More Questions on History
- Q. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in
A)Silver
B)Gold
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Gold
- Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
- Q. The granary discovered at Harappa was located
A)In the "Lower town'
B)Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro
C)Near the river Ravi
D)Beside the western gate of the city
Answer: Near the river Ravi
- Q. In 1528, __________ defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?
A)Montague Chelmsford Declaration
B)Charter act of India
C)Morley Minto Reforms
D)None of these
Answer: Montague Chelmsford Declaration
- Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
A)Jinnah
B)Nehru
C)Gandhi
D)Rajaji
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was
A)Menander
B)Demetrius
C)Eukratises
D)Heliocles
Answer: Menander
- Q. Gandhara Art is the combination of
A)Indo Greek
B)Indo Roman
C)Indo Islamic
D)Indo China
Answer: Indo Greek
- Q. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
A)Devapala
B)Mahipala
C)Gopala
D)Dharmapala
Answer: Dharmapala
- Q. To take care of the conquered lands, Muhmmad Ghori left behind his trusted General
A)Iltutmish
B)Nasiruddin
C)Qutub-din-Aibak
D)Malik Kafur
Answer: Qutub-din-Aibak
- Q. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jayaprakash Narayan
C)Karl Marx
D)Lenin
Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan
- Q. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom by annexing the territories of
A)Mughals
B)Bijapur
C)Both (a) and (b) above
D)Bijapur, Golcunda and the Mughals
Answer: Both (a) and (b) above
- Q. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year
A)1921
B)1917
C)1927
D)1932
Answer: 1921
- Q. Which is a work of Tamil Grammar that is said to be the earliest extant work of Tamil Literature?
A)Patinenmelkanakku
B)Tolkappiyam
C)Patinenkilkanakku
D)None of the above
Answer: Tolkappiyam
- Q. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is
A)Baghdad
B)Jerusalem
C)Istanbul
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
A)Raigarh
B)Poona
C)Singhgarh
D)Panhala
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. What is meant by “The Forty”?
A)The pick of the intellectuals among the Khaljis
B)The cream of Afghan nobles
C)The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
D)The Ulema or the Muslim divines
Answer: The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
- Q. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the pebple’ was made by
A)Winston Churchill
B)George Washington
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. When was the Fourth Crusade diverted from the Holy Land to Constantinople?
A)1204
B)1203
C)1261
D)1291
Answer: 1203
- Q. Who said “Spanish ulcer was the cause of my ruin”
A)Napoleon
B)Matternich
C)Marshal Fouch
D)Chamberlain
Answer: Napoleon
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