More Questions on History
- Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Vaishnavism
D)Tantra
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Thomas Edison
D)Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. Babur was originally the ruler of
A)Persia
B)Kabul
C)Fargana
D)Khandahar
Answer: Fargana
- Q. Sathya Shodak Samaj also called truth seekers society was started by which of the following reformers?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)Dayananda Saraswathi
D)Shiv Narain Agnihotri
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Jyotirao’s family belonged to __________ caste
A)Thiyya
B)Mali
C)Pulaya
D)Mahar
Answer: Mali
- Q. The death of millions of Indian in frequent famines which visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to
A)commercialisation of agriculture
B)overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
C)poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
D)unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production
Answer: poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
- Q. At Jallianwala Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire
A)Irwin
B)Benn
C)Dyer
D)Montagu
Answer: Dyer
- Q. Humayun died in the year
A)1546
B)1536
C)1556
D)1566
Answer: 1556
- Q. In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:
A)Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B)Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah
Answer: Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. The Buddha has been eulogized as an ocean of wisdom and compassion in
A)Jataka tales
B)Buddha-Charita
C)Amarakosa
D)The Light of Aisa
Answer: Amarakosa
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the Zeb-un-nisa I. Zeb-un-nisa chose to live voluntarily with Shah Jahan and later was awarded great honour by Aurangzeb. II. Zeb-un-nisa was the sister of Shah Jahan.
A)Both I and II are incorrect
B)Both I and II are correct
C)Only I is correct
D)Only II is correct
Answer: Only I is correct
- Q. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was
A)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Who said “Where there is no law, there is no freedom”?
A)Lenin
B)Bentham
C)Marx
D)Locke
Answer: Locke
- Q. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at
A)Calcutta
B)Multan
C)Alwar
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
A)Karl Marx
B)Bernard Shaw
C)Lenin
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
- Q. “Din-i-Ilahi” was the new religion started by
A)Jahangir
B)Humayun
C)Akbar
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was
A)Suhrawardy
B)Chisti
C)Qadiri
D)Naqshbandi
Answer: Chisti
- Q. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order- I. Nandas II. Shisu nagas III. Mauryas IV. Hariyankas
A)II, I, IV and III
B)IV, II, III and I
C)IV, II, I and III
D)III, I, IV and II
Answer: IV, II, I and III
- Q. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Non-Cooperation movement
C)Civil Disobedience movement
D)None of the above
Answer: Civil Disobedience movement
- Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
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