More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age
A)Feudalism
B)Humanism
C)Rationalism
D)Scientific Temperament
Answer: Feudalism
- Q. One of the important factors that led to the World War-II the humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is that treaty?
A)Treaty of Versailles
B)Treaty of Paris
C)Treaty of Lorraine
D)Treaty of Brussels
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
- Q. The author of the “The Peri plus of the Erythraean Sea” was a
A)Poet
B)Historian
C)Sailor
D)Musician
Answer: Sailor
- Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
A)T N Das
B)Robert Knight
C)Ashok Mehta
D)K M Pannikar
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
A)Zoroastrianism
B)Taoism
C)Shintoism
D)Paganism
Answer: Shintoism
- Q. Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?
A)The Ilbert Bill
B)The Government of India Act, 1858
C)Indian Councils Act of 1892
D)Queen Victoria's Proclamation
Answer: Queen Victoria's Proclamation
- Q. In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:
A)Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B)Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah
Answer: Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Buddha means
A)The Religious Preacher
B)The Enlightened one
C)The Genius
D)The Powerful
Answer: The Enlightened one
- Q. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after independence?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C)Lord Pethick Lawrence
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. Who gave the title or “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Dada Bhai Naoroji
C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Q. The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of
A)pillars
B)floral designs
C)animal figures
D)yaksha figures
Answer: animal figures
- Q. Who among the following witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
A)Shams-i-siraj Afif
B)Ziauddin Barani
C)Minhaj-us-siraj
D)Amir Khusrau
Answer: Amir Khusrau
- Q. The correct chronological sequence of these Mughal rulers after Aurangzeb: I. Alamgir-II II. Farrukh Siyar III. Jahandar Shah IV. Shah Alam-II
A)II,III,IV,I
B)III,II,IV,I
C)II,III,I,IV
D)III,II,I,IV
Answer: III,II,I,IV
- Q. Who established the four monasteries Sringeri, Badrinath, Dwarka & Puri?
A)Ashoka
B)Ramanuj
C)Shankaracharya
D)Madhav Vidhyaranya
Answer: Shankaracharya
- Q. “India for the Indians” was the political message of
A)Vivekanand
B)D E Wacha
C)Dayanand
D)Hume
Answer: Dayanand
- Q. Tipu was defeated in the __________ Anglo-Maratha war by the British
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Third
- Q. Who were the three eminent statesmen who started the Non-aligned Movement?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru, Chou Enlai, Kwame Nkrumah
B)Jawaharlal Nehru, Anwar Sadat, Soekarno
C)Jawaharlal Nehru, Fidel Castro, Marshal Tito
D)Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito
- Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
A)Agnimitra
B)Pushyamitra Sunga
C)Vasumitra
D)Jyesthamitra
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of
A)Stone
B)Burnt bricks
C)Wood
D)All of the above
Answer: Burnt bricks
- Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak’s biography was
A)Guru Amardas
B)Guru Angad Dev
C)Guru Ramdas
D)Guru Arjun Dev
Answer: Guru Angad Dev
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