More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the American leader who led a non-violent movement to obtain full civil rights for American Negroes?
A)John F. Kennedy
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)Martin Luther King Junior
D)George Washington
Answer: Martin Luther King Junior
- Q. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the city of
A)Milan
B)Rome
C)Florence
D)Madrid
Answer: Florence
- Q. Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formula?
A)Rig Veda
B)Sama Veda
C)Yajur Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Yajur Veda
- Q. Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
A)Pericles
B)Herodotus
C)Plutarch
D)Thucydides
Answer: Thucydides
- Q. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was
A)Karachi
B)Islamabad
C)Lahore
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Karachi
- Q. Which is a work of Tamil Grammar that is said to be the earliest extant work of Tamil Literature?
A)Patinenmelkanakku
B)Tolkappiyam
C)Patinenkilkanakku
D)None of the above
Answer: Tolkappiyam
- Q. Theosophical movement though not very successful helped in contributing to developments in society. Which of the following are those developments? I. Women upliftment and recognized their importance II. Provided self respect needed to fight British colonial rule III. Did not provide any contribution as they realized that they were giving false sense of pride
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Only III
D)All the above
Answer: Only II
- Q. I. The rebels lacked effective leadership. II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country. III. There was no central organisation to guide them. IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English. Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
A)I, II & III
B)I, III & IV
C)III & IV
D)II, III & IV
Answer: I, III & IV
- Q. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
A)Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
B)Shahji, Shivaji, Rajaram, Sambhaji
C)Shahji, Sambhaji, Shivaji, Rajaram
D)Sambhaji, Shivaji, Shahji, Rajaram
Answer: Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
- Q. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
A)Harshavardhana
B)Banabhatta
C)Baskarvardhana
D)Bindusara
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in
A)Sanskrit
B)Brahmi
C)Pali
D)Magadhi
Answer: Pali
- Q. The Administrative Council of Shivaji was known as
A)Mantriparishad
B)Parishad
C)Ashtapradhan
D)Rajyaparishad
Answer: Ashtapradhan
- Q. Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna after how many days of receipt of Diksha?
A)Two
B)One
C)Three
D)Four
Answer: Two
- Q. Who He said, “I accept as Dharma whatever is in full conformity with impartial justice, truthfulness and the like; that which is not opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas. Whatever is not free from partiality and is unjust, partaking of untruth and the like, and opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas—that I hold as adharma”.He also said “He, who after careful thinking, is ever ready to accept truth and reject falsehood; who counts the happiness of others as he does that of his own self, him I call just”
A)Ranjit Singh
B)Baba Ram Singh
C)Lal Singh
D)Dayananda Saraswathi
Answer: Dayananda Saraswathi
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. Which of the following animals was not known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation?
A)Cow
B)Horse
C)Giraffe
D)Elephant
Answer: Giraffe
- Q. Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?
A)Nelson Mandela
B)Zuma
C)Kofi Annan
D)Booker T. Washington
Answer: Nelson Mandela
- Q. The first definite and forceful expression of the concept of a separate homeland for the Muslims came from (or the Catcher of the idea of Pakistan was)
A)Rahmat Ali
B)Sir Mohammad Iqbal
C)M A Jinnah
D)Liaqat Ali
Answer: Sir Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. The transfer of Government from the ‘Company’ to the ‘Crown’ was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at
A)Delhi
B)Calcutta
C)Patna
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
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