More Questions on History

  • Q. The first to invade India were the
    A)Greeks
    B)Aryans
    C)Persians
    D)Arabs
    Answer: Aryans
  • Q. The Moplahs of Malabar (Kerala) who were largely Muslim leaseholders and cultivators, indulged in a series of rebellions in Kerala between 1836-1919. Which of the following regarding these Moplah uprisings is not true?
    A)These uprisings were a peculiar form of rural terrorism
    B)They were mainly directed against the upper caste Hindu landlords
    C)Most of the Moplah martyrs were poor peasants of landless lobourers
    D)A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
    Answer: A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
  • Q. All the early Mughal Emperors except __________ were great builders
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Assertion (A): Shivaji aimed at establishing Maratha rule in Delhi. Reason (R): Shivaji took the leadership of the Maratha resistance against the Mughals.
    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 false but R is true
  • Q. What was the suitable language for source material in Ancient Times?
    A)Pali
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Brahmi
    D)Kharoshthi
    Answer: Sanskrit
  • Q. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to
    A)tribals
    B)robbers
    C)non-Aryans
    D)menials
    Answer: non-Aryans
  • Q. The Mughal architecture attained unrivalled magnificence during the reign of
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Shah Jahan
  • Q. Select the correct statement (s) with reference to the Bhakti Movement
    A)Compilation of Alvar Saints poetry / literature Tirumurai is called "Tamil Veda"
    B)Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
  • Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Manusmriti
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Arthsashtra
  • Q. Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams’ in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiru-pati, etc., constructed?
    A)Krishnadeva Raya
    B)Vidyaranya
    C)Harihara
    D)Raja raj
    Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
  • Q. When did the Chinese Civil War began?
    A)1948
    B)1927
    C)1950
    D)1937
    Answer: 1927
  • 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
  • Q. The battle of Balakot was in __________
    A)1821
    B)1806
    C)1831
    D)1896
    Answer: 1831
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is correct about Alvar Saints?
    A)The 63 Alvars saints were the Shiva devotional poets, who lived between 5th and 10th centuries
    B)The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
    C)Only B
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
    A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
    B)common electorate for all Hindus
    C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who led the armed raid on the government armoury at Chittagong in 1930?
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Chandra Shekhar Azad
    C)Surya Sen
    D)Sukhdev
    Answer: Surya Sen
  • Q. The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by
    A)LaIa Lajpat Rai
    B)Nehru
    C)Bose
    D)Gandhi
    Answer: LaIa Lajpat Rai
  • Q. Which of the following were the main aims of Satyashodhak Samaj? I. Social service II. Spread of education among women and lower caste III. Complete abolition of caste system and inequalities
    A)I and II
    B)Only II
    C)II and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The immediate cause for the Mutiny was
    A)The Social Legislation of 1856
    B)Doctrine of Lapse
    C)The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
    D)The fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity
    Answer: The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
  • Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
    A)Indigenous merchants
    B)Portuguese
    C)British free merchants
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British free merchants

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