More Questions on History

  • Q. The Upanishads are the__________
    A)Story Books
    B)Great Epics
    C)Source of Hindu Philosophy
    D)Law Books
    Answer: Source of Hindu Philosophy
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya was born in
    A)563 BC
    B)340 BC
    C)189 BC
    D)99 BC
    Answer: 340 BC
  • Q. Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period?
    A)Agni
    B)Varuna
    C)Vishnu
    D)Rudra
    Answer: Varuna
  • Q. The first statue of the Guru was conceived by __________
    A)Tavaroli
    B)Moorkoth Kumaran
    C)Bodhananda Swamikal
    D)Gokahale
    Answer: Moorkoth Kumaran
  • Q. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Harsha
    D)Fa-Hien
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
    A)British
    B)American
    C)French
    D)Russian
    Answer: French
  • Q. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western __________ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries
    A)Afghanistan
    B)Iraq
    C)Pakistan
    D)India
    Answer: Afghanistan
  • Q. Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
    A)Agra
    B)Sikandara
    C)Fatehpursikri
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Sikandara
  • Q. Whose model is based on the Mandate of Heaven?
    A)Li Ling
    B)Ban Gu
    C)Qin Shi Huang
    D)Sima Qian
    Answer: Sima Qian
  • Q. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?
    A)Bahadur Shah-II
    B)Bahadur Shah-I
    C)Shah Alam-I
    D)Shah Alam-II
    Answer: Shah Alam-I
  • Q. Humayun was born in the year
    A)1608
    B)1508
    C)1708
    D)1808
    Answer: 1508
  • Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
    A)Shivaji
    B)Lajpat Rai
    C)Gokhale
    D)Madhava Rao
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892?
    A)Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination
    B)A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India
    C)Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
    D)Reduction in the Military expenditure
    Answer: Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the historic decisions of the Lahore Session (1929) of the Indian National Congress?
    A)Complete independence (Poorna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian National Congress
    B)Decision to launch a programme of civil disobedience
    C)Decision to observe January 26 as the Poorna Swaraj Day
    D)To treat the communal problem as a national issue
    Answer: To treat the communal problem as a national issue
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?
    A)our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred.
    B)Forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only.
    C)Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the the attempt.
    D)Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
    Answer: Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
  • Q. When was Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed?
    A)In 1925
    B)In 1920
    C)In 1928
    D)In 1932
    Answer: In 1932
  • Q. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty ruled over Warangal, part of modern Andhra Pradesh?
    A)Ahilyadevi
    B)Rudramadevi
    C)Bhagwati
    D)Bhanumati
    Answer: Rudramadevi
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti? I. In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees. II. Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti. III. At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes)
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The swadeshi movement in Bengal started on __________
    A)1905
    B)1902
    C)1908
    D)1909
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. The last constitutional provision (covering undivided India) passed by the House of Commons was
    A)Cabinet Mission Plan
    B)Government of India Act 1935
    C)Mountabatten (or June 3) Plan
    D)Indian Independence Bill
    Answer: Government of India Act 1935

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