More Questions on History
- Q. In which of the following sects was Bindusara interested?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Ajivakas
D)Lokayata
Answer: Ajivakas
- Q. Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
A)removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
B)enforcing monogamy
C)penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
D)civil marriages
Answer: penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
- Q. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
A)1858
B)1857
C)1859
D)1860
Answer: 1858
- Q. Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production. Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A)Shudraka : Mrichchhakatika
B)Kalidasa : Kumarasambhava
C)Varahamihira : Brihat-samhita
D)Vishakhadatta : Kaumudi-mahotsava
Answer: Vishakhadatta : Kaumudi-mahotsava
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Dandi March started on __________ 1930
A)12th April
B)12th March
C)12th February
D)12th May
Answer: 12th March
- Q. Which monarch is known as ‘the Sun King’ and also the longest of monarchs of major countries in European history
A)Henry III of England
B)Louis XIV of France
C)Louis XIII of France
D)Edward I of England
Answer: Louis XIV of France
- Q. Who was the first Indo-Greek king, who became Buddhist?
A)Apollodotus I
B)Antiochus II
C)Apollodotus II
D)Menander I
Answer: Menander I
- Q. The State is a necessary evil according to
A)Liberalists
B)Communists
C)Individualists
D)Anarchists
Answer: Individualists
- Q. How did the Maurya Empire finally end?
A)The Kanvas of Central India deposed the last Mauryan ruler
B)The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
C)The last Mauryan ruler was killed in a battle with the foreign invader from the north-west
D)The last mauryan ruler had no heir and the throne was claimed by one of his powerful ministers
Answer: The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
- Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
B)North America and South America
C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
D)France and Poland
Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
- Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
A)Shaivism
B)Sikhism
C)Vaishanvism
D)All of the above
Answer: Sikhism
- Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
A)Samugarh
B)Dharmat
C)Deorai
D)Khajwa
Answer: Samugarh
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A)The partition of Bengal
B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
C)The Surat Split
D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
Answer: The partition of Bengal
- Q. Where is the Lingaraja Temple located?
A)Tiruchendur
B)Madurai
C)Bhubaneswar
D)Ujjain
Answer: Bhubaneswar
- Q. I. This school eventually merged because of their closely related metaphysical theories (although Vaisheshika only accepted perception and inference as sources of valid knowledge). II. Mimamsa accept the logical and philosophical teachings of the other schools, they insist that salvation can only be attained by acting in accordance with the prescriptions of the Vedas. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Purva Mimamsa?
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: II only
- Q. During which dynasty Paper was invented in China
A)Tang Dynasty
B)Xia Dynasty
C)Yuan Dynasty
D)Han Dynasty
Answer: Han Dynasty
- Q. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man’.Who said this?
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Sri Narayana Guru
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
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