More Questions on History
- Q. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
A)Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha
B)He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
C)Established the Brahma Samaj
D)He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life
Answer: He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
- Q. Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?
A)Ashfaqullah
B)Shyamji Krishna Varma
C)Lala Hardayal
D)V D Savarkar
Answer: Ashfaqullah
- Q. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
A)Acharya Kripalani
B)M K Gandhi
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- Q. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
A)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
D)Acharya J. B. Kriplani
Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Q. The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
A)Mohammad Ali
B)Md. Ali Jinnah
C)Saukat Ali
D)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
- Q. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is
A)Sabastu
B)Sindhu
C)Shatudri
D)Saraswati
Answer: Saraswati
- Q. Gandhara Art is the combination of
A)Indo Greek
B)Indo Roman
C)Indo Islamic
D)Indo China
Answer: Indo Greek
- Q. The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the following objectives?
A)Train national missionaries for the service of country
B)Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and devote their lives if needed
C)Both the above statement
D)Reorganization of Indian society on rational principles
Answer: Both the above statement
- Q. Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Agra Fort
- Q. The famous Indo-Greek Kin, who embraced Buddhism was __________
A)Menander
B)Strato I
C)Demetrios
D)Alexander
Answer: Menander
- Q. What was the name of capital of Anga (a mahajanapada)?
A)Varanasi
B)Champa
C)Kaushambi
D)Viratnagar
Answer: Champa
- Q. Which dynasty of China began the construction of the Great Wall
A)Qin Dynasty
B)Ming Dynasty
C)Shun Dynasty
D)None of the above
Answer: Qin Dynasty
- Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- Q. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in
A)Silver
B)Gold
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Gold
- Q. The world’s first drainage system was built by the people of
A)Indus Valley civilization
B)Egyptian civilization
C)Chinese civilization
D)Mesopotamian civilization
Answer: Indus Valley civilization
- Q. Independence movement of Vietnam was headed by
A)Zhou Enlai
B)Ngo Dinh Diem
C)Pol Pot
D)Ho Chi Minh
Answer: Ho Chi Minh
- Q. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
A)he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
B)his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
C)after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
D)he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal
Answer: after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
- Q. Who said’ ‘I am the State’?
A)Napoleon-I of France
B)James-II of England
C)Louis-XIV of France
D)Hitler of Germany
Answer: Louis-XIV of France
- Q. Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious belief deeply rooted in
A)Chinese custom and world view
B)Taiwanese custom and world view
C)Japanese custom and world view
D)Vietnamese custom and world view
Answer: Chinese custom and world view
- Q. Why Simon commission was established?
A)To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms
B)To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
C)To declare India as republic state
D)None of these
Answer: To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
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- Jainism And Buddhism
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