More Questions on History
- Q. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period
A)Sunga
B)Mauryan
C)Kushana
D)Gupta
Answer: Kushana
- Q. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at
A)Badami
B)Ajanta
C)Ellora
D)Elephanta
Answer: Ellora
- Q. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
A)Ashoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Dharmapala
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Which of the following upheavals took place In Bengal immediately after the revolt of 1857?
A)Indigo disturbances
B)Santhal rebellion
C)Sanyasi rebellion
D)Pabna disturbances
Answer: Indigo disturbances
- Q. Who was the Congress President at the time when India become free?
A)V. L. Pandit
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)J. B. Kripalani
Answer: J. B. Kripalani
- Q. Which was the second capital of Akbar?
A)Agra
B)Delhi
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Patna
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)Rajguru
D)None of these
Answer: Rash Behari Bose
- Q. Where was the Ottonian dynasty established?
A)Germany
B)Denmark
C)Iceland
D)Scandinavia
Answer: Germany
- Q. The Greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was
A)Virna
B)Kujala
C)Kanishka
D)Kadphises
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Who was the Emperor of Russia during Russian Revolution
A)Nicholas II
B)Alexander III
C)Nicholas I
D)Alexander II
Answer: Nicholas II
- Q. Vaikhanasa the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of brahmanpurushaprakritisatyaachyutaaniruddha
A)II, III, IV, V and VI
B)I, II, III, IV and V
C)I, II, IV, V and VI
D)I, III, IV, V and VI
Answer: I, III, IV, V and VI
- Q. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
A)Buland Darwaza
B)Bada Imambara
C)Jama Masjid
D)Siddi Bashir
Answer: Buland Darwaza
- Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
A)Deer
B)Humped Bull
C)Elephant
D)Horse
Answer: Deer
- Q. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
A)Aravidu
B)Chandragiri
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu
Answer: Hampi
- Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the Home Rule League?
A)G. K. Gokhale
B)B. G. Tilak
C)M. G. Ranade
D)M. K. Gandhi
Answer: B. G. Tilak
- Q. An emigre (a person or thing who/which has emigrated) communist journal brought out by M N Roy was
A)The Worker
B)Anushilan
C)Kisan Sabha
D)Vanguard
Answer: Vanguard
- Q. The Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission established by Vivekananda in 1898 are at
A)Belur
B)Kanyakumari
C)Hyderabad
D)Murshidabad
Answer: Belur
- Q. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western __________ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries
A)Afghanistan
B)Iraq
C)Pakistan
D)India
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. Varahamihira is
A)A space shuttle
B)An astronaut
C)A power station
D)An ancient astronomer
Answer: An ancient astronomer
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