More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Seleucos
B)Megasthanes
C)Menander
D)Demetrias
Answer: Megasthanes
- Q. The Harappan Civilisation achieved far greater advancement than Sumer, Elam etc. on account of its
A)metal working
B)town planning
C)weights and measures
D)seals and figures
Answer: town planning
- Q. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhan’s period was
A)I-tsang
B)Fa-hien
C)Nishka
D)Hiuen Tsang
Answer: Hiuen Tsang
- Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
A)The Railways
B)Tea Plantations
C)Coal Mining
D)Jute Mills
Answer: The Railways
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. Battle for Delhi was fought in the year __________
A)1526
B)1764
C)1556
D)1857
Answer: 1556
- Q. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in the year
A)1966
B)1960
C)1970
D)1950
Answer: 1966
- Q. When did M. K. Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table Conference?
A)Getting assurance from the Muslim League that it would not oppose his claim to represent the whole of India
B)Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
C)Fruitful talks with Sapru
D)Receiving assurances that independence was fast coming
Answer: Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
- Q. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at
A)Calcutta
B)Multan
C)Alwar
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was
A)a military State
B)a loose federation
C)a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
D)a regency of the Peshwa
Answer: a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
- Q. Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production. Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
- Q. M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life
A)Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
B)Supported two nation theory
C)Imagined Pakistan as an independent State
D)Was a communalist
Answer: Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
- Q. Lakh Baksh’ was a title given to ruler
A)Balban
B)Iltutmish
C)Raziya
D)Qutb-din-Aibak
Answer: Qutb-din-Aibak
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means
A)Sacredness
B)Divinity
C)Doctrine
D)Knowledge
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. Theosophical movement though not very successful helped in contributing to developments in society. Which of the following are those developments? I. Women upliftment and recognized their importance II. Provided self respect needed to fight British colonial rule III. Did not provide any contribution as they realized that they were giving false sense of pride
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Only III
D)All the above
Answer: Only II
- Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
A)Nadir Shah
B)Timur Lang
C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Genghis Khan
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in protest against
A)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
B)Martial law in the Punjab
C)Rawlatt Acts
D)All the above
Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. Abhinav Bharat organized in 1904 was :
A)A secret society of revolutionary activists
B)Hindu Mahashabha
C)All India Kisan Mahasabha
D)None of these
Answer: A secret society of revolutionary activists
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