More Questions on History

  • Q. Prince of Piligrims’ was the name attributed to
    A)Hiuen-tsang
    B)Fa-Hien
    C)I-tsing
    D)Megasthenes
    Answer: Hiuen-tsang
  • Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
    A)Mahavira
    B)Gautama
    C)Chandra Gupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Mahavira
  • Q. What was the name of the father of Rishabhanatha Tirthankar?
    A)Sambhavnath
    B)Nabhiraya
    C)Sumitnath
    D)Vasupujya
    Answer: Nabhiraya
  • Q. Which one of the following ruler was not contemporary to ‘Buddha’?
    A)Bimbisara
    B)Udayin
    C)Ajatshatru
    D)Mahapadma Nanda
    Answer: Mahapadma Nanda
  • Q. The State is a necessary evil according to
    A)Liberalists
    B)Communists
    C)Individualists
    D)Anarchists
    Answer: Individualists
  • Q. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
    A)Hunter Commission
    B)Macaulay's Minute
    C)Charter Act
    D)Wood's Despatch
    Answer: Wood's Despatch
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission :
    A)In 1897
    B)In 1892
    C)In 1937
    D)In 1939
    Answer: In 1897
  • Q. During which US President period, the Cuban Missile Crisis conflict was occurred
    A)Richard Nixon
    B)Lyndon B. Johnson
    C)Ronald Reagan
    D)John F. Kennedy
    Answer: John F. Kennedy
  • Q. “In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus.” To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?
    A)Santhal Movement
    B)Bang Bhang
    C)Kishan Andolan
    D)Revolt of 1857
    Answer: Revolt of 1857
  • Q. On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in
    A)Calcutta
    B)Dacca
    C)Delhi
    D)Meerut and Karachi
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. By which act of British India, was the Governor General empowered to issue ordinance ?
    A)Charter Act of 1853
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1861
    C)Government of India Act, 1858
    D)Indian Council Act, 1892
    Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1861
  • 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. “Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
    A)Sree Narayana Guru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)Tilak
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
    A)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Tughlaq
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)Sikandar Lodi
    Answer: Sikandar Lodi
  • Q. How many Mahajanapadas were there in ancient India?
    A)16
    B)20
    C)18
    D)10
    Answer: 16
  • Q. All the early Mughal Emperors except __________ were great builders
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into __________ provinces
    A)8
    B)5
    C)11
    D)14
    Answer: 11
  • Q. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the __________ century?
    A)12th
    B)11th
    C)14th
    D)13 th
    Answer: 11th
  • Q. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
    A)Pindari menace
    B)Russian menace
    C)Rohelas
    D)Attack by Burmese
    Answer: Russian menace
  • Q. Who amongst the following is associated with the study of the Harappan Civilization?
    A)Cunningham
    B)Charles Mason
    C)M. Wheeler
    D)M.S. Vats
    Answer: M.S. Vats

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