More Questions on History
- 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. Daiva Dasakam is a Malayalam work of __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)C. Kesavan
D)T. K. Madhavan
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
A)Mahabharta
B)Ramayana
C)Jataka
D)Panchatantra
Answer: Jataka
- Q. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
A)1931
B)1935
C)1929
D)1932
Answer: 1931
- Q. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri Mantra?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Kathopanishad
D)Aitareya Brahmana
Answer: Rigveda
- Q. Which of the following movement was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Wahabi Movement
B)Champarah Satyagraha
C)Non-Coorperation Movement
D)Civil Disobedience Movenment
Answer: Wahabi Movement
- 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 was the original inventor of roller spinning?
A)Lewis Paul
B)John Kay
C)Richard Arkwright
D)Samuel Crompton
Answer: Lewis Paul
- Q. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Morarji Desai
C)Mahadev Desai
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Vallabhbhai Patel
- Q. How many Mahajanapadas were there in ancient India?
A)16
B)20
C)18
D)10
Answer: 16
- Q. Why was the Khilafat Movement started?
A)To protest against the injustice done to Arabia
B)To protest against the injustice done to Egypt
C)To protest against the injustice done to Persia
D)To protest against the injustice done to Turkey
Answer: To protest against the injustice done to Turkey
- Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
A)Sir Thomas Roe
B)Lord Clive
C)Lord Curzon
D)Captain Hawkins
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. Who was the King of Britain during the First World War ?
A)Anarew VIII
B)Philip I
C)George V
D)Jonn Vll
Answer: George V
- Q. Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formula?
A)Rig Veda
B)Sama Veda
C)Yajur Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Yajur Veda
- Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A)Buddhist order or organisation
B)Buddhist monastery
C)A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
D)A Buddhist assembly hall or temple
Answer: A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
- Q. The Swaraj Party was organised by
A)Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
B)Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
C)CR Das and Motilal Nehru
D)C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Answer: CR Das and Motilal Nehru
- Q. Who pioneered Christian cenobitic monasticism?
A)Athanasius of Alexandria
B)Anthony the Great
C)Basil of Caesarea
D)Pachomius the Great
Answer: Pachomius the Great
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. How many Ganadharas were there in the religious family of Sambhavnath Tirthankar?
A)105
B)95
C)115
D)125
Answer: 105
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Cult preached under the Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas?
A)Vashnavaite Alwars
B)Saivaite Nayanmars
C)Both A & B
D)Advaita
Answer: Both A & B
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