More Questions on History
- Q. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
A)Gujarat
B)Madras
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
A)Kalibangan
B)Lothal
C)Harappa
D)Mohenjo Daro
Answer: Lothal
- Q. Vasco da Gama a sailor belongs to __________.
A)American
B)Portuguese
C)German
D)South American
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
A)Sama Veda
B)Upanishads
C)Rig Veda
D)Ramayana
Answer: Upanishads
- Q. Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of
A)Cripps Mission
B)Wavel Plan
C)August Offer
D)Cabinet Mission
Answer: Cabinet Mission
- Q. Who wrote the history of Aurangzeb’s reign in total secrecy because of the emperor’s opposition to it and what was the name of that historical work?
A)Mirza Muhammad Kazim's Alamgir Nama
B)Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
C)Muhammad Saqi's Masir-i-Alamgiri
D)Aquil Khan Razi's Zafar Nama-i-Alamgir
Answer: Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
- Q. Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Q. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
A)Devapala
B)Mahipala
C)Gopala
D)Dharmapala
Answer: Dharmapala
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Jataka tales? I. It is a collection of tales belonging to the pre-Buddhist period give us a revealing glimpse into a period when the fusion between the Aryan and the Dravidian races had been almost completed. II. It gives us the periods of rule and genealogies of dynasties of kings.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. What were the collective farms under Stalin’s Collectivization Programme in Russia known as
A)Ferma
B)Kolkhoz
C)Lider
D)Kollektsiya
Answer: Kolkhoz
- Q. The famous Kailashnath Temple at Kanchi was built by
A)Narasimhavarman II
B)Mahendravarman 1
C)Nandivarman II
D)Daritivarrnan
Answer: Narasimhavarman II
- Q. Which among the following has not been found in the excavation of Harappan sites?
A)Fort
B)Drains and well
C)Reservoirs
D)Temple with Shikhar
Answer: Temple with Shikhar
- Q. The problem that exercised and evoked the reformists in the 19th century to the greatest extent related to
A)Caste restrictions
B)Education
C)Religious revivalism
D)Women's issues
Answer: Women's issues
- Q. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was
A)Punjab and Delhi region
B)Indo-Gangetic Valley
C)Indus Valley
D)Region between the Swat and the Indus
Answer: Indus Valley
- Q. Jama Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Fatehpur Sikri
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Which of the following civilisations is not associated with the Harappan Civilisation?
A)Egyptian
B)Mesopotamian
C)Sumerian
D)Chinese
Answer: Chinese
- Q. Servants of India Society was founded in
A)India
B)England
C)America
D)Burma
Answer: India
- Q. The voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as
A)Apni Katha
B)Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
C)Baichitra Natak
D)Gyan Prabodh
Answer: Baichitra Natak
- Q. The State is a necessary evil according to
A)Liberalists
B)Communists
C)Individualists
D)Anarchists
Answer: Individualists
- Q. Who among the following was the pioneer of Yoga?
A)Banabhatta
B)Patanjali
C)Atreya
D)Vrudukanta
Answer: Patanjali
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