More Questions on History
- Q. Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Dr. Palpu
C)C. Kesavan
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A)Veer Kunwar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
A)Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
B)Mauryan King Ashoka
C)Gautam Buddha
D)Bhagwan Mahavira
Answer: Mauryan King Ashoka
- Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
A)Wajid Ali Shah
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C)Sirajud daulla
D)Alivardi Khan
Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
- Q. Consider the following statements related to the cause of 1857 revolt. I. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers. II. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers. III. The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire, but were not paid any extra allowance.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. When did Warring States period began in China?
A)475 BC
B)479 BC
C)469 BC
D)465 BC
Answer: 475 BC
- Q. Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance
A)Venice
B)Florence
C)Rome
D)London
Answer: Florence
- Q. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
A)Chota Nagpur
B)Orissa
C)Bijapur
D)Golconda
Answer: Golconda
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? The materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 were drawn from
A)The Nehru Committee Report
B)The Simon Commission Report
C)The White Paper issued by the British Government
D)Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms
- Q. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was written by
A)Sudraka
B)Banabhatta
C)Sri Harsha
D)Gunadhva
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. I. Hawkins was the first Englishman to visit Jahangir’s court II. Hawkins was called by the name of English Khan, by Jahangir Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Hawkins?
A)Both I and II are incorrect
B)Both I and II are correct
C)Only I is correct
D)Only II is correct
Answer: Both I and II are correct
- Q. I. Buddhist elements II. Secular aspects III. Jain culture Which of the above statements is/are correct related to Ajanta Painting portray ?
A)Both I and II
B)Only I
C)I, II and III
D)Only III
Answer: Only I
- Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak’s biography was
A)Guru Amardas
B)Guru Angad Dev
C)Guru Ramdas
D)Guru Arjun Dev
Answer: Guru Angad Dev
- Q. Who were called “Kukas”?
A)Nirankari
B)Namdhari
C)Tilak
D)Sri Aurobindo
Answer: Namdhari
- Q. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of
A)Art
B)Religion
C)Literature
D)Architecture
Answer: Art
- Q. The ‘Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College’ later became the
A)JamiaMilia Muslim University
B)Osmania University
C)Baraktullah University
D)Aligarh Muslim University
Answer: Aligarh Muslim University
- Q. The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of
A)Abhinava Bharat
B)Anusilan Samiti
C)Abhinava Bharat Society
D)Ghadar Party of India
Answer: Anusilan Samiti
- Q. The most powerful Peshwa was
A)Baji Rao-I
B)Balaji Baji Rao
C)Madhava Rao
D)Balaji Vishwanath
Answer: Baji Rao-I
- Q. In __________ , Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth)
A)1853
B)1773
C)1873
D)1889
Answer: 1873
- Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
A)Prakrit
B)Magadhi
C)Mythili
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Magadhi
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