More Questions on History
- Q. The famous Harappan site of Lothal is situated in
A)Rajasthan
B)Sind
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. The varnas came to be transformed into the hereditary castes during the
A)Gupta period
B)Later Vedic period
C)Mauryan period
D)Vedic period
Answer: Later Vedic period
- Q. Who termed Cripps proposals as ” a post dated cheque in a crashing bank”?
A)Annie Besant
B)Ambedkar
C)Patel
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Gandhiji
- Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
A)Bengal
B)Kashmir
C)Punjab
D)Deccan
Answer: Deccan
- Q. Bindusara was the son of?
A)Akbar
B)Ashoka
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)Shivaji
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. From which country, the tradition of written Constitution began
A)India
B)Japan
C)Britain
D)America
Answer: America
- Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
A)Kapila
B)Patanjali
C)Vyasa
D)Shankaracharya
Answer: Vyasa
- Q. When was Russia proclaimed as an Empire?
A)1721
B)1682
C)1725
D)1762
Answer: 1721
- Q. According to Guru Nanak Salvation could be obtained
A)Taking the Brahmans and Mullahs as their guides
B)In the service of God
C)In fighting for the country
D)In fighting against Islam
Answer: In the service of God
- Q. In which year America got independence
A)1776
B)1760
C)1780
D)1782
Answer: 1776
- Q. In the Battle of Buxar the English army was commanded by
A)Clive
B)Major Munro
C)Rojer Drake
D)Boughton
Answer: Major Munro
- Q. Nirankari movement was started by__________
A)Ranjit Singh
B)Baba Dyal Singh
C)Lal Singh
D)Tej Singh
Answer: Baba Dyal Singh
- Q. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
A)he suffered defeat in India
B)he fell ill
C)his forces refused to go further
D)he did not like India
Answer: his forces refused to go further
- Q. The “Arya Samaj” was founded by
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
C)Keshav Chandra Sen
D)Ishwar Chandra VidyaSagar
Answer: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
- Q. Who was the master of Gautama Buddha?
A)Kalidas
B)Alara Kalama
C)Viswamitra
D)Vashistha
Answer: Alara Kalama
- Q. Cereal(s) grown by the people of the Harappan Civilisation was/were
A)Rice
B)Wheat
C)Millet
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Jyotiba Phule died On 28 November,__________
A)1859
B)1850
C)1870
D)1890
Answer: 1890
- Q. Which empire lasted the longest among the following?
A)The Pratiharas
B)The Palas
C)The Rashtrakutas
D)The Senas
Answer: The Rashtrakutas
- Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
A)Poor
B)Nobles
C)Middle Class
D)Foreign residents
Answer: Poor
- Q. In Indus Valley Civilization, Dholavira is famous for which of the following?
A)Sea port
B)Rock cut architecture
C)Water Conservation
D)Pottery
Answer: Water Conservation
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