More Questions on History
- Q. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following
A)Upanishads
B)Tripitakas
C)Angas
D)Aranyakas
Answer: Tripitakas
- Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
A)1942
B)1947
C)1943
D)1945
Answer: 1942
- Q. Which dynasty came to power in India after the Tughlaq dynasty?
A)The Khaljis
B)The Guptas
C)The Mughals
D)The Sayyids
Answer: The Sayyids
- Q. The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
A)1853
B)1833
C)1858
D)1882
Answer: 1853
- Q. Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God”?
A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Swamy Vivekananda
C)M. K. Gandhi
D)Radhakrishnan
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. Mahe was a colony of __________
A)French
B)English
C)Dutch
D)Germany
Answer: French
- Q. Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student Farmer-Middle class Revolt’?
A)Barun De
B)Sumit Sarkar
C)B A Saletore
D)Dr. Amba Prasad
Answer: Dr. Amba Prasad
- Q. The Sikh gurus who compiled the Guru Granth Sahib was
A)Har Rai
B)Nanak
C)Arjan
D)Bahadur
Answer: Arjan
- Q. Who among the following was not a physician?
A)Charaka
B)Sushruta
C)Charvaka
D)Dhanvantari
Answer: Charvaka
- Q. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
A)Sukhdev
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
- Q. During whose reign did the Gandhara School of Art blossom?
A)Ashok
B)Harsha
C)Kanishka
D)Chandragupta-II
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. What is the correct meaning of Khanqah?
A)A form of veena
B)A form of music
C)The place where Sufi Mystics lived
D)None of the above
Answer: The place where Sufi Mystics lived
- Q. Who tried to rediscover India’s past?
A)Max Muller
B)Lord Lytton
C)S. N. Banerjee
D)Gokahale
Answer: Max Muller
- Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A)Regulating Act: 1773
B)Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
C)Pitt's India Act: 1761
D)Treaty of Allahabad: 1784
Answer: Regulating Act: 1773
- Q. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
A)British
B)American
C)French
D)Russian
Answer: French
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Movement? I. Originated as a reaction against caste division, untouchability and ritualism in India. II. Devotion was the pivotal point in the Bhakti cult in uniting human soul with god.
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper
A)The New India
B)The Native Opinion
C)Al-Balagh
D)The Comrade
Answer: The Comrade
- Q. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
A)Jalpaiguri
B)Duars
C)Goalpara
D)Cooch Behar
Answer: Duars
- Q. Napoleon was exiled to the Saint Helena after the defeat in the war of
A)Waterloo
B)Russia
C)Peninsular
D)Rivoli
Answer: Waterloo
- Q. Which world Heritage Monument has been acclaimed as the “Necropolis of the Mughal dynasty”?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Humayun's Tomb
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