More Questions on History

  • Q. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
    A)he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
    B)his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
    C)after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
    D)he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal
    Answer: after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
  • Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
    A)Saivaite Nayanmars
    B)Sankara
    C)Vashnavaite Alwars
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Sankara
  • Q. What were the crops raised by the Harappans? I. Cotton II. Wheat III. Barley IV. Peas Select the correct option
    A)I, II and III
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)II, III and IV
    D)II and III
    Answer: I, II, III and IV
  • Q. Two great Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila were patronised by the
    A)Paramaras
    B)Palas
    C)Chandelas
    D)All the above
    Answer: Palas
  • Q. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutubuddin Aibak
    C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
    A)Purushottam Das Tandon
    B)Shri Bharat Kumar
    C)Sir William Wedderburn
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • 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. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
    A)Dakhma
    B)Tripitaka
    C)Khanjah
    D)Synagogue
    Answer: Khanjah
  • Q. Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?
    A)The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations
    B)The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhi's participation in it
    C)The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
    D)Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference
    Answer: The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
  • Q. Who is known as ‘The Father of English History’
    A)Alfred the Great
    B)Jerome
    C)John Chrysostom
    D)Bede
    Answer: Bede
  • Q. After his coronation Shivaji assumed the title of
    A)Peshwa
    B)Maharaja
    C)Chhatrapati
    D)Samrat
    Answer: Chhatrapati
  • Q. The Akal Takht was built by
    A)Guru Teg Bahadur
    B)Guru Ramdas
    C)Guru Hargovind
    D)Guru Nanak
    Answer: Guru Hargovind
  • Q. The ‘political philosophy’ was the work of __________
    A)Dadabai Naoroji
    B)Gopala Krishna Gokhale
    C)R. C. Dutt
    D)Lala Lajpath Rai
    Answer: Gopala Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?
    A)William Jones
    B)Alexander Cunningham
    C)James Prinsep
    D)Charles Wilkins
    Answer: Charles Wilkins
  • Q. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident was headed by
    A)Irwin
    B)Dyer
    C)Hunter
    D)Simon
    Answer: Hunter
  • Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
    A)Chand Bardoi
    B)Sandhyakara Nandi
    C)Banabhatta
    D)Kalhana
    Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
  • Q. By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors were transferred to __________
    A)Parliament
    B)The Secretary of State
    C)Viceroy
    D)Commander-in-Chief
    Answer: The Secretary of State
  • Q. Kabir was contemporary of
    A)Sultan Sikandar Lodi
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Both (A) and (B) above
    D)Babur
    Answer: Both (A) and (B) above
  • Q. The economy of the Indus Valley people was based on?
    A)Trade and Commerce
    B)Agriculture
    C)Crafts
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath?
    A)1892
    B)1858
    C)1882
    D)None of these
    Answer: 1882

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