More Questions on History

  • Q. Hemu was captured and brought before Akbar by__________
    A)Salim
    B)Bairam Khan
    C)Shah Qulihan Mehran
    D)Farid
    Answer: Shah Qulihan Mehran
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
    A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
    B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
    C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
    D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
    Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
  • Q. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by
    A)SM Joshi
    B)Hiren Mukherjee
    C)MN Roy
    D)RC Dutt
    Answer: MN Roy
  • Q. The people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro culture belonged to the
    A)Copper Age
    B)New Stone Age
    C)Iron Age
    D)Chalcolithic Age
    Answer: Chalcolithic Age
  • Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
    A)Kshatriyas
    B)Brahmanas
    C)Vaishyas
    D)Shudras
    Answer: Shudras
  • Q. Federal form of government at centre was introduced in India under
    A)Indian Councils Act of 1909
    B)Government of India Act of 1909
    C)Government of India Act of 1935
    D)Indian Independence Act of 1947
    Answer: Government of India Act of 1935
  • Q. Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional system
    A)Pitt's India Act
    B)Rowaltt Act
    C)Partition of Bengal
    D)Simon Commission
    Answer: Simon Commission
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda’s contribution to society and educating masses is through following ways: I. Condemned caste system and current rituals and superstitions II. Criticized for having lost touch with rest of world and for becoming stagnant and mummified III. Subscribed to Vedanta which he considered fully rational system
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Only III
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as __________
    A)Legislative Assembly
    B)Legislative Council
    C)House of Representatives
    D)House of Commons
    Answer: Legislative Assembly
  • Q. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
    A)Buddhism
    B)Jainism
    C)Shaivism
    D)Bhagavatism
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. The Russo-Turkish war was started in the year
    A)1768
    B)1762
    C)1773
    D)1782
    Answer: 1768
  • Q. The Mauryan administration was highly
    A)Bureaucratic
    B)Decentralized
    C)Centralized
    D)Despotic
    Answer: Centralized
  • 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. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24 th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at __________ and died at __________
    A)Kusinara and Pava
    B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
    C)Kundagrama and Pava
    D)Kashi and Champa
    Answer: Kundagrama and Pava
  • Q. Ayurveda’ has its origin in
    A)Sama Veda
    B)Rig Veda
    C)Yajur Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
    A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    B)Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
    C)C. Rajagopalachari
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
    A)Lord Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord William Bentic
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during the __________ Movement
    A)Non-cooperation
    B)Khilafat
    C)Swadeshi
    D)Civil Disobedience
    Answer: Swadeshi
  • Q. Humayun’s Tomb was built by
    A)Bega Begum
    B)Humayun
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Bega Begum
  • Q. Who ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes – the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore
    A)Govindan Vaidyar
    B)P. K. Kesavan
    C)P. K. Divakara Panicker
    D)Sree Narayana Guru
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru

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