More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?
    A)The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
    B)The Religious Disabilities Act
    C)Both the above
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both the above
  • Q. The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was
    A)Taxila
    B)Kanchi
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vallabhi
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. The Dandi March undertaken by Gandhi was
    A)A part of the Quit India Movement
    B)A routine March
    C)A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)A demonstration of Congress power
    Answer: A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
    A)Kalasoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Ashoka
    D)Ananda
    Answer: Kalasoka
  • Q. “Desire is the cause of all sufferings”. Which religion promoted this?
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Sikhism
    D)Hinduism
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
    A)Charulata
    B)Chandalika
    C)Gautami
    D)Karuwaki
    Answer: Karuwaki
  • Q. Who He said, “I accept as Dharma whatever is in full conformity with impartial justice, truthfulness and the like; that which is not opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas. Whatever is not free from partiality and is unjust, partaking of untruth and the like, and opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas—that I hold as adharma”.He also said “He, who after careful thinking, is ever ready to accept truth and reject falsehood; who counts the happiness of others as he does that of his own self, him I call just”
    A)Ranjit Singh
    B)Baba Ram Singh
    C)Lal Singh
    D)Dayananda Saraswathi
    Answer: Dayananda Saraswathi
  • Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
    A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
    C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
    D)Indian Independence Act, 1947
    Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935
  • Q. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mei hai ‘ was composed by
    A)Khudiram Bose
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Chandrasekhar Azad
    D)Ramprasad Bismil
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
  • Q. The Indian National Congress was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all India Scale; a retired English LC.S officer played an important rule in its formation
    A)Man Mohan Gosh
    B)A. O. Hume
    C)W. C. Banerjee
    D)S. N. Sen
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by
    A)Menander
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
    A)USA and England
    B)Russia and Turkey
    C)Russia and Japan
    D)England and France
    Answer: Russia and Turkey
  • Q. Which of the following was not to be ceded by Mir Kasim to the Company as per the treaty signed between Mir Kasim and Calcutta Council?
    A)Midnapur
    B)Burdwan
    C)Chittagong
    D)Monghyr
    Answer: Monghyr
  • Q. The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
    A)Canning
    B)Elgin
    C)Minto
    D)Lytton
    Answer: Canning
  • Q. The Upanishads are the__________
    A)Story Books
    B)Great Epics
    C)Source of Hindu Philosophy
    D)Law Books
    Answer: Source of Hindu Philosophy
  • Q. Birbal was an advisor in the court of?
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. In which one of the following do we come across a detailed account of the municipal administration of Mauryas?
    A)The account of Megasthenes
    B)The Arthashastra of Kautilya
    C)The Mudrarakshasa
    D)Mauryan inscription
    Answer: The account of Megasthenes
  • 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 Namdhari, or Kuka, movement had its origin in the __________ corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp and grandeur
    A)North-south
    B)North-west
    C)North-east
    D)South
    Answer: North-west
  • Q. Which of the following is not a religion developed in ancient time (i.e. In B.C)?
    A)Zorastranianism
    B)Shintoism
    C)Islam
    D)Tasism
    Answer: Islam

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