More Questions on History
- Q. The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
A)cultivator
B)slave
C)neighbour
D)foreigner
Answer: neighbour
- Q. Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance”?
A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D)Swami Vivekanand
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. In which of following Buddhist councils compilation of holy books was completed?
A)Pataliputra
B)Rajgir
C)Kashmir
D)Vaishali
Answer: Rajgir
- Q. Which among the following names is not associated with the theosophical society?
A)Madame Blavatsky
B)Col. Occolt
C)Annie Besant
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. What was the another name of ‘Quit India movement’?
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Khilafat Movement
C)Home Rule Movement
D)August Kranti
Answer: August Kranti
- Q. The Non-Cooperation movement had been launched by Gandhi in the year
A)1919
B)1916
C)1920
D)1923
Answer: 1920
- Q. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
A)Ashoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Dharmapala
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri Mantra?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Kathopanishad
D)Aitareya Brahmana
Answer: Rigveda
- Q. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
A)The Government of India act, 1919
B)The Government of India act 1913
C)The Government of India act 1935
D)None of these
Answer: The Government of India act, 1919
- Q. Who was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great
A)Aristotle
B)Plato
C)Socrates
D)None of the above
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?
A)Mohanlal Pandya
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Sardar Patel
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Mohanlal Pandya
- Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
A)Jinnah
B)Nehru
C)Gandhi
D)Rajaji
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near
A)Nizamabad
B)Mysore
C)Aurangabad
D)Bhopal
Answer: Aurangabad
- Q. Which Mughal ruler’s reign has been described as the golden age of medieval art and architecture?
A)Babur's
B)Jahangir's
C)Humayun's
D)Shah Jahan's
Answer: Shah Jahan's
- 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. During Karikala’s rule the important Chola port was
A)Puhar
B)Calicut
C)Korkai
D)Thondi
Answer: Puhar
- Q. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following statements was not correct?
A)Responsible Government would be realised only by the progressive stages.
B)British India must remain an integral part of the British Empire.
C)Provincial subjects were classified into Reserved subjects and Transferred subjects.
D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
- Q. I. Aurangzeb abolished Rahdari, Pandari and Pilgrim tax. II. Aurangzeb discontinued the practice of inscribing the Kalima on the coins. Which of the above statements is/are correct related to Aurangzeb?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only II
- Q. The first economic thinker of India who showed through his writings that the basic cause of India’s poverty lay in the British exploitation and drain of wealth was
A)Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
B)Badruddin Tyabji
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)N.G. Chandavarkar
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Who constructed the Khajuraho temples?
A)Sindhiya
B)Halkar
C)Bundela Rajput
D)Chandel Rajput
Answer: Chandel Rajput
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