More Questions on History

  • Q. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
    A)It proposed to partition India
    B)It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
    C)It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
    D)It proposed measures to contain nationalism
    Answer: It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
  • Q. Akbar’s concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means
    A)common brotherhood
    B)friendship and goodwill to all
    C)fraternity and friendship
    D)harmony and peace to all
    Answer: harmony and peace to all
  • Q. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhan’s period was
    A)I-tsang
    B)Fa-hien
    C)Nishka
    D)Hiuen Tsang
    Answer: Hiuen Tsang
  • Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
    A)Ernest Gallner
    B)Benedict Anderson
    C)Eric Hobsbawm
    D)Karl Marx
    Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
  • Q. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
    A)Bengal
    B)Elizabeth
    C)Red Dragon
    D)Mayflower
    Answer: Red Dragon
  • Q. Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
    A)The right to move from one manor to another
    B)The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
    C)The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
    D)All the above
    Answer: The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
  • Q. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
    A)Chittaranjan Das
    B)B. G. Tilak
    C)M. K. Gandhi
    D)G. K. Gokhale
    Answer: Chittaranjan Das
  • Q. Sivagiri pilgrimage was conceived by __________ and T. K. Kittan Writer. It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, 1928
    A)T. K. Madhavan
    B)Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
    C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
    D)Govindan Vaidyar
    Answer: Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
  • Q. Two most important acts and rituals associated with the Vedic marriage system was/were
    A)Sapta-Padi
    B)Pani-Grahana
    C)Marriage Vows
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Namadev
  • Q. Montagu who toured in India in 1918 was a
    A)Member of Viceroy's Council
    B)Member of Privy Council
    C)Secretary of State for India
    D)Viceroy of India
    Answer: Secretary of State for India
  • Q. Which of following Chalcolithic sites comes under Ganges system?
    A)Alamgirpur
    B)Hanumangarh
    C)Ropar
    D)Mohenjodaro
    Answer: Alamgirpur
  • Q. The Mughal architecture attained unrivalled magnificence during the reign of
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Shah Jahan
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement on March 12, 1930 by
    A)Dandi March to break the Salt Laws
    B)asking the Viceroy through a letter containing Eleven Points Programme to remove the evils of the British rule
    C)asking the people to take Poorna Swaraj Pledge
    D)launching the non-payment of taxes campaign
    Answer: Dandi March to break the Salt Laws
  • Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
    A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
    B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
    C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
    D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
    Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
  • Q. The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is
    A)Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra
    B)Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra, Vaishali
    C)Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
    D)Pataliputra, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Vaishali
    Answer: Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
  • Q. Who was the founder of Advaita vada or the doctrine of non-dualism?
    A)Surdas
    B)Adi Shankaracharya
    C)Ramanuj
    D)Kapil
    Answer: Adi Shankaracharya
  • Q. Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
    A)Surdas
    B)Tulsidas
    C)Tukaram
    D)Ramanuja
    Answer: Surdas
  • Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
    A)England and France
    B)Turkey and Austria
    C)Palestine and Israel
    D)Germany and Russia
    Answer: England and France
  • Q. In which language were the Buddhist-texts ‘Pitakas’ composed?
    A)Ardhamagadhi
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Pali
    D)Prakrit
    Answer: Pali

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