More Questions on History

  • Q. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were
    A)Officials of the state
    B)Landlords and zamindars
    C)Those who had to give revenue
    D)Revenue collectors
    Answer: Officials of the state
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Manusmriti I. Smritis dealt with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma. II. Consists mainly of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
    A)removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
    B)enforcing monogamy
    C)penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
    D)civil marriages
    Answer: penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
  • Q. Which of the following Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka describes the Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka?
    A)No. X
    B)No. XIII
    C)No. XI
    D)No. XII
    Answer: No. XIII
  • Q. Concerning the caste system, __________said the following to Narayana Guru: “The casteHindus and the low caste-Hindus are both the sons of Hinduism. The caste-Hindu is the elder brother who shoulders responsibility, and he therefore exercises certain privileges. The low casteHindu is his younger brother who is to be cared for. If the elder brother turns out to be somewhat rough and aggressive that should not make the younger brother a runaway from his mother Hinduism.”
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Chattambi Swamikal
    C)Tilak
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Which of the following provision was not included in the Nehru Report?
    A)The Governor General must be only the constitutional head
    B)India must be given Dominion status
    C)There was to be no separate electorate
    D)Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
    Answer: Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
  • 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. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related with the Kautilya’s Arthashastra? I. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on statecraft was written in Gupta Period. II. Arthashastra was written in the fourth century B.C. by Kautilya, from which it appeared a tradition of writing on and teaching of statecrafts because Kautilya acknowledges his debt to his predecessors in the field
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Name of Republic which was a confederacy to tribes in the 6th century B.C
    A)Vajji
    B)Gandhara
    C)Koushal
    D)Avanti
    Answer: Vajji
  • Q. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
    A)Ram Mohan Roy
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Sisir Kumar
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: E
  • Q. The Indian National Congress had been formed with the knowledge and approval of Lord
    A)Mountbatten
    B)Dufferin
    C)Ripon
    D)Curzon
    Answer: Dufferin
  • Q. Find the odd one
    A)Yajur veda
    B)Sam veda
    C)Vishnu Purana
    D)Rig veda
    Answer: Vishnu Purana
  • Q. According to the provisions of the Regulating Act the Supreme Court in Bengal consisted of the Chief Justice and
    A)Two Judges
    B)Five Judges
    C)Six Judges
    D)Three Judges
    Answer: Three Judges
  • Q. The tomb of Jahangir was built at
    A)Delhi
    B)Gujrat
    C)Lahore
    D)Agra
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. The National Emblem of Italy is
    A)White Eagle
    B)Eagle
    C)White Lily
    D)Lily
    Answer: White Lily
  • Q. The Earliest Settlements of Aryan tribes were at
    A)Bengal
    B)Uttar Pradesh
    C)Sapta Sindhu
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Sapta Sindhu
  • Q. Which of following Chalcolithic sites comes under Ganges system?
    A)Alamgirpur
    B)Hanumangarh
    C)Ropar
    D)Mohenjodaro
    Answer: Alamgirpur
  • Q. Who founded Tattvabodhini sabha in 1839 ?
    A)Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
    B)Dayanand Sarswati
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Jogesh Chandra Dutt
    Answer: Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
  • Q. Who wrote Panchatantra?
    A)Vishnu Sharma
    B)Kalidas
    C)Chanakya
    D)Nagarjun
    Answer: Vishnu Sharma
  • Q. Which of the following Tamil literature was written by Ilango Adigal, brother of Senguvattan, a Chera King and who was a Jain monk is a highly regarded epic?
    A)Elathi
    B)Kainnilai
    C)Silappatikaram
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Silappatikaram

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