More Questions on History
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself at
A)Konkan
B)Poona
C)Bijapur
D)Raigarh
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. When did Greco-Persian Wars end?
A)449 BC
B)460 BC
C)447 BC
D)424 BC
Answer: 449 BC
- Q. When was congress split?
A)At Benares session in 1905
B)At Surat session in 1907
C)At Madras in1908
D)At Lahore in1909
Answer: At Surat session in 1907
- Q. The god whose worship had not gained ground in the Rigvedic period was
A)Lord Shiva
B)Marut
C)Agni
D)Indra
Answer: Lord Shiva
- Q. Who is the author of Vikramakacharita?
A)Mangalesa
B)Ravi Kirti
C)Bana
D)Bilhana
Answer: Bilhana
- 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. Select the correct statement (s) with reference to the Bhakti Movement
A)Compilation of Alvar Saints poetry / literature Tirumurai is called "Tamil Veda"
B)Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Ramanuja? I. He preached Vishishtadvaita. II. He said that the ‘God is Sagunabrahman’
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Which of the following signs was etched on the right leg of Rishabhnath Tirthankar?
A)Bull
B)Cow
C)Elephant
D)Tiger
Answer: Bull
- Q. The philosophical essence, The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul may be traced to the
A)Upanishadas
B)Vedas
C)Puranas
D)Manusmriti
Answer: Upanishadas
- Q. Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
A)Lord Curzon
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Lansdowne
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is located in India at
A)Aurangabad
B)Fatehpur Sikri
C)Hyderabad
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Aurangabad
- Q. Who made the famous statement “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
A)Mirabeau
B)John Locke
C)Voltaire
D)Jean Jacques Rousseau
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Q. Who succeeded Guru Nanak?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Angad
C)Guru Arjun
D)Guru Hargobind
Answer: Guru Angad
- Q. Who founded the city of Singapore?
A)Herman Willem Daendels
B)Francis Light
C)Lee Kuan Yew
D)Stamford Raffles
Answer: Stamford Raffles
- Q. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
A)Civil Rights Movement
B)Non-Aligned
C)Apartheid
D)Suffrage
Answer: Apartheid
- Q. The INA was largely composed of
A)Overseas Indians
B)Indian Revolutionaries
C)Indian Prisoners of war under the Japanese
D)Deserters from the British Indian Army
Answer: Indian Prisoners of war under the Japanese
- Q. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was
A)Milk and its products
B)Barley and rice
C)Rice and pulses
D)Vegetables and fruits
Answer: Milk and its products
- Q. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?
A)Godeheu
B)Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
C)La Bourdonnais
D)Joseph Francois Dupleix
Answer: Joseph Francois Dupleix
- Q. To whom is the statement “Cowardice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire” attributed?
A)M K Gandhi
B)Acharya Narendra Dev
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: M K Gandhi
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