More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following objects was not worshipped by the Indus valley people
    A)Pashupati Shiva
    B)Mother Goddess
    C)Trees such as Peepal and Acacia
    D)Trimurti
    Answer: Trimurti
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Megasthenese profess of writing? I. Megasthenese wrote extensively in a book called ‘Indica’ which is no longer available to us. II. Megasthenese’s writings could be seen through various extracts in the writings of Diodorous, Strabo and Arrian. III. Megasthenese mentions that Indian society comprised of seven castes (jatis)
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)II and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. From where the famous ‘Gayatri Mantra’ has been taken?
    A)Atharva Veda
    B)Yajur veda
    C)Rig Veda
    D)Sarna Veda
    Answer: Rig Veda
  • Q. Daiva Dasakam is a Malayalam work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)C. Kesavan
    D)T. K. Madhavan
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Akbar-II
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. In which language were the Buddhist-texts ‘Pitakas’ composed?
    A)Ardhamagadhi
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Pali
    D)Prakrit
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
    A)Kalasoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Ashoka
    D)Ananda
    Answer: Kalasoka
  • Q. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year
    A)1805
    B)1800
    C)1807
    D)1815
    Answer: 1815
  • Q. Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290-305 AD ) was a king from which dynasty?
    A)Kanva Dynasty
    B)Gupta Dynasty
    C)Shunga Dynasty
    D)Maurya Dynasty
    Answer: Gupta Dynasty
  • Q. When did M. K. Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table Conference?
    A)Getting assurance from the Muslim League that it would not oppose his claim to represent the whole of India
    B)Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
    C)Fruitful talks with Sapru
    D)Receiving assurances that independence was fast coming
    Answer: Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
  • Q. Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Dyanand Sarshawati
    D)Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
    Answer: Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
  • Q. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
    A)Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
    B)Khidmatgars (Servants)
    C)Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
    D)Angels of Freedom
    Answer: Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
  • Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
    A)French
    B)Dutch
    C)British
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: British
  • 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. Which of the following play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Palaka?
    A)Raghuvansa
    B)Mrcchakatika
    C)Sri Adi Kala
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Mrcchakatika
  • Q. The song ‘Jana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
    A)Rashtra Jagriti
    B)Jay He
    C)Bharat Vidhata
    D)Matribhoomi
    Answer: Bharat Vidhata
  • Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
    A)Bede
    B)Alcuin
    C)Einhard
    D)Rabanus Maurus
    Answer: Alcuin
  • Q. In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for ‘basic education’ through the vernacular medium was held at
    A)Bombay
    B)Surat
    C)Ahmedabad
    D)Wardha
    Answer: Wardha
  • Q. Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God”?
    A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Swamy Vivekananda
    C)M. K. Gandhi
    D)Radhakrishnan
    Answer: M. K. Gandhi
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table conference after
    A)refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League
    B)signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
    C)being permitted by the Congress
    D)receiving assurance that independence was fast coming
    Answer: signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931

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