More Questions on History
- Q. Chahalghani under IItutmish represented __________
A)Slaves inherited by him from his predecessors
B)His Turkish slaves
C)General cadre of slaves
D)The elite cadre of slave officers under him
Answer: His Turkish slaves
- Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
A)Nimbarka
B)Mirabai
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Madhav
Answer: Madhav
- Q. Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)Lord Wellesley
D)Lord Bentinck
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Sultan of Delhi who transferred two monolithic Mauryan pillars to Delhi to beautify his capital, was
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Iltutmish
C)Firuz Tughluq
D)Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Answer: Firuz Tughluq
- Q. Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the Early Vedic Age?
A)Yajur-veda
B)Rig-veda
C)Atharva-veda
D)Sarna-veda
Answer: Rig-veda
- 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. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
A)Germany
B)China
C)Italy
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. The philosophical essence, The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul may be traced to the
A)Upanishadas
B)Vedas
C)Puranas
D)Manusmriti
Answer: Upanishadas
- Q. The founder-president of Indian Independence League was
A)Subhas Chandra Bose
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)MK Gandhi
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Rash Behari Bose
- Q. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A)Aram Shah
B)Balban
C)Nasiruddin Mahmud
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. Which of the following is the name of US Parliament?
A)Senate
B)Diet
C)Congress
D)House of commons
Answer: Congress
- Q. Who built the famous Shalimar bagh of Srinagar?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. What was the name of the father of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
A)Mallinath
B)Jitshatru
C)Parsavnath
D)Neminath
Answer: Jitshatru
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: I only
- Q. Which Sanskrit poet wrote famous book Geet Govinda?
A)Kalidas
B)Jayadeva
C)Panini
D)None of the above
Answer: Jayadeva
- Q. Dharmamahamatras were __________ during the Mauryans
A)Buddhist Monks
B)Officials
C)Jain Monks
D)Soldiers
Answer: Officials
- Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow__________
A)Tea
B)Jute
C)Sugarcane
D)Wheat
Answer: Tea
- Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
A)Impact of World War II
B)Change in the government of the UK
C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The capital of the Abbasid Caliphs was
A)Damascus
B)Bagdad
C)Constantinople
D)Madina
Answer: Bagdad
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