More Questions on History
- Q. Which governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord William Bentinck
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- Q. Who among the following was ruler from The Kushan dynasty?
A)Danti Durga
B)Vikarmaditya
C)Khadphises I
D)Pushyamitra
Answer: Khadphises I
- Q. The Pandharpur Movement is associated with the Bhakti Movement of
A)Maharashtra
B)Assam
C)Bengal
D)Both (a) and (c)
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
A)Samugarh
B)Dharmat
C)Deorai
D)Khajwa
Answer: Samugarh
- Q. Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India?
A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
Answer: The Regulating Act, AD 1773
- Q. Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which of the following wars
A)First World War
B)Austro-Prussian War
C)Second World War
D)Russia-Japan War
Answer: First World War
- Q. The first Defence Minister of India was
A)Gopalaswami Aiyangar
B)K. M. Cariappa
C)Baldev Singh
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Baldev Singh
- Q. Chhatrapati Sambhaji (1680-1688 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Nanda
B)Maratha
C)Haryanka
D)Maurya
Answer: Maratha
- Q. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between
A)Akbar and Medini Rai
B)Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh
C)Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
D)Akbar and Uday Singh
Answer: Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
- Q. How many gandhara were in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
A)85
B)80
C)90
D)95
Answer: 95
- Q. What is the meaning of Masi?
A)Defence
B)Teaching
C)Agriculture
D)Business
Answer: Teaching
- Q. What according to Communism is the chief enemy of the society?
A)Religion
B)Private property
C)Surplus value
D)Capitalist class
Answer: Capitalist class
- Q. In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for ‘basic education’ through the vernacular medium was held at
A)Bombay
B)Surat
C)Ahmedabad
D)Wardha
Answer: Wardha
- Q. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?
A)1906
B)1901
C)1909
D)1910
Answer: 1901
- Q. The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on
A)September 2, 1946
B)August 16, 1946
C)October 15, 1946
D)July 29, 1946
Answer: August 16, 1946
- Q. The Social System of the Harappans was
A)Slave Labour based
B)Fairly egalitarian
C)Colour Varna based
D)Caste based
Answer: Fairly egalitarian
- Q. Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?
A)Salt Satyagraha
B)Rowlatt Satyagraha
C)Quit India Movement
D)Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Quit India Movement
- Q. When did Greco-Persian Wars end?
A)449 BC
B)460 BC
C)447 BC
D)424 BC
Answer: 449 BC
- Q. In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had been led by
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Aruna Asaf Ali
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti? I. In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees. II. Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti. III. At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes)
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
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