More Questions on History
- Q. Who said Ask not, Say not, Think not caste, Think only Gods
A)William Logan
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Connolly
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
A)Aurangzeb
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Dharmasutras and the Smritis? I. Texts were considered as the rules and regulations for the general public and for the rulers. II. Dharmasutras and the Smritis can also be termed in the modern concept as the constitution and law books for the ancient Indian polity and society
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)None of the above
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
A)Khudai Khidmatgar
B)The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
C)Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. What was the name of first Gandhar of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
A)Vipul
B)Vajrnath
C)Chandra Prabhu
D)Vasu
Answer: Vajrnath
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Cult preached under the Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas?
A)Vashnavaite Alwars
B)Saivaite Nayanmars
C)Both A & B
D)Advaita
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
A)Saktism
B)Shaivism
C)Bhagavatism
D)Tantricism
Answer: Bhagavatism
- Q. Satvahanas minted their coins predominantly in
A)Silver
B)Lead
C)Gold
D)Copper
Answer: Lead
- Q. When did Warring States period began in China?
A)475 BC
B)479 BC
C)469 BC
D)465 BC
Answer: 475 BC
- Q. Which one of the following famous ruler is called as ‘Father of Inscriptions’?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Samudra Gupta
C)Ashoka
D)Kanishka
Answer: Samudra Gupta
- Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
A)Michelangelo
B)Filippo Brunelleschi
C)Vincent van Gogh
D)Leonardo da Vinci
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Q. Who among the following writer’s book gives the detail information about the invasion of India by Alexander?
A)Megasthenes
B)Herodotus
C)Arrian
D)Ptolemy
Answer: Arrian
- Q. Tirthankar Ajitnath was detached from whose effects?
A)Acharya Aridaman
B)Padprabhu
C)Arahnath
D)Naminath
Answer: Acharya Aridaman
- Q. Who was the last Emperor (Tsar) of Russia
A)Nicholas II
B)Alexander III
C)Alexander II
D)Nicholas I
Answer: Nicholas II
- Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
A)C. Raja Gopalachari
B)B. R. Ambedkar
C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: C. Raja Gopalachari
- Q. What was the unique system developed by the Mughals?
A)Ryotwari settlement
B)Centralised autocracy
C)Mansabdari system
D)Local responsibilities for crime detection
Answer: Mansabdari system
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
B)common electorate for all Hindus
C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The Delhi Sultan who fell to his death while playing polo was
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Qutb-din-Aibak
C)Feroz Shah Tughlaq
D)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: Qutb-din-Aibak
- Q. The Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
A)Ripon
B)Mountbatten
C)Northbrook
D)Curzon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. Banda Bahadur, a Sikh leader who led a revolt against the Mughals after the assassination of Guru Gobind Singh, was captured and executed during the reign of
A)Aurangzeb
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Jahandar Shah
D)Farrukh Siyar
Answer: Farrukh Siyar
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