More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jiziya on Brahmans?
A)Firoz Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Sankara
C)Vashnavaite Alwars
D)Tukaram
Answer: Sankara
- Q. Upanishads are books on
A)Philosophy
B)Politics
C)Medicine
D)Social life
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. The members of the Board of Control must be paid from
A)Indian Revenues
B)The Consolidated Fund of England
C)Funds Voted by Parliament
D)The revenues of Princely States
Answer: Indian Revenues
- Q. What was Chandragupta-II also known as?
A)Skanda Gupta
B)Samudra Gupta
C)Vikramaditya
D)Rama Gupta
Answer: Vikramaditya
- Q. The famous Harappan site of Lothal is situated in
A)Rajasthan
B)Sind
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
D)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
- Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1857
D)1957
Answer: 1857
- Q. Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
A)Samudragupta
B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
C)Vikrarnaditya
D)Skand Gupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
- Q. The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work Amuktamalyada, was in
A)Sanskrit
B)Telugu
C)Tamil
D)Kannada
Answer: Telugu
- Q. Fascism believes in the application of the principle of
A)Democracy
B)Dictatorship
C)Utilitarianism
D)Totalitarianism
Answer: Totalitarianism
- Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
A)Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
B)The last effort of the old political order to regain power
C)A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
D)An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Answer: The last effort of the old political order to regain power
- Q. The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act __________
A)1858
B)1856
C)1865
D)1946
Answer: 1856
- Q. The first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature was
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)G. K. Gokhale
C)J. L. Nehru
D)Netaji S C Bose
Answer: G. K. Gokhale
- Q. The Law of Twelve Tables was concerned with which civilization
A)Greece
B)Egypt
C)Rome
D)China
Answer: Rome
- Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
- Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of History’
A)Thucydides
B)Homer
C)Herodotus
D)Archimedes
Answer: Herodotus
- Q. Mahabandula was killed at __________
A)Tenesserin
B)Rangoon
C)Danubyu
D)Prome
Answer: Danubyu
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