More Questions on History

  • Q. Jainism was divided into two sects – Swetambaras (White-clad) and Digambaras (Sky clad or naked) – During the reign of the
    A)Mauryas
    B)Nandas
    C)Kusanas
    D)Shungas
    Answer: Mauryas
  • Q. Who give the famous quote ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth’
    A)Abraham Lincoln
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Vladimir Lenin
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
    A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
    B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
    C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
    D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
    Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
  • Q. Noor Jahan was the wife of which Mughal emperor?
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Which one of the following is the principal source of information of Ashoka’s campaign against Kalinga?
    A)Mahavamsa
    B)Pillar Edict-VII
    C)Divyavadana
    D)Rock Edict-XIII
    Answer: Rock Edict-XIII
  • Q. Of the following, in which did Napolenic France suffer final defeat?
    A)Battle of Wagram
    B)Battle of Trafalgar
    C)Battle of Pyramids
    D)Battle of Austerlitz
    Answer: Battle of Trafalgar
  • Q. Banga Darshan – a monthly magazine – was started in 1872 from Behrampur by:
    A)Umakant desai
    B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    C)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
    D)None of these
    Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • Q. Where was St. Paul beheaded?
    A)Ephesus
    B)Rome
    C)Kusadasi
    D)Jerusalem
    Answer: Rome
  • Q. The organization of Khudai Khidmatgar was established:
    A)Under the leadership of Abul Kalam Azad
    B)Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
    C)Under the leadership of M.A. Ansari
    D)Under the leadership of Syed Hasan Imam
    Answer: Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
  • Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
    A)George Washington
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Benjamin Franklin
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson
  • Q. Pazhassi Samarangal (Malayalam) was written by __________
    A)Bhattacharya Sabya
    B)K. K. N. Kurup
    C)K. K. Kusuman
    D)B. Sobhanan
    Answer: K. K. N. Kurup
  • Q. Lord __________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India
    A)Bentinck
    B)Ripon
    C)Curzon
    D)Mayo
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramdas
    C)Namdeva
    D)Eknath
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942 ?
    A)Report of Simon Commission
    B)Severe unrest among the people
    C)Failure of the Cripps Mission
    D)British involved in the world was-II
    Answer: Failure of the Cripps Mission
  • Q. Mughal paintings were reached its zenith of progress during the reign of?
    A)Aurangazeb
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Swami Dayananda had translated the __________ into Hindi.
    A)Four Vedas
    B)Rig Veda and Yajur Veda
    C)Sama Veda and Atharva Veda
    D)Sama Veda and Yajur Veda
    Answer: Rig Veda and Yajur Veda
  • Q. To which personality Mahatma Gandhi gave the title “Deen Bandhu”?
    A)CF Andrews
    B)Sri Aurobindo
    C)Vinoba Bhave
    D)CR Das
    Answer: CF Andrews
  • Q. Name the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Gopalkrishna Gokhle
    C)Aurobindo Ghosh
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: Gopalkrishna Gokhle
  • Q. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Ambika Charan Majumdar
    D)Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
  • Q. Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha started in 1851 by Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabahi Naroji, S.S. Bengalee and other was a
    A)Parsi education Reform Association
    B)Parsi Economical Reform Association
    C)Parsi culture Reform Association
    D)Parsi religious Reform Association
    Answer: Parsi religious Reform Association

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