More Questions on History
- Q. The only Veda to have been rendered musically is
A)The Sama Veda
B)The Rig Veda
C)The Yajur Veda
D)The Atharva Veda
Answer: The Sama Veda
- Q. What is the meaning of Masi?
A)Defence
B)Teaching
C)Agriculture
D)Business
Answer: Teaching
- Q. The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in
A)Sanskrit
B)Brahmi
C)Pali
D)Magadhi
Answer: Pali
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc
B)The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre
C)Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association
D)In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Answer: In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
- Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
A)Sanskrit
B)Hindi
C)Ardh-Magadhi
D)Regional vernacular languages
Answer: Regional vernacular languages
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
B)of superior resources of the British empire
C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
- Q. When was Anglo-Zulu War fought?
A)1898
B)1879
C)1899
D)1900
Answer: 1879
- Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
A)Lahore
B)Allahabad
C)Amritsar
D)Belur
Answer: Belur
- Q. Ayurveda’ has its origin in
A)Sama Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)Yajur Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
- Q. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between
A)Akbar and Medini Rai
B)Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh
C)Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
D)Akbar and Uday Singh
Answer: Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
- Q. Hyder Ali was the ruler of __________
A)Mysore
B)Hyderabad
C)Cochi
D)Bengal
Answer: Mysore
- Q. Sir William Wallace is known as the independence fighter of
A)Scotland
B)Denmark
C)Ireland
D)Italy
Answer: Scotland
- Q. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in
A)Silver
B)Gold
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Gold
- Q. St. Petersburg’ city was founded by the
A)Feodor III
B)Peter the Great
C)Catherine I
D)Peter II
Answer: Peter the Great
- Q. The Woods Despatch of 1854 resulted in the
A)Introduction of the postal system
B)Founding of several Indian universities
C)Establishment of the education system
D)Abolition of child marriage
Answer: Establishment of the education system
- Q. Who is considered as the greatest of all the Vijayanagar rulers?
A)Vir Narasimha
B)Krishnadeva Raya
C)Sadasiva Raya
D)Rama Raya
Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
- Q. The Second World War started in the year
A)1939
B)1940
C)1941
D)1942
Answer: 1939
- Q. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of__________
A)Rowlatt Satyagraha
B)Bhoodan Movement
C)Bardoli Satyagraha
D)Swadeshi Movement
Answer: Bardoli Satyagraha
- Q. A ‘Sabha’ in the Vedic period was a/an
A)Royal Court
B)Institution of professional men in villages
C)Mantri Parishad
D)National Assembly of all Citizens of the State.
Answer: National Assembly of all Citizens of the State.
- Q. Which of the following is not correct about Montegu- Chelmsford’s Reform & Government of India Act, 1919?
A)In this Act the central legislative council was replaced by two houses-the imperial legislative assembly and the council of state
B)It changed the administrative system in India
C)Education and public health were placed under charge of ministers responsible to the legislature
D)All of the above are incorrect
Answer: All of the above are incorrect
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