More Questions on History

  • Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
    A)Sri Lanka
    B)Varkala
    C)Kottayam
    D)Calicut
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. Dara Shikoh was killed in conflict with his brother__________
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Jahangir
    C)Babur
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Which of the following was the cause of the decline of Buddhism?
    A)Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
    B)Buddhism was founded by a prince
    C)Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries
    D)Buddha preached non-violence
    Answer: Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
  • Q. Which is the script of Indus Valley Civilization?
    A)Kharshthi
    B)Tamil
    C)Unknown
    D)Brahmi
    Answer: Unknown
  • Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
    A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
    B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
    C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
  • Q. Who said “Liberty consists in obedience to the general will”?
    A)Rousseau
    B)Hobbes
    C)Green
    D)Laski
    Answer: Rousseau
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?
    A)Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
    B)First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69
    C)Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
  • Q. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
    A)Lord Macaulay
    B)Lord Elgin
    C)Sadler
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Macaulay
  • Q. The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in __________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy
    A)1843
    B)1842
    C)1845
    D)1875
    Answer: 1875
  • Q. The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named
    A)Vishnu Shastri
    B)Jagannath Shankar
    C)Bal Shastri
    D)Krishna Shastri
    Answer: Bal Shastri
  • Q. Ashoka sent missionaries to
    A)Tibet and Ceylon
    B)China and Kashmir
    C)Tibet and China
    D)Kashmir and Ceylon
    Answer: Tibet and Ceylon
  • Q. In November 1881, Narendra went to meet __________who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar
    A)Rashik Krishna Mallik
    B)Sri Ramakrishna
    C)Dakhinaranjan Mukhopadhyay
    D)Ramgopal Ghose
    Answer: Sri Ramakrishna
  • Q. I. Musamman Burj is situated inside the Fatehpur Sikri Fort II. Aurangzeb built Moti Masjid inside Agra Fort Which of the following option is correct related to the Mughal Architecture?
    A)Both I and II are incorrect
    B)Both I and II are correct
    C)Only I is correct
    D)Only II is correct
    Answer: Both I and II are incorrect
  • Q. In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was founded, AO Hume acted as its
    A)Vice-President
    B)President
    C)General Secretary
    D)Member of the Working Committee
    Answer: General Secretary
  • 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 among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
    A)Lord Canning
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Ellenborough
    D)Disraeli
    Answer: Disraeli
  • Q. Which of the following statement is correct definition of Nirguna?
    A)It is the concept of a formless Guru
    B)It is the concept of a formless God
    C)It is the concept of spirituality
    D)None of the above
    Answer: It is the concept of a formless God
  • Q. Gandhi wanted the students to spend their vacations in
    A)Social service
    B)Studies
    C)Games
    D)Rebellious deeds
    Answer: Social service
  • Q. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
    A)Niccolo de Conti
    B)Athanasius Nikitin
    C)Ibn Batuta
    D)Ferishta
    Answer: Niccolo de Conti
  • Q. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
    A)Pitt's India Act
    B)Regulating Act
    C)Charter Act
    D)Company Act
    Answer: Regulating Act

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