More Questions on History
- Q. The earliest specimen of Kavya style is found in?
A)Ellora
B)Ajanta
C)Kathiawar
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Kathiawar
- Q. Who made tripartite periodisation standard?
A)Christoph Cellarius
B)Andreas Cellarius
C)Flavio Biondo
D)Genseric
Answer: Christoph Cellarius
- Q. All are of one Self-fraternity such being the dictum to avow, in such a light how can we take life and devoid of least pity go on to eat. Who said this?
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Tilak
C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. __________, second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933, was described as a ‘Diamond Soul’, for she had many brilliant facets to her character
A)Krishnamohan Banerjee
B)Annie Besant
C)Hari Mohan
D)Govind Chandra Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. In 1934 Mahatma Gandhi withdrew from active politics and even resigned his membership of the Congress because
A)the political climate of India was unsuitable for any political movement
B)of the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement
C)he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
D)of his opposition to the desire of congressmen to enter legislatures under the Government of India Act of 1935
Answer: he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
- Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
A)Cyrus
B)Darius
C)Socrates
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who was the second Great Khagan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Temur Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
- Q. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath?
A)1892
B)1858
C)1882
D)None of these
Answer: 1882
- Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
A)Qutb-din-Aibak
B)Nasir-ud-din
C)Bahram Shah
D)Aram Shah
Answer: Nasir-ud-din
- Q. When did the Third Battle of Panipat take place?
A)1761
B)1707
C)1751
D)1765
Answer: 1761
- Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D)Baba Farid
Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
- Q. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Subhash Chandra Bose
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. First war of Crusade was ended in the year
A)1095
B)1099
C)1123
D)1323
Answer: 1099
- Q. Which of the following play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Palaka?
A)Raghuvansa
B)Mrcchakatika
C)Sri Adi Kala
D)None of the above
Answer: Mrcchakatika
- Q. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
A)Angas
B)Prabandhas
C)Nibandhas
D)Chartis
Answer: Angas
- Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
D)C. R. Das
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of
A)Morley
B)Minto
C)Northbrook
D)Hastings
Answer: Northbrook
- Q. Who was not among the three revolutionaries who were hanged on March 23, 1931?
A)Azad
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Rajguru
D)Sukhdev
Answer: Azad
- Q. The Minto Morley reforms was in the year __________
A)1907
B)1906
C)1909
D)1919
Answer: 1909
- Q. Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of English Education in India”?
A)Macaulay Commission
B)Wood's Dispatch
C)Vernacular Act
D)Both A & B
Answer: Wood's Dispatch
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History