More Questions on History
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ means
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Skill
D)Power
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times?
A)Ruhelkhand
B)Avadh
C)Bundelkhand
D)Malwa
Answer: Malwa
- Q. Who was the last Mughal emperor?
A)Noor Jehan
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Bahadur Shah
Answer: Bahadur Shah
- Q. A Study in Consciousness was written by __________
A)Mrinal Gore
B)Annie Besant
C)Prasanna Kumar Tagore
D)Rajkamal Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Movement? I. Originated as a reaction against caste division, untouchability and ritualism in India. II. Devotion was the pivotal point in the Bhakti cult in uniting human soul with god.
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)AO Hume
C)GK Gokhale
D)BG Tilak
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. The famous Indo-Greek king to embrace Buddhism was
A)Strato I
B)Alexander
C)Menander
D)Democritus
Answer: Menander
- Q. Which of the following is known as the Jain Temple City?
A)Allahabad
B)Girnar
C)Rajagriha
D)Varanasi
Answer: Girnar
- Q. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?
A)Lord Ripan
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Wellesley
D)None of these
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
A)Baroda
B)Travancore
C)Hyderabad
D)Mysore
Answer: Travancore
- Q. The Sultan of Delhi who transferred two monolithic Mauryan pillars to Delhi to beautify his capital, was
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Iltutmish
C)Firuz Tughluq
D)Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Answer: Firuz Tughluq
- Q. Which of the following civilisations is not associated with the Harappan Civilisation?
A)Egyptian
B)Mesopotamian
C)Sumerian
D)Chinese
Answer: Chinese
- Q. Subject matter which Manu Smriti deals with is related to
A)Politics
B)Economics
C)Law
D)Arts
Answer: Law
- Q. Who among the following witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
A)Shams-i-siraj Afif
B)Ziauddin Barani
C)Minhaj-us-siraj
D)Amir Khusrau
Answer: Amir Khusrau
- Q. D-Day is the day when
A)US dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima
B)Germany declared war on Britain
C)Allied Troops landed in Normandy
D)Germany surrendered to the allies
Answer: Allied Troops landed in Normandy
- Q. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by
A)Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
B)Indian Council Act of 1892
C)Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
D)Government of India of 1935
Answer: Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
- Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
A)Chand Bardoi
B)Sandhyakara Nandi
C)Banabhatta
D)Kalhana
Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
- Q. The Rama Krishna Mission was established by
A)Rama Krishna
B)Vivekananda
C)M. G. Ranade
D)Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: Vivekananda
- Q. Mahavira was born in a Kshatriya clan by the name of
A)Janatrika
B)Shakya
C)Mallas
D)Lichhavis
Answer: Janatrika
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