More Questions on History

  • Q. Ayurveda’ has its origin in
    A)Sama Veda
    B)Rig Veda
    C)Yajur Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
    A)Lahore, 1929
    B)Lucknow, 1916
    C)Tripuri, 1939
    D)Lahore, 1940
    Answer: Lahore, 1929
  • Q. Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self-government in modern India?
    A)Mayo
    B)Ripon
    C)Lytton
    D)Curzon
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year
    A)1919
    B)1857
    C)1946
    D)1947
    Answer: 1946
  • Q. After the partition of India, the largest number of Harappan towns and settlements have been found In
    A)Haryana
    B)Punjab
    C)Gujarat
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Gujarat
  • Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
    A)Indigenous merchants
    B)Portuguese
    C)British free merchants
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British free merchants
  • Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Gokhale
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Who is the first European to reach New Zealand
    A)James Cook
    B)Abel Tasman
    C)Willem Janszoon
    D)Anthony van Diemen
    Answer: Abel Tasman
  • Q. What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?
    A)Diwan-e-Aam
    B)Diwan-e-khas
    C)Ibadat Khana
    D)Buland Darwaza
    Answer: Ibadat Khana
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti sect founded by Birbhan and their religious granth is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs?
    A)Satnamis
    B)Pothi
    C)Vaishanavism
    D)Shaivism
    Answer: Satnamis
  • Q. The Inca civilization was raised in which country
    A)Colombia
    B)Bolivia
    C)Peru
    D)Chile
    Answer: Peru
  • Q. The Greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was
    A)Virna
    B)Kujala
    C)Kanishka
    D)Kadphises
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Select the correct statement related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India
    A)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism
    B)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism
    C)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
    D)None of the above
    Answer: To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
  • Q. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Sikandar Lodi
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
    A)Baldwin
    B)Chamberlain
    C)Churchill
    D)Asquith
    Answer: Churchill
  • Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________
    A)Tea
    B)Jute
    C)Sugarcane
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Jute
  • Q. Gandhi wanted the students to spend their vacations in
    A)Social service
    B)Studies
    C)Games
    D)Rebellious deeds
    Answer: Social service
  • Q. Greek Roman Art has found a place in
    A)Gandhara
    B)Ellora
    C)Kalinga
    D)Bhuddhist Art
    Answer: Gandhara
  • Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in
    A)The promotion of people's welfare by him
    B)His extensive conquests
    C)His marathon army
    D)His exclusive patronage of Buddhism
    Answer: The promotion of people's welfare by him
  • Q. When Babur invaded India in 1525, Humayun was the Governor of
    A)Fargana
    B)Kabul
    C)Badakhshan
    D)Herat
    Answer: Badakhshan

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