More Questions on History

  • Q. The voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as
    A)Apni Katha
    B)Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
    C)Baichitra Natak
    D)Gyan Prabodh
    Answer: Baichitra Natak
  • Q. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
    A)Elizabeth of Russia
    B)Catherine the Great
    C)Peter the Great
    D)Peter III of Russia
    Answer: Catherine the Great
  • Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
    A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
    B)To oust the British from India
    C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
    D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
    Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
  • Q. Assertion (A): Nalanda was the centre of Buddhist learning in the post-Gupta period. Reason (R): It was patronised by the Pala rulers.
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge between the past and the future is
    A)Devendra Nath Tagore
    B)Keshab Chandra Sen
    C)Ishwar chandra
    D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. Ashoka has been particularly influenced by the Buddhist monk
    A)Upagupta
    B)Ambhi
    C)Asvaghosha
    D)Vasubandhu
    Answer: Upagupta
  • Q. In which year the Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus
    A)310 BC
    B)302 BC
    C)312 BC
    D)326 BC
    Answer: 326 BC
  • Q. Akbar’s teacher was
    A)Bairam Khan
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Abdul Latif
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Abdul Latif
  • 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. When did Nanda dynasty come into power?
    A)404 BC
    B)424 BC
    C)399 BC
    D)385 BC
    Answer: 424 BC
  • Q. Under which tree Sumtinath Tirthankar received Kaivalya Gyan?
    A)Neem
    B)Devdar
    C)Priyangu
    D)Vat
    Answer: Priyangu
  • Q. Whose model is based on the Mandate of Heaven?
    A)Li Ling
    B)Ban Gu
    C)Qin Shi Huang
    D)Sima Qian
    Answer: Sima Qian
  • Q. The home of Gargi, Maitrey and Kapila was at
    A)Ujjain
    B)Vidisha
    C)Pataliputra
    D)Mithila
    Answer: Mithila
  • Q. Cold War refers to
    A)Ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world
    B)Tension between East and West
    C)Tension between Superpowers
    D)Tension between Superpowers
    Answer: Tension between East and West
  • Q. The __________ was run by Tarachand Chakravarty
    A)Hesperus
    B)Quill
    C)Enquirer
    D)Bengal Spectator
    Answer: Quill
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from
    A)Ruskin
    B)Thoureau
    C)Confucius
    D)Tolstoy
    Answer: Thoureau
  • Q. Who pioneered Christian cenobitic monasticism?
    A)Athanasius of Alexandria
    B)Anthony the Great
    C)Basil of Caesarea
    D)Pachomius the Great
    Answer: Pachomius the Great
  • Q. When were ancient Olympic games held first?
    A)780 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)790 BC
    D)800 BC
    Answer: 776 BC
  • Q. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
    A)Establishment of village industries
    B)Abolition of machinery
    C)Adoption of non-violence
    D)Trusteeship theory
    Answer: Trusteeship theory
  • Q. Provision was made in the Act of 1773, for the office of a Governor-General of
    A)Fort William
    B)India
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Fort William

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