More Questions on History
- Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
A)T N Das
B)Robert Knight
C)Ashok Mehta
D)K M Pannikar
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
A)Richard III
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VII
D)None of the above
Answer: Henry VII
- Q. The Svetambara Jains were
A)clad in black
B)clad in white
C)clad in red
D)saffron clad
Answer: clad in white
- Q. Which is known as book of Melody?
A)Samveda
B)Rigveda
C)Atharvaveda
D)Yajurveda
Answer: Samveda
- Q. How did Europeans use the term ‘middle ages’?
A)The medieval era of European history
B)The crisis of Western Europe
C)The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500
D)The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity
Answer: The medieval era of European history
- Q. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahmo Samaj?
A)Keshab Chandra Sen
B)Debendranath Tagore
C)Raja ram Mohan Rai
D)Atma Ram Pandurang
Answer: Atma Ram Pandurang
- Q. Subject matter which Manu Smriti deals with is related to
A)Politics
B)Economics
C)Law
D)Arts
Answer: Law
- Q. Abdul Hamid Lahori is the author of
A)Padshah Nama
B)Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh
C)Alamgir Nama
D)Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
Answer: Padshah Nama
- Q. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Narayan Guru
C)Krishna swami Aiyar
D)Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Keshav Chandra Sen
- Q. During the Mughal period Polaj was the
A)land left fallow
B)land annually cultivated
C)land uncultivated
D)barren land
Answer: land annually cultivated
- Q. When were concave spectacles invented?
A)1320
B)1286
C)1360
D)1000
Answer: 1286
- 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. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
A)Pulicat
B)Masulipatnam
C)Surat
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: Pulicat
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
A)Upendranath Basu
B)Annie Besant
C)I. N. Gurtu
D)George Thompson
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as
A)Apni Katha
B)Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
C)Baichitra Natak
D)Gyan Prabodh
Answer: Baichitra Natak
- Q. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by
A)SM Joshi
B)Hiren Mukherjee
C)MN Roy
D)RC Dutt
Answer: MN Roy
- Q. Which one of the following places has yielded earliest Stupa railing?
A)Bharhut
B)Sanchi
C)Amaravati
D)Nagarjunkondas
Answer: Sanchi
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
B)his trial in 1907-08
C)the Home Rule Movement
D)the Congress Session in 1917
Answer: the Home Rule Movement
- Q. Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh Gurus?
A)Arjan Dev
B)Hari Rai
C)Tegh Bahadur
D)Gobind Singh
Answer: Gobind Singh
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