More Questions on History

  • Q. I. It favoured Dominion Status. II. It favoured a federal system. III. It rejected the system of Communal Electorate. IV. It was against the setting up of a Supreme Court. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct related to the Nehru Report?
    A)I & III
    B)I & IV
    C)II, III & IV
    D)I, II & III
    Answer: I, II & III
  • Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
    A)Dhyana
    B)Abhaya
    C)Dharmachakra
    D)Bhumisparsha
    Answer: Dharmachakra
  • Q. Ashoka’s conquest of Kalinga has been described in the minor rock edict number.
    A)IV
    B)I
    C)VIII
    D)XIII
    Answer: XIII
  • Q. I. The Amritsar Session of the INC gave a great fillip to the Khilafat agitation. II. Khilafat conference held in Calcutta under Presidentship of Jinnah. III. Khilafat Movement was started to support Ottoman Empire. Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct regarding Khilafat Movement?
    A)Both I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and III
    D)I, II and III
    Answer: Both I and III
  • Q. What is the meaning of Kaivalya Gyan (enlightenment) received by Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
    A)Sangeet Siksha
    B)Shastra Gyan
    C)Nartya Siksha
    D)Brahma Vidya
    Answer: Brahma Vidya
  • Q. The last Nanda ruler of Magadha who was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya was
    A)Dhanananda
    B)Mahapadmananda
    C)Navananda
    D)Not known
    Answer: Dhanananda
  • Q. Regulating Act was in the year of__________
    A)1673
    B)1573
    C)1773
    D)1873
    Answer: 1773
  • Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
    A)A. C. Wadia
    B)Srinivas Ramanujam
    C)C. V. Raman
    D)P. C. Mahalanobis
    Answer: A. C. Wadia
  • Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. G. Ranade
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Atmaram Panduranga
    Answer: Jyotiba Phule
  • 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. Who established Prarthana Samaj?
    A)Derozio
    B)Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
    C)David Hare
    D)Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen
    Answer: Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen
  • Q. Which of the following is considered as the main reason for division of Brahmo Samaj?
    A)Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
    B)Resolutely opposing Christian missionaries and their work against Hinduism
    C)Lack of strong propagator of views
    D)Opposition by people for disturbing traditional caste practices like abolition of sati, widow remarriage and women education
    Answer: Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
  • Q. The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the Battle of
    A)Plassey
    B)Bauxar
    C)Arcot
    D)Panipat
    Answer: Panipat
  • Q. On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?
    A)for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy
    B)for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal
    C)for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur
    D)for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
    Answer: for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
  • Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
    A)I, II, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)I, III , IV and V
    D)All of them
    Answer: All of them
  • Q. Marcopolo is known for
    A)Travelling to China, India and Asia
    B)Discovering Greenland
    C)Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
    D)Discovering Canada
    Answer: Travelling to China, India and Asia
  • Q. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is
    A)Dholavira
    B)Mohenjodaro
    C)Lothal
    D)Rakhigarhi
    Answer: Mohenjodaro
  • Q. Which of the following cult was popularised by Chaitanya?
    A)Krishna Cult
    B)Shiva Cult
    C)Eknathwad
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Krishna Cult
  • Q. The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of
    A)Gangetic Doab
    B)Central India
    C)Saptasindhu
    D)Kashmir and Punjab
    Answer: Saptasindhu
  • Q. Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?
    A)Saluva Dynasty
    B)Sangama Dynasty
    C)Tuluva Dynasty
    D)Aravidu Dynasty
    Answer: Tuluva Dynasty

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