More Questions on History
- Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
A)Shivaji
B)Lajpat Rai
C)Gokhale
D)Madhava Rao
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. In which country is Karbala, the holy city of Shia Muslim located?
A)Iraq
B)Iran
C)Jordan
D)Syria
Answer: Iraq
- Q. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Amar Das
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Hargovbind
Answer: Guru Ramdas
- Q. The first interim government during the British rule in India was formed in
A)November, 1945
B)September, 1945
C)September, 1946
D)January, 1947
Answer: September, 1946
- Q. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha?
A)G. Subramania lyer
B)B. C. Pal
C)Sardar Baghat Singh
D)Rukmani Lakshmipth
Answer: Sardar Baghat Singh
- Q. Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
A)Vallabhacharya
B)Ramananda
C)Narasi
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813 for the establishment of a Church at __________
A)Bombay
B)Madras
C)Calcutta
D)Pondicherry
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha started in 1851 by Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabahi Naroji, S.S. Bengalee and other was a
A)Parsi education Reform Association
B)Parsi Economical Reform Association
C)Parsi culture Reform Association
D)Parsi religious Reform Association
Answer: Parsi religious Reform Association
- Q. Name the poet who wrote “Prithviraj Raso”, a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan’s life
A)Chand Bardai
B)Vir Siroja
C)Meerja Umed
D)Nur Fateh
Answer: Chand Bardai
- Q. When did the Nanking Massacre start?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. Noakhali is situated in
A)Bangladesh
B)West Bengal
C)Tripura
D)Bihar
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. Which of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from invading India?
A)Samudragupta
B)Kumaragupta
C)Skandgupta
D)Chandragupta
Answer: Skandgupta
- Q. Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is located in India at
A)Aurangabad
B)Fatehpur Sikri
C)Hyderabad
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Aurangabad
- Q. What was the extent of Harsha’s empire?
A)The whole of India
B)The entire Indian subcontinent
C)The entire Deccan region
D)A part of northern India
Answer: A part of northern India
- Q. Cereal(s) grown by the people of the Harappan Civilisation was/were
A)Rice
B)Wheat
C)Millet
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the impact of Bhakti Movement? I. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Hindu literature in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music. II. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Buddhist text in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A)The partition of Bengal
B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
C)The Surat Split
D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
Answer: The partition of Bengal
- Q. Who formed SNDP Yogam?
A)Nataraja Guru
B)T. K. Madhavan
C)Narayana Guru
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. The first Buddhist Council was held at
A)Rajgriha
B)Kashmir
C)Pataliputra
D)Vaisali
Answer: Rajgriha
- Q. Who was the commander of ‘Seventh Coalition’ army that defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo
A)Jean-de-Dieu Soult
B)Arthur Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)John Carnac
Answer: Arthur Wellesley
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