More Questions on History
- Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
A)Mysore
B)Bangalore
C)Seringapatam
D)Hellebid or Halebid
Answer: Seringapatam
- Q. Upanishads are books on
A)Philosophy
B)Politics
C)Medicine
D)Social life
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom?
A)Jyotibha Phule
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
D)Swami Vivekanand
Answer: Jyotibha Phule
- Q. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by
A)Akbar
B)Sher Shah
C)Humayun
D)Bhadur Shah
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Who said – “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India?”
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Ashok Mehta
D)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
A)a positive state of law
B)truth
C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
D)doing good even to the evildoers
Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
- Q. In . . . . . Derozio founded with his students the ‘Academic Association’ which organised debates on various subjects
A)1825
B)1824
C)1828
D)1834
Answer: 1828
- Q. Who is the creator of the world famous statue ‘David’ in Florence
A)Raphael
B)Leonardo da Vinci
C)Filippo Brunelleschi
D)Michelangelo
Answer: Michelangelo
- Q. Who defeated Darius III in the Battle of Gaugamela?
A)Aristotle
B)Alexander the Great
C)Julius Caesar
D)Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer: Alexander the Great
- Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
A)Shivaji
B)Shaji Bhonsle
C)Sambaji
D)Shahu
Answer: Sambaji
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)Home Rule Movement
B)His imprisonment in 1908
C)Revolutionary Movement
D)Swadeshi Movement
Answer: Home Rule Movement
- Q. Which of the following cult was popularised by Chaitanya?
A)Krishna Cult
B)Shiva Cult
C)Eknathwad
D)All of the above
Answer: Krishna Cult
- Q. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
A)Harshavardhana
B)Banabhatta
C)Baskarvardhana
D)Bindusara
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. Which of the following temples was not constructed by Chandela dynasty?
A)Chaturbhuja
B)Kandariya Mahadev
C)Lakshman
D)Somnath
Answer: Somnath
- Q. Who wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras refuted Shari Kara and offered an interpretation based on the theistic ideas?
A)Ramanuja
B)Nimbarka
C)Madhva
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. Which state was the first victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
A)Mysore
B)Satara
C)Hyderabad
D)Awadh
Answer: Hyderabad
- Q. Which of the following is Parinirvana place of Mahavira?
A)Sarnath
B)Pava
C)Vaishali
D)Shravanabelagola
Answer: Pava
- Q. Who built the famous Charminar of Hyderabad?
A)Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
B)Krishndev Rai
C)Nadir Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
- Q. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
A)Second Battle of Tarain
B)First Battle of Tarain
C)Battle of Khanwa
D)First Battle of Panipat
Answer: Second Battle of Tarain
- Q. Buddha has been described as ‘an ocean of wisdom and compassion’ In
A)Amarakosa
B)The Light of Asia
C)Buddhacharita
D)Jatak Tales
Answer: Amarakosa
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