More Questions on History
- Q. In what respect did Jainism differ from Buddhism?
A)In denying the authority of the Vedas
B)In its stress on the doctrine of ahimsa
C)In opposing animal sacrifice
D)In its attitude towards trade
Answer: In its stress on the doctrine of ahimsa
- Q. Who was Ajitnath Tirthankara in his previous life?
A)Maharaj Vimalvahan
B)Siddharth
C)Mahavir
D)None of the above
Answer: Maharaj Vimalvahan
- Q. Akbar granted the present site of Amritsar to the Sikh Guru
A)Angad
B)Amar Das
C)Ram Das
D)Arjan
Answer: Amar Das
- Q. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
A)Jinnah
B)Gandhi
C)Mohammed Iqbal
D)Patel
Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
- Q. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
A)Tivara
B)Kunala
C)Mahendra
D)Jalauka
Answer: Tivara
- Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Bentinck
D)Lord Hastings
Answer: Lord Bentinck
- Q. With which of the following was Annie Besant Associated?
A)Arya Samaj
B)Ramakrishna Mission
C)ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
D)Theosophical Society
Answer: Theosophical Society
- Q. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?
A)Ramananda
B)Madhava
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Chaitnaya
Answer: Madhava
- Q. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Non-Cooperation movement
C)Civil Disobedience movement
D)None of the above
Answer: Civil Disobedience movement
- Q. The last Buddhist king who was a great Sanskrit scholar and a writer was
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Bimbisara
D)Harshavardhana
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
A)George Washington
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)Benjamin Franklin
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated ‘Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma’.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?
A)William Jones
B)Alexander Cunningham
C)James Prinsep
D)Charles Wilkins
Answer: Charles Wilkins
- Q. Upanishads are books on
A)Philosophy
B)Politics
C)Medicine
D)Social life
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. After the death of Harsha, a tripartite struggle ensued between the three contemporary powers for the supremacy of Kannauj. Which of the following was not a party in the struggle?
A)Rastrakutas
B)Gurjar Partiharas
C)Palas
D)Paramaras
Answer: Paramaras
- Q. When did Saladin captured Jerusalem?
A)1187
B)1118
C)1193
D)1203
Answer: 1187
- Q. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
A)Elizabeth II
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VIII
D)James I
Answer: Elizabeth I
- Q. Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?
A)RD Banerji
B)Sir John Marshall
C)A Cunningham
D)Daya Ram Sahani
Answer: A Cunningham
- Q. The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the Battle of
A)Plassey
B)Bauxar
C)Arcot
D)Panipat
Answer: Panipat
- Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Annie Besant
C)George Yule
D)Sir William Wedderburn
Answer: Annie Besant
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