Q. Name the oldest civilization

Correct Answer

Mesopotamian civlization

More Questions on History

  • Q. When was the ‘Quit India Movement’ launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
    A)1939
    B)1946
    C)1942
    D)1940
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. “India for the Indians” was the political message of
    A)Vivekanand
    B)D E Wacha
    C)Dayanand
    D)Hume
    Answer: Dayanand
  • Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
    A)Montesquieu
    B)Voltaire
    C)Diderot
    D)Rousseau
    Answer: Voltaire
  • Q. Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?
    A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
    B)Nasiruddin Mahmud
    C)Ibrahim Lodi
    D)Firuz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Q. Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of English Education in India”?
    A)Macaulay Commission
    B)Wood's Dispatch
    C)Vernacular Act
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Wood's Dispatch
  • Q. Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?
    A)Gopala
    B)Dharmapala
    C)Nagpala
    D)Mahipala
    Answer: Dharmapala
  • Q. Who was the last Emperor of Rome
    A)Romulus Augustulus
    B)Nero
    C)Julius Nepos
    D)Julius Caesar
    Answer: Romulus Augustulus
  • Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
    A)Sevagram
    B)Wardha
    C)Sabarmati
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Sabarmati
  • Q. What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
    A)Question of promotion and pay
    B)The Religious Cause
    C)Political Cause
    D)None of these
    Answer: Question of promotion and pay
  • Q. The first weekly paper published by the INC (in 1889) was
    A)India
    B)Young India
    C)Indian People
    D)Voice India
    Answer: India
  • Q. Who among the following has written Malavikagnimitram?
    A)Banabhatta
    B)Pusyamitra Sunga
    C)Kautilya
    D)Kalidasa
    Answer: Kalidasa
  • Q. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
    A)Mahasena
    B)Harisena
    C)Veerasena
    D)Vishnusena
    Answer: Harisena
  • Q. One of the following Indus Valley site is in Pakistan
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Lothal
    C)Alamgirpur
    D)Harappa
    Answer: Harappa
  • Q. Who founded the Central Hindu School and College in Banaras (now Varanasi)?
    A)Dr. Bhagavan Das
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Govinda Das
    D)G. N. Chakravarti
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
    A)Lord Bentick
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective for which the leaders of the revolt worked was
    A)to form a Federation of Indian States under the aegis of Bhadur Shah II
    B)to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire
    C)elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order
    D)each leader wanted to establish his own power in his respective region
    Answer: elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order
  • Q. The first atomic bomb was thrown over
    A)Hiroshima
    B)Nagasaki
    C)Tokyo
    D)Hong Kong
    Answer: Hiroshima
  • Q. The theosophical society was marked by the close understanding of the cosmos and the mundane life. Which among the listed options is not a part of their curriculum?
    A)Salvation
    B)Divinity
    C)Means of enlightenment
    D)Mystic superstition
    Answer: Mystic superstition
  • Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
    A)The Portuguese
    B)The French
    C)The Dutch
    D)The English
    Answer: The Portuguese
  • Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
    A)Lady Hardinge
    B)Robert Clive
    C)James Prinsep
    D)Dalhousie
    Answer: James Prinsep

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