More Questions on History
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
A)the Nandas were low-born
B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
- Q. In which of the following Mudra did Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon at Saranath?
A)Dhyana Mudra
B)Abhaya Mudra
C)Dharmchakra Mudra
D)Bhumisparasa Mudra
Answer: Dharmchakra Mudra
- Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
A)Sumit Sarkar
B)Ania Loomba
C)Cohn Bernard
D)Ranajith Guha
Answer: Sumit Sarkar
- Q. Democracy is a “government in which everyone has a share” was the opinion of
A)Seeley
B)Jeovans
C)Plato
D)Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
A)Marthanda Verma
B)Hyder Ali
C)British
D)Tipu Sultan
Answer: Hyder Ali
- Q. Faraizi Movement which aimed at removing social reforms in muslims started in which of the following regions?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)East Bengal
C)Kerala
D)Delhi
Answer: East Bengal
- Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
A)Herbert Bakers
B)Sir Edward Lutyens
C)Robert Tor Tussell
D)Antonin Raymond
Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
- Q. During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?
A)Lord Minto
B)Lord Irwin
C)Lord Chelmsford
D)Lord Reading
Answer: Lord Irwin
- Q. In the Interim Government formed in 1946, the Minister for Education was
A)Rajaji
B)Patel
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
A)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
D)None of the above
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees __________ annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge
A)Two lakhs
B)One lakh
C)£10000
D)£5000
Answer: One lakh
- Q. Which of all Harappan sites, has the most impressive drainage system?
A)Banawali
B)Harappa
C)Dhaulavira
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
A)Muhammad Ghori
B)Mahmud of Ghazni
C)Iltutmish
D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
- 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. Taxila was a famous site of
A)Mauryan art
B)Early Vedic art
C)Gandhara art
D)Gupta art
Answer: Gandhara art
- Q. Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in :
A)1935
B)1932
C)1943
D)1945
Answer: 1943
- Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
A)A Secretary
B)A Committee of 24
C)A Council of Lords
D)A Board of Revenue
Answer: A Committee of 24
- Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
A)1757
B)1657
C)1765
D)1857
Answer: 1857
- Q. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?
A)Mongolia
B)Tibet
C)Burma (Now Myarnmar)
D)Siam (now Thailand)
Answer: Siam (now Thailand)
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