More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following was the first grammarian of the Sanskrit language?
A)Maitreyi
B)Kalhana
C)Kalidasa
D)Panini
Answer: Panini
- Q. The famous Buddhist scholar Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of which one of the following?
A)Bindusara
B)Ashoka
C)Harsha
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. The huge wealth of the Mughals Cell into the hands of __________ after the capture of Delhi in 1739
A)The English
B)Nadir Shah
C)The French
D)The Portuguese
Answer: Nadir Shah
- Q. Which of the following statement is/are correct? I. In the 326 BC Alexander invaded India. II. Ambhi, king of Taxila welcomed Alexander and his men III. Alexander died in 332 BC
A)Only I, III
B)All are correct
C)Only I, II
D)II, III
Answer: Only I, II
- Q. In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself
A)Ashoka Priyadarshi
B)Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
C)Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
D)Daivaputra
Answer: Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
- Q. The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/an
A)Absolute monarchy
B)Aristocracy
C)Constiutional monarchy
D)Polity
Answer: Constiutional monarchy
- Q. The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of __________ when Akbar besieged it
A)Raja Bhagvan Das
B)Mansingh
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Hemu
Answer: Bahadur Shah
- Q. The first newspaper which was published in India was
A)The Bombay Gazette
B)The Calculatta Gazette
C)The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta
D)The Bengal Gazette
Answer: The Bengal Gazette
- Q. When did Japanese invasion of Manchuria begin?
A)1935
B)1931
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
A)Rigidity of Caste
B)Slavery
C)Prostitution
D)Widow remarriage
Answer: Widow remarriage
- Q. Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
A)Richard III
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VII
D)None of the above
Answer: Henry VII
- Q. Buddha means
A)The Religious Preacher
B)The Enlightened one
C)The Genius
D)The Powerful
Answer: The Enlightened one
- Q. The First Opium War started__________
A)1736
B)1729
C)1839
D)1939
Answer: 1839
- Q. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira adds which of the followings as the fifth vow?
A)Non-injury
B)Abstention from stealing
C)Brahmacharya or continence
D)Non-attachment
Answer: Brahmacharya or continence
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. A hearty welcome was extended to the English captain Hawkins by the Mughal Emperor
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. In . . . . . Derozio founded with his students the ‘Academic Association’ which organised debates on various subjects
A)1825
B)1824
C)1828
D)1834
Answer: 1828
- Q. Who was popularly known as Africa’s Gandhi?
A)Firoz Gandhi
B)Mir Karzai
C)Nelson Mandela
D)M.K.Gandhi
Answer: Nelson Mandela
- Q. Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
A)Bengal and Bihar
B)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
C)Odisha
D)Madras and Calcutta
Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
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