More Questions on History
- Q. The Vedic deity Indra was the god of
A)Rain and Thunder
B)Fire
C)Eternity
D)Wind
Answer: Rain and Thunder
- Q. Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?”
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Chelmsford
D)Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. The Theosophical Society was officially formed in . . . . ., United States, in November 1875 by Helena Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others
A)Calcutta
B)Madras
C)Bombay
D)New York City
Answer: New York City
- Q. The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in India was
A)Sir Shaukat Hayat
B)Sir SP Sinha
C)Sir Hari Singh Gaur
D)VJ Patel
Answer: Sir SP Sinha
- Q. The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
A)Government of India, 1935
B)Cripps Mission 1942
C)Independent India 1947
D)August Offer of 1940
Answer: August Offer of 1940
- Q. What is the first discourse that the Buddha had delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath called?
A)Mahamastabhisheka
B)Mahaparinirvana
C)Mahabhiniskraman
D)Dharmachakrapravartan
Answer: Dharmachakrapravartan
- Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B)Allauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
D)Muhamad bin Quasim
Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
- Q. Buddhism was first propagated outside India In
A)Cambodia
B)China
C)Thailand
D)Ceylon
Answer: Ceylon
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
- Q. Which of the following aspects is not common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
A)Worship of idols
B)Personal love for God
C)Mysticism
D)Visit to holy shrines
Answer: Worship of idols
- Q. The immediate cause of split in the INC at its Surat Session was
A)expulsion of Tilak from the INC
B)election of the President of the INC
C)demand of Swaraj as the goal of the INC
D)resolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education
Answer: election of the President of the INC
- Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
A)1900
B)1898
C)1901
D)1903
Answer: 1898
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. In 1918 who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Annie Besant
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Two Party System is found in
A)U.S.A
B)Russia
C)India
D)France
Answer: U.S.A
- Q. Humayun Nama was written by
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Gulbadan Begum
Answer: Gulbadan Begum
- Q. In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered “Guru” and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
A)Malabar
B)Travancore
C)Cochi
D)Kottayam
Answer: Travancore
- Q. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped __________
A)Pashupati
B)Vishnu
C)Indra
D)Brahma
Answer: Pashupati
- Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
A)the state treasury
B)military affairs
C)the royal household
D)the land revenue system
Answer: military affairs
- Q. Two Sayid brothers Sayid Abdullah Khan and Sayid Hussan Ali Khan (who rose to become the king makers during the later Mughal period) met their downfall during the reign of
A)Rafi-ud-DaIjat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammad Shah
Answer: Muhammad Shah
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