More Questions on History
- Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
A)Baroda
B)Travancore
C)Hyderabad
D)Mysore
Answer: Travancore
- Q. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of __________
A)Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
A)Mirabai
B)Chaitanya
C)Tulsidas
D)Surdas
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in the book
A)British Rule and its Consequences
B)Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
C)Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India
D)Nature of British Colonial Rule
Answer: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
- Q. Sufi Sect’ originated and developed in
A)Christianity
B)Islam
C)Hinduism
D)Zoroastrianism
Answer: Islam
- Q. Assertion (A): Rana Sanga lost the battle of Khanwa in the year 1527. Reason (R): An ally of Rana Sanga, Hasan Khan Mewati betrayed him during the battle
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Vaishnavism
D)Tantra
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had started a reform movement among the Muslim, called the __________ Movement
A)Aligarh
B)Sufi
C)Jaipur
D)Wahabi
Answer: Aligarh
- Q. The term ‘Upanishad’ Literally implies
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Sitting near
D)Recitation
Answer: Sitting near
- Q. What did the ninth-century Scandinavian invasions do in England?
A)Led to disintegration of a large kingdom into smaller kingdoms
B)Promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a large kingdom
C)Gave way to colonization by the Vikings
D)Brought down Anglo-Saxon alliance
Answer: Promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a large kingdom
- Q. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the NorthWest Frontier Province (NWFP) for
A)establishing separate Pakhtoonistan
B)countering the communal propaganda of the Muslim League
C)social and religious reforms
D)All the above
Answer: social and religious reforms
- Q. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Tamil
D)Greek
Answer: Pali
- Q. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
A)Chyavana
B)Susruta
C)Dhanwantari
D)Charaka
Answer: Dhanwantari
- Q. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
A)August 15, 1947
B)January 26, 1947
C)January 26, 1948
D)February 20, 1947
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
A)he suffered defeat in India
B)he fell ill
C)his forces refused to go further
D)he did not like India
Answer: his forces refused to go further
- Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
A)Madina
B)Baghdad
C)Kahira
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. The term ‘Cold War’ was coined by
A)Prof. Lippmann
B)Bernard Baruch
C)Palmer Perkins
D)Roosevelt
Answer: Bernard Baruch
- Q. The most important saint of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra who was born at Satara and is said to have died in Punjab, was
A)Namadeva
B)Jnanesvar
C)Tukaram
D)Guru Ramdas
Answer: Namadeva
- Q. What is pietra dura?
A)Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
B)A form of music
C)Armour
D)None of the above
Answer: Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
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