More Questions on History
- Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
A)The Guru of the Sufis
B)The Supreme God
C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
- Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
A)underground drainage system
B)town planning
C)uniformity of weights and measures
D)large agricultural surplus
Answer: underground drainage system
- Q. Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in
A)1575 A.D.
B)1565 A.D.
C)1585 A.D.
D)1570 A.D.
Answer: 1565 A.D.
- Q. Narayana Guru started a Sanskrit school in __________
A)Kottayam
B)Varkala
C)Mahi
D)Calicut
Answer: Varkala
- Q. The Social System of the Harappans was
A)Slave Labour based
B)Fairly egalitarian
C)Colour Varna based
D)Caste based
Answer: Fairly egalitarian
- Q. The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was
A)Ramatanu Pande
B)Makaranda Pandey
C)Haridas
D)Lal Kalawant
Answer: Ramatanu Pande
- Q. Chinese travellers visited India primarily because-
A)They were invited by ten Indian kings
B)They were interested in Buddhism
C)They were interested to study Indian culture
D)They were interested to stay in India
Answer: They were interested in Buddhism
- Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. The Monk whom Chandragupta Maurya accompanied to South India was __________
A)Vasumitra
B)Asvaghosa
C)Upagupta
D)Bhadrabahu
Answer: Bhadrabahu
- Q. Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind.’?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Aurobindo Ghosh
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
A)three centuries
B)two centuries
C)four centuries
D)a little over one century
Answer: three centuries
- Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
A)1866
B)1766
C)1869
D)1870
Answer: 1866
- Q. Baburnama was written by
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. Assertion (A): The jainas follow the practice of worshipping images of tirthankaras. Reason (R): They denied the existence of a Supreme Being.
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- Q. What was the reason for Franks rapid rise in western Europe?
A)Clovis's conversion to Arian Christianity
B)Clovis's conversion to Roman Christianity
C)Clovis's alliance with the Islamic world
D)Clovis's defeat of the Muslims at the Battle of Tours
Answer: Clovis's conversion to Roman Christianity
- Q. Chhatrapati Sambhaji (1680-1688 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Nanda
B)Maratha
C)Haryanka
D)Maurya
Answer: Maratha
- Q. The monolithic image of Jain Saint ‘Gomatiswara’ is at __________
A)Shravanbelagola
B)Mount Abu
C)Kusinagara
D)Kalinga
Answer: Shravanbelagola
- Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
A)Nadir Shah
B)Timur Lang
C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Genghis Khan
- Q. __________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
A)H. P. Blavatsky
B)Annie Besant
C)W. T. Stead
D)H. S. Olcott
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Dandi March started from __________ in 1930
A)Sabarmati Ashram
B)Surat
C)Delhi Durbar Hall
D)Vedaranyan
Answer: Sabarmati Ashram
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