More Questions on History
- Q. From which country, the tradition of written Constitution began
A)India
B)Japan
C)Britain
D)America
Answer: America
- Q. Who has given the treatise on the rule of the Pandyan kingdom by Pandala a daughter of Herakles?
A)Kautilya
B)Megasthenes
C)Banabhatt
D)Kalidas
Answer: Megasthenes
- Q. The famous Harappan site of Lothal is situated in
A)Rajasthan
B)Sind
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?
A)The Constitution of USSR
B)The Constitution of China
C)The Constitution of USA
D)The Constitution of Japan
Answer: The Constitution of USA
- Q. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were
A)Officials of the state
B)Landlords and zamindars
C)Those who had to give revenue
D)Revenue collectors
Answer: Officials of the state
- Q. Who, among the following, was not a part of the Mauryan dynasty?
A)Bindusara
B)Ajatsatru
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)None of these
Answer: Ajatsatru
- Q. Mahabalipuram is an important city that reveals the interest of arts of
A)Cholas
B)Pallavas
C)Pandyas
D)Chalukyas
Answer: Pallavas
- Q. Which of the doctrines of Jainism was added by Mahavira?
A)Observe continence
B)Do not speak a lie
C)Do not commit violence
D)Do not steal
Answer: Observe continence
- Q. What was the age of Akbar at the time of his coronation at Kalanaur?
A)Fifteen
B)Thirteen
C)Eighteen
D)Twenty
Answer: Thirteen
- Q. The main cause of the tribal uprisings of the 19th century was
A)Christian Missionary activities in the tribal areas
B)the British land settlements and land laws had created tension in the tribal society
C)the British Forest Laws
D)new excise regulations and police exactions
Answer: the British Forest Laws
- Q. Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by
A)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B)Dinbandhu Mitra
C)Rabindranath Tagore
D)Naveen Chandra Sen
Answer: Dinbandhu Mitra
- Q. First Indian Commander-in-Chief was
A)Gen. K. M. Kariappa
B)Gen. K. S. Thimayya
C)S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
D)None of the above
Answer: Gen. K. M. Kariappa
- Q. United Nations was formed in the year
A)1945
B)1944
C)1947
D)1948
Answer: 1945
- Q. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
A)Nandas
B)Mauryas
C)Guptas
D)Cholas
Answer: Guptas
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :
A)Prefect Chastity
B)Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
C)Adopts poverty
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Vaishakha Purnima has a great significance because it was on this day
A)Buddha got enlightened
B)Buddha was born
C)Buddha died
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. During the first Carnatic War, the French Governor-General of Pondicherry was
A)Captain Paradise
B)La Bourdonnais
C)Dupleix
D)Count-de-Lally
Answer: Dupleix
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
A)Karl Marx
B)Bernard Shaw
C)Lenin
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
- Q. Titu mir’s movement considered one of the Muslim reform movement mainly aimed at eradicating which of the following systems?
A)Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
B)Polygamy
C)Easy divorce
D)Working against Indian national movement
Answer: Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
- Q. __________ made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.”
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Tilak
C)Gokhale
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Tilak
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