More Questions on History
- Q. According to __________ the Mutiny was a popular rebellion
A)V ASmith
B)V D Sarkar
C)L Mukherjee
D)Chabbra
Answer: V ASmith
- Q. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship to
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non- Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Who established Nalanda Mahavihara ?
A)Skandagupta
B)Kumaragupta
C)Devgupta
D)Vedgupta
Answer: Kumaragupta
- Q. Which dynasty of China began the construction of the Great Wall
A)Qin Dynasty
B)Ming Dynasty
C)Shun Dynasty
D)None of the above
Answer: Qin Dynasty
- Q. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama Masjid at Khana – were constructed at
A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Delhi
- Q. The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, __________ Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21
A)Kummampilli Raman Pillai
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Kummampilli Raman Pillai
- Q. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in
A)Egypt
B)Sumer
C)China
D)All the three
Answer: All the three
- Q. From which port of England, Titanic started its journey
A)Southampton
B)Liverpool
C)Manchester
D)Sunderland
Answer: Southampton
- Q. The Upanishads are separated from the Brahmanas by treatises called __________
A)Aranyakas
B)Vedas
C)Epics
D)Puranas
Answer: Aranyakas
- Q. Wavell Plan was announced in the year
A)1942
B)1945
C)1946
D)1940
Answer: 1945
- Q. When was the kingdom between the Rhine and Rhone rivers created?
A)864
B)843
C)876
D)877
Answer: 843
- Q. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth?
A)Guru Govind Singh
B)Guru Nanak
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Har rai
Answer: Guru Arjan Dev
- Q. Communal Representation was for the first time given in the interest of Muslims by
A)The Government of India Act of 1919
B)The Indian Council Act of 1909
C)The Government of India Act of 1935
D)The Act of 1858
Answer: The Indian Council Act of 1909
- Q. All souls day is a __________ festival.
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Christian
D)Muslim
Answer: Christian
- Q. Which of the following inscriptions is found in purest Sanskrit?
A)Junagarh
B)Ruminidei
C)Kalsi
D)Patliputra
Answer: Junagarh
- Q. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
A)Lloyd George
B)Ramsay Mcdonald
C)Stanley Baldwin
D)AV Alexander
Answer: Ramsay Mcdonald
- Q. The Simla Conference called by Viceroy Lord Wavell (to discuss the so-called Wavell Plan) in June 1945 failed on account of
A)the demand of the Congress to include the members of all communities in their quota to the Executive Council
B)Jinnah's demand that the Muslim League alone would nominate Muslim members to the Executive Council
C)the demand of the Scheduled Castes to reserved seats in the Executive Council in Proportion to their population
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Which dynasty came to power in India after the Tughlaq dynasty?
A)The Khaljis
B)The Guptas
C)The Mughals
D)The Sayyids
Answer: The Sayyids
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from__________ in January 1915
A)England
B)South Africa
C)USA
D)Russia
Answer: South Africa
- Q. Santhara is a religious ritual of__________ community
A)Jews
B)Sikhs
C)Jain
D)Buddhists
Answer: Jain
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