More Questions on History
- Q. The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
A)Cornwallis
B)Clive
C)Waren Hastings
D)William Bentinck
Answer: Clive
- Q. From which country, the tradition of written Constitution began
A)India
B)Japan
C)Britain
D)America
Answer: America
- Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
A)Bindusara
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Ajatashatru
D)Pulakesin
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
B)North America and South America
C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
D)France and Poland
Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
- Q. Who among the following Gupta rulers faced invasion of Hunas?
A)Kumaragupta-I
B)Budhagupta
C)Kumaragupta-II
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Skandagupta
- Q. Which of the following was not included in the early three English Settlements in India?
A)The Punjab
B)Madras
C)Bombay
D)Calcutta
Answer: The Punjab
- Q. First war of Crusade was ended in the year
A)1095
B)1099
C)1123
D)1323
Answer: 1099
- Q. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
A)Krishna Cult
B)Kabirpanthi
C)Nathpanthi
D)None of the above
Answer: Nathpanthi
- Q. Who is the excavator of Harappa site?
A)Rakhal das Bannerji
B)Daya ram sahni
C)Mackey
D)B.K. Thapar
Answer: Daya ram sahni
- Q. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell’s Plan in the Conference held at __________
A)Shimla
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Madras
Answer: Shimla
- Q. Which one of the following was an important Port of the eastern coast during Gupta period?
A)Tamralipti
B)Kalyan
C)Sopara
D)Baroch
Answer: Tamralipti
- Q. In which European country feudalism process was first started
A)England
B)Italy
C)French
D)Russia
Answer: French
- Q. Assertion (A): English was taken as the medium of instruction in India by the William Bentinck. Reason (R): William Bentinck wanted to promote western culture in India
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. When did the Cripps Mission, which had practically repeated the August Offer 1940 visit India?
A)1942
B)1941
C)1943
D)1944
Answer: 1942
- Q. Who was known as the Morning star of Renaissance
A)Dante
B)Montesquieu
C)Shakespeare
D)Geoffrey Chaucer
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Dharmasutras and the Smritis? I. Texts were considered as the rules and regulations for the general public and for the rulers. II. Dharmasutras and the Smritis can also be termed in the modern concept as the constitution and law books for the ancient Indian polity and society
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)None of the above
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period was
A)Nishka
B)Karashopana
C)Suvarna
D)Kakini
Answer: Karashopana
- Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Ekanatha
- Q. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
A)Rangpur
B)Pataliputra
C)Sukatagendor
D)Lothal
Answer: Pataliputra
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