More Questions on History
- Q. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
A)Ensure racial and communal harmony
B)Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
C)Found a religious institution
D)Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
- Q. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the princely State of
A)Jhansi
B)Satara
C)Avadh
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Satara
- Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?
A)The Kalinga War
B)The third Buddhist Council
C)His embracing of Buddhism
D)His sending missionary to Ceylon
Answer: The Kalinga War
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
B)of superior resources of the British empire
C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
- Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in
A)The promotion of people's welfare by him
B)His extensive conquests
C)His marathon army
D)His exclusive patronage of Buddhism
Answer: The promotion of people's welfare by him
- Q. Assertion (A): The invasions of Krishnadeva Raya into the territories of Prataparudra were inconclusive. Reason (R): Krishnadeva Raya invaded the territories of the Gajpathi not for the latter’s extinction but only for the recovery of lost territories.
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 false but R is true
- Q. Identify the body among the following that was not founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
A)People's Education Society
B)Samaj Samato Sangh
C)Deccan Education Society
D)Depressed Classes Institute
Answer: Deccan Education Society
- Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
- Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
A)Pradesa
B)Bhukit
C)Vithi
D)Ahara
Answer: Vithi
- Q. Narayana Guru’s later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written in__________
A)Malayalam
B)Tamil
C)Sanskrit
D)Hindi
Answer: Malayalam
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. When did the invasion of Poland begin?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1939
- Q. Akbar established Ibadat Khana at
A)Delhi
B)Lahore
C)Agra
D)Fatehpur Sikri
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Moti Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Red Fort Complex
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?
A)Vallabhbhai Patel
B)Rajendra Prasad
C)Rajagopalachari
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942?
A)30th April, 1942
B)7th August, 1942
C)9th August, 1942
D)5th July, 1942
Answer: 9th August, 1942
- Q. When was the commercial colonization of India commenced?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1765
D)1757
Answer: 1757
- Q. In which year Genghis Khan was proclaimed as Emperor or Khagan
A)1998
B)1192
C)1200
D)1206
Answer: 1206
- Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
A)Baani
B)Bhagwad Gita
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
- Q. When was Sputnik 1 launched?
A)1957
B)1970
C)1980
D)1990
Answer: 1957
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