More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
A)To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
B)To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
C)To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
D)To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
- Q. Which Mughal ruler constructed a new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. In which of the following towns is “Moti Masjid” situated?
A)Jaipur
B)Agra
C)Lahore
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: Agra
- Q. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
A)Saluva Dynasty
B)Sangama Dynasty
C)Tuluva Dynasty
D)Aravidu Dynasty
Answer: Sangama Dynasty
- Q. Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War?
A)Chandragupta
B)Samudragupta
C)Shivaji
D)Ashoka
Answer: Ashoka
- 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. Which of the following is/are mantra of Jainism?
A)All philanthropies acts are renounced for life-long
B)All sinful acts are renounced for life-long
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: All sinful acts are renounced for life-long
- Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
- Q. The actual name of Dayanand Saraawati, the founder of the Arya Samaj was
A)Mula Shankar
B)Daya Shankar
C)Virjanand
D)Mool Chandra
Answer: Mula Shankar
- Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Anand Mohan Bose
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Q. Tulsidas composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Harsha
C)Akbar
D)Krishnadeva Raya
Answer: Akbar
- 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. In which one of the following do we come across a detailed account of the municipal administration of Mauryas?
A)The account of Megasthenes
B)The Arthashastra of Kautilya
C)The Mudrarakshasa
D)Mauryan inscription
Answer: The account of Megasthenes
- Q. Panchasidhantika, written by Varahmihir is based on?
A)Science
B)Mathematics
C)Astrology
D)Astronomy
Answer: Astronomy
- Q. Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
A)Heinrich Himmler
B)Hermann Goering
C)Rudolf Hess
D)Joseph Goebbels
Answer: Joseph Goebbels
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
A)Kabirdas
B)Sur Das
C)Tulsidas
D)Kalidasa
Answer: Sur Das
- Q. The Monk whom Chandragupta Maurya accompanied to South India was __________
A)Vasumitra
B)Asvaghosa
C)Upagupta
D)Bhadrabahu
Answer: Bhadrabahu
- Q. Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?
A)Agni
B)Indra
C)Pashupati
D)Vishnu
Answer: Indra
- Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
A)Lady Hardinge
B)Robert Clive
C)James Prinsep
D)Dalhousie
Answer: James Prinsep
- Q. Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
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