More Questions on History

  • Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
    A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
    B)North America and South America
    C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
    D)France and Poland
    Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
  • Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Vaishnavism
    D)Tantra
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
    A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    B)Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
    C)C. Rajagopalachari
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
  • Q. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
    A)The constitution was adopted on this day
    B)India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
    C)India became a Republic on this day
    D)The first amendment of the constitution was passed on this day
    Answer: The constitution was adopted on this day
  • Q. Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
    A)Surdas
    B)Sant Kabir
    C)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Sant Kabir
  • Q. The Times of India’ which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1988, was first published in 1838 as
    A)Bombay Times
    B)Bombay Chronicle
    C)Indian Times
    D)National Times
    Answer: Bombay Times
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the literature in Ancient India? I. The earliest known work of the Aryans in India was the Rig Veda which is a collection of 1048 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. II. Most of the hymns are in praise of different Vedic deities and were intended for recitation at the Yajnas or sacrifices
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following Sayyid rulers of Delhi? I. Muhammad Shah II. Alauddin Alam Shah III. Mubarak Shah IV. Khizr Khan
    A)IV, III, I, II
    B)I, II, III, IV
    C)IV, I, II, III
    D)IV, II, III, I
    Answer: IV, III, I, II
  • Q. The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Brahmi
    C)Pali
    D)Magadhi
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against
    A)Japan
    B)Germany
    C)Italy
    D)Great Britain
    Answer: Great Britain
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs does not belong to the same category?
    A)Satavahanas - Simuka
    B)Mauryas - Brihadratha
    C)Sungas - Devabhuti
    D)Kanvas - Susaraman
    Answer: Satavahanas - Simuka
  • Q. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced In India?
    A)Dohakosa
    B)Divya Vandana
    C)Vjrachedika
    D)Vamsathapakasini
    Answer: Vamsathapakasini
  • Q. Communal Representation was for the first time given in the interest of Muslims by
    A)The Government of India Act of 1919
    B)The Indian Council Act of 1909
    C)The Government of India Act of 1935
    D)The Act of 1858
    Answer: The Indian Council Act of 1909
  • Q. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
    A)Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
    B)Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
    C)Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
    D)Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
    Answer: Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
  • Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
    A)Kapila
    B)Patanjali
    C)Vyasa
    D)Shankaracharya
    Answer: Vyasa
  • Q. The Portuguese built their first fort on India soil in the territory of the Raja of
    A)Cochin
    B)Calicut
    C)Daman
    D)Bijapur
    Answer: Cochin
  • Q. The ‘Hero of Plassey’ was
    A)Dupleix
    B)Warren Hastings
    C)Clive
    D)Shuja-ud-Daulah
    Answer: Clive
  • Q. The first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature was
    A)M. K. Gandhi
    B)G. K. Gokhale
    C)J. L. Nehru
    D)Netaji S C Bose
    Answer: G. K. Gokhale
  • Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
    A)Bengal
    B)Kashmir
    C)Punjab
    D)Deccan
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. Assertion (A): Firuz Shah Tughlaq did not leavy jizya tax. Reason (R): His influential minister Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul was a converted Hindu.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is false but R is true

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