More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
A)Muhammad Ghori
B)Mahmud of Ghazni
C)Iltutmish
D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
- Q. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya’s Court was
A)Seleucus Nicator
B)Kautilya
C)Megasthenes
D)Justin
Answer: Megasthenes
- Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar-Nama” in Persian was
A)Guru Har Krishan
B)Guru Har Rai
C)Guru Gobind Singh
D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
- Q. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
A)1982
B)1872
C)1884
D)1892
Answer: 1872
- Q. Which painting is made from Fresco style?
A)Piklikhal
B)Bhimbetka
C)Ajanta
D)Ellora
Answer: Ajanta
- Q. The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated in 1895 by
A)Morley
B)Hume
C)Tilak
D)Gokhale
Answer: Tilak
- Q. The first organisation in the Madras Presidency to agitate for the rights of Indians was the Madras Native Association which was established by publicist __________ Chetty in 1849. This organisation did not survive for long and was eventually disbanded.
A)S. Ramaswami Mudaliar
B)Gazulu Lakshminarasu
C)P. Anandacharlu
D)R. Balaji Rao
Answer: Gazulu Lakshminarasu
- Q. What was the name of the atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima city
A)Fat Man
B)Fat Boy
C)Little Boy
D)Scorpion
Answer: Little Boy
- Q. The Market Regulation system was introduced by
A)Iltutmish
B)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. Upanishads are books on
A)Philosophy
B)Politics
C)Medicine
D)Social life
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers – the Kesari and the Maratha?
A)Annie Besant
B)Gokhale
C)Tilak
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Tilak
- Q. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej?
A)Vitasta
B)Askini
C)Shutudri
D)Parushni
Answer: Shutudri
- Q. Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was associated with which of the following movements of the Indian National Congress?
A)Non-Cooperation
B)Extremist
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Quit India
Answer: Extremist
- Q. Which Roman Emperor had banned the ancient Olympic games
A)Arcadius
B)Julius Caesar
C)Theodosius
D)Tacitus
Answer: Theodosius
- Q. The Nehru Report of 1928 with proposals for constitutional reforms had been prepared by
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Kamla Nehru
D)All of the above
Answer: Motilal Nehru
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. What according to Communism is the chief enemy of the society?
A)Religion
B)Private property
C)Surplus value
D)Capitalist class
Answer: Capitalist class
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Ramananda? I. He worshipped Ram and Sita but preached the oneness of God and the doctrine of Bhakti for everyone II. Dismissed the caste system and untouchability, simplified rules of worship and made rigidity of the Varnashrama tradition milder
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
A)Passive resistance
B)Organisation of secret societies
C)Constitutional agitation
D)Terrorism
Answer: Passive resistance
- Q. The Harappan site that had a dock is
A)Harappa
B)Alamgirpur
C)Lothal
D)Mohenjo-Daro
Answer: Lothal
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