More Questions on History
- Q. Who wrote “Summa Theologica”?
A)Aristotle
B)Albertus Magnus
C)Augustine of Hippo
D)Thomas Aquinas
Answer: Thomas Aquinas
- Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was
A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
B)Geronimo Verroneo
C)Tavernier
D)Austinof Bordeaux
Answer: Tavernier
- Q. With the help of Baghnuk (Tiger-claws) Shivaji killed
A)Shayista khan
B)Afzal khan
C)Muhamad Khan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Afzal khan
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint said that “Abide pure amidst the impurities of the world”?
A)Madhav
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Guru Nanak
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was
A)Annie Besant
B)Madam Blavatsky
C)Sister Nivedita
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sister Nivedita
- Q. Which of the following School of art noted for its vitality and assimilative character just because of Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism?
A)Amaravati School of Art
B)Gandhara School of Art
C)Mathura School of art
D)None of the above
Answer: Mathura School of art
- Q. Arrange in chronological order: 1. Cabinet Mission 2. Cripps Mission 3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 4. Minto-Morley Reforms
A)1, 2, 3, 4
B)3, 2, 4, 1
C)4, 3, 2, 1
D)2, 3, 4, 1
Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1
- Q. Who was elected as First Consul of the Consulate of France?
A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Adolf Hitler
C)Napoleon III
D)Maximiliean Robespierre
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
- Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
D)Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. Why Rishabnath also called Aadibrahma?
A)First to tell Moksha Marg
B)Due to height
C)Religious Conversion
D)Showing the path of livelihood
Answer: First to tell Moksha Marg
- Q. Which museum houses the largest collection Kushan sculptures?
A)Bombay Museum
B)Mathura Museum
C)Madras Museum
D)Delhi Museum
Answer: Mathura Museum
- Q. Wahabis were __________ fanatics
A)Muslim
B)Hindu
C)Christian
D)Sikh
Answer: Muslim
- Q. The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was
A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
B)Subhas Chandra Bose
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Which of the following rivers does not find frequent mention in Rigvedic Hymns?
A)Sindhu
B)Ganges
C)Brahmaputra
D)Saraswati
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Andal?
A)Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
B)Andal was a woman Alvar, the most striking features of her compositions were widely sung (and continue to be sung to date)
C)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity
D)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Krishna; her verses express her love for the deity
Answer: Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
- Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
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: A is false but R is true
- Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
A)Charter Act of 1813
B)Charter Act of 1793
C)Charter Act of 1833
D)Charter Act of 1853
Answer: Charter Act of 1833
- Q. The Hindu social sacraments such as marriage etc. are performed on the basis of the rituals described in the
A)Yajurveda
B)Rigveda
C)Grihyasutras
D)Upanishad
Answer: Grihyasutras
- Q. The Buddha
A)was non-committal on the theory of Karma
B)rejected the theory of Karma
C)believed in the theory of Karma
D)suggested an alternative to the theory of Karma
Answer: believed in the theory of Karma
- Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Lucknow
C)Lahore
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History