More Questions on History
- Q. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?
A)Zamidar's property
B)Providing rent free land
C)Giving officer a right to revenue
D)Giving cash salary to Mansabdar
Answer: Giving officer a right to revenue
- Q. According to Marx, the source of value is
A)Land
B)Capital
C)Labour
D)None of the above
Answer: Labour
- Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it
B)There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
C)To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
D)The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
Answer: To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
- Q. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?
A)Vajrata
B)Anangpal
C)Rudrane
D)Devraja
Answer: Anangpal
- Q. Who was the founder of the Satavahana Empire?
A)Simuka
B)Kanha
C)Hala
D)Gautamiputra
Answer: Simuka
- Q. Who is regarded as the founder of modern Egypt
A)Ibrahim Pasha
B)Muhammad Ali
C)Abbas I
D)Sa'id Pasha
Answer: Muhammad Ali
- Q. Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
A)It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality
B)It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
C)It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience
D)None of the above
Answer: It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
- Q. Jahangir was the son of
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :
A)Land Lords
B)Mill Owners
C)The peasants
D)Kol Rebellion
Answer: The peasants
- Q. The Saviour of the Delhi Sultanate was
A)Minas-us-Siraj
B)Qutub-din-Aibak
C)Iltutmish
D)Ghiyasuddin Balban
Answer: Ghiyasuddin Balban
- Q. __________ a notable disciple of Sree Narayana Guru introduced Guru’s visions and ideals to the western world
A)Kumaranasan
B)Nataraja Guru
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)K.Madhavan
Answer: Nataraja Guru
- Q. Lucknow pact’ was a deal between
A)Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
B)Indians and the British about legislative seats
C)Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations
D)Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations
Answer: Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
- Q. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of the Medieval India is dedicated to which Lord?
A)Brahma
B)Shiva
C)Vishnu
D)Ram
Answer: Shiva
- Q. The language from which the term ‘India’ is derived is
A)Greek
B)English
C)Persian
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. Dara Shikoh was killed in conflict with his brother__________
A)Aurangzeb
B)Jahangir
C)Babur
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
A)Chand Bardoi
B)Sandhyakara Nandi
C)Banabhatta
D)Kalhana
Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
- Q. Who declared that he would talk of religion only when he succeeded in removing poverty and misery from the country, for religion could not appease hunger?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi was in full swing during the Viceroyalty of
A)Irwin
B)Chelmsford
C)Reading
D)Hardinge
Answer: Reading
- Q. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
A)Trivarga
B)Triratna
C)Trisarga
D)Trimurti
Answer: Triratna
- Q. The Social System of the Harappans was
A)Slave Labour based
B)Fairly egalitarian
C)Colour Varna based
D)Caste based
Answer: Fairly egalitarian
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