More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following are essentially books of rituals?
A)The Upanishads
B)The Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Brahmanas
Answer: The Brahmanas
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. The Red fort in Delhi was the residence of emperors of which dynasty in the 16th century?
A)Khalji
B)Rajput
C)Tughlaq
D)Mughal
Answer: Mughal
- Q. The religious movements of Buddhism and Jainism were led by
A)Kshatriya Princes
B)Sudras
C)Vaisyas
D)Brahmins
Answer: Kshatriya Princes
- 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 Sikh gurus who compiled the Guru Granth Sahib was
A)Har Rai
B)Nanak
C)Arjan
D)Bahadur
Answer: Arjan
- Q. The most powerful Peshwa was
A)Baji Rao-I
B)Balaji Baji Rao
C)Madhava Rao
D)Balaji Vishwanath
Answer: Baji Rao-I
- Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. During the reign of which ruler Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India?
A)Akbar
B)Aurangazeb
C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
A)Turkey
B)Afghanistan
C)Mongolia
D)Persia
Answer: Mongolia
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
- Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A)The partition of Bengal
B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
C)The Surat Split
D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
Answer: The partition of Bengal
- Q. The Renaissance movement is described as the ending of
A)Ancient Era
B)Pre Historic Era
C)Medieval Era
D)Modern Era
Answer: Medieval Era
- Q. According to the provisions of the Regulating Act the Supreme Court in Bengal consisted of the Chief Justice and
A)Two Judges
B)Five Judges
C)Six Judges
D)Three Judges
Answer: Three Judges
- Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Inder Kumar Gujral
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Mohammad Iqbal
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. The Prarthana Samaj had been established by
A)Keshub Chandra Sen
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)MN Roy
Answer: Keshub Chandra Sen
- Q. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
A)1858
B)1857
C)1859
D)1860
Answer: 1858
- Q. Which of the following libraries has the largest collection of manuscripts of historical value?
A)Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Library
B)Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
C)Asiatic Society Library
D)Rampur Raza Library
Answer: Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
- Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
A)Sir Thomas Roe
B)Lord Clive
C)Lord Curzon
D)Captain Hawkins
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
A)Jana
B)Vish
C)Grama
D)Gotra
Answer: Grama
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