More Questions on History
- Q. Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as :
A)Sher-e-Maharastra
B)Sher-e-Bengal
C)Sher-e-Kashmir
D)Sher-e-Punjab
Answer: Sher-e-Punjab
- Q. Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
A)Devi Chand Guptam
B)Mudrarakasam
C)Mrichekakatika
D)Malavikagnimitra
Answer: Mudrarakasam
- Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
A)Kapila
B)Patanjali
C)Vyasa
D)Shankaracharya
Answer: Vyasa
- Q. Which empire lasted the longest among the following?
A)The Pratiharas
B)The Palas
C)The Rashtrakutas
D)The Senas
Answer: The Rashtrakutas
- Q. Who said, “India is for Indians?”
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Syed Hasan Imam
C)Dr. S.Gopal
D)Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. The daughter who milks animals in the Vedic period was known as
A)Duhitr
B)Kubha
C)Komi
D)Sardha
Answer: Duhitr
- Q. During the reign of Aurangzeb, Rajaram was a
A)Mughal Leader
B)Jat Leader
C)Maratha Leader
D)Sikh Leader
Answer: Maratha Leader
- Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Thomas Edison
D)Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Anand Mohan Bose
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Q. Humayun lost the Mughal Empire to Sher Shah Suri finally in the battle of
A)Chausa
B)Chunar
C)Ghagra
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
A)Cholas
B)Chalukyas
C)Pallavas
D)Satavahanas
Answer: Chalukyas
- Q. Assertion (A): The Kushanas issued a large number of gold coins. Reason (R): The period was marked by flourishing trade
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
A)underground drainage system
B)town planning
C)uniformity of weights and measures
D)large agricultural surplus
Answer: underground drainage system
- Q. Akbar was__________ years old when he became emperor
A)19
B)16
C)13
D)10
Answer: 13
- Q. Where was republic established in Germany after the First World War
A)Weimer
B)Munich
C)Berlin
D)Bavaria
Answer: Weimer
- Q. Mahabandula was killed at __________
A)Tenesserin
B)Rangoon
C)Danubyu
D)Prome
Answer: Danubyu
- Q. Gandhi wanted to realise ‘truth’ through
A)Dharma (Religion)
B)Ahimsa (Non-violence)
C)Karma (Service)
D)Dhyana (Meditation)
Answer: Ahimsa (Non-violence)
- Q. Who told that Indian National Congress represents only microscopic minorities?
A)Lord Dufferin
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Minto
D)None of these
Answer: Lord Dufferin
- Q. With whom is the slogan “Do or Die” associated?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Subhas Chandra Bose
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
A)Praja Mandal Movement
B)State People's Movement
C)Both A and B above
D)Swaraj Movement
Answer: Both A and B above
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