More Questions on History
- Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
A)Dadabhai Naroji
B)W. C. Bannerji
C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
- Q. Who was the last Emperor (Tsar) of Russia
A)Nicholas II
B)Alexander III
C)Alexander II
D)Nicholas I
Answer: Nicholas II
- Q. All souls day is a __________ festival.
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Christian
D)Muslim
Answer: Christian
- Q. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jiziya on Brahmans?
A)Firoz Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in
A)December 1922.
B)September 1920.
C)October 1924.
D)November 1925.
Answer: September 1920.
- Q. When was the non-cooperation movement started by M.K Gandhi?
A)Chauri-Chaura incident
B)After Rowlatt Act
C)Jalliawala bagh Massacre
D)None of the above
Answer: Jalliawala bagh Massacre
- Q. What was the reason for Franks rapid rise in western Europe?
A)Clovis's conversion to Arian Christianity
B)Clovis's conversion to Roman Christianity
C)Clovis's alliance with the Islamic world
D)Clovis's defeat of the Muslims at the Battle of Tours
Answer: Clovis's conversion to Roman Christianity
- Q. The Singh Sabha intended to restore Sikhism to its past purity by publishing historical religious books, magazines and journals, to propagate knowledge using Punjabi, to return Sikh apostates to their original faith, and to involve highly placed __________in the educational programme of the Sikhs
A)Frenchmen
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)Englishmen
Answer: Englishmen
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)none of the above
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Assertion (A): The Kushanas issued a large number of gold coins. Reason (R): The period was marked by flourishing trade
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. The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees __________ annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge
A)Two lakhs
B)One lakh
C)£10000
D)£5000
Answer: One lakh
- Q. Who was the founder of Ottoman Empire
A)Orhan
B)Osman I
C)Mura I
D)Bayezid I
Answer: Osman I
- Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
A)Japan
B)China
C)Sri Lanka
D)Tibet
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
A)Bodh Gaya
B)Sarnath
C)Kapilavastu
D)Rajgriha
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
A)Angas
B)Prabandhas
C)Nibandhas
D)Chartis
Answer: Angas
- Q. Qutub Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Sikandar Lodi
D)Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Historian Abdul Hamid Lahori was in the court of
A)Akbar
B)Aurangzeb
C)Shahjahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Shahjahan
- Q. Madame HP Blavatsky had laid the foundation of the Theosophical Society in the year
A)1864
B)1853
C)1875
D)1886
Answer: 1875
- Q. Select the incorrect pair
A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
- Q. Who founded as Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College (MAO) at Aligarh in 1875?
A)Mirza Mohammad
B)Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
C)Maulana Qasim Nanotvi
D)Maulana Abdullah Ansari
Answer: Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
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