More Questions on History
- Q. Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master’s message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses. Swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________
A)America
B)Mumbai
C)Kanyakumari
D)Chennai
Answer: Kanyakumari
- Q. In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days
A)to launch a campaign against untouchability
B)to appeal to the Hindus to throw open the temples and public wells to the Harijans
C)for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
D)For all the above
Answer: for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
A)Kakatiyas : Warangal
B)Hoyasalas : Dwarasamudra
C)Pallavas : Devagiri
D)Chalukyas : Kalyani
Answer: Pallavas : Devagiri
- Q. Under the Mughals one of the main imports was
A)raw silk
B)pepper
C)cotton
D)opium
Answer: raw silk
- Q. Jyotiba Phule died On 28 November,__________
A)1859
B)1850
C)1870
D)1890
Answer: 1890
- Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A)The partition of Bengal
B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
C)The Surat Split
D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
Answer: The partition of Bengal
- Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi introduced the token currency?
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
A)Deer
B)Humped Bull
C)Elephant
D)Horse
Answer: Deer
- Q. Till when did the Hundred Years’ War last?
A)1377
B)1327
C)1376
D)1453
Answer: 1453
- 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. For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of Lapse” was not followed?
A)Nagpur
B)Satara
C)Jhansi
D)Punjab
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
- Q. Chinese travellers visited India primarily because-
A)They were invited by ten Indian kings
B)They were interested in Buddhism
C)They were interested to study Indian culture
D)They were interested to stay in India
Answer: They were interested in Buddhism
- Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
A)Subhas Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
A)Qutb-din-Aibak
B)Nasir-ud-din
C)Bahram Shah
D)Aram Shah
Answer: Nasir-ud-din
- Q. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite bank of which river?
A)Jhelum
B)Ravi
C)Sutlej
D)Chenab
Answer: Jhelum
- Q. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
A)William Logan
B)H.V. Connolly
C)Lord Ripond
D)Gladstone
Answer: H.V. Connolly
- Q. Which dynasty of China began the construction of the Great Wall
A)Qin Dynasty
B)Ming Dynasty
C)Shun Dynasty
D)None of the above
Answer: Qin Dynasty
- Q. Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
A)Heinrich Himmler
B)Hermann Goering
C)Rudolf Hess
D)Joseph Goebbels
Answer: Joseph Goebbels
- Q. The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India was
A)Dr. J. Jayalalitha
B)Nandini Satpathy
C)Sucheta Kripalani
D)Ms. Mayawati
Answer: Sucheta Kripalani
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