More Questions on History
- Q. What does the opening scene of Beowulf describe?
A)The birth of Beowulf
B)The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
C)The death of Beowulf
D)The defeat of the monster Grendel
Answer: The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
- Q. Find the odd one
A)Yajur veda
B)Sam veda
C)Vishnu Purana
D)Rig veda
Answer: Vishnu Purana
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of Nation?
A)Starting with opposition to the Rowlatt Acts, till the Quit India Movement he was the supreme leader and the main spirit behind the national movement
B)He was universally adored, admired and respected by all castes, communities and classes
C)His social political, economic and religious ideologies were based on Indian values with a very strong moral and ethical content
D)He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
Answer: He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
- Q. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
A)Shaivism
B)Nirguna and Saguna
C)Sikkhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
- Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
- Q. Synagogue is the place of worship of
A)Taoism
B)Zorastrianism
C)Judaism
D)Shintoism
Answer: Judaism
- Q. Where Ajitnatha Tirthankar was born?
A)Kiskindha
B)Ayodhya
C)Nasik
D)Ujjain
Answer: Ayodhya
- Q. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
A)Devapala
B)Mahipala
C)Gopala
D)Dharmapala
Answer: Dharmapala
- Q. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
A)Arabs
B)Ghurids
C)Karkotakas
D)Hindushahis
Answer: Hindushahis
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahma Samaj which of the following statements regarding Raja Rammohan Roy are correct? I. Considered as father of Indian renaissance II. Started Brahmo Samaj III. Set up Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta IV. Translated Vedas and five Upanishads to Bengali language
A)I, II, III
B)Only II and III
C)I, II and IV
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
A)Devaraya I
B)Bukka I
C)Krishnadevaraya
D)Ramaraya
Answer: Devaraya I
- Q. The first to invade India were the
A)Greeks
B)Aryans
C)Persians
D)Arabs
Answer: Aryans
- Q. What was the capital of Avanti?
A)Ujjain
B)Gaya
C)Satna
D)Vallabhi
Answer: Ujjain
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man’.Who said this?
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Sri Narayana Guru
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
A)removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
B)enforcing monogamy
C)penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
D)civil marriages
Answer: penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
- Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
A)Sir Thomas Roe
B)Lord Clive
C)Lord Curzon
D)Captain Hawkins
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the establishment of parties during Indian Struggle Movement?
A)Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party, Swaraj party
B)Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Swaraj party, Muslim League
C)Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party
D)Swaraj Party, Indian National Congress, Justice Party, Muslim League
Answer: Indian National Congress, Muslim League, Justice Party, Swaraj party
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Dadu Dayal or Dadu: I. He was a worshipper of Lord Krishna. II. He was not for caste or class distinctions and his objective was establishing harmony among all faiths.
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: II only
- Q. Which country first invented Gunpowder in around 270 AD
A)India
B)China
C)Korea
D)England
Answer: China
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History