More Questions on History
- Q. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by
A)Menander
B)Ashoka
C)Kanishka
D)Huvishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Which is a treatise on the science of governance?
A)Ramayana
B)Mahabharata
C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
D)Chandrawati Ramayana
Answer: Kautilya's Arthshastra
- Q. Which dynasty immediately succeeded the Maurya dynasty and ruled Magadha Kingdom?
A)Sunga
B)Satavahana
C)Nanda
D)Kanva
Answer: Sunga
- Q. Swarajist Party was organised by
A)Subash Chandra Bose
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Annie Besant
D)Gokhale
Answer: Motilal Nehru
- Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. During the first Carnatic War, the French Governor-General of Pondicherry was
A)Captain Paradise
B)La Bourdonnais
C)Dupleix
D)Count-de-Lally
Answer: Dupleix
- Q. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
A)Jhelum and Chenab
B)Sutlej and Beas
C)Ravi and Chenab
D)Ganga and Yamuna
Answer: Jhelum and Chenab
- Q. Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence: I. Firuz Tughlaq II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq III. Abu Bakr IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
A)I,II,V,IV,III
B)II,V,I,III,IV
C)II,V,I,IV,III
D)IV,II,I,V,III
Answer: II,V,I,III,IV
- Q. In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered “Guru” and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
A)Malabar
B)Travancore
C)Cochi
D)Kottayam
Answer: Travancore
- Q. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna?
A)Mirabai
B)Ramananda
C)Tukaram
D)Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
- Q. The utensils of the Indus Valley people were mainly made of
A)copper
B)clay
C)bronze
D)brass
Answer: clay
- Q. What did Raja Ram Mohan Roy actively seek reforms in?
A)Teaching the Vedas in schools
B)Promoting intercaste marriages
C)Ending the practice of Sati
D)Building more temples
Answer: Ending the practice of Sati
- Q. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at
A)Calcutta
B)Multan
C)Alwar
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
A)Man Singh I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Man Singh I
- Q. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast?
A)Farid
B)Nizamuddin Aulia
C)Todarmal
D)Firdausi
Answer: Nizamuddin Aulia
- Q. Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance
A)Venice
B)Florence
C)Rome
D)London
Answer: Florence
- Q. Varahamihira is
A)A space shuttle
B)An astronaut
C)A power station
D)An ancient astronomer
Answer: An ancient astronomer
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jehangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The Singh Sabha intended to restore Sikhism to its past purity by publishing historical religious books, magazines and journals, to propagate knowledge using Punjabi, to return Sikh apostates to their original faith, and to involve highly placed __________in the educational programme of the Sikhs
A)Frenchmen
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)Englishmen
Answer: Englishmen
- Q. Dandi March started on __________ 1930
A)12th April
B)12th March
C)12th February
D)12th May
Answer: 12th March
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