More Questions on History
- Q. Who started the journal ‘The Commonweal’?
A)Annie Besant
B)N. G. Chandavarkar
C)M. G. Ranade
D)R. G. Bhandarkar
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who is the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Mongke Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
- Q. Alexander was the son of Philip II of __________
A)Athens
B)Sparta
C)Macedonia
D)Carthage
Answer: Macedonia
- Q. Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
A)Pericles
B)Herodotus
C)Plutarch
D)Thucydides
Answer: Thucydides
- Q. Who among the following was the real founder of the Aligarh Muslim University?
A)Syed Ahmad Khan
B)Nawab Salimullah
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Muhhammed Ali Jinnah
Answer: Syed Ahmad Khan
- Q. When was the battle of Haldighati fought?
A)1676
B)1776
C)1576
D)1476
Answer: 1576
- Q. Muslim League was founded in the year
A)1905
B)1900
C)1906
D)1902
Answer: 1906
- Q. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
A)Ashoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Dharmapala
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Harsha
D)Fa-Hien
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Chhatrapati Sambhaji (1680-1688 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Nanda
B)Maratha
C)Haryanka
D)Maurya
Answer: Maratha
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself at
A)Konkan
B)Poona
C)Bijapur
D)Raigarh
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. Who was “The First American”?
A)James Madison
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)John Adams
D)George Washington
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
- Q. Akbar’s concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means
A)common brotherhood
B)friendship and goodwill to all
C)fraternity and friendship
D)harmony and peace to all
Answer: harmony and peace to all
- Q. How many Mahajanapadas were there in ancient India?
A)16
B)20
C)18
D)10
Answer: 16
- Q. Pushti marg is a Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism was founded by?
A)Ramanujacharya
B)Shankaracharya
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Nimbarkacharya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. The previous name of Zaire was
A)Liberia
B)Benin
C)Congo
D)Sierra Leone
Answer: Congo
- Q. Tripitakas are sacred books of
A)Hindus
B)Buddhists
C)Jains
D)None of the above
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. The Congressmen who wanted to contest the elections under the Act of 1919 and enter the legislature, formed a party (1923) called
A)Congress Swarajya Party
B)Swaraj Party
C)Nationalist Party
D)Liberal Party
Answer: Swaraj Party
- Q. Who was the founder of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra in 13th Century?
A)Ekanatha
B)Namadev
C)Tukaram
D)Gnanadeva
Answer: Gnanadeva
- Q. The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was
A)Ananda
B)Nagarjuna
C)Asanga
D)Padmasambhava
Answer: Padmasambhava
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