More Questions on History
- Q. The slogan of ‘Vande Matram’ was first adopted during the __________ Movement?
A)Civil Disobedience
B)Non-cooperation
C)Swadeshi
D)Quit India
Answer: Swadeshi
- Q. In 1913, the Guru founded an Ashram at __________ called the Advaita Ashram
A)Palluruthi
B)Vaikom
C)Aluva
D)Trichur
Answer: Aluva
- Q. The Mughals have been made immortal by their achievements in the field
A)Architectural
B)Political
C)Military
D)Social
Answer: Architectural
- Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
A)1684
B)1554
C)1784
D)1854
Answer: 1854
- Q. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
A)Cornwallis
B)Robert Clive
C)Dalhousie
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Cornwallis
- Q. Who was the founder of the Sena dynasty?
A)Hemanta Sena
B)Ballal Sena
C)Lakshman Sena
D)Vijay Sena
Answer: Hemanta Sena
- Q. Where were the hymns of Rigveda composed?
A)Gujarat
B)Punjab
C)Rajasthan
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Punjab
- Q. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta
C)Kanishka
D)Harshavardhan
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
A)Baani
B)Bhagwad Gita
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
- Q. Moti Masjid in the Red Fort, Delhi was constructed by
A)Shahjahan
B)Sher Shah
C)Aurangzeb
D)Bhahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. When did Abyssinian crisis end?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. The Asiatic Society had been established in Calcutta by
A)Sir William Jones
B)TB Macaulay
C)GK Gokhale
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
A)the state treasury
B)military affairs
C)the royal household
D)the land revenue system
Answer: military affairs
- Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
- Q. In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends
A)Christian
B)Brahmin
C)Pulaya
D)Nayar
Answer: Brahmin
- Q. Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu’s philosophical genius and passion for Yoga, introduced him to__________, a ‘Hatha yogi’
A)Thycattu Ayyaavu
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Thycattu Ayyaavu
- Q. Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters was done on 9th August?
A)Boycott of Simon Commission
B)Salt Satyagraha
C)Champaran Satyagraha
D)Kakori Mail train robbery
Answer: Kakori Mail train robbery
- Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
A)Samiti
B)Sabha
C)Gana
D)Vidatha
Answer: Vidatha
- Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
- Q. Who discovered Troy?
A)Frank Calvert
B)Arthur Evans
C)Heinrich Schliemann
D)Homer
Answer: Heinrich Schliemann
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