More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following writers did not have a profound influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Thoreau
B)Tolstoy
C)Ruskin
D)Marx
Answer: Marx
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. What is ‘Patriarchal Society’?
A)System that values men more than women
B)System that values women more than men
C)System that values both men and women equally
D)System that values elders
Answer: System that values men more than women
- Q. The Sikhs were defeated by the English at __________ in 1856
A)Amritsar
B)Sobraon
C)Lahore
D)Kashmir
Answer: Sobraon
- Q. Who was the founder of ‘Gadhar party’
A)Chandarshekhar Azad
B)Sachindranath Sanyal
C)Lala Har Dayal
D)Batukeshwar Dutt
Answer: Lala Har Dayal
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhi doctrine of Satyagraha?
A)Non-Violence
B)Truthfulness
C)Fearlessness
D)Abstinence
Answer: Abstinence
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras?
A)Ramanada Saraswati
B)Shankaracharya
C)Tulsidas
D)Valmiki
Answer: Shankaracharya
- Q. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?
A)Varanasi
B)Lucknow
C)Hyderabad
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?
A)Seals
B)The Pottery
C)The boats
D)The houses
Answer: Seals
- Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Bentinck
D)Lord Hastings
Answer: Lord Bentinck
- Q. The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by
A)Locke
B)Hobbes
C)Bentham
D)Marx
Answer: Locke
- Q. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:
A)The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress
B)The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
C)The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress
D)The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress
Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
- Q. In which century did the first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start?
A)14th century BC
B)19th century BC
C)5th century AD
D)600 BC
Answer: 600 BC
- Q. Which of the following is not the “Tri Ratna” of Jainism?
A)Right knowledge
B)Right faith
C)Right view
D)Right conduct
Answer: Right view
- Q. Which of the following are two works of Kalidasa?
A)Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
B)Raghuvamsha and Kiratarjuniya
C)Malti Madhava and Kumara Sambhava
D)Malti Madhav and Kumara Sambhava
Answer: Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
- Q. The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the?
A)Pallavas
B)Chola
C)Pandyas
D)Kaktiya
Answer: Pallavas
- Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
- Q. The Falklands War was fought in the year
A)1977
B)1973
C)1982
D)1989
Answer: 1982
- Q. In 1907, after the passing of Col. H. S. Olcott, __________ became the second International President of the Theosophical Society
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Annie Besant
C)Ahalya Rangnekar
D)Bhabani Charan Mitra
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was
A)A.O. Hume
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Ferozshah Mehta
D)Badruddin Tayyabji
Answer: A.O. Hume
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