More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Cult preached under the Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas?
    A)Vashnavaite Alwars
    B)Saivaite Nayanmars
    C)Both A & B
    D)Advaita
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. What is Chivalry?
    A)The code by which a Christian family lived
    B)The code Charlemagne implemented
    C)The code by which knights lived
    D)The code by which young men lived
    Answer: The code by which knights lived
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
    A)The Year 1939
    B)The Year 1935
    C)The Year 1937
    D)The Year 1942
    Answer: The Year 1939
  • Q. Calcutta medical college in__________
    A)1745
    B)1735
    C)1832
    D)1835
    Answer: 1835
  • Q. Which ancient literature contains short stories that have the priceless treasure of morality and knowledge?
    A)Hitopdesha
    B)Panchtanra
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Hitopdesha
  • Q. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was
    A)A.O. Hume
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Ferozshah Mehta
    D)Badruddin Tayyabji
    Answer: A.O. Hume
  • Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
    A)Wajid Ali Shah
    B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
    C)Sirajud daulla
    D)Alivardi Khan
    Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
  • Q. The most powerful Peshwa was
    A)Baji Rao-I
    B)Balaji Baji Rao
    C)Madhava Rao
    D)Balaji Vishwanath
    Answer: Baji Rao-I
  • Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
    A)Bede
    B)Alcuin
    C)Einhard
    D)Rabanus Maurus
    Answer: Alcuin
  • Q. Name the poet who wrote “Prithviraj Raso”, a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan’s life
    A)Chand Bardai
    B)Vir Siroja
    C)Meerja Umed
    D)Nur Fateh
    Answer: Chand Bardai
  • Q. The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the?
    A)Pallavas
    B)Chola
    C)Pandyas
    D)Kaktiya
    Answer: Pallavas
  • Q. Mahe was a colony of __________
    A)French
    B)English
    C)Dutch
    D)Germany
    Answer: French
  • Q. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
    A)Rajendra Prasad
    B)JB Kripalani
    C)Jayaprakash Narayan
    D)Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Rajendra Prasad
  • Q. Which of the following pair of Congress Session is not correctly matched?
    A)Madras Session 1927: Independence Resolution passed for the first time at the instance of Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Nagpur Session 1920: Changes in the Constitution of the Congress
    C)Calcutta Session 1928: Return of Gandhi to active politics after six years
    D)Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
    Answer: Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
  • Q. Which among the following Kavya of Sanskrit, deal with court intrigues & access to power of Chandragupta Maurya?
    A)Ritusamhara
    B)Mrichhakatika
    C)Kumarasambhava
    D)Mudrarakshahsa
    Answer: Mudrarakshahsa
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with
    A)the Ganges
    B)the Sky
    C)the Gangotri
    D)the Mansarovar Lake
    Answer: the Ganges
  • Q. Bimbisara was the founder of which one of the following dynasties?
    A)Haryanka
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Shunga
    Answer: Haryanka
  • Q. Assertion (A): East India Association in London was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji. Reason (R): He wanted to influence the British public opinion
    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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
    A)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    D)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
    Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  • Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
    A)Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
    D)Madan Mohan Malviya
    Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal

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