More Questions on History

  • Q. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’?
    A)The Dewan of Travancore
    B)The Maharaja of Baroda
    C)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    D)The Raja of Jodhpur
    Answer: The Dewan of Travancore
  • Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement started in
    A)1920
    B)1870
    C)1921
    D)1942
    Answer: 1920
  • Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of History’
    A)Thucydides
    B)Homer
    C)Herodotus
    D)Archimedes
    Answer: Herodotus
  • Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
    A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
    B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
    C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
    D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
    Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
  • Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Lord Wavell
    D)Lord Lirrlithgow
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. Shivaji attacked Shaista Khan in the night at
    A)Konkan
    B)Agra
    C)Bijapur
    D)Poona
    Answer: Poona
  • Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
    A)Kavindra Acharya
    B)Kavi Kalash
    C)Kavi Bhusan
    D)Kavi Martanda
    Answer: Kavi Kalash
  • Q. I. Jahangir had set up his court at Allahabad, assumed royal titles and struck coins in his name II. He banned slaughter of animals on two days in every week viz – Sunday & Thursday. Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the __________ Movement
    A)Quit India
    B)Swadeshi
    C)Khilafat
    D)Civil Disobedience
    Answer: Khilafat
  • Q. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Lothal
    C)Harappa
    D)Mohenjo Daro
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. As per ‘August Offer’ the British objective for India was __________
    A)Puma Swaraj
    B)Dominion Status
    C)Responsible Government
    D)Provincial Authority
    Answer: Dominion Status
  • Q. During the Mauryan period the administration was in the hands of
    A)four boards
    B)three boards
    C)five boards
    D)six boards
    Answer: six boards
  • Q. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident was headed by
    A)Irwin
    B)Dyer
    C)Hunter
    D)Simon
    Answer: Hunter
  • Q. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
    A)A future administration of India
    B)Provision of provincial autonomy
    C)Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
    Answer: A future administration of India
  • Q. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge” – this was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
    A)C Raja Gopalchari
    B)Dr. B R Ambedkar
    C)Jawaharlal Neheru
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawaharlal Neheru
  • Q. Who is the author of “Shahnama”?
    A)Firdausi
    B)Utbi
    C)Hasan Nizami
    D)AI-Beruni
    Answer: Firdausi
  • Q. Which among the following is the great Buddhist work consisting of dialogues between the Indo-Greek King Menander and the Buddhist philosopher Nagasena?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Milinda Panha
    C)Jataka
    D)Kumarasambhava
    Answer: Milinda Panha
  • Q. Shah Jahan was kept in prison by Aurangzeb at
    A)Agra
    B)Ajmer
    C)Delhi
    D)Daulatabad
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Vaishanavism
    B)Nirgunabraman
    C)Shaivism
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Nirgunabraman
  • Q. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya’s Court was
    A)Seleucus Nicator
    B)Kautilya
    C)Megasthenes
    D)Justin
    Answer: Megasthenes

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