More Questions on History

  • Q. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira adds which of the followings as the fifth vow?
    A)Non-injury
    B)Abstention from stealing
    C)Brahmacharya or continence
    D)Non-attachment
    Answer: Brahmacharya or continence
  • Q. Who was the first Vijayanagar ruler to wrest the important fort of Goa from the Bahamanis?
    A)Harihara-I
    B)Reva Rayali
    C)Harihara-II
    D)Bukka-I
    Answer: Harihara-II
  • Q. When was the office of District Collector created?
    A)1772
    B)1786
    C)1771
    D)1773
    Answer: 1772
  • Q. Who has given the treatise on the rule of the Pandyan kingdom by Pandala a daughter of Herakles?
    A)Kautilya
    B)Megasthenes
    C)Banabhatt
    D)Kalidas
    Answer: Megasthenes
  • Q. In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns, Mahatma Gandhi did not participate directly?
    A)Non-Cooperation Movement
    B)Rajkot Satyagraha
    C)Kheda Satyagraha
    D)Vaikom Satyagraha
    Answer: Rajkot Satyagraha
  • Q. India is in favour of __________ in the economic field
    A)Private Sector
    B)Public Sector
    C)Mixed Economy
    D)Capitalistic Economy
    Answer: Mixed Economy
  • Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of in modern Indian history?
    A)August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    B)Morley-Minto Reforms, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
    C)Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer
    D)Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms
    Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer
  • Q. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej?
    A)Vitasta
    B)Askini
    C)Shutudri
    D)Parushni
    Answer: Shutudri
  • Q. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
    A)Lord Northbrook
    B)Lord Harding
    C)Lord Ellenborough
    D)Lord Mayo
    Answer: Lord Mayo
  • Q. The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following?
    A)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
    B)Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas
    C)Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas
    D)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Yadavas
    Answer: Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
  • Q. Who was the first Chancellor of Germany
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Leo von Caprivi
    C)Otto von Bismarck
    D)Hans Luther
    Answer: Otto von Bismarck
  • 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. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings?
    A)Aurangazeb
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Jahangir
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Who quoted “The problems of day cannot be solved by motions, resolutions and can be solved only by blood and iron.”
    A)Bismarck
    B)Hitler
    C)Kaiser William IV
    D)King Frederick William IV
    Answer: Bismarck
  • Q. In 1917 Anasuya Sarabhai had led the __________textile workers’ strike
    A)Bombay
    B)Ahmedabad
    C)Calcutta
    D)Malabar
    Answer: Ahmedabad
  • Q. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golconda it was ruled by
    A)Durga Devi
    B)Sikandar
    C)Abul Hasan
    D)Afzal Khan
    Answer: Abul Hasan
  • Q. Jahangir (1605-1627 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Haryanka
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Mughal
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar?
    A)Officials of state who were given jagir in place of cash pay
    B)Large estate owners
    C)Revenue collectors
    D)Autonomous rulers under Akbar
    Answer: Large estate owners
  • Q. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
    A)Saluva Dynasty
    B)Sangama Dynasty
    C)Tuluva Dynasty
    D)Aravidu Dynasty
    Answer: Sangama Dynasty
  • Q. In which year Genghis Khan was proclaimed as Emperor or Khagan
    A)1998
    B)1192
    C)1200
    D)1206
    Answer: 1206

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