More Questions on History
- Q. The aim of Ashoka’s Dhamma was
A)Religious domination
B)Subtle conquest
C)A casteless society
D)Non-violence and peace
Answer: Non-violence and peace
- Q. In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had been led by
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Aruna Asaf Ali
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
- Q. The Swaraj Party was organised by
A)Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
B)Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
C)CR Das and Motilal Nehru
D)C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Answer: CR Das and Motilal Nehru
- Q. Babur’s autobiography, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi or Baburnama, which is reckoned among “the most enthralling and romantic works in the literature of all times” is written in
A)Persian
B)Arabic
C)Turki
D)Urdu
Answer: Turki
- Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
A)Mahavira
B)Gautama
C)Chandra Gupta
D)Ashoka
Answer: Mahavira
- Q. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)JB Kripalani
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
- Q. Which of the following could be associated with Buddhism? I. Rejection of the authority of Vedas II. Denial of God III. Belief in the categories of jiva and ajiva IV. The concept of nirvana V. Theory of prakriti and purusha
A)II,III,IV and I
B)I,II and III
C)I,II and IV
D)I,III,IV and V
Answer: I,II and IV
- Q. Who was among the following Bhakti saints gave a new orientation of Hinduism through his doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
A)Sankara
B)Ramanuja
C)Guru Nanak
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Sankara
- Q. In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
A)Thalassery
B)Kannur
C)Travancore
D)Cochi
Answer: Travancore
- Q. Swami Vivekananda’s contribution to society and educating masses is through following ways: I. Condemned caste system and current rituals and superstitions II. Criticized for having lost touch with rest of world and for becoming stagnant and mummified III. Subscribed to Vedanta which he considered fully rational system
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Only III
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The family of the Rig Vedic Aryans was
A)Patriarchal
B)Patrilineal
C)Matriarchal
D)Matrilineal
Answer: Patriarchal
- Q. The Mughals have been made immortal by their achievements in the field
A)Architectural
B)Political
C)Military
D)Social
Answer: Architectural
- Q. Akbar (1556-1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Maurya
B)Nanda
C)Mughal
D)Haryanka
Answer: Mughal
- Q. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
A)Charles I
B)The Dutch
C)Charles II
D)The Portuguese
Answer: Charles II
- Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. Name the oldest civilization
A)Mesopotamian civlization
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Egyptian civilization
D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Answer: Mesopotamian civlization
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
B)of superior resources of the British empire
C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
- Q. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?
A)Coluccio Salutati
B)Bernardo Rossellino
C)Leonardo Bruni
D)Lorenzo Valla
Answer: Leonardo Bruni
- Q. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
A)Utpala
B)Karkota
C)Paramara
D)Gurjara Pratihara
Answer: Paramara
- Q. To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed?
A)Samprati
B)Nagarjuna
C)Vasubandhu
D)Kashyapa Matanga
Answer: Kashyapa Matanga
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