More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?
A)Gopala
B)Dharmapala
C)Nagpala
D)Mahipala
Answer: Dharmapala
- Q. Who called Government India Act 1935 a Charter of Slavery ?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
D)Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Panchasidhantika, written by Varahmihir is based on?
A)Science
B)Mathematics
C)Astrology
D)Astronomy
Answer: Astronomy
- Q. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
A)Benjamin Disraeli
B)Oliver Cromweli
C)Robert Walpole
D)Gladstone
Answer: Robert Walpole
- Q. The Gupta Saka was founded by
A)Chandra Gupta, the Second
B)Chandra Gupta, the First
C)Samudra Gupta
D)Kumara Gupta
Answer: Chandra Gupta, the First
- Q. Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by
A)Demetrius
B)Darius
C)Deimachos
D)Philip
Answer: Deimachos
- Q. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Narayan Guru
C)Krishna swami Aiyar
D)Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Keshav Chandra Sen
- Q. Cortez discovered Mexico in the year
A)1519
B)1506
C)1532
D)1560
Answer: 1519
- Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth?
A)Red Fort
B)Agra Fort
C)Taj Mahal
D)Buland Darwaza
Answer: Taj Mahal
- Q. The most important text of vedic mathematics is
A)Atharva Veda
B)Satapatha Brahman
C)Sulva Sutras
D)Chhandogya Upanishad
Answer: Sulva Sutras
- Q. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
A)Acharya Kripalani
B)M K Gandhi
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the ‘Republic of Turkey’
A)Fevzi Cakmak
B)Ismet Inonu
C)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
D)None of the above
Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- Q. Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc. in his diary?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. The Home Rule League was formed during the
A)Partition of Bengal
B)First World War
C)Struggle following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
D)Implementation of Minto-Morley Reforms
Answer: First World War
- Q. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
A)he suffered defeat in India
B)he fell ill
C)his forces refused to go further
D)he did not like India
Answer: his forces refused to go further
- Q. Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
A)Herodotus
B)Aristotle
C)Hippocrates
D)Thucydides
Answer: Herodotus
- Q. The city of Dhillika (Delhi) was founded by the
A)Tomars
B)Chauhans
C)Pawars
D)Pariharas
Answer: Tomars
- Q. A renowned Jain scholar who was greatly honoured by Akbar was
A)Harivijaya
B)Hemachandra
C)Vastupala
D)Bhadrabahu
Answer: Harivijaya
- Q. The Svetambara Jains were
A)clad in black
B)clad in white
C)clad in red
D)saffron clad
Answer: clad in white
- Q. What was the unique system developed by the Mughals?
A)Ryotwari settlement
B)Centralised autocracy
C)Mansabdari system
D)Local responsibilities for crime detection
Answer: Mansabdari system
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