More Questions on History
- Q. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
A)Abdur Rahim
B)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
C)Mulla Wajhi
D)Chand Bardai
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Q. The first economic thinker of India who showed through his writings that the basic cause of India’s poverty lay in the British exploitation and drain of wealth was
A)Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
B)Badruddin Tyabji
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)N.G. Chandavarkar
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Why Rishabnath also called Aadibrahma?
A)First to tell Moksha Marg
B)Due to height
C)Religious Conversion
D)Showing the path of livelihood
Answer: First to tell Moksha Marg
- Q. The Kailasha temple is located in the caves of
A)Ellora
B)Ajanta
C)Elephanta
D)Karle
Answer: Ellora
- Q. The __________ were the first Europeans to start a Joint stock company trade with India?
A)Portuguese
B)French
C)Danish
D)Dutch
Answer: Dutch
- Q. Who is the author of “Shahnama”?
A)Firdausi
B)Utbi
C)Hasan Nizami
D)AI-Beruni
Answer: Firdausi
- Q. The religious movements of Buddhism and Jainism were led by
A)Kshatriya Princes
B)Sudras
C)Vaisyas
D)Brahmins
Answer: Kshatriya Princes
- Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
A)Guru Nanak
B)Ramananda
C)Dadu
D)Tukaram
Answer: Dadu
- Q. The Peshwa’s Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as
A)El Beriz Daftar
B)Huzur Daftar
C)Chalte Dafter
D)Peshwa Dafter
Answer: Huzur Daftar
- Q. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacturing of Harappan seals?
A)Bronze
B)Terracotta
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Terracotta
- Q. The Harappan Civilisation achieved far greater advancement than Sumer, Elam etc. on account of its
A)metal working
B)town planning
C)weights and measures
D)seals and figures
Answer: town planning
- Q. First war of Crusade was ended in the year
A)1095
B)1099
C)1123
D)1323
Answer: 1099
- Q. Khilafat Movement was organised by
A)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B)Jinnah
C)Ali Brothers
D)Agha Khan
Answer: Ali Brothers
- Q. Who wrote Tughlaqnama?
A)Amir Khusrau
B)Abu Nasr Utbi
C)Abul Fazl
D)Hasan Nizami
Answer: Amir Khusrau
- Q. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__________?
A)Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
B)Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
C)Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
D)Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
Answer: Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
- Q. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because
A)He was one of the greatest physicists of all time
B)Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe
C)He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
D)He was a great dialectician
Answer: He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
- Q. Which ancient account describes the Nandas expedition over all their rival monarchs that make them powerful rulers of North India?
A)Vedas
B)Manusmriti
C)Puranas
D)Brahamanas
Answer: Puranas
- Q. The second Battle of Panipat was fought between
A)Rajputs and Mughals
B)Akbar and Hemu
C)Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
D)Sikander and Adilshah
Answer: Akbar and Hemu
- Q. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization?
A)Indra
B)Varuna
C)Surya
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Dandi March started on __________ 1930
A)12th April
B)12th March
C)12th February
D)12th May
Answer: 12th March
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