More Questions on History
- Q. Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as
A)Board of Directors
B)Court of Directors
C)Board of Control
D)Board of Merchants
Answer: Board of Control
- Q. I. Jahangir promulgated twelve edicts for the general welfare and better government to mark his coronation II. Jahangir composed verses in Persian and sang Hindi lyrics Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The Jaina saint credited with the spread of Jainism in Karnataka (south India) was
A)Adinatha
B)Bhadrabahu
C)Parshvanatha
D)Mahavira
Answer: Bhadrabahu
- Q. The Mayo College was started at
A)Calcutta
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Ajmer
Answer: Ajmer
- Q. Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in the book
A)British Rule and its Consequences
B)Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
C)Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India
D)Nature of British Colonial Rule
Answer: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
- Q. When did M. K. Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table Conference?
A)Getting assurance from the Muslim League that it would not oppose his claim to represent the whole of India
B)Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
C)Fruitful talks with Sapru
D)Receiving assurances that independence was fast coming
Answer: Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
- Q. Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British
A)Chandrashekhar Azad
B)Jitin Das
C)Rajguru
D)Kalpana - Dutt
Answer: Rajguru
- 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. The term ‘Khalisa’ in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for
A)Lands owned by the Sufi establishment
B)Crown lands
C)Lands revenue which was directly deposited in the imperial treasury
D)Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
Answer: Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
- Q. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
A)Sangha
B)Nirvana
C)Buddha
D)Dhamma
Answer: Nirvana
- Q. The utensils of the Indus Valley people were mainly made of
A)copper
B)clay
C)bronze
D)brass
Answer: clay
- Q. Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?
A)RD Banerji
B)Sir John Marshall
C)A Cunningham
D)Daya Ram Sahani
Answer: A Cunningham
- 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. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
A)Upendranath Basu
B)Annie Besant
C)I. N. Gurtu
D)George Thompson
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Ramananda? I. He worshipped Ram and Sita but preached the oneness of God and the doctrine of Bhakti for everyone II. Dismissed the caste system and untouchability, simplified rules of worship and made rigidity of the Varnashrama tradition milder
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The National Anthem was first sung in year 1911 at the Annual session of the India National Congress held at
A)Mumbai
B)Pune
C)Kolkata
D)Lucknow
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. “Desire is the cause of all sufferings”. Which religion promoted this?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Sikhism
D)Hinduism
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Of the following who did not find a place in the Legislative Council as per the Act of 1853?
A)Additional Members
B)The Governor-General
C)The Commander-in-Chief
D)The Lieutenant Governor
Answer: The Lieutenant Governor
- Q. What was the strength of Indus economy?
A)Business
B)Agriculture
C)Pottery
D)Crockery
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Akbar-II
Answer: Jahangir
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