More Questions on History
- Q. The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is
A)Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra
B)Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra, Vaishali
C)Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
D)Pataliputra, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Vaishali
Answer: Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
- Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
A)1866
B)1766
C)1869
D)1870
Answer: 1866
- Q. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at
A)Lahore
B)Bombay
C)Nagpur
D)Ahmadnagar
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Ho Chi Minh was a leader of
A)South Vietnam
B)North Vietnam
C)North Korea
D)South Korea
Answer: North Vietnam
- Q. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
A)Maurya
B)Gnathrika
C)Shakya
D)Kuru
Answer: Shakya
- Q. When were Morley-Minto reforms taken place?
A)1909
B)1905
C)1919
D)1857
Answer: 1909
- Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
A)Bombay
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Allahabad
Answer: Bombay
- Q. The Objective of Non-alignment of India’s foreign policy means
A)To judge every international issue on its own merit
B)To stand in isolation from world affairs
C)To interfere in the internal matters of a country
D)Not to help any country
Answer: To judge every international issue on its own merit
- Q. What was the original name of Nur Jahan?
A)Fatima Begum
B)Zeb-un-Nissa
C)Mehr-un-Nissa
D)Jahanara
Answer: Mehr-un-Nissa
- Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Basant Kumar Biswas
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?
A)Motilal Nehru
B)C R Das
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Lokmanya Tilak
Answer: Lokmanya Tilak
- Q. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
A)Satya Shodhak Samaj
B)Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
C)Bengal Society
D)None of these
Answer: Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
- Q. Under the Mughals, in urban area the judicial powers were exercised by
A)Faujdar
B)Kazis
C)Kotwal
D)Wazir
Answer: Kotwal
- Q. The Young Bengal group published the __________(Quest for Knowledge) for propagating their views
A)Parthenon
B)Jnananvesan
C)Hesperus
D)Enquirer
Answer: Jnananvesan
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of __________
A)Jainism
B)Sikhism
C)Buddhism
D)Jewism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
A)Nakhshabi
B)Utbi
C)Amir Khusarau
D)Tansen
Answer: Amir Khusarau
- Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
A)1261
B)1204
C)1291
D)1225
Answer: 1261
- Q. Where did the practice of Shadow Cabinet originate?
A)Great Britain
B)United States of America
C)Italy
D)France
Answer: Great Britain
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. Consider the following statements related to the cause of 1857 revolt. I. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers. II. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers. III. The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire, but were not paid any extra allowance.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II and III
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