More Questions on History
- Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
A)J. S. Mill
B)Herbert Spencer
C)John Locke
D)Tocqueville
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. What name was given to Rishabhnath Tirthankar due to his father Nabhiraya?
A)Anantnath
B)Dharam Nath
C)Chandra Prabhu
D)Nabhisunu
Answer: Nabhisunu
- Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
A)Kaliamma
B)Kaliamma
C)Rohini
D)Meenkshi Amma
Answer: Kaliamma
- Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
A)Vidatha
B)Bali
C)Varman
D)Kara
Answer: Bali
- Q. The language in which Buddha preached?
A)Urdu
B)Hindi
C)Pali
D)Hebrew
Answer: Pali
- Q. The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Mahakashyap Upali
D)Sabakarni
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
A)Pusyamitra Shunga
B)Ashoka
C)Kanishka I
D)Menander
Answer: Kanishka I
- Q. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
A)Jung Bahadur Rana
B)Bahadur Shah Jafar
C)Begum Hazrat Mahal
D)Tatya Tope
Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Q. The only Hindu noble at the court of Akbar to accept the Din-i-llahi was
A)Todar Mal
B)Man Singh
C)Birbal
D)Bhagwan Das
Answer: Birbal
- Q. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
A)October 17, 1940
B)October 17, 1942
C)October 17, 1939
D)October 17, 1938
Answer: October 17, 1940
- Q. Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act 1794?
A)Andrew Frazer
B)Charles Metcalfe
C)Lord Wellesly
D)Lord Auckland
Answer: Lord Wellesly
- Q. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
A)Prakrit
B)Sanskrit
C)Pali
D)Sauraseni
Answer: Pali
- Q. The people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro culture belonged to the
A)Copper Age
B)New Stone Age
C)Iron Age
D)Chalcolithic Age
Answer: Chalcolithic Age
- Q. During young age, what did Sambhavnath Tirthankar feel while watching the dispersal of medieval clouds?
A)Mortification
B)Togetherness
C)Happy
D)Sad
Answer: Mortification
- Q. The revolutionary leader who had organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong was
A)Jatin Das
B)Surya Sen
C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
D)CR Das
Answer: Surya Sen
- Q. Chandra Gupta Maurya spent his last days here
A)Pataliputra
B)Kashi
C)Ujjain
D)Shravanabelagola
Answer: Shravanabelagola
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/ are correct related to the Atharva Veda? I. The Atharva Veda basically consists of charms and spells that were prevalent at that time in the society. II. The Atharva Veda presents a portrait of the Vedic society. One can find an independent and parallel stream of knowledge and thought in the Atharva Veda
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at
A)Madras
B)Calcutta
C)Belgaum
D)Lahore
Answer: Belgaum
- Q. Hakim Mirza, the younger brother of Akbar was the viceroy of
A)Herat
B)Kabul
C)Agra
D)Bengal
Answer: Kabul
- Q. Who among the following was impeached in the UK for his actions in India?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Hastings
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Lord Hastings
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