More Questions on History
- Q. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
A)Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
B)Shankracharya was born that year.
C)Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
D)All Muslim invaders were defeated.
Answer: Shankracharya was born that year.
- Q. Which king of England was forced to signed the ‘Magna Carta’
A)King Louis
B)King Richard I
C)Henry III
D)King John
Answer: King John
- Q. The monolithic image of Jain Saint ‘Gomatiswara’ is at __________
A)Shravanbelagola
B)Mount Abu
C)Kusinagara
D)Kalinga
Answer: Shravanbelagola
- Q. Harshavardhana moved his capital from __________ to __________
A)Delhi, Deogiri
B)Thanesar, Kannauj
C)Kamboj, Kannauj
D)Valabhi, Delhi
Answer: Thanesar, Kannauj
- Q. Where was the Royal Durbar Held on November 1st, 1858 to issue to Queen’s proclamation?
A)Ahmadabad
B)Lucknow
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?
A)Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh
B)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh
C)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
D)None of these
Answer: Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which amidst the following sites/monuments in India is on the UNESCO’s list of World Cultural Heritages?
A)Kashi Viswanath Temple
B)Ellora Caves
C)Qutab Minar
D)Manas Wildlife - Sancturary
Answer: Kashi Viswanath Temple
- Q. Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of __________ in 1772
A)Madras
B)Bengal
C)Bombay
D)Delhi
Answer: Bengal
- Q. How were the streets of cities in Indus Valley Civilization?
A)Narrowand Unhygienic
B)Wide and Straight
C)Slippery
D)Narrow and Curved
Answer: Wide and Straight
- Q. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
A)Samudragupta
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
D)Harsha
Answer: Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
- Q. He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’- Who said this?
A)Angles
B)Montesque
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. The Swadeshi Movement was launched
A)With a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
B)As a protest against division of Bengal
C)As a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
D)Due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India
Answer: As a protest against division of Bengal
- Q. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
A)Mayo
B)Curzon
C)Ripon
D)Lytton
Answer: Mayo
- Q. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?
A)1776
B)1775
C)1783
D)1791
Answer: 1791
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 decided to launch a nation wide satyagraha against the proposed __________
A)Rowlatt Act
B)Simon Commission
C)Salt Act
D)Pitt's India Act
Answer: Rowlatt Act
- Q. The Act of 1833 concentrated the legislative powers in the hands of
A)Governor-General in Council
B)Parliament
C)Board of Control
D)Crown
Answer: Governor-General in Council
- Q. Where was the Devadasi System prevailed in India?
A)Northern India
B)Southern India
C)East India
D)West India
Answer: Southern India
- Q. Who was King Vipulvahan?
A)Brother of Sambhavnath
B)Father of Sambhavnath
C)Friend of Sambhavnath
D)Teacher of Sambhavnath
Answer: Father of Sambhavnath
- Q. During the reign of which dynasty was the Great Wall of China constructed?
A)Tang
B)Sung
C)Han
D)Chin
Answer: Chin
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