More Questions on History
- Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
A)Upagupta
B)Vishnu Gupta
C)Brahma Gupta
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
A)Bihar
B)Assam
C)Madras
D)Punjab
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Buddhism was first propagated outside India In
A)Cambodia
B)China
C)Thailand
D)Ceylon
Answer: Ceylon
- Q. Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the
A)Jains
B)Parsis
C)Jews
D)Buddhists
Answer: Parsis
- Q. Which amidst the following sites/monuments in India is on the UNESCO’s list of World Cultural Heritages?
A)Kashi Viswanath Temple
B)Ellora Caves
C)Qutab Minar
D)Manas Wildlife - Sancturary
Answer: Kashi Viswanath Temple
- Q. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Aurangzeb
D)Bahadur Shah I
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. The term of office of member of the Council of India as per the act of 1919 was
A)4 years
B)5 years
C)2 years
D)6 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. Jyotirao Phule was born in Satara district of __________ in 1827
A)Madras
B)Maharastra
C)Gujarat
D)Malabar
Answer: Maharastra
- Q. Which Mughal Ruler’s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
A)Rafi-ud-Darajat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammed Shah
Answer: Farrukhsiyar
- Q. When did the Battle of France take place?
A)1941
B)1940
C)1945
D)1942
Answer: 1940
- Q. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between
A)Akbar and Medini Rai
B)Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh
C)Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
D)Akbar and Uday Singh
Answer: Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
- Q. The Home Rule League was started by
A)B. G. Tilak
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)Ranade
D)K. T. Telang
Answer: B. G. Tilak
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the Rome city in 753 BC
A)Augustus
B)Julius Caesar
C)Romulus and Remus
D)Camillus
Answer: Romulus and Remus
- 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)
- Q. Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana yogam which took up issues regarding depressed classes, contains which of the issues? I. Encouraging inter caste marriages II. Right of admission to public schools III. Recruitment to government schools IV. Access to temples and roads
A)I, II and III
B)Only II and III
C)I, II and IV
D)All four are correct
Answer: All four are correct
- Q. Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
A)Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
B)Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
C)Allowing women to enter temple
D)Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
Answer: Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
- Q. The correct chronological order in which the given monuments were built is
A)Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort, Buland Darwaza, Qutab Minar
B)Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
C)Qutab Minar, Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort
D)Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort, Qutab Minar
Answer: Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
B)his trial in 1907-08
C)the Home Rule Movement
D)the Congress Session in 1917
Answer: the Home Rule Movement
- Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
A)Kanpur
B)Jhansi
C)Gwalior
D)Kalpi
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jahangir was of
A)Guru Tegh Bahadur
B)Guru Ram Das
C)Guru Angad
D)Guru Arjan
Answer: Guru Arjan
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