More Questions on History

  • Q. Who is the author of “The History of the World-Conquerer”?
    A)Clifford Edmund Bosworth
    B)Annemarie Schimmel
    C)Gustaf John Ramstedt
    D)John Andrew Boyle
    Answer: John Andrew Boyle
  • Q. Henry Vivian Derozio started young Bengal movement with the inspiration of which revolutionary ideas?
    A)French revolution
    B)Industrial revolution
    C)American Revolution
    D)Marxian theory
    Answer: French revolution
  • Q. Crimean War was started in the year
    A)1857
    B)1853
    C)1862
    D)1870
    Answer: 1853
  • Q. The Sikh Guru who had been killed at the instance of Aurangzeb was
    A)Guru Hargobind
    B)Guru Atjan Dev
    C)Guru Tegh Bahadur
    D)Guru Gobind Singh
    Answer: Guru Tegh Bahadur
  • Q. Who was the founder of Ottoman Empire
    A)Orhan
    B)Osman I
    C)Mura I
    D)Bayezid I
    Answer: Osman I
  • Q. Whose statue was an important creation of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
    A)Dancing Girl
    B)Natraj
    C)Buddha
    D)Narasimha
    Answer: Dancing Girl
  • Q. Who founded the Vikramashila University?
    A)Dharmapala
    B)Devapala
    C)Dhruva
    D)Gopala
    Answer: Dharmapala
  • Q. The Jaina saint credited with the spread of Jainism in Karnataka (south India) was
    A)Adinatha
    B)Bhadrabahu
    C)Parshvanatha
    D)Mahavira
    Answer: Bhadrabahu
  • Q. Which Goddess was worshipped as the “Goddess of Wisdom” by the Greeks
    A)Apollo
    B)Athena
    C)Zeus
    D)Diana
    Answer: Athena
  • Q. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was
    A)Menander
    B)Demetrius
    C)Eukratises
    D)Heliocles
    Answer: Menander
  • Q. Who was the patron king of Pataliputra Buddhist Council?
    A)Kalashoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Ashoka
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
    A)Ahmedabad
    B)Sabarmati Ashram
    C)Porbandar
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Dandi
  • Q. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal Capital from Agra to Delhi?
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Jahangir
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Bahadur Shah
    Answer: Shahjahan
  • Q. Where did Babur died?
    A)Kabul
    B)Agra
    C)Lahore
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
    A)Narayan Rao
    B)Raghunath Rao
    C)Madhav Rao-II
    D)Baji Rao-II
    Answer: Baji Rao-II
  • Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
    A)Lahore, 1929
    B)Lucknow, 1916
    C)Tripuri, 1939
    D)Lahore, 1940
    Answer: Lahore, 1929
  • Q. Who said, “this (the revolt 1857) was an eruption of social volcano, where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars if rebellion remained deep and shining?”
    A)Ashok Mehta
    B)J K Hikki
    C)K M Pannikar
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Ashok Mehta
  • Q. The Harappan site that had a dock is
    A)Harappa
    B)Alamgirpur
    C)Lothal
    D)Mohenjo-Daro
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by
    A)Devendranath Tagore
    B)Swami Dayanand
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)Keshub Chandra Sen
    Answer: Swami Dayanand
  • Q. The fourth Buddhist Council was held at
    A)Vaishali
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Kundalavana
    D)Bodh Gaya
    Answer: Kundalavana

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