More Questions on History
- Q. Under Shivaji’s rule, the head of a unit of 25 in the Cavalry was known as
A)Havaldar
B)Jumadar
C)Faujdar
D)Hazari
Answer: Havaldar
- Q. Where Ajitnatha Tirthankar was born?
A)Kiskindha
B)Ayodhya
C)Nasik
D)Ujjain
Answer: Ayodhya
- Q. Which among the following was the most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya?
A)Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
B)Her gender
C)Her unpopularity with the people of Delhi
D)Her incompetence
Answer: Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
- Q. The term ‘Khalisa’ in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for
A)Lands owned by the Sufi establishment
B)Crown lands
C)Lands revenue which was directly deposited in the imperial treasury
D)Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
Answer: Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
- Q. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
A)Kumaragupta
B)Vikramaditya
C)Harshavardhana
D)Kanishka
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. The stone railing which Aurangzeb ordered to remove was presented to Keshav Rai Temple by
A)Shivaji
B)Shah Jahan
C)Dara Shikoh
D)Dadaji
Answer: Dara Shikoh
- Q. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhan’s period was
A)I-tsang
B)Fa-hien
C)Nishka
D)Hiuen Tsang
Answer: Hiuen Tsang
- Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
- Q. Swami Vivekananda attended the World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in __________
A)1876
B)1863
C)1893
D)1897
Answer: 1893
- Q. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century was from
A)Assam
B)Bihar
C)Orissa
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Who was the first nun of Gautama Buddha?
A)Smriti
B)Meenakshi
C)Gautami
D)Gargi
Answer: Gautami
- Q. The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
A)Lucknow session in 1916
B)Lahore session in 1940.
C)Meerut Session 1946
D)Tripuri Session in 1939
Answer: Lahore session in 1940.
- Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar attained Nirvana?
A)Parsnath
B)Sammed Shikhar
C)Girnar
D)Pawapur
Answer: Sammed Shikhar
- Q. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
A)Economic independence
B)Industrialisation
C)Economic growth
D)Moral purity
Answer: Economic independence
- Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
A)Kshatriyas
B)Brahmanas
C)Vaishyas
D)Shudras
Answer: Shudras
- Q. A focal point of all revolutionary activities in London was
A)Kaiser House
B)India House
C)Singh Sabha Building
D)Dadabhai Naoroji's House
Answer: India House
- Q. Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India?
A)Magadha
B)Anga
C)Vajji
D)Kasi
Answer: Anga
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1919 made provision for the appointment of a/an __________ for India in the United Kingdom
A)Council
B)Ambassador
C)High Commissioner
D)Indian Member in the parliament of England
Answer: Council
- Q. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya’s Court was
A)Seleucus Nicator
B)Kautilya
C)Megasthenes
D)Justin
Answer: Megasthenes
- Q. Abdul Hamid Lahori is the author of
A)Padshah Nama
B)Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh
C)Alamgir Nama
D)Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
Answer: Padshah Nama
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