More Questions on History

  • Q. Under Shivaji’s rule, the head of a unit of 25 in the Cavalry was known as
    A)Havaldar
    B)Jumadar
    C)Faujdar
    D)Hazari
    Answer: Havaldar
  • Q. The two colossal images of the Buddha at Bamiyan are an instance of the __________ art?
    A)Maurya
    B)Early Mathura
    C)Gupta
    D)Gandhara
    Answer: Gupta
  • Q. What is ‘Patriarchal Society’?
    A)System that values men more than women
    B)System that values women more than men
    C)System that values both men and women equally
    D)System that values elders
    Answer: System that values men more than women
  • Q. The last Buddhist king who was a great Sanskrit scholar and a writer was
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Harshavardhana
  • Q. The Virupaksha Temple was built by the
    A)Pallavas
    B)Chalukyas
    C)Kakatiyas
    D)Satavahans
    Answer: Chalukyas
  • Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? According to Pitt’s India Act the Board of Control would consist of
    A)Secretary of State for India
    B)The Chancellor of the Exchequer
    C)Four Privy Councillors
    D)The Governor-General
    Answer: The Governor-General
  • Q. Who among the following rulers was first to embrace Buddhism?
    A)Ajatasatru
    B)Ashoka
    C)Bindusara
    D)Bimbisara
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the India National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red fort Trial towards the end of
    A)1944
    B)1943
    C)1945
    D)1946
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. Mughal presence in the Red fort was ceased by
    A)Lord hording
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Heuroz
    D)John Nicholsan
    Answer: John Nicholsan
  • Q. Which among the following is correctly matched?
    A)Swadeshi Movement - Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Non-Cooperation Movement - Surendra Nath Banerjee
    C)Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. Who was the first Chancellor of Germany
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Leo von Caprivi
    C)Otto von Bismarck
    D)Hans Luther
    Answer: Otto von Bismarck
  • Q. Who of the following became a member of the “Din-i-Ilahi”?
    A)Raja Birbal
    B)Todarmal
    C)Raja Man Singh
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Raja Birbal
  • Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
    A)Rs. 400,000
    B)Rs. 480,000
    C)Rs. 500,000
    D)Rs. 300,000
    Answer: Rs. 400,000
  • Q. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Western Punjab
    C)Bengal
    D)Madhya Bharat
    Answer: Western Punjab
  • Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
    A)Buddhist order or organisation
    B)Buddhist monastery
    C)A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
    D)A Buddhist assembly hall or temple
    Answer: A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
  • Q. The Ruins of Harappa and Mohanjodaro were found on which of the following river bank?
    A)Indus
    B)Ravi
    C)Beas
    D)A and B both
    Answer: A and B both
  • Q. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
    A)Mahabharta
    B)Ramayana
    C)Jataka
    D)Panchatantra
    Answer: Jataka
  • Q. When the rule of the Delhi sultanate began?
    A)1206 A.D.
    B)1106 A.D.
    C)1306 A.D.
    D)1406 A.D.
    Answer: 1206 A.D.
  • Q. In which of the following places Vardhaman attained the state of enlightenment?
    A)Pavapuri
    B)Kundagram
    C)Jrimbhik Gram
    D)Kashmir
    Answer: Jrimbhik Gram
  • Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
    A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
    B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
    C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya

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