More Questions on History

  • Q. After the elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in July 1946, the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on
    A)January 15, 1947
    B)December 9, 1946
    C)February 10, 1947
    D)August 15, 1947
    Answer: December 9, 1946
  • Q. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
    A)1826
    B)1866
    C)1843
    D)1857
    Answer: 1866
  • Q. Which of the following Tamil literature was written by Ilango Adigal, brother of Senguvattan, a Chera King and who was a Jain monk is a highly regarded epic?
    A)Elathi
    B)Kainnilai
    C)Silappatikaram
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Silappatikaram
  • Q. The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at its session held at
    A)Allahabad
    B)Karachi
    C)Lahore
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Lahore
  • 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. Tripitakas’ are sacred books of
    A)Jains
    B)Hindus
    C)Parsis
    D)Buddhists
    Answer: Buddhists
  • Q. Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is__________
    A)Irfan Habib
    B)Romila Thapar
    C)S.C.Ghosh
    D)Naoroji Dadabhai
    Answer: Naoroji Dadabhai
  • Q. The demand for Swarajya or self- government within the British empire was made from the Congress platform by
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    C)Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)None of these
    Answer: Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Which of the following is/are mantra of Jainism?
    A)All philanthropies acts are renounced for life-long
    B)All sinful acts are renounced for life-long
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: All sinful acts are renounced for life-long
  • Q. The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was
    A)Taxila
    B)Kanchi
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vallabhi
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. Which of the means adopted under Self Respect Movement? I. Violent protests against upper classes II. Undermine position of Brahmin priests by formalizing weddings without them III. Boycott of temples and places of Brahmin residence
    A)Only II
    B)I and III
    C)Only III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Who was the author of the book Kitab-i-Yamini?
    A)Abu Nasr Utbi
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Amir Khusro
    D)Firdausi
    Answer: Abu Nasr Utbi
  • Q. Who proclaimed the First Crusade?
    A)Peter the Hermit
    B)Alexios I Komnenos
    C)Pope Gregory VII
    D)Pope Urban II
    Answer: Pope Urban II
  • Q. Which of the following is true regarding the Aryan Economy? I. Aryans, crossed the nomadic stage. II. Lion, elephants, & Boar were not known to them. III. Coins were known to them.
    A)II, III
    B)Only I
    C)I, III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?
    A)Lord Ripan
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Wellesley
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • Q. Alexander sent back home a portion of his army under an admiral called __________
    A)Nearchos
    B)Ptolemy
    C)Menander
    D)Porus
    Answer: Nearchos
  • Q. Punic Wars were fought between
    A)Greece and Rome
    B)Greece and Gaul
    C)Rome and Gaul
    D)Rome and Carthage
    Answer: Rome and Carthage
  • Q. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed form
    A)Kashmir
    B)Bengal
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753?
    A)Charles Martel
    B)Carloman
    C)Pepin of Herstal
    D)Pepin the Short
    Answer: Pepin the Short
  • Q. Which king of England was forced to signed the ‘Magna Carta’
    A)King Louis
    B)King Richard I
    C)Henry III
    D)King John
    Answer: King John

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