More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
A)Right Effort
B)Right Speech
C)Right Desire
D)Right Conduct
Answer: Right Desire
- Q. The Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashanavaite Alwar preached the Bhakti Cult under which of the following rulers?
A)Pallavas, Cheras and Rashtrakutas
B)Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
C)Pallavas, Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms
D)Cheras & Pandavas
Answer: Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
- Q. I. His reign saw beginning of a new intercourse between Europe of India II. Attempted to prohibit traffic in eunuchs III. Started practices of inter-caste marriages between the families of government officers IV. Ordered the abolition of inhuman corporal punishments Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
A)I, II, and IV
B)I, II, and III
C)II, III, and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II, and IV
- Q. In the Mughal administration, military recruitment had been looked after by the
A)Bakhshi
B)Kotwal
C)Wazir
D)Diwan
Answer: Bakhshi
- Q. Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal? I. Kunwar Singh II. Nana Saheb III. Begum of Awadh IV. Bakht Khan
A)I and IV
B)I and II
C)II and IV
D)II and III
Answer: II and III
- Q. In which year Bastille of Paris stormed by the people which lead to the French Revolution
A)1779
B)1746
C)1789
D)1808
Answer: 1789
- Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
D)C. R. Das
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Who had strongly advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)C Rajagopalachari
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: C Rajagopalachari
- Q. Swami Vivekananda attended the World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in __________
A)1876
B)1863
C)1893
D)1897
Answer: 1893
- Q. Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
A)Darius III
B)Alexander the Great
C)King Porus
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: King Porus
- Q. The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of
A)the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
B)unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
C)both A and B above
D)the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
Answer: both A and B above
- Q. Whom did Henry Tudor defeat in 1485?
A)Richard I
B)Edward IV
C)Richard III
D)Edward V
Answer: Richard III
- 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. When did Xinhai Revolution occur?
A)1900
B)1872
C)1911
D)1912
Answer: 1911
- Q. Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. Who is regarded as the founder of modern Egypt
A)Ibrahim Pasha
B)Muhammad Ali
C)Abbas I
D)Sa'id Pasha
Answer: Muhammad Ali
- Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
A)Kavindra Acharya
B)Kavi Kalash
C)Kavi Bhusan
D)Kavi Martanda
Answer: Kavi Kalash
- Q. The most important political gain to the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan was
A)treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda
B)annexation of Ahmadnagar
C)both (A) and (B) above
D)expulsion of the Portuguese from Hughli
Answer: both (A) and (B) above
- Q. Who of the following was associated with the publication of a large number of weeklies and dailies such as Hindustan, Indian Union, Leader, Maryada, Kissan, Abhudaya etc.?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
D)Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Answer: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
- Q. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)JB Kripalani
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
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