More Questions on History

  • Q. Find the correct pair of Poet in the Court of the King during Ancient India
    A)Harisena : Chandragupta II
    B)Vasumitra : Kanishka
    C)Kalidasa : Samudragupta II
    D)Banabhatta : Pulkesin II
    Answer: Vasumitra : Kanishka
  • 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. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
    A)They were taller and stronger
    B)They used elephants on a large scale
    C)They were from an advanced urban culture
    D)They used chariots driven by horses
    Answer: They used chariots driven by horses
  • Q. Where French established their first factory?
    A)Masaulipatam
    B)Surat
    C)Pulicat
    D)Cochin
    Answer: Surat
  • Q. In India, the Wahabi movement was started by __________
    A)1906
    B)1901
    C)1915
    D)None of these
    Answer: None of these
  • Q. King Kharavela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of
    A)Kalinga
    B)Cholamandalam
    C)Kannauj
    D)Purushpur
    Answer: Kalinga
  • Q. How many Mahajanapadas were there in ancient India?
    A)16
    B)20
    C)18
    D)10
    Answer: 16
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda was graduated from __________University
    A)Hyderabad
    B)Delhi
    C)Calcutta
    D)Karachi
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Macaulay
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Canning
  • Q. The Young Bengal group published the __________(Quest for Knowledge) for propagating their views
    A)Parthenon
    B)Jnananvesan
    C)Hesperus
    D)Enquirer
    Answer: Jnananvesan
  • Q. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Nirguna and Saguna
    C)Sikkhism
    D)Jainism
    Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
  • Q. Which Directive Principal bears the direct impact of Gandhi’s moral philosophy?
    A)Provision of free legal aid and advice
    B)Equal pay for equal work
    C)Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
    D)Protection of the mounments of historical importance
    Answer: Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
  • Q. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej?
    A)Vitasta
    B)Askini
    C)Shutudri
    D)Parushni
    Answer: Shutudri
  • Q. Who was among the following Bhakti saints gave a new orientation of Hinduism through his doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
    A)Sankara
    B)Ramanuja
    C)Guru Nanak
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Sankara
  • Q. On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?
    A)for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy
    B)for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal
    C)for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur
    D)for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
    Answer: for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
  • Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
    A)Mohenjo-Daro
    B)Harappa
    C)Ropar
    D)Kalibangan
    Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
  • Q. At Jallianwala Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire
    A)Irwin
    B)Benn
    C)Dyer
    D)Montagu
    Answer: Dyer
  • 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
  • Q. The Ilbert Bill introduced In Lord Ripon’s reign is significant because
    A)it put restrictions on the vernacular press
    B)it limited the Britishers political authority
    C)it debarred Indians from entering the civil services
    D)it removed racial discrimination from the judicial services
    Answer: it removed racial discrimination from the judicial services
  • Q. Which king of England was forced to signed the ‘Magna Carta’
    A)King Louis
    B)King Richard I
    C)Henry III
    D)King John
    Answer: King John

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