More Questions on History
- Q. Which among the following is the great Buddhist work consisting of dialogues between the Indo-Greek King Menander and the Buddhist philosopher Nagasena?
A)Arthsashtra
B)Milinda Panha
C)Jataka
D)Kumarasambhava
Answer: Milinda Panha
- Q. When was the League of Nations established?
A)In 1920
B)In 1918
C)In 1939
D)In 1914
Answer: In 1920
- Q. The first metal used by man was
A)Copper
B)Aluminium
C)Iron
D)Silver
Answer: Copper
- Q. Who is the author of “From the Founding of the City”?
A)Livy
B)Cicero
C)Polybius
D)Sallust
Answer: Livy
- Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
A)England and France
B)Turkey and Austria
C)Palestine and Israel
D)Germany and Russia
Answer: England and France
- Q. Who among the following leader made the famous ‘Objectives Resolution’, in the Constituent Assembly?
A)C. Rajagopalachari
B)Vallabhbhai Patel
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Dr. John Mathai
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or Die’ during the __________ Movement
A)Khilafat
B)Non-cooperation
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Quit India
Answer: Quit India
- Q. In 1934 Mahatma Gandhi withdrew from active politics and even resigned his membership of the Congress because
A)the political climate of India was unsuitable for any political movement
B)of the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement
C)he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
D)of his opposition to the desire of congressmen to enter legislatures under the Government of India Act of 1935
Answer: he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
- Q. In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
A)Thalassery
B)Kannur
C)Travancore
D)Cochi
Answer: Travancore
- Q. Akbar established Ibadat Khana at
A)Delhi
B)Lahore
C)Agra
D)Fatehpur Sikri
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A)George Washington
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)John F. Kennedy
D)William Wallace Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
A)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
B)Firoz Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Sikandar Lodi
Answer: Sikandar Lodi
- Q. Crimean War was started in the year
A)1857
B)1853
C)1862
D)1870
Answer: 1853
- Q. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco USA by
A)Lala Hardayal
B)Madam Bhikaji Cama
C)Shyamji Krishana Verma
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Lala Hardayal
- Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Vaishnavism
D)Tantra
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of
A)Morley
B)Minto
C)Northbrook
D)Hastings
Answer: Northbrook
- Q. M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life
A)Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
B)Supported two nation theory
C)Imagined Pakistan as an independent State
D)Was a communalist
Answer: Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
- Q. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great against
A)Bessus
B)King Darius III
C)King Porus
D)Spitamenes
Answer: King Porus
- Q. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than that of Ashoka, was
A)Kanishka I
B)Kadphises
C)Vasishka
D)Huvishka
Answer: Kanishka I
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