More Questions on History

  • Q. The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was
    A)The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
    B)The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William
    C)Misuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials
    D)Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
    Answer: Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
  • Q. The language in which Buddha preached?
    A)Urdu
    B)Hindi
    C)Pali
    D)Hebrew
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
    A)Jalpaiguri
    B)Duars
    C)Goalpara
    D)Cooch Behar
    Answer: Duars
  • Q. The main cause for the Instant popularity of the Arya Samaj was that
    A)It supported and worded for the cause of western education
    B)It represented the purified form of Hinduism
    C)It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
    D)It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas
    Answer: It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
  • Q. Which of the following was established first?
    A)University of Bombay
    B)Banaras Hindu University
    C)Aligarh Muslim University
    D)University of Allahabad
    Answer: University of Bombay
  • Q. Which of the following Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka describes the Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka?
    A)No. X
    B)No. XIII
    C)No. XI
    D)No. XII
    Answer: No. XIII
  • Q. Prithivyah Pratham Veer was the title of?
    A)Rajendra I
    B)Samudragupta
    C)Amoghavarsha
    D)Gautamiputra Shatkarni
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
    A)Angas
    B)Prabandhas
    C)Nibandhas
    D)Chartis
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
    A)Mahabharta
    B)Ramayana
    C)Jataka
    D)Panchatantra
    Answer: Jataka
  • Q. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into Independent Republics?
    A)1991
    B)1990
    C)1992
    D)1993
    Answer: 1991
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as__________
    A)Vishwanath Datta
    B)Narendra Nath Datta
    C)Upendranath Datta
    D)Vasava Datta
    Answer: Narendra Nath Datta
  • Q. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
    A)M. K. Gandhi
    B)Morarji Desai
    C)Mahadev Desai
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Q. Genghis Khan died in the year
    A)1219
    B)1209
    C)1227
    D)1232
    Answer: 1227
  • Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
    A)Assam and Kerala
    B)Bengal and Punjab
    C)Bengal and Assam
    D)Punjab and Kerala
    Answer: Bengal and Punjab
  • Q. Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota?
    A)Aravidu
    B)Sangam
    C)Tuluva
    D)Saluva
    Answer: Tuluva
  • Q. The first to invade India were the
    A)Greeks
    B)Aryans
    C)Persians
    D)Arabs
    Answer: Aryans
  • Q. The Arya Samaj is against
    A)Rituals and idol-worship
    B)Existence of God
    C)Hinduism
    D)Islam
    Answer: Rituals and idol-worship
  • Q. Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore
    B)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    C)Mahatma Ghandhi
    D)Pingali Venkaiya
    Answer: Pingali Venkaiya
  • Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
    A)Narayan Rao
    B)Raghunath Rao
    C)Madhav Rao-II
    D)Baji Rao-II
    Answer: Baji Rao-II
  • Q. The first Viceroy of India was
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Elgin
    Answer: Lord Canning

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