More Questions on History
- Q. The Great Depression in the 1930s refers to
A)An ailment afflicting millions overhung to a new vector borne disease
B)A tropical storm that raged for weeks
C)An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
D)A prolonged seasonal influence of unpredictable weather owing to earthquakes and tsunamis
Answer: An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
- Q. Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753?
A)Charles Martel
B)Carloman
C)Pepin of Herstal
D)Pepin the Short
Answer: Pepin the Short
- Q. In which century did the first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start?
A)14th century BC
B)19th century BC
C)5th century AD
D)600 BC
Answer: 600 BC
- Q. When did the British East India Company establish a capital in Calcutta?
A)1818
B)1772
C)1858
D)1857
Answer: 1772
- Q. Babur summoned the pupils of the famous architect Sinan from
A)Kabul
B)Constantinople
C)Syria
D)Egypt
Answer: Constantinople
- Q. The Sage who is said to have Aryanised South India, was
A)Vashistha
B)Yagnavalkya
C)Agastya
D)Vishwamitra
Answer: Agastya
- Q. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
A)Shaivism
B)Nirguna and Saguna
C)Sikkhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
- Q. Which of the following writers did not have a profound influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Thoreau
B)Tolstoy
C)Ruskin
D)Marx
Answer: Marx
- Q. Which of the following temples was not constructed by Chandela dynasty?
A)Chaturbhuja
B)Kandariya Mahadev
C)Lakshman
D)Somnath
Answer: Somnath
- Q. Who was the master of Gautama Buddha?
A)Kalidas
B)Alara Kalama
C)Viswamitra
D)Vashistha
Answer: Alara Kalama
- Q. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire?
A)Battle of Talikota
B)Battle of Takkolam
C)Battle of Khanwa
D)Battle of Panipat
Answer: Battle of Talikota
- Q. Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:
A)Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
B)Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi
C)Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge
D)Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
- 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 among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)JB Kripalani
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
- Q. The Harappan town considered to be a town of the artists and craftsmen was
A)Chanhudaro
B)Mohenjo-Daro
C)Harappa
D)Lothalmenials
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
A)Man Singh I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Man Singh I
- Q. The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
A)Ashvaghosha
B)Nagarjuna
C)Vasumitra
D)Buddhaghosha
Answer: Ashvaghosha
- Q. When were concave spectacles invented?
A)1320
B)1286
C)1360
D)1000
Answer: 1286
- Q. Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom”?
A)Dr. S.Gopal
B)Syed Hasan Imam
C)M.A. Ansari
D)Bharat Kumar
Answer: Dr. S.Gopal
- Q. In the year 1582, Akbar took the momentous step of
A)Removing Jaziya
B)Banning Sati
C)Forming an army of jackals
D)Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
Answer: Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
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