More Questions on History
- Q. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
A)Krishna Cult
B)Kabirpanthi
C)Nathpanthi
D)None of the above
Answer: Nathpanthi
- Q. Who is known as the Napoleon of India?
A)Chandragupta
B)Srigupta
C)Samudragupta
D)Devicharangupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at
A)Madras
B)Calcutta
C)Belgaum
D)Lahore
Answer: Belgaum
- Q. Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries
A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Sri Aurobindo
C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q. In which year, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg
A)1910
B)1905
C)1911
D)1912
Answer: 1912
- Q. On Cabinet Mission, __________ observed, the proposals preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by the dispute between two major communities
A)Nehru
B)Lord Wavell
C)Patel
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Lord Wavell
- Q. A Royal Commission on the Public Service was appointed in the year
A)1915
B)1912
C)1910
D)1918
Answer: 1912
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Chaitanya? I. He popularised the Krishna Cult in Bengal. II. He believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
C)The greatest good of all
D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Bindusara was the son of?
A)Akbar
B)Ashoka
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)Shivaji
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Which of the following was the most important feature of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms?
A)The Factory Act
B)Self-government
C)System of Dyarchy
D)Transfer of Power of Congress
Answer: System of Dyarchy
- Q. Who among the following, propounded the theory of zero?
A)Chanakya
B)Charak
C)Aryabhatta
D)Varahamihira
Answer: Aryabhatta
- Q. The name of the Indian Astronomer (who knew five astronomical systems), who lived in the 6th century was
A)Bhandarkar
B)Varahamihira
C)Pujyapada
D)Prasastapada
Answer: Varahamihira
- Q. Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?
A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud
C)Ibrahim Lodi
D)Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firuz Shah Tughlaq
- Q. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in
A)Exploitative land revenue policy
B)Blatantly discriminatory policies
C)The policy of greased cartridges
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th Century A.D.?
A)Temple of Khajuraho
B)Suntemple of Konark
C)Angkor Vat
D)Notre Darn, the Paris
Answer: Suntemple of Konark
- Q. When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?
A)1603
B)1600
C)1707
D)1761
Answer: 1600
- Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A)16 October , 1896
B)16 October , 1911
C)16 October , 1907
D)16 October , 1905
Answer: 16 October , 1905
- Q. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
A)Madurai
B)Hyderabad
C)Mysore
D)Vijayanagar
Answer: Mysore
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