More Questions on History
- Q. Which dynasty immediately succeeded the Maurya dynasty and ruled Magadha Kingdom?
A)Sunga
B)Satavahana
C)Nanda
D)Kanva
Answer: Sunga
- Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
A)Chand Bardoi
B)Sandhyakara Nandi
C)Banabhatta
D)Kalhana
Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
- Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
A)Governor-General
B)Governor
C)Parliament
D)Crown
Answer: Crown
- 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. Who was the author of Gita Govinda?
A)Kalhana
B)Jayadeva
C)Kalidasa
D)Raja Rao
Answer: Jayadeva
- Q. Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?
A)Second Delhi Durbar
B)Establishment of the department of Archaeology
C)Formation of Indian National Congress
D)Partition of Bengal
Answer: Formation of Indian National Congress
- Q. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the
A)Twelve Upangas
B)Fourteen Purvas
C)Twelve Angas
D)Fourteen Uparvas
Answer: Twelve Angas
- Q. Aurangzeb died in the year
A)1764
B)1760
C)1707
D)1700
Answer: 1707
- Q. Which Directive Principal bears the direct impact of Gandhi’s moral philosophy?
A)Provision of free legal aid and advice
B)Equal pay for equal work
C)Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
D)Protection of the mounments of historical importance
Answer: Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
- Q. The State is a necessary evil according to
A)Liberalists
B)Communists
C)Individualists
D)Anarchists
Answer: Individualists
- Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
A)Upendranath Basu
B)Annie Besant
C)I. N. Gurtu
D)George Thompson
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
A)Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
B)He wanted to join the Congress
C)Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Answer: Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
A)Pepper
B)Ivory
C)A fine variety of Indian muslin
D)Damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance
Answer: Pepper
- Q. On June 14, 1927 __________consecrated a mirror – with the message “Om shanti” written on the surface – in a temple in Kalavankode
A)T. K. Madhavan
B)Rajaram Mohan Roy
C)Sree Narayana Guru
D)Govindan Vaidyar
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
A)Sri Lanka
B)Varkala
C)Kottayam
D)Calicut
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. When did the first Huna invasion take place?
A)458 AD
B)358 AD
C)558 AD
D)658 AD
Answer: 458 AD
- Q. Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
A)Guru Nanak
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Kabir
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. The word Jina from which the Jain(ism) has originated stands for
A)detached
B)great
C)non-violence
D)conqueror (of senses)
Answer: conqueror (of senses)
- Q. Which Roman Emperor is also known as ‘little boot’
A)Julius Caesar
B)Nero
C)Caligula
D)Augustus
Answer: Caligula
- Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar-Nama” in Persian was
A)Guru Har Krishan
B)Guru Har Rai
C)Guru Gobind Singh
D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
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