More Questions on History

  • Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
    A)Right Effort
    B)Right Speech
    C)Right Desire
    D)Right Conduct
    Answer: Right Desire
  • Q. Which of the following Indian literature is the earliest known works?
    A)Rig Vedas
    B)Puranas
    C)Sama Vedas
    D)Rajtrangini
    Answer: Rig Vedas
  • Q. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
    A)Punjab
    B)Assam
    C)Bengal
    D)N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
    Answer: N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
  • Q. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
    A)Mohammad Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Tughlaq
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)Balban
    Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
  • Q. In the Battle of Haldighati the Mughal troops were commanded by
    A)Raja Man Singh of Amber
    B)Asaf khan
    C)Qazi Khan
    D)Todar Mal
    Answer: Raja Man Singh of Amber
  • Q. Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the
    A)Jains
    B)Parsis
    C)Jews
    D)Buddhists
    Answer: Parsis
  • Q. The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is
    A)Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra
    B)Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra, Vaishali
    C)Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
    D)Pataliputra, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Vaishali
    Answer: Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
  • Q. Assertion (A): Babur won the first Battle of Panipat. Reason (R): Babur was the first to introduce the use of cannons in India.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are 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 are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
    A)1857
    B)1818
    C)1858
    D)1819
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
    A)Sutta Pitaka
    B)Vinaya Pitaka
    C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
    D)All the three Pitakas
    Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
  • Q. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was a failure because
    A)He was not a practical states man
    B)He was mad
    C)He transferred the capital
    D)He waged war with China
    Answer: He was not a practical states man
  • Q. Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
    D)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
  • Q. Santhara is a religious ritual of__________ community
    A)Jews
    B)Sikhs
    C)Jain
    D)Buddhists
    Answer: Jain
  • Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Lord Wavell
    D)Lord Lirrlithgow
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal?
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Cornwallis
    C)William Bentinck
    D)Lord Curzon
    Answer: Lord Cornwallis
  • Q. The idea of starting a Home Rule League in 1915 was first propounded by
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)B G Tilak
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The town planning in the Harappan Civilisation was inspired by a regard for
    A)uniformity
    B)beauty and utility
    C)sanitation and public health
    D)demographic factor
    Answer: sanitation and public health
  • Q. Economic dimensions of justice have been emphasised by
    A)Capitalists
    B)Idealists
    C)Socialists
    D)Fascists
    Answer: Socialists
  • Q. Ayurveda’ has its origin in
    A)Sama Veda
    B)Rig Veda
    C)Yajur Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of
    A)Humayun
    B)Shershah
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur

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