Shiva Cult
C)Eknathwad
D)All of the above
Answer: Krishna Cult
- Q. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Kanishka
C)Gautamiputra Satakarni
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as__________
A)Vishwanath Datta
B)Narendra Nath Datta
C)Upendranath Datta
D)Vasava Datta
Answer: Narendra Nath Datta
- Q. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
A)Guru Nanak Dev
B)Tukaram
C)Mirabai
D)Guru Ram Das
Answer: Guru Ram Das
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement started in
A)1920
B)1870
C)1921
D)1942
Answer: 1920
- Q. Which Mountain’s volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
A)Mount Tambora
B)Mount Pelee
C)Mount Etna
D)Mount Vesuvius
Answer: Mount Vesuvius
- Q. What was the name of the Sabha started by Debendranath Tagore?
A)Dharma Sabha
B)Arya Samaj
C)Tattvabodhini Sabha
D)Tattvabodhini Samaj
Answer: Tattvabodhini Sabha
- Q. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak, which was comprised 764 owees and based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya?
A)Eknath
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Tukaram
Answer: Eknath
- Q. What was the name of architect of Humayun’s Tomb?
A)Baram Khan
B)Man Singh
C)Mirak Mirza
D)Abul Fazal
Answer: Mirak Mirza
- Q. Bahadur Shah was the
A)Successor of Sher Shah Suri
B)Last ruler of the Lodis
C)Last Mughal ruler
D)Successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji
Answer: Last Mughal ruler
- Q. Rajatarangini was written by
A)Alberuni
B)Kalhana
C)Harsha Vardhana
D)Kautilya
Answer: Kalhana
- Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
A)1757
B)1657
C)1765
D)1857
Answer: 1857
- Q. Shivaji sacked __________ and secured a large booty
A)Poona
B)Bijapur
C)Konkan
D)Surat
Answer: Surat
- Q. Which among the following book based on the exploits of Yasovarman of Kanauj?
A)Gaudavaho
B)Rajatarangini
C)Malavikagnimitram
D)All of the above
Answer: Gaudavaho
- Q. In 1907, after the passing of Col. H. S. Olcott, __________ became the second International President of the Theosophical Society
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Annie Besant
C)Ahalya Rangnekar
D)Bhabani Charan Mitra
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who was the master of Gautama Buddha?
A)Kalidas
B)Alara Kalama
C)Viswamitra
D)Vashistha
Answer: Alara Kalama
- Q. What does the opening scene of Beowulf describe?
A)The birth of Beowulf
B)The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
C)The death of Beowulf
D)The defeat of the monster Grendel
Answer: The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
- Q. Chandra Gupta Maurya spent his last days here
A)Pataliputra
B)Kashi
C)Ujjain
D)Shravanabelagola
Answer: Shravanabelagola
- Q. Who had observed that “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation”?
A)Annie Besant
B)BG Tilak
C)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. Which of the following was not of the achievements of the Exteremist Group in the Congress?
A)The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
B)The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911
C)Nationalism took root among the progressive sections of society
D)The Extremists taught people self-confidence and selfreliance and prepared the social base of the nationalist movement
Answer: The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
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