More Questions on History
- Q. Most depicted animal of the Indus Valley Civilization was?
A)Lion
B)Elephant
C)Bull
D)Dog
Answer: Bull
- Q. Which of the doctrines of Jainism was added by Mahavira?
A)Observe continence
B)Do not speak a lie
C)Do not commit violence
D)Do not steal
Answer: Observe continence
- Q. The Simon Commission was formed to review
A)Fitness of India for further reforms
B)Legislatures in India
C)The position of the viceroy
D)A constitution for India
Answer: Fitness of India for further reforms
- Q. The Mughal queen, whose name was inscribed on the coins and on all royal farmans as well as attached to the imperial signature was
A)Nur Jahan
B)Jodha Bai
C)Mumtaz Mahal
D)Ladli Begum
Answer: Nur Jahan
- Q. First Anglo Sikh War fought between __________
A)The English & Portuguese
B)The English & French
C)The English & king Dalip Singh
D)None of the above
Answer: The English & king Dalip Singh
- Q. Who got the Gita translated into Persian?
A)Akbar
B)Shah Jahan
C)Murad
D)Dara Shikoh
Answer: Dara Shikoh
- Q. Which one of the following was the capital of Kosala?
A)Shuktimati
B)Sravasti
C)Kaushambi
D)Indraprastha
Answer: Sravasti
- Q. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in the year
A)1729
B)1707
C)1774
D)1823
Answer: 1707
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the Durrani Empire
A)Zaman Shah Durrani
B)Timur Shah Durrani
C)Mahmud Shah Durrani
D)Ahmad Shah Durrani
Answer: Ahmad Shah Durrani
- Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B)Allauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
D)Muhamad bin Quasim
Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
- Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
- Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)S. N. Bannerjee
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer: S. N. Bannerjee
- Q. The President of the Constituent Assembly was
A)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B)Dr. BR Ambedkar
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- 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. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan to __________ ‘?
A)Premanand
B)Narsi Mehta
C)Chunilal
D)Dharmiklal
Answer: Narsi Mehta
- Q. A Janapadin was the __________ of a janapada.
A)Minister
B)Servant
C)Army General
D)Ruler
Answer: Ruler
- Q. Who among the following is the head of theosophical society in India
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)Annie Besant
C)Blavatsky
D)Did not come to india
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which one of the following traders first came to India during the Mughal period?
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)Danish
D)Britis
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
A)Foreign accounts
B)Literary works
C)Numismatic evidence
D)Epigraphic sources
Answer: Numismatic evidence
- Q. Who constructed Humayun’s tomb in Delhi?
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Haji Begum
D)Humayun
Answer: Haji Begum
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