More Questions on History
- 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. Which Bhakti Saints known as Sri Gauranga, was a popular Vaishnava saint and reformer from Bengal?
A)Mirabai
B)Chaitanya
C)Sankaracharya
D)Kabir
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Assertion (A): The announcement of the Simon Commission aroused widespread Indian resentment. Reason (R): The British Government in defiance of the opinion of all parties in India had deliberately decided to appoint an all British Commission
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 and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
A)Birth
B)Education
C)Occupation
D)Talent
Answer: Occupation
- Q. Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
A)Economic relief to the common people
B)Complete Independence for India
C)Repeal of salt laws
D)Curtailment of the Government's powers
Answer: Repeal of salt laws
- Q. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?
A)Yajurveda
B)Prashna
C)Mundaka
D)Ishavasya
Answer: Mundaka
- Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
A)The USSR
B)The USA
C)Canada
D)Ireland
Answer: The USSR
- Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
A)1900
B)1898
C)1901
D)1903
Answer: 1898
- Q. Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal?
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Robert Clive
C)Dupleix
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Robert Clive
- Q. Baji Rao-II (1796-1818 A.D.) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Haryanka
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Peshwas
Answer: Peshwas
- Q. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
A)Jinnah
B)Gandhi
C)Mohammed Iqbal
D)Patel
Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
- Q. Tripitakas’ are sacred books of
A)Jains
B)Hindus
C)Parsis
D)Buddhists
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc
B)The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre
C)Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association
D)In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Answer: In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
- Q. The last constitutional provision (covering undivided India) passed by the House of Commons was
A)Cabinet Mission Plan
B)Government of India Act 1935
C)Mountabatten (or June 3) Plan
D)Indian Independence Bill
Answer: Government of India Act 1935
- Q. The President of the Congress Sessions of 1898 and 1902 was
A)Tilak
B)Hume
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: S. N. Banerjee
- Q. Which of the following was the cause of the decline of Buddhism?
A)Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
B)Buddhism was founded by a prince
C)Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries
D)Buddha preached non-violence
Answer: Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
- Q. Who is the author of the book “The First Indian War of Independence- 1857-59”?
A)Syed Ahmad Khan
B)Karl Marx
C)R. Mazumdar
D)S. N. Sen
Answer: Karl Marx
- Q. Harshavardhana organised his religious assembly at
A)Prayag
B)Mathura
C)Varanasi
D)Tamralipt
Answer: Prayag
- Q. The Jaina literature is known as
A)Epics
B)Tripitakas
C)Aryasutras
D)Angas
Answer: Angas
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