More Questions on History
- Q. The previous name of Zaire was
A)Liberia
B)Benin
C)Congo
D)Sierra Leone
Answer: Congo
- Q. Which of the following is related to Etymology?
A)Kalpa
B)Shiksha
C)Nirukta
D)Vyakaran
Answer: Nirukta
- Q. Whose reign in Indian History was called the Golden Age of India?
A)Maratha Empire
B)Mughal Empire
C)Gupta Empire
D)Maurya Empire
Answer: Gupta Empire
- Q. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
A)Baani
B)Bhagwad Gita
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
- Q. I. The Vedanta, or Uttara Mimamsa, school concentrates on the philosophical teachings of the Upanishads (mystic or spiritual contemplations within the Vedas), rather than the Brahmanas (instructions for ritual and sacrifice). II. The Vedanta focus on meditation, self-discipline and spiritual connectivity, more than traditional ritualism. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Uttara Mimamsa or Vedanta?
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- 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. Who said the given statement – “I came alone and I am going alone. I have not done well to the country and the people, and of the future there is no hope”
A)Dara Shikoh
B)Mir Jumla
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
A)It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality
B)It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
C)It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience
D)None of the above
Answer: It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
- Q. In which country the Head of the State gets his office by the law of hereditary succession?
A)Sri Lanka
B)China
C)France
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. The Indian National Congress was formed __________
A)1887
B)1885
C)1888
D)1895
Answer: 1885
- Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
A)Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
B)The last effort of the old political order to regain power
C)A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
D)An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Answer: The last effort of the old political order to regain power
- Q. In which year was Burma separated from India?
A)1902
B)1863
C)1937
D)1947
Answer: 1937
- Q. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
A)Bihar
B)Assam
C)Madras
D)Punjab
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Which of the following pair of author & book is incorrectly matched?
A)Dadabhai Naoroji: Poverty and the Un-British rule in India
B)Rabindra Nath Tagore: Gora
C)Dinabandhu Mitra: Nil Darpan
D)R. C. Dutt: History of India
Answer: R. C. Dutt: History of India
- Q. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in
A)1941
B)1943
C)1942
D)1940
Answer: 1942
- Q. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
A)Persian
B)French
C)Portugese
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
A)Bindusara
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Ajatashatru
D)Pulakesin
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. When did Nanda dynasty come into power?
A)404 BC
B)424 BC
C)399 BC
D)385 BC
Answer: 424 BC
- Q. The later Vedic Age means the age of the compilation of
A)Brahmanas
B)Samhitas
C)Aranyakas
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
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