More Questions on History

  • Q. The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter and George Herbert in the year
    A)1922
    B)1920
    C)1998
    D)1930
    Answer: 1922
  • Q. The upliftment of the backward classes had been the prime concern of the
    A)Prarthana Samaj
    B)Arya Samaj
    C)Satyashodhak Samaj
    D)Ramakrishna Mission
    Answer: Satyashodhak Samaj
  • Q. The slogan of ‘Vande Matram’ was first adopted during the __________ Movement?
    A)Civil Disobedience
    B)Non-cooperation
    C)Swadeshi
    D)Quit India
    Answer: Swadeshi
  • Q. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
    A)Lord Dufferin
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Northbrook
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formula?
    A)Rig Veda
    B)Sama Veda
    C)Yajur Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Yajur Veda
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti saint of Maharashtra responsible for creating a background for Maratha nationalism and also opposed all social distinctions?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. The ruler of Kharavela was the greatest ruler of which Chedi Dynasty?
    A)Kalinga
    B)Cholamandalam
    C)Kannoj
    D)Purushpura
    Answer: Kalinga
  • Q. In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days
    A)to launch a campaign against untouchability
    B)to appeal to the Hindus to throw open the temples and public wells to the Harijans
    C)for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
    D)For all the above
    Answer: for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
  • Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
    A)1866
    B)1766
    C)1869
    D)1870
    Answer: 1866
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
    A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
    B)of superior resources of the British empire
    C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
    D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
    Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
  • Q. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
    A)Diwan
    B)Vakil
    C)Kotwal
    D)Amin
    Answer: Diwan
  • Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
    A)Vidatha
    B)Bali
    C)Varman
    D)Kara
    Answer: Bali
  • Q. Whom did Henry Tudor defeat in 1485?
    A)Richard I
    B)Edward IV
    C)Richard III
    D)Edward V
    Answer: Richard III
  • Q. Who wrote Mudrarakshasa?
    A)Panini
    B)Vishakhadatta
    C)Patanjali
    D)Shudrak
    Answer: Vishakhadatta
  • Q. The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to resume the movement In January 1932?
    A)Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government
    B)Failure of the Second Round Table Conference
    C)British policies of repression
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. How did Abu al-Abbas become well known in the court of Charlemagne?
    A)Distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world
    B)Beloved pet from an Indian king
    C)Gift from the Abbasid court
    D)Muslim enemy of the king
    Answer: Gift from the Abbasid court
  • Q. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on
    A)February 20, 1947
    B)May 16, 1946
    C)March 10, 1946
    D)December 31, 1946
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Which country first invented Gunpowder in around 270 AD
    A)India
    B)China
    C)Korea
    D)England
    Answer: China
  • Q. Which of the following ideas propagated through Ramakrishna Mission? I. Social and religious reform II. Women education III. Doctrine of service IV. Service of jiva and worship of Shiva
    A)II, III and IV
    B)Both I and II
    C)III and IV
    D)I, III and IV
    Answer: I, III and IV
  • Q. Who was the last ruler of India that adopted Jainism in his last days?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Samudra Gupta
    C)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Chandra Gupta Maurya

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