More Questions on History
- Q. Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ take place ?
A)Monghyr
B)Daccan
C)Calcutta
D)Murshidabad
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The term ‘Upanishad’ Literally implies
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Sitting near
D)Recitation
Answer: Sitting near
- Q. The Secretary of State for India was given powers by
A)The Act of 1919
B)The Act of 1909
C)The Act of 1858
D)The Act of 1861
Answer: The Act of 1858
- Q. Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
A)Gandhiji
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Bal Gangadhar
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by
A)Azam Shah
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Azam Shah
- Q. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?
A)Raja Raj Chola
B)Aditya Chola
C)Rajendra Chola
D)Karikala Chola
Answer: Raja Raj Chola
- Q. Who were the three eminent statesmen who started the Non-aligned Movement?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru, Chou Enlai, Kwame Nkrumah
B)Jawaharlal Nehru, Anwar Sadat, Soekarno
C)Jawaharlal Nehru, Fidel Castro, Marshal Tito
D)Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito
- Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
A)Impact of World War II
B)Change in the government of the UK
C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Q. Who invented kerosene?
A)Benjamin Silliman
B)Abraham Pineo Gesner
C)Edwin Drake
D)John William Dawson
Answer: Abraham Pineo Gesner
- Q. The First Opium War started__________
A)1736
B)1729
C)1839
D)1939
Answer: 1839
- Q. When did the invasion of Poland begin?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1939
- Q. An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :
A)August 1943
B)August 1940
C)September 1946
D)September 1942
Answer: September 1946
- Q. The correct chronological order in which the given monuments were built is
A)Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort, Buland Darwaza, Qutab Minar
B)Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
C)Qutab Minar, Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort
D)Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort, Qutab Minar
Answer: Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
- Q. Which of the following acts gave representation of the Indians for the first time in legislation?
A)Indian Councils Act, 1919
B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1909
- Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
A)Saktism
B)Shaivism
C)Bhagavatism
D)Tantricism
Answer: Bhagavatism
- Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
A)Sutta Pitaka
B)Vinaya Pitaka
C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
D)All the three Pitakas
Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
- Q. Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
A)Surendra Sai
B)Kattabomman
C)Utirat Singh
D)Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
Answer: Surendra Sai
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Aryankas? I. It is a treatise of forest which explain the rituals while dwelling into the philosophical discussions of the Brahmanas. II. They record the transitions between ritualistic symbolism of Brahmanas and philosophical aspects of Upanishads
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The Upanishads are
A)Books of ancient Hindu laws
B)A source of Hindu philosophy
C)Books on social behavior of man
D)Prayers to God
Answer: A source of Hindu philosophy
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