More Questions on History
- Q. The famous vedic saying “war begins in the minds of men” is contained in the
A)Mahabharata
B)Mundakopanishad
C)Rig Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
- Q. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?
A)Yajurveda
B)Prashna
C)Mundaka
D)Ishavasya
Answer: Mundaka
- Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A)Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
B)Dev Raya II : Sangama
C)Venkata II : Aravidu
D)Narsimha : Chalukya
Answer: Narsimha : Chalukya
- Q. The idea of incorporating, safeguards in the Indian Constitution was inspired by the
A)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
B)Third Round Table Conference
C)Visit of Simon Commission
D)Poona Pact
Answer: Visit of Simon Commission
- Q. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on
A)March 20, 1931
B)March 10, 1930
C)March 20,1932
D)March 5,1931
Answer: March 5,1931
- Q. Shree Narayana Guru was a great socio-religious reformer of
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Kerala
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Karnataka
Answer: Kerala
- Q. That all appointments made by the President and an treaties signed by him must be ratified by the Senate in U.S.A. indicates
A)Theory of checks and balances
B)Theory of separation of powers
C)Due process of law
D)Rule of law
Answer: Theory of checks and balances
- Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A)Government of India Act, 1919
B)Government of India Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)None of these
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
- Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674-1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Haryanka
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Maratha
Answer: Maratha
- Q. On October 16, 1905, when the partition of Bengal was enforced, the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, to emphasise the unity of Bengal, suggested the programme of
A)tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
B)singing Bande Mataram
C)composing of patriotic songs
D)establishing national educational institutions
Answer: tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
- Q. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year
A)1846
B)1836
C)1856
D)1866
Answer: 1846
- Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
- Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
A)A. C. Wadia
B)Srinivas Ramanujam
C)C. V. Raman
D)P. C. Mahalanobis
Answer: A. C. Wadia
- Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Anand Mohan Bose
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Q. The capital of the Yadava rulers was
A)Warangal
B)Dwarasamudra
C)Kalyani
D)Devagiri
Answer: Devagiri
- Q. The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem adopted by the Government of India have been taken from which Upanishad?
A)Mundaka Upanishad
B)Aitareya Upanishad
C)Adhyatma Upanishad
D)Prasna Upanishad
Answer: Mundaka Upanishad
- Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Lord Curzon
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Daya Nand Saraswati
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
A)Birth
B)Education
C)Occupation
D)Talent
Answer: Occupation
- Q. During the Mughal rule in the field of agriculture Parauti was the land
A)left fallow
B)annually cultivated
C)uncultivated
D)barren land
Answer: left fallow
- Q. Baz Bahadur was a . . . . . . in the court of Akbar
A)Painter
B)Musician
C)Architect
D)Soldier
Answer: Musician
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