More Questions on History

  • Q. Who wrote Panchatantra?
    A)Vishnu Sharma
    B)Kalidas
    C)Chanakya
    D)Nagarjun
    Answer: Vishnu Sharma
  • Q. Who propounded the ‘Eight-Fold Path’ for the end of misery of mankind?
    A)Gautam Buddha
    B)Mahavir
    C)Adi Shankaracharya
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Gautam Buddha
  • Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it
    B)There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
    C)To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
    D)The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
    Answer: To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
  • Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
  • Q. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
    A)Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati
    B)Dayanand Sarshwati
    C)Swami Ramanand Sarshwati
    D)Narayan Guru
    Answer: Narayan Guru
  • Q. Where was saint kabir born?
    A)Varanasi
    B)Delhi
    C)Mathura
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Varanasi
  • Q. The author of ‘Arthashastra’ was a contemporary of
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Subhash Bose selected the best soldiers from the three existing brigades (named after Gandhi, Azad and Nehru) and organised a new brigade which the soldiers themselves called
    A)Swatantra Bharat Brigade
    B)Himalayan Brigade
    C)Bhagat Singh Brigade
    D)Subhash Brigade
    Answer: Subhash Brigade
  • Q. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan to __________ ‘?
    A)Premanand
    B)Narsi Mehta
    C)Chunilal
    D)Dharmiklal
    Answer: Narsi Mehta
  • Q. The Congress ministries gave up office in October 1939 over the issue of
    A)propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress
    B)constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration
    C)India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War
    D)failure of the British to define their war aims
    Answer: failure of the British to define their war aims
  • Q. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopaedic in nature?
    A)Siddhanta Shiromani
    B)Amarakosha
    C)Brihat Samhita
    D)Astanga Hridaya
    Answer: Brihat Samhita
  • Q. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
    A)Mridula Sarabhai
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Muthu Lakshmi
    D)Sarojini Naidu
    Answer: Sarojini Naidu
  • Q. The granary discovered at Harappa was located
    A)In the "Lower town'
    B)Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro
    C)Near the river Ravi
    D)Beside the western gate of the city
    Answer: Near the river Ravi
  • Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Sikhism
    C)Vaishanvism
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sikhism
  • Q. Which among the following is correct
    A)The capital of Gahadwal Dynasty was Kannauj
    B)The capital of pandyas was Madurai
    C)The capital of the Videha Kingdom was Mithila
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. What was the name of the father of Rishabhanatha Tirthankar?
    A)Sambhavnath
    B)Nabhiraya
    C)Sumitnath
    D)Vasupujya
    Answer: Nabhiraya
  • Q. Which of the following was the achieved milestone of the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921?
    A)Indian obtains some political rights
    B)It stopped the injustice done to the Khilafat
    C)The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
    D)It avenged the Punjab atrocities
    Answer: The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
  • Q. What was meant by the secretary of State of India during the British?
    A)A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India
    B)An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India
    C)A British minister given full control over the Government of India
    D)A senior officer appointed the Viceroy to look into his internal administration in India
    Answer: A British minister given full control over the Government of India
  • Q. Who wrote Tughlaqnama?
    A)Amir Khusrau
    B)Abu Nasr Utbi
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Hasan Nizami
    Answer: Amir Khusrau
  • Q. The system of civil services had been introduced into India by
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord Bentick
    D)Lord Hastings
    Answer: E

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