More Questions on History
- Q. When did Abyssinian crisis end?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar attained Nirvana?
A)Parsnath
B)Sammed Shikhar
C)Girnar
D)Pawapur
Answer: Sammed Shikhar
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: I only
- Q. During which dynasty Paper was invented in China
A)Tang Dynasty
B)Xia Dynasty
C)Yuan Dynasty
D)Han Dynasty
Answer: Han Dynasty
- Q. Swami Vivekananda was born in an affluent family in __________ on 12 January 1863
A)Ajmer
B)Bombay
C)Kolkata
D)Orrisa
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of Plassey”?
A)Mir Qasim
B)Mir Jafar
C)Sirajudduala
D)None of these
Answer: Sirajudduala
- Q. The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on
A)February 20, 1947
B)February 20, 1942
C)March 20, 1947
D)March 20, 1942
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place
A)Jahandar Shah
B)Shah Alam II
C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
D)Humayun
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Q. The Sikhs were defeated by the English at __________ in 1856
A)Amritsar
B)Sobraon
C)Lahore
D)Kashmir
Answer: Sobraon
- Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
A)Man Singh I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Man Singh I
- Q. Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
A)Shah Waliullah
B)Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
C)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
D)Sayyed Amir Ali
Answer: Sayyed Ahmad Khan
- Q. In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper
A)The New India
B)The Native Opinion
C)Al-Balagh
D)The Comrade
Answer: The Comrade
- Q. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
A)Aravidu
B)Chandragiri
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu
Answer: Hampi
- Q. The date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has been fixed on the basis of
A)Stratification
B)Pottery design
C)Aryan invasion
D)Radio Carbon-14 dating
Answer: Radio Carbon-14 dating
- Q. During the Dandi March the song ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ had been sung by the renowned musician
A)Onkar Nath Thakur
B)Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
C)Mallikarjun Mansur
D)Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
Answer: Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
- Q. Who is the author of Vande Mataram?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
D)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Q. In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to
A)practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings
B)follow three jewels and five vows
C)renounce the world and attain right knowledge
D)believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence
Answer: follow three jewels and five vows
- Q. The President of the Constituent Assembly was
A)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B)Dr. BR Ambedkar
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
A)not to steal
B)not to kill (non-injury)
C)non-attachment to worldly things
D)celibacy
Answer: celibacy
- 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
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