More Questions on History

  • Q. Humayun (1530-1540 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Mughal
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution?
    A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
    B)C R Das
    C)Mrs Besant
    D)Nehru
    Answer: Nehru
  • Q. Mahabandula was the great General of the
    A)Sikhs
    B)Marathas
    C)Nepalese
    D)Burmese
    Answer: Burmese
  • Q. Whose statue was an important creation of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
    A)Dancing Girl
    B)Natraj
    C)Buddha
    D)Narasimha
    Answer: Dancing Girl
  • Q. What was the name of the father of Rishabhanatha Tirthankar?
    A)Sambhavnath
    B)Nabhiraya
    C)Sumitnath
    D)Vasupujya
    Answer: Nabhiraya
  • Q. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
    A)Rigidity of Caste
    B)Slavery
    C)Prostitution
    D)Widow remarriage
    Answer: Widow remarriage
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the recommendations of the Cabinet Minion (1946) about the Constitution of India?
    A)The Muslim majority provinces should be separately constituted into a Union of Pakistan
    B)There should be a Union of India embracing both British India and the States
    C)The provinces should enjoy autonomy for all subjects and should be free to form groups
    D)Three basic Groups proposed by the Mission were Group A (Hindumajority Provinces) Group B (Muslim-majority Provinces) and Group C (Bengal and Assam)
    Answer: The Muslim majority provinces should be separately constituted into a Union of Pakistan
  • Q. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of the Medieval India is dedicated to which Lord?
    A)Brahma
    B)Shiva
    C)Vishnu
    D)Ram
    Answer: Shiva
  • Q. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
    A)Muhammad Ghori
    B)Mahmud of Ghazni
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Q. American Civil War was started in the year
    A)1806
    B)1756
    C)1861
    D)1890
    Answer: 1861
  • Q. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is
    A)Baghdad
    B)Jerusalem
    C)Istanbul
    D)Damascus
    Answer: Damascus
  • Q. In Indus Valley Civilization, Kalibangan is famous for which of the following?
    A)Sea port
    B)Rock cut architecture
    C)Cotton cultivation
    D)Pottery
    Answer: Pottery
  • Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
    A)a positive state of law
    B)truth
    C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
    D)doing good even to the evildoers
    Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
  • Q. Bimbisara was succeeded by
    A)Ajatashatru
    B)Ashoka
    C)Vasudeva
    D)Chandragupta Maurya
    Answer: Ajatashatru
  • Q. Alexander the Great was the king of which kingdom
    A)Macedonia
    B)Rome
    C)Epirus
    D)Cyprus
    Answer: Macedonia
  • Q. Who wrote the article “The Gospel of Wealth”?
    A)Cornelius Vanderbilt
    B)Andrew Carnegie
    C)Dale Carnegie
    D)Napoleon Hill
    Answer: Andrew Carnegie
  • Q. Vikram Shila University was founded by
    A)Kanishka
    B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    C)Dharampala
    D)Pulakesin II
    Answer: Dharampala
  • Q. The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
    A)Iran
    B)Central Asia
    C)Greece
    D)China
    Answer: Greece
  • Q. The building of the famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was executed under the Rashtrakuta king
    A)Govinda-III
    B)Amoghavarsha-I
    C)Indra-III
    D)Krishna-I
    Answer: Krishna-I
  • Q. Which of the following School challenges the authority of the Vedas as well as the hegemony the Brahman priests?
    A)Ajivika School
    B)Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
    C)Purva Mimamsa
    D)Vedanta
    Answer: Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism

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