More Questions on History
- Q. The Indian National Congress had been formed with the knowledge and approval of Lord
A)Mountbatten
B)Dufferin
C)Ripon
D)Curzon
Answer: Dufferin
- Q. Which one of the following is not a sect of Buddhism?
A)Hinayana
B)Mahayana
C)Digambar
D)Theravad
Answer: Digambar
- Q. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated ‘Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma’.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
A)Ram Krishna Mission
B)Arya Samaj
C)Brahmo Samaj
D)Prathna Samaj
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
A)Ramananda
B)Tukaram
C)Dadu
D)Raghunandan
Answer: Dadu
- 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. Whose statue was an important creation of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
A)Dancing Girl
B)Natraj
C)Buddha
D)Narasimha
Answer: Dancing Girl
- Q. In what session did Congress declared complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?
A)Madras session held in 1927
B)Lahore session held in 1929
C)Ahmadabad session held in 1921
D)Gaya session held in 1922
Answer: Lahore session held in 1929
- Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. In 1884 __________founded the Indian National Union
A)A. M. Bose
B)A. O. Hume
C)Lord Dufferin
D)W. C. Banerjee
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Arab merchant, Suleiman, came to India in 9th century in the kingdom of
A)Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
B)Vijaysena of Sena dynasty
C)Gopala of the Pala dynasty
D)Dantidurga of Rashtrakuta dynasty
Answer: Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
- Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
A)Bodh Gaya
B)Sarnath
C)Kapilavastu
D)Rajgriha
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
A)Baani
B)Bhagwad Gita
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
- Q. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej?
A)Vitasta
B)Askini
C)Shutudri
D)Parushni
Answer: Shutudri
- Q. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Britain
D)Germany
Answer: Britain
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are not correct about Bhagavatism and Krishna Cult (Bhakti Cult)? I. Bhagavatism is a branch of Vaishnavism, where the devotees worship the various avatars of Lord Vishnu. II. The origin of Bhagavatism or Vaishnavism has been sought in the Upanishadic period because in the ‘Chandogya Upanishad’ Krishna is described as a disciple of the sage Ghora.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. The organization of Khudai Khidmatgar was established:
A)Under the leadership of Abul Kalam Azad
B)Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
C)Under the leadership of M.A. Ansari
D)Under the leadership of Syed Hasan Imam
Answer: Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
- Q. Author of ‘Culture ideology Hegemony Intellectual and Social consciousness in Colonial India’ is
A)K. N. Panikkar
B)K. N. Ganesh
C)R. C. Majumdar
D)Herman Kulke
Answer: K. N. Panikkar
- Q. In which year Napoleon I crowned himself as Emperor of France
A)1804
B)1799
C)1807
D)1812
Answer: 1804
- Q. One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A)Surya Sen
B)Kalpana Dutt
C)Pritialata Woddekar
D)Dinesh Gupta
Answer: Dinesh Gupta
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