More Questions on History

  • Q. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramdas
    C)Namdeva
    D)Eknath
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
    A)Agra Fort
    B)Gwalior Fort
    C)Lahore Fort
    D)Allahabad Fort
    Answer: Gwalior Fort
  • Q. Which of the Kushana ruler patronised Buddhism?
    A)Vikramaditya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Kautilya
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. What was meant by the secretary of State of India during the British?
    A)A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India
    B)An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India
    C)A British minister given full control over the Government of India
    D)A senior officer appointed the Viceroy to look into his internal administration in India
    Answer: A British minister given full control over the Government of India
  • Q. In 1884 __________founded the Indian National Union
    A)A. M. Bose
    B)A. O. Hume
    C)Lord Dufferin
    D)W. C. Banerjee
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
    A)1858
    B)1857
    C)1900
    D)1909
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Who was the selected as first satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin individual satyagraha in 1940?
    A)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    B)Vinoba Bhave
    C)Brahma Datt
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Vinoba Bhave
  • Q. Abhinav Bharat organized in 1904 was :
    A)A secret society of revolutionary activists
    B)Hindu Mahashabha
    C)All India Kisan Mahasabha
    D)None of these
    Answer: A secret society of revolutionary activists
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not related to the Akbar’s reign?
    A)A syncretic religion, called "divine faith," which stressed loyalty to the emperor
    B)Religious toleration for Hindus and Sikhs
    C)A centralized administrative structure with ministers appointed to regional provinces
    D)Education and basic rights for Indian women
    Answer: Education and basic rights for Indian women
  • Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Inder Kumar Gujral
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Mohammad Iqbal
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Manusmriti
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Arthsashtra
  • Q. The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
    A)Ashvaghosha
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Vasumitra
    D)Buddhaghosha
    Answer: Ashvaghosha
  • Q. Chola Empire was divided into
    A)Mandalams, Nadu, Malkhand & Avanti
    B)Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
    C)Mandalams, Bhoomi, Avanti &Valanadu
    D)Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Malkhand
    Answer: Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
  • Q. The famous Indo-Greek king to embrace Buddhism was
    A)Strato I
    B)Alexander
    C)Menander
    D)Democritus
    Answer: Menander
  • Q. Which of the following is not a religion developed in ancient time (i.e. In B.C)?
    A)Zorastranianism
    B)Shintoism
    C)Islam
    D)Tasism
    Answer: Islam
  • Q. The first weekly paper published by the INC (in 1889) was
    A)India
    B)Young India
    C)Indian People
    D)Voice India
    Answer: India
  • Q. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
    A)1917
    B)1919
    C)1934
    D)1909
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
    A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
    B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
    C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
    D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
    Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
  • Q. Babur summoned the pupils of the famous architect Sinan from
    A)Kabul
    B)Constantinople
    C)Syria
    D)Egypt
    Answer: Constantinople
  • Q. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
    A)Kumaragupta
    B)Vikramaditya
    C)Harshavardhana
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Harshavardhana

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