More Questions on History
- Q. The chief impact of vedic culture on Indian history has been
A)The rise of an other-worldly outlook
B)The growth of Sanskrit
C)The progress of philosophy
D)The consolidation of the caste system
Answer: The consolidation of the caste system
- Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Sumtinath Tirthankar was born?
A)Dhanishtha
B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
C)Shravan
D)Magha Nakshtra
Answer: Magha Nakshtra
- Q. Which of the following pairs of persons are correctly matched? I. Chandragupta-II : Fa-Hien II. Skandagupta: I-tsing III. Harsha: Hiuen Tsang
A)I, II and III
B)I and II
C)I and III
D)II and III
Answer: I and III
- Q. __________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State
A)Patel
B)Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Gokhale
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
A)Herbert Bakers
B)Sir Edward Lutyens
C)Robert Tor Tussell
D)Antonin Raymond
Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
- Q. The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in
A)Pali texts
B)Prakrit texts
C)Sanskrit texts
D)Pictographical texts
Answer: Pali texts
- Q. Who founded the Pala Empire?
A)Dharmapala
B)Devapala
C)Dhruva
D)Gopala
Answer: Gopala
- Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
A)Sri Lanka
B)Varkala
C)Kottayam
D)Calicut
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. The capital of Kanishka was
A)Benares
B)Puruspura
C)Allahabad
D)Sarnath
Answer: Puruspura
- 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. Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi’s assassination. “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
A)Nelson Mandela
B)Bertrand Russel
C)Albert Einstein
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Albert Einstein
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the Rome city in 753 BC
A)Augustus
B)Julius Caesar
C)Romulus and Remus
D)Camillus
Answer: Romulus and Remus
- Q. Which pharaoh build the largest pyramid known as Great Pyramid of Giza
A)Tutankhamun
B)Sneferu
C)Khufu
D)None of the above
Answer: Khufu
- Q. When did the Third Battle of Panipat take place?
A)1761
B)1707
C)1751
D)1765
Answer: 1761
- Q. Swami Dayananda had translated the __________ into Hindi.
A)Four Vedas
B)Rig Veda and Yajur Veda
C)Sama Veda and Atharva Veda
D)Sama Veda and Yajur Veda
Answer: Rig Veda and Yajur Veda
- Q. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
A)Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
B)Tarabai
C)Peshwa Bajirao
D)Shahu
Answer: Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
- Q. Who among the following from the first cabinet of indepenent India was responsible of mass religious conversion?
A)Dr. John Mathai
B)Dr. S. P. Mukherjee
C)Sardar Baldeve Singh
D)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter and George Herbert in the year
A)1922
B)1920
C)1998
D)1930
Answer: 1922
- Q. The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
A)Ashvaghosha
B)Nagarjuna
C)Vasumitra
D)Buddhaghosha
Answer: Ashvaghosha
- Q. Which among the following fort was known as the ‘Key of Deccan’?
A)Ajaygarh
B)Kalinjar
C)Asirgarh
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Asirgarh
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