More Questions on History
- Q. Assertion (A): Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued currency of copper coins and declared them as legal tender. Reason (R): Sultan’s treasury was empty because of his short-sighted projects.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was
A)Menander
B)Demetrius
C)Eukratises
D)Heliocles
Answer: Menander
- Q. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Regulating Act
C)Charter Act
D)Company Act
Answer: Regulating Act
- Q. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were
A)Moneylenders and Slaves
B)Merchants and Priests
C)Warriors and Traders
D)Women and Sudras
Answer: Women and Sudras
- Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
A)Ryotwari
B)Zamindari
C)Mahalwari
D)Inamdari
Answer: Zamindari
- Q. Which of the following School challenges the authority of the Vedas as well as the hegemony the Brahman priests?
A)Ajivika School
B)Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
C)Purva Mimamsa
D)Vedanta
Answer: Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
- Q. Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
A)General
B)Justice
C)Member of Parliament
D)Secretary of State for India
Answer: Justice
- Q. The first Carnatic War in India was an extension of the Anglo-French War in
A)Europe
B)Canada
C)Africa
D)America
Answer: Europe
- Q. What is true about Lothal – ancient site? I. Lothal was an ancient port of Indus civilization. II. It was excavated by the S. R. Rao. III. Currently it is situated in the Pakistan.
A)Only I, III
B)Only I , II
C)II, III
D)All of the above
Answer: Only I , II
- Q. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India according to the Act of
A)1861
B)1858
C)1876
D)1909
Answer: 1876
- Q. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)None of the above
Answer: Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
- Q. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942 ?
A)Report of Simon Commission
B)Severe unrest among the people
C)Failure of the Cripps Mission
D)British involved in the world was-II
Answer: Failure of the Cripps Mission
- Q. Aurangzeb died in the year
A)1764
B)1760
C)1707
D)1700
Answer: 1707
- Q. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
A)Devendra Nath Tagore
B)K M Pannikar
C)Annie Besant
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
A)Ram Krishna Mission
B)Arya Samaj
C)Brahmo Samaj
D)Prathna Samaj
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced In India?
A)Dohakosa
B)Divya Vandana
C)Vjrachedika
D)Vamsathapakasini
Answer: Vamsathapakasini
- Q. After receipt of Diksha, with which food Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna?
A)Kheer
B)Milk
C)Water
D)Dahi
Answer: Kheer
- Q. Which is the correct chronology of the excavation of the site in the Indus civilization? I. Mohenjo-Daro II. Chanhudaro III. Harappa IV. Lothal
A)I, III, II & IV
B)III, I, II & IV
C)II, I, III & IV
D)III, IV, II & I
Answer: III, I, II & IV
- Q. Who was the king during the french revolution
A)Louis XV
B)Napoleon
C)Louis XVI
D)Charles IX
Answer: Louis XVI
- Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
A)Chandragupta - I
B)Sri Gupta
C)Ghatotkacha
D)Kumaragupta - I
Answer: Sri Gupta
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