More Questions on History

  • Q. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Namadev
  • Q. The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed between
    A)The British and the Nizam
    B)The British and the Peshwa
    C)The British and Sikh
    D)The British and Nawab of Arcot
    Answer: The British and the Peshwa
  • Q. With whom is the slogan “Do or Die” associated?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Under the Mughals the Governor was popularly known as
    A)Wazir
    B)Subahdar
    C)Vakil
    D)Faujdar
    Answer: Subahdar
  • Q. According to Dadabhai Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ means
    A)Self government
    B)Complete independence
    C)Economic independence
    D)Political independence
    Answer: Self government
  • Q. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Bentinck
    C)Lord Cornwallis
    D)Lord Canning
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. Who were the immediate successors of the Mauryas in Magadha?
    A)Sungas
    B)Pandyas
    C)Kushanas
    D)Satvahanas
    Answer: Sungas
  • Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
    A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
    B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
    C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
    D)Both A and B
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
    A)Herodotus
    B)Aristotle
    C)Hippocrates
    D)Thucydides
    Answer: Herodotus
  • Q. Find out the contributions of Bhakti Movement in India: I. Surge in vernacular Literature II. Development of Philosophies III. Devotional transformation of society and Inclusiveness IV. New forms of Worship
    A)I, II, III & IV
    B)I, II & IV
    C)Both I & IV
    D)Only IV
    Answer: I, II, III & IV
  • Q. The Gupta king who assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Skandagupta
    C)Chandragupta-II
    D)Kumaragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta-II
  • Q. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
    A)R. G. Bhandarkar
    B)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
    C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
    D)B. G. Tilak
    Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  • Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Rabindranath Tagore
    C)Surendranath Banerjee
    D)Anand Mohan Bose
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. Name the poet who wrote “Prithviraj Raso”, a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan’s life
    A)Chand Bardai
    B)Vir Siroja
    C)Meerja Umed
    D)Nur Fateh
    Answer: Chand Bardai
  • Q. Who was the supreme body in the Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act- 1858?
    A)The British Parliament
    B)Queen Victoria
    C)Government of Britan
    D)None of these
    Answer: The British Parliament
  • Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
    A)Samiti
    B)Sabha
    C)Gana
    D)Vidatha
    Answer: Vidatha
  • Q. What is the full name of Aurangzeb?
    A)Nuruddin Mohammed Aurangzeb
    B)Muin-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb
    C)Jalal-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb
    D)Nasiruddin Mohammed Aurangzeb
    Answer: Muin-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb
  • 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. The chief advocate of Fascism was
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Mussolini
    C)St. Simon
    D)Robert Owen
    Answer: Mussolini
  • Q. Satvahanas minted their coins predominantly in
    A)Silver
    B)Lead
    C)Gold
    D)Copper
    Answer: Lead

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