More Questions on History
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Jataka tales? I. It is a collection of tales belonging to the pre-Buddhist period give us a revealing glimpse into a period when the fusion between the Aryan and the Dravidian races had been almost completed. II. It gives us the periods of rule and genealogies of dynasties of kings.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Pitt’s India Act brought the company in direct subordination to a body representing __________
A)The English Merchants in India
B)The Parliament of Britain
C)The Indian Merchants
D)Princely States
Answer: The Parliament of Britain
- Q. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
D)Birbal
Answer: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
- Q. Harshavardhana organised his religious assembly at
A)Prayag
B)Mathura
C)Varanasi
D)Tamralipt
Answer: Prayag
- Q. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution?
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)C R Das
C)Mrs Besant
D)Nehru
Answer: Nehru
- Q. Which of the following are essentially books of rituals?
A)The Upanishads
B)The Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Brahmanas
Answer: The Brahmanas
- Q. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great against
A)Bessus
B)King Darius III
C)King Porus
D)Spitamenes
Answer: King Porus
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
A)Pune
B)Ratnagiri
C)Mumbai
D)None of these
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. The United East India Company refers to the company in India formed by the
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)French
D)British
Answer: Dutch
- Q. The founder of the Independent Sikh State was
A)Guru Govind Singh
B)Guru Nanak
C)Dalip Singh
D)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Q. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
A)Rajasthan
B)Hydaspes
C)Panipat
D)Train
Answer: Hydaspes
- Q. The Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution at :
A)Bombay Session, 1934
B)Wardha Session, 1942.
C)Tripuri Session, 1939
D)Ramgarh Session, 1940
Answer: Wardha Session, 1942.
- Q. The liberal religion preached by the saints of Maharashtra and rigidly followed by Shivaji is known as
A)Maharashtra Dharma
B)Desh Dharma
C)Rashtra Dharma
D)Hindu Dharma
Answer: Maharashtra Dharma
- Q. Which one of the following is the principal source of information of Ashoka’s campaign against Kalinga?
A)Mahavamsa
B)Pillar Edict-VII
C)Divyavadana
D)Rock Edict-XIII
Answer: Rock Edict-XIII
- Q. When were concave spectacles invented?
A)1320
B)1286
C)1360
D)1000
Answer: 1286
- Q. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’?
A)Sahir Ludhianvi
B)Ashafaqullah Khan
C)Mohammad Iqbal
D)Ramprasad Bisrnil
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. Who advocated the concept of one caste, one religion and one God for all?
A)Narayan Guru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Periyar
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. Koh-i-noor diamond was presented to Aurangzeb by
A)Mir Jumla
B)Mirkasim
C)Shivaji
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Mir Jumla
- Q. When did the British establish colonies in Australia?
A)1840
B)1788
C)1872
D)1814
Answer: 1788
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