More Questions on History
- Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
A)Poor
B)Nobles
C)Middle Class
D)Foreign residents
Answer: Poor
- Q. The Atharva Veda does not discuss the ideal of
A)Jnana
B)Karma
C)Upasana
D)Moksha
Answer: Moksha
- Q. In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to
A)practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings
B)follow three jewels and five vows
C)renounce the world and attain right knowledge
D)believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence
Answer: follow three jewels and five vows
- Q. Sati was prohibited by
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Warren Hastings
C)Lord William Bentinck
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- Q. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
A)Ravi Kirti
B)Bhani
C)Banabhatta
D)Vishnu Sharma
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. To campaign for Home Rule, Mrs Annie Besant published the newspaper (s)
A)Young India and Home Rule News
B)New India and Commonweal
C)Mahratta and Kesari
D)Home Rule Courier
Answer: New India and Commonweal
- Q. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
A)1914
B)1913
C)1915
D)1916
Answer: 1913
- Q. The correct chronological order in which they were built is: 1. Tughluqabad Fort 2. Lodi Garden 3. Qutub Minar 4. Fatehpur Sikri
A)3, 1, 2, 4
B)3, 1, 4, 2
C)1, 3, 2, 4
D)1, 3, 4, 2
Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4
- Q. Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant?
A)Indian Express
B)The Hindu
C)The Times of India
D)New India
Answer: New India
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
A)Kakatiyas : Warangal
B)Hoyasalas : Dwarasamudra
C)Pallavas : Devagiri
D)Chalukyas : Kalyani
Answer: Pallavas : Devagiri
- Q. Who is the creator of the world famous statue ‘David’ in Florence
A)Raphael
B)Leonardo da Vinci
C)Filippo Brunelleschi
D)Michelangelo
Answer: Michelangelo
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. The caste system of India was created for
A)Recognization of the dignity of labour
B)Immobility of labour
C)Economic uplift
D)Occupational division of labour
Answer: Occupational division of labour
- Q. Which of the following pairs of persons are correctly matched? I. Chandragupta-II : Fa-Hien II. Skandagupta: I-tsing III. Harsha: Hiuen Tsang
A)I, II and III
B)I and II
C)I and III
D)II and III
Answer: I and III
- Q. Bengal British India Society founded in Calcutta on 20 April 1843, was the __________ political public association to be formed in British India, the first being the zamindari association (1837)
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- Q. The word Jina from which the Jain(ism) has originated stands for
A)detached
B)great
C)non-violence
D)conqueror (of senses)
Answer: conqueror (of senses)
- Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
A)Curzon
B)Salisbury
C)Wedgwood Benn
D)Montagu
Answer: Wedgwood Benn
- Q. There are no politics devoid of religion’ is stated by
A)Gandhi
B)Nehru
C)Vinoba Bhave
D)Jaya Prakash Narayan
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:
A)Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
B)Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi
C)Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge
D)Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
- Q. What was the official language of the Sultanate?
A)Urdu
B)Persian
C)Arabic
D)Hindi
Answer: Persian
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