More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
    A)Kadphises II
    B)Kadphises I
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kadphises II
  • Q. From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was
    A)establishment of representative institutions
    B)wider employment of Indians in higher public services
    C)self-government to India
    D)Only A and B above
    Answer: Only A and B above
  • Q. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western __________ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries
    A)Afghanistan
    B)Iraq
    C)Pakistan
    D)India
    Answer: Afghanistan
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
    A)the Nandas were low-born
    B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
    C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
    D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
    Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
  • Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
    A)Montesquieu
    B)Voltaire
    C)Diderot
    D)Rousseau
    Answer: Voltaire
  • Q. Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court ?
    A)Megasthanese
    B)Alexander
    C)Plato
    D)Aristotle
    Answer: Megasthanese
  • Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
    A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
    B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
    C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
    A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
    B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
    C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
    D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
    Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
  • Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
    A)Kapila
    B)Patanjali
    C)Vyasa
    D)Shankaracharya
    Answer: Vyasa
  • Q. Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1928?
    A)Mangal Pandey
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Sukhdev
    D)Bipin Chandra Pal
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Dadu Dayal or Dadu: I. He was a worshipper of Lord Krishna. II. He was not for caste or class distinctions and his objective was establishing harmony among all faiths.
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: II only
  • Q. Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?
    A)Salt Satyagraha
    B)Rowlatt Satyagraha
    C)Quit India Movement
    D)Non-Cooperation Movement
    Answer: Quit India Movement
  • Q. Which ancient literature contains short stories that have the priceless treasure of morality and knowledge?
    A)Hitopdesha
    B)Panchtanra
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Hitopdesha
  • Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
    D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
    Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
  • Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
    A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
    B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
    C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
    D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
    Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
  • Q. Which Roman Emperor is also known as ‘little boot’
    A)Julius Caesar
    B)Nero
    C)Caligula
    D)Augustus
    Answer: Caligula
  • Q. Justice movement was started by? I. C. N. Mudaliar II. T. M. Nair III. P. Tyagaraja
    A)Only b
    B)Only a
    C)By both A and B
    D)All the three
    Answer: By both A and B
  • Q. Who established Nalanda Mahavihara ?
    A)Skandagupta
    B)Kumaragupta
    C)Devgupta
    D)Vedgupta
    Answer: Kumaragupta
  • Q. Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?
    A)Bhupendra Nath Dutta
    B)Jai Prakash Narayan
    C)M. N. Roy
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Jai Prakash Narayan
  • Q. Agra Fort was built by
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Babur
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar

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