More Questions on History

  • Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a scholar in
    A)Arabic
    B)Persian
    C)Sanskrit
    D)French
    Answer: Arabic
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Ramanuja? I. He preached Vishishtadvaita. II. He said that the ‘God is Sagunabrahman’
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
    A)Samugarh
    B)Dharmat
    C)Deorai
    D)Khajwa
    Answer: Samugarh
  • Q. Gandhi wanted to realise ‘truth’ through
    A)Dharma (Religion)
    B)Ahimsa (Non-violence)
    C)Karma (Service)
    D)Dhyana (Meditation)
    Answer: Ahimsa (Non-violence)
  • Q. Buddha delivered his first sermon at __________
    A)Sarnath
    B)Sanchi
    C)Kapilvastu
    D)Vaisali
    Answer: Sarnath
  • Q. Which of the following is one of the causes for the passing of the Act of 1773?
    A)Success of Double Government
    B)Failure of Double Government
    C)Agitation in India
    D)Desire of the Indian Merchants
    Answer: Failure of Double Government
  • Q. __________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
    A)W. C. Banerjee
    B)Gokhale
    C)Ranade
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore prison?
    A)Batukeshwar Dutt
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Jatin Das
    D)Sukh Dev
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. The Kakori Conspiracy took place in :
    A)1922
    B)1925
    C)1920
    D)1915
    Answer: 1925
  • Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jhansi
    C)Gwalior
    D)Kalpi
    Answer: Gwalior
  • Q. When did Alexander the Great die?
    A)385 BC
    B)399 BC
    C)335 BC
    D)323 BC
    Answer: 323 BC
  • Q. Which one of the following scholar, challenged Invincible Yajnavalkya for debate?
    A)Apala
    B)Ghosha
    C)Maitreyi
    D)Gargi
    Answer: Gargi
  • Q. __________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution
    A)Rani ki vav
    B)Nalanda
    C)Hill Forts of Rajasthan
    D)Fatehpur Sikri
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of __________
    A)Kadambini Ganguli
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Pherozeshah Mehta
    D)D.Ewacha
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Krishnamohan started the __________ in 1831
    A)Hindu Pioneer
    B)Enquirer
    C)Quill
    D)Bengal Spectator
    Answer: Enquirer
  • Q. Which nationalist had stoutly preached “Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)MK Gandhi
    C)Swami Vivekanand
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Swami Vivekanand
  • Q. Narayana Guru started a Sanskrit school in __________
    A)Kottayam
    B)Varkala
    C)Mahi
    D)Calicut
    Answer: Varkala
  • Q. Which is a work of Tamil Grammar that is said to be the earliest extant work of Tamil Literature?
    A)Patinenmelkanakku
    B)Tolkappiyam
    C)Patinenkilkanakku
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Tolkappiyam
  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
    C)H. P. Blavatsky
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
    A)1857
    B)1818
    C)1858
    D)1819
    Answer: 1857

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