More Questions on History
- Q. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was
A)the presence of a 'council of ministers'
B)wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors
C)the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
D)an extensive network of spy-system
Answer: the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
- Q. The Mughal subdued the Pathans by following the policy of
A)Association
B)Annexation
C)Divide and rule
D)Co-existence
Answer: Divide and rule
- Q. Who tried to rediscover India’s past?
A)Max Muller
B)Lord Lytton
C)S. N. Banerjee
D)Gokahale
Answer: Max Muller
- Q. Who are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India?
A)Cholas
B)Mauryas
C)Guptas
D)Marathas
Answer: Marathas
- Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
D)None of the above
Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
- Q. How many volunteers had accompanied Gandhi on the famous Dandi March of March 12, 1930?
A)44
B)13
C)78
D)108
Answer: 78
- Q. Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with
A)Ghadar Movement
B)Home Rule Movement
C)Swadeshi Movement
D)Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Ghadar Movement
- Q. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)William Bentinck
D)Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Q. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
A)Akbar
B)Shajahan
C)Humayun
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which Goddess was worshipped as the “Goddess of Wisdom” by the Greeks
A)Apollo
B)Athena
C)Zeus
D)Diana
Answer: Athena
- Q. On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/Union Territory is that town now?
A)Culcutta
B)Tripura
C)Manipur
D)Mizoram
Answer: Manipur
- Q. Select the correct pair of writer and their book
A)Bharavi's Mricchakatika
B)Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
C)Vishakhadatta's Rajdoot
D)Shudraka's Kirtarjuniya
Answer: Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
A)Kakatiyas : Warangal
B)Hoyasalas : Dwarasamudra
C)Pallavas : Devagiri
D)Chalukyas : Kalyani
Answer: Pallavas : Devagiri
- Q. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
A)William Logan
B)H.V. Connolly
C)Lord Ripond
D)Gladstone
Answer: H.V. Connolly
- Q. Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :
A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Dyanand Sarshawati
D)Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer: Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
- Q. Which ruler murdered his father, Bimbisara to ascend the throne?
A)Ajatshatru
B)Ashoka
C)Kanishka
D)Simukha
Answer: Ajatshatru
- Q. Which of the following teachings was given to people by Rishabhnath before starting of an Era?
A)Masi
B)Krishi
C)Asi
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
A)Shivaji
B)Lajpat Rai
C)Gokhale
D)Madhava Rao
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. Which among the following fort was known as the ‘Key of Deccan’?
A)Ajaygarh
B)Kalinjar
C)Asirgarh
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Asirgarh
- Q. Who founded the organization “servants of Indian society”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhle
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