More Questions on History

  • Q. The Jaina literature is known as
    A)Epics
    B)Tripitakas
    C)Aryasutras
    D)Angas
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. What is pietra dura?
    A)Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
    B)A form of music
    C)Armour
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
  • Q. What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
    A)As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
    B)He was responsible for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan by the Congress
    C)He was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements
    D)As President of the Indian National Congress he engineered the passing of the Quit India Resolution
    Answer: As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
  • Q. Who propagated the Vaishnava Theology of Dvaitadvaita?
    A)Ramanujacharya
    B)Adi Shankaracharya
    C)Nimbarkacharya
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Nimbarkacharya
  • Q. Which of the following is not one of the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of Nation?
    A)Starting with opposition to the Rowlatt Acts, till the Quit India Movement he was the supreme leader and the main spirit behind the national movement
    B)He was universally adored, admired and respected by all castes, communities and classes
    C)His social political, economic and religious ideologies were based on Indian values with a very strong moral and ethical content
    D)He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
    Answer: He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
  • Q. Assertion (A): English was taken as the medium of instruction in India by the William Bentinck. Reason (R): William Bentinck wanted to promote western culture in India
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
    A)England and France
    B)Turkey and Austria
    C)Palestine and Israel
    D)Germany and Russia
    Answer: England and France
  • Q. Azad Hind Fauz or the Indian National Army (INA) was founded by
    A)Rash Behari Bose
    B)Subhash Bose
    C)General Mohan Singh
    D)Shah Nawaz
    Answer: General Mohan Singh
  • Q. Which of the following statement is related to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
    A)Promoted religious toleration
    B)Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
    C)Converted to Hinduism
    D)Presided over an era of religious harmony
    Answer: Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
  • Q. Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?
    A)Gopala
    B)Dharmapala
    C)Nagpala
    D)Mahipala
    Answer: Dharmapala
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: I only
  • Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
    A)Pusyamitra Shunga
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka I
    D)Menander
    Answer: Kanishka I
  • Q. When did M. K. Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table Conference?
    A)Getting assurance from the Muslim League that it would not oppose his claim to represent the whole of India
    B)Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
    C)Fruitful talks with Sapru
    D)Receiving assurances that independence was fast coming
    Answer: Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
  • Q. Who called Government of India Act 1935 as thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable?
    A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    B)Subhash Chandra Bose
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Balkrishana Chapekar
    Answer: Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  • Q. Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in
    A)1575 A.D.
    B)1565 A.D.
    C)1585 A.D.
    D)1570 A.D.
    Answer: 1565 A.D.
  • Q. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
    A)ChauriChaura
    B)Champaran
    C)Bardoli
    D)Sabarmati
    Answer: Champaran
  • Q. Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League?
    A)16th August, 1946
    B)3rd September, 1946
    C)16th May, 1946
    D)4th Decembar, 1946
    Answer: 16th August, 1946
  • Q. Which of the following leader organised the Swaraj Party?
    A)Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta
    C)C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
    D)C. Rajagopalachari and C. Y. Chintamani
    Answer: C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?
    A)We have some indications of polyandry in this period
    B)We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
    C)There are no examples of child marriage in this period
    D)The practice of levirate was known
    Answer: We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
  • Q. Who said that “India’s Soul live in villages”?
    A)Jayaprakash Narayan
    B)Vinoba Bhave
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

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