More Questions on History
- Q. Alexander was trained by
A)Aristotle
B)Socrates
C)Plato
D)Homer
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A)Veer Kunwar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Buddha gave his first religious message at
A)Pataliputra
B)Rajagriha
C)Gaya
D)Sarnath
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)M. A. Jinnah
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)V. P. Menon
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jehangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golconda it was ruled by
A)Durga Devi
B)Sikandar
C)Abul Hasan
D)Afzal Khan
Answer: Abul Hasan
- Q. What is the correct order (first to last) of states annexed under the policy of “Doctrine of Lapse”?
A)Jaipur > Satara > Sambhalpur> Bahat
B)Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur> Bahat
C)Bahat >Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur
D)Satara > Jaipur > Bahat> Sambhalpur
Answer: Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur> Bahat
- Q. Which of the following is not correct about Arya Samaj?
A)It was founded in 1875
B)The Arya Samajists opposed child marriages and encouraged remarriage of widows
C)Its main motive was to promote faith in one God
D)None of the above is correct
Answer: The Arya Samajists opposed child marriages and encouraged remarriage of widows
- Q. __________ is the acknowledged high priest of the drain theory
A)S. N. Bose
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)J. N. Ghosh
D)J. N. Mukherjee
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Who built Red Fort?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Shah Jahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Which of these is not one of the titles adopted by Aurangzeb?
A)Padshah
B)Alamgir
C)Sultan Sulaiman
D)Ghazi
Answer: Sultan Sulaiman
- Q. Upon whom was the title ‘Punjab Kesari’ conferred?
A)Sardar Baldev Singh
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Ranjit Singh
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Lytton
Answer: Lord Lytton
- Q. In which year Genghis Khan was proclaimed as Emperor or Khagan
A)1998
B)1192
C)1200
D)1206
Answer: 1206
- Q. Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of
A)Kanishka
B)Asoka
C)Menander
D)Harsha
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was
A)Punjab and Delhi region
B)Indo-Gangetic Valley
C)Indus Valley
D)Region between the Swat and the Indus
Answer: Indus Valley
- Q. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
A)Lord Auckland
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Canning
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Which of the following statement is correct about South-Indian Literature?
A)Tamil is the oldest with literature dating back to early centuries of Christian era. This developed during the three Sangams(assemblies of poets and writers) held during different times
B)In Southern India, the ancient Indian writings were written in four Dravidian languages which developed their own script and literature, these are, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,Malayalam
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. What is called the magna carta of Western Education system in Indian?
A)Slavery Bill for Education
B)Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
C)Wonder of Education refoms
D)None of these
Answer: Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
- 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
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