More Questions on History
- Q. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Aurangzeb put his father under house arrest in Agra Fort
A)Shah Jahan
B)Humayun
C)Akbar
D)Bahadur Shah
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:
A)K M Pannikar
B)J K Hikki
C)M G Ranade
D)V.D. Savarkar
Answer: V.D. Savarkar
- Q. Which of the following were the ideas popularized through theosophical society I. Doctrine of trans-migration of souls II. Universal brotherhood of man III. Reincarnation and Karma, and drew inspiration from philosophy of Upanishads and samkhya, yoga and Vedanta school IV. Against foreign rule
A)Only I and III
B)Only III
C)Only I, II and III
D)All the four are correct
Answer: Only I, II and III
- Q. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
A)Thailand and Cambodia
B)Burma and Tibet
C)Korea and Japan
D)Indonesia and Vietnam
Answer: Korea and Japan
- Q. When was the ‘Quit India Movement’ launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
A)1939
B)1946
C)1942
D)1940
Answer: 1942
- Q. Who among the following, propounded the theory of zero?
A)Chanakya
B)Charak
C)Aryabhatta
D)Varahamihira
Answer: Aryabhatta
- Q. The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
A)Government of India, 1935
B)Cripps Mission 1942
C)Independent India 1947
D)August Offer of 1940
Answer: August Offer of 1940
- Q. Jyotiba Phule died On 28 November,__________
A)1859
B)1850
C)1870
D)1890
Answer: 1890
- Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Q. The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)Rajguru
D)None of these
Answer: Rash Behari Bose
- Q. When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
A)A Gupta Emperor
B)A Mughal Emperor
C)A Mauryan Emperor
D)A Sunga Emperor
Answer: A Mughal Emperor
- Q. Nirankari movement was started by__________
A)Ranjit Singh
B)Baba Dyal Singh
C)Lal Singh
D)Tej Singh
Answer: Baba Dyal Singh
- Q. For how many years Sumtinath Tirthankar prayed?
A)20
B)10
C)30
D)40
Answer: 20
- Q. Communal Representation was for the first time given in the interest of Muslims by
A)The Government of India Act of 1919
B)The Indian Council Act of 1909
C)The Government of India Act of 1935
D)The Act of 1858
Answer: The Indian Council Act of 1909
- Q. What was the number of monks in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
A)One lakh
B)50 thousand
C)One lakh fifty thousand
D)Two lakh
Answer: One lakh
- Q. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated before Independence?
A)On 26th January 1931
B)On 26th January 1929
C)On 26th January 1935
D)On 26th January 1930
Answer: On 26th January 1930
- Q. Which Roman Emperor had banned the ancient Olympic games
A)Arcadius
B)Julius Caesar
C)Theodosius
D)Tacitus
Answer: Theodosius
- Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of
A)Biology
B)Astronomy
C)Medicine
D)Physiology
Answer: Astronomy
- Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was
A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
B)Geronimo Verroneo
C)Tavernier
D)Austinof Bordeaux
Answer: Tavernier
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