More Questions on History
- Q. Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?
A)Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
B)Priority to be given to communal question
C)Grant of Dominion Status
D)Date of transfer of power
Answer: Priority to be given to communal question
- Q. Federal form of government at centre was introduced in India under
A)Indian Councils Act of 1909
B)Government of India Act of 1909
C)Government of India Act of 1935
D)Indian Independence Act of 1947
Answer: Government of India Act of 1935
- Q. The Law of Twelve Tables was concerned with which civilization
A)Greece
B)Egypt
C)Rome
D)China
Answer: Rome
- Q. The most famous Chera ruler was
A)Nedunjeraladan
B)Udiyanjeral
C)Senguttuvan
D)Sengannan
Answer: Senguttuvan
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Megasthenese profess of writing? I. Megasthenese wrote extensively in a book called ‘Indica’ which is no longer available to us. II. Megasthenese’s writings could be seen through various extracts in the writings of Diodorous, Strabo and Arrian. III. Megasthenese mentions that Indian society comprised of seven castes (jatis)
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)II and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Who founded Tattvabodhini sabha in 1839 ?
A)Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
B)Dayanand Sarswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
- Q. Baji Rao-II (1796-1818 A.D.) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Haryanka
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Peshwas
Answer: Peshwas
- Q. Who proclaimed the First Crusade?
A)Peter the Hermit
B)Alexios I Komnenos
C)Pope Gregory VII
D)Pope Urban II
Answer: Pope Urban II
- Q. In which year, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg
A)1910
B)1905
C)1911
D)1912
Answer: 1912
- Q. Who was the chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party at the time of liberation of China?
A)Deng Xiaoping
B)Zhou Enlai
C)Mao Zedong
D)Liu Shaoqi
Answer: Mao Zedong
- Q. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940
A)Allahabad
B)Lahore
C)Karachi
D)Dacca
Answer: Lahore
- Q. Which of the following is Parinirvana place of Mahavira?
A)Sarnath
B)Pava
C)Vaishali
D)Shravanabelagola
Answer: Pava
- Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
A)Jizya
B)Kharaj
C)Khums
D)Zakat
Answer: Khums
- Q. When did the second Russian revolution start
A)February, 1917
B)August, 1905
C)October, 1917
D)March, 1921
Answer: October, 1917
- Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
A)Upendranath Basu
B)Annie Besant
C)I. N. Gurtu
D)George Thompson
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
A)Tughlaq dynasty
B)Khalji dynasty
C)Slave dynasty
D)Lodi dynasty
Answer: Tughlaq dynasty
- Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Sankara
C)Vashnavaite Alwars
D)Tukaram
Answer: Sankara
- Q. When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?
A)1603
B)1600
C)1707
D)1761
Answer: 1600
- Q. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following
A)Upanishads
B)Tripitakas
C)Angas
D)Aranyakas
Answer: Tripitakas
- Q. Which of the following is not an important limb of Vedas?
A)Kalpa (Ritual)
B)Siksha (Phonetics)
C)Vyakarna (Grammar)
D)Ashtadhyayi
Answer: Ashtadhyayi
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