More Questions on History
- Q. Tirthankar Ajitnath was detached from whose effects?
A)Acharya Aridaman
B)Padprabhu
C)Arahnath
D)Naminath
Answer: Acharya Aridaman
- Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Who was Nur Jahan’s son-in-law?
A)Nazim
B)Khurram
C)Abdul
D)Shahryar
Answer: Shahryar
- Q. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
A)Agra Fort
B)Gwalior Fort
C)Lahore Fort
D)Allahabad Fort
Answer: Gwalior Fort
- Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
- Q. The first Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was
A)Neel Darpan
B)Rast Goftar
C)Shome Prakash
D)None of the above
Answer: Neel Darpan
- Q. Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the
A)Jains
B)Parsis
C)Jews
D)Buddhists
Answer: Parsis
- Q. Which of the following was not included in the Treaty to be negotiated as provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan?
A)Constituent Assembly
B)The Indian Union
C)Indian National Congress
D)The United Kingdom
Answer: Indian National Congress
- Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Lucknow
C)Lahore
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the impact of Bhakti Movement? I. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Hindu literature in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music. II. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Buddhist text in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Dara Shikoh was killed in conflict with his brother__________
A)Aurangzeb
B)Jahangir
C)Babur
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Who is the only women historian to have written a historical account of Mughal Period?
A)Zebun-nissa Begum
B)Noorjahan Begum
C)Gulbadan Begum
D)Jahanara Begum
Answer: Gulbadan Begum
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?
A)our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred.
B)Forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only.
C)Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the the attempt.
D)Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
Answer: Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
- Q. Chahalghani under IItutmish represented __________
A)Slaves inherited by him from his predecessors
B)His Turkish slaves
C)General cadre of slaves
D)The elite cadre of slave officers under him
Answer: His Turkish slaves
- Q. Who wrote Si- Yu- ki?
A)Selucas Nicator
B)Harshavardhan
C)Hieun Tsiang
D)Megasthanese
Answer: Hieun Tsiang
- Q. Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India
A)Comwallis
B)Clive
C)Warren Hastings
D)Wellesley
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. A renowned Jain scholar who was greatly honoured by Akbar was
A)Harivijaya
B)Hemachandra
C)Vastupala
D)Bhadrabahu
Answer: Harivijaya
- Q. Assuming the title of Alamgir, Aurangzeb crowned himself as Emperor on July 21, 1658 at
A)Aurangabad
B)Agra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
A)Mahasena
B)Harisena
C)Veerasena
D)Vishnusena
Answer: Harisena
- Q. In which year was the quit India movement launched?
A)1940
B)1930
C)1942
D)1947
Answer: 1942
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