More Questions on History
- Q. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company’s monopoly for __________ years
A)10 years
B)20 years
C)30 years
D)15 years
Answer: 20 years
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was in __________
A)Bombay
B)Gujarat
C)Bihar
D)Madras
Answer: Bihar
- Q. Assertion (A): Rana Sanga lost the battle of Khanwa in the year 1527. Reason (R): An ally of Rana Sanga, Hasan Khan Mewati betrayed him during the battle
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 true but R is false
- Q. Montagu who toured in India in 1918 was a
A)Member of Viceroy's Council
B)Member of Privy Council
C)Secretary of State for India
D)Viceroy of India
Answer: Secretary of State for India
- Q. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was
A)the presence of a 'council of ministers'
B)wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors
C)the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
D)an extensive network of spy-system
Answer: the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
- Q. The Atharva Veda does not discuss the ideal of
A)Jnana
B)Karma
C)Upasana
D)Moksha
Answer: Moksha
- 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. Benito Mussolini was a leader of
A)Italy
B)Germany
C)French
D)Portugal
Answer: Italy
- Q. What was the suitable language for source material in Ancient Times?
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Brahmi
D)Kharoshthi
Answer: Sanskrit
- Q. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Red Fort
C)Qutub Minar
D)Jantar Mantar
Answer: Jantar Mantar
- Q. Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that X/O = X; who among the following proved that it was infinity?
A)Bhaskara
B)Aryabhatta
C)Brahmagupta
D)Mahavira
Answer: Bhaskara
- Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
A)not to steal
B)not to kill (non-injury)
C)non-attachment to worldly things
D)celibacy
Answer: celibacy
- Q. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are?
A)Hindu and Muslim
B)Buddhist and Jain
C)Buddhist only
D)Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
Answer: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
- Q. Which of all Harappan sites, has the most impressive drainage system?
A)Banawali
B)Harappa
C)Dhaulavira
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. What was the symbol of Sambhavanatha Tirthankar?
A)Cow
B)Elephant
C)Horse
D)Tortoise
Answer: Horse
- Q. Who of the following became a member of the “Din-i-Ilahi”?
A)Raja Birbal
B)Todarmal
C)Raja Man Singh
D)Tansen
Answer: Raja Birbal
- Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
A)Lord Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Lord William Bentic
D)Gladstone
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. When did the invasion of Poland begin?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1939
- Q. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
A)V D Savarkar
B)Madan Lal Dhingra
C)Lala Hardayal
D)Shyamji Krishna Varma
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q. Who formed SNDP Yogam?
A)Nataraja Guru
B)T. K. Madhavan
C)Narayana Guru
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Narayana Guru
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