More Questions on History
- Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Basant Kumar Biswas
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the Zeb-un-nisa I. Zeb-un-nisa chose to live voluntarily with Shah Jahan and later was awarded great honour by Aurangzeb. II. Zeb-un-nisa was the sister of Shah Jahan.
A)Both I and II are incorrect
B)Both I and II are correct
C)Only I is correct
D)Only II is correct
Answer: Only I is correct
- Q. Brihadeshwara Temple which was built by Raja Raja Chola I is dedicated to?
A)Shiva
B)Vishnu
C)Brahma
D)None of the above
Answer: Shiva
- Q. The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. As per the Act of 1853 the Governor-General’s Council was enlarged for the purpose of
A)Legislation
B)Defence
C)Finance
D)Security
Answer: Legislation
- Q. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
A)1826
B)1866
C)1843
D)1857
Answer: 1866
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. The ‘Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College’ later became the
A)JamiaMilia Muslim University
B)Osmania University
C)Baraktullah University
D)Aligarh Muslim University
Answer: Aligarh Muslim University
- Q. Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja?
A)Chandragupta I
B)Skandhgupta
C)Chandragupta II
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta I
- Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
D)Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935
- Q. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into Independent Republics?
A)1991
B)1990
C)1992
D)1993
Answer: 1991
- Q. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?
A)Vedanta
B)Vedas
C)Brahamans
D)Bhagwat Gita
Answer: Bhagwat Gita
- Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Who received the title of ‘shogun’ in 1603?
A)Kuroda Yoshitaka
B)Ishida Mitsunari
C)Oda Nobunaga
D)Tokugawa Leyasu
Answer: Tokugawa Leyasu
- Q. Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the eradication of the evil of untouchability?
A)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B)Jagjivan Ram
C)Acharya Kripalani
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
A)Pericles
B)Herodotus
C)Plutarch
D)Thucydides
Answer: Thucydides
- Q. Hevarappathinkangal is a Tamil work of __________
A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)K. Ayyappan
D)K. madhvan Nair
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. The Cripps Mission visited India in the year
A)1942
B)1940
C)1945
D)1946
Answer: 1942
- Q. Buddha gave his first religious message at
A)Pataliputra
B)Rajagriha
C)Gaya
D)Sarnath
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. According to __________ the mutiny was a purely military outbreak
A)VASmith
B)VD Sarkar
C)Sir John Lawrence
D)Roberts
Answer: Sir John Lawrence
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