More Questions on History
- Q. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located?
A)Krishna
B)Kaveri
C)Wainganga
D)Tungabhadra
Answer: Tungabhadra
- Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which of the following dynasty succeeded the Mauryas?
A)Sungas
B)Satavahanas
C)Yavanas
D)Pandya
Answer: Sungas
- Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
- Q. The battle of Thermopylae was fought between
A)Athens and Rome
B)Sparta and Athens
C)Greece City States and Persia
D)Rome and Carthage
Answer: Greece City States and Persia
- Q. Which of the following could be associated with Buddhism? I. Rejection of the authority of Vedas II. Denial of God III. Belief in the categories of jiva and ajiva IV. The concept of nirvana V. Theory of prakriti and purusha
A)II,III,IV and I
B)I,II and III
C)I,II and IV
D)I,III,IV and V
Answer: I,II and IV
- Q. In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days
A)to launch a campaign against untouchability
B)to appeal to the Hindus to throw open the temples and public wells to the Harijans
C)for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
D)For all the above
Answer: for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
- Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Sankara
C)Vashnavaite Alwars
D)Tukaram
Answer: Sankara
- Q. The Vedic religion along with its Later (Vedic) developments is actually known as
A)Brahmanism
B)Hinduism
C)Bhagavatism
D)Vedic Dharma
Answer: Brahmanism
- Q. Dandi March started from __________ in 1930
A)Sabarmati Ashram
B)Surat
C)Delhi Durbar Hall
D)Vedaranyan
Answer: Sabarmati Ashram
- Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A)Noncooperation Co-operation
B)Khilafat movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Quit India Movement
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. When was the office of District Collector created?
A)1772
B)1786
C)1771
D)1773
Answer: 1772
- Q. When did Charlemagne conquer the Lombards?
A)753
B)752
C)757
D)774
Answer: 774
- Q. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced In India?
A)Dohakosa
B)Divya Vandana
C)Vjrachedika
D)Vamsathapakasini
Answer: Vamsathapakasini
- Q. When was ‘Hammer of the Witches’ published?
A)1471
B)1414
C)1484
D)1487
Answer: 1487
- Q. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
A)Helen Keller
B)Joan of Arc
C)Florence Nightingale
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Florence Nightingale
- Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
- Q. Who was the first Chancellor of Germany
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Leo von Caprivi
C)Otto von Bismarck
D)Hans Luther
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
- Q. The proceedings of the Third Buddhist Council led to the issue of Edict?
A)Sarnath
B)Sanchi
C)Bhabra
D)Kalinga
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. Purushapura is the other name for
A)Pataliputra
B)Patna
C)Peshawar
D)Punjab
Answer: Peshawar
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