More Questions on History
- Q. The Sikh Guru executed by Aurangzeb after cruel torture was
A)Har Krishan
B)Har Rai
C)Hargobind
D)Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Tegh Bahadur
- Q. Nalanda Mahavihara site is in
A)Assam
B)Rajasthan
C)Bihar
D)Gujrat
Answer: Bihar
- Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
A)Lahore
B)Allahabad
C)Amritsar
D)Belur
Answer: Belur
- Q. There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the
A)Religious beliefs of the Harappans
B)Indus seals excavated
C)Tools and implements used by the Harappans
D)Different types of dwellings excavated
Answer: Different types of dwellings excavated
- Q. The Kalinga was fought in
A)301 BC
B)321 BC
C)261 BC
D)241 BC
Answer: 261 BC
- Q. What does the opening scene of Beowulf describe?
A)The birth of Beowulf
B)The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
C)The death of Beowulf
D)The defeat of the monster Grendel
Answer: The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
- Q. The famous Harappan site of Lothal is situated in
A)Rajasthan
B)Sind
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Who was Mahavira?
A)24th Tirthankara
B)21st Tirthankara
C)23rd Tirthankara
D)22nd Tirthankara
Answer: 24th Tirthankara
- Q. Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year?
A)1707
B)1599
C)1699
D)1657
Answer: 1699
- Q. In 1875, Sir Syed founded the Madarsatul Uloom in __________
A)Aligarh
B)Delhi
C)Bengal
D)Agra
Answer: Aligarh
- Q. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
A)Mirza Raja Jai Singh
B)Shaista Khan
C)Prince Muazzam
D)Dilir Khan
Answer: Mirza Raja Jai Singh
- Q. Whose model is based on the Mandate of Heaven?
A)Li Ling
B)Ban Gu
C)Qin Shi Huang
D)Sima Qian
Answer: Sima Qian
- Q. The Harappas had commercial relations with __________
A)Jawa
B)China
C)Mesopotamia
D)Burma (Now, Myanmar)
Answer: Mesopotamia
- Q. The proceedings of the Third Buddhist Council led to the issue of Edict?
A)Sarnath
B)Sanchi
C)Bhabra
D)Kalinga
Answer: Sarnath
- 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. To face the Maratha Army the Rohelas chief entered into a pact with
A)The French
B)The Nawab of Awadh
C)The Portuguese
D)The Sikhs
Answer: The Nawab of Awadh
- Q. In 1907, after the passing of Col. H. S. Olcott, __________ became the second International President of the Theosophical Society
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Annie Besant
C)Ahalya Rangnekar
D)Bhabani Charan Mitra
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?
A)Zamidar's property
B)Providing rent free land
C)Giving officer a right to revenue
D)Giving cash salary to Mansabdar
Answer: Giving officer a right to revenue
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jehangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. __________in his book ‘Economic history of India’ wrote ‘If India is poor today it is through the operation of economic causes’
A)R. C. Dutt
B)Dadhabai Naoroji
C)Ranade
D)R. P. Datt
Answer: R. C. Dutt
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