More Questions on History
- Q. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
A)1942
B)1935
C)1921
D)1922
Answer: 1921
- Q. Alexander sent back home a portion of his army under an admiral called __________
A)Nearchos
B)Ptolemy
C)Menander
D)Porus
Answer: Nearchos
- Q. Which Buddhist literature consists of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers?
A)Sutta Patika
B)Milnda Panha
C)Vinayapitaka
D)Buddhhacharita
Answer: Sutta Patika
- Q. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
A)the ruin of India's handloom textiles
B)the poverty of the Indian people
C)his identification with the Indian people
D)his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
Answer: his identification with the Indian people
- Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
A)Kerala
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
A)William Logan
B)H.V. Connolly
C)Lord Ripond
D)Gladstone
Answer: H.V. Connolly
- Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Ekanatha
- Q. The Jaina literature is known as
A)Epics
B)Tripitakas
C)Aryasutras
D)Angas
Answer: Angas
- Q. The Harappan Civilisation achieved far greater advancement than Sumer, Elam etc. on account of its
A)metal working
B)town planning
C)weights and measures
D)seals and figures
Answer: town planning
- Q. Marx belonged to
A)Holland
B)Germany
C)France
D)Britain
Answer: Germany
- Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Willingdon
D)Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
- Q. Who said “Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom”?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Subhash Chandra Bose
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
- Q. The National Emblem of Italy is
A)White Eagle
B)Eagle
C)White Lily
D)Lily
Answer: White Lily
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
B)common electorate for all Hindus
C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Barley
Answer: Rice
- Q. Buddha has been described as ‘an ocean of wisdom and compassion’ In
A)Amarakosa
B)The Light of Asia
C)Buddhacharita
D)Jatak Tales
Answer: Amarakosa
- Q. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in
A)1941
B)1943
C)1942
D)1940
Answer: 1942
- Q. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Aurangzeb? I. He forbade the cultivation of Bhang II. Forbade singing at court III. A proficient player of Veena IV. His tomb is at Tughlaqabad
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
A)Cyrus
B)Darius
C)Socrates
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who discovered America?
A)Columbus
B)Vascoda Gama
C)Captain Cook
D)Amundsen
Answer: Columbus
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