50 IMP Multiple Choice History Questions for all exams

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1. Who called the Shudras as Krishaks ?

(1) Fahien
(2) Itsing
(3) Justin
(4) Yuvan Chiang
Correct Answere: Fahien
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2. Who wrote 'Periplus of Erithean Sea' ?

(1) Ptolemy
(2) Pliny
(3) Periplus
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: None of these
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3. The ratio of the measurement of the Harappan bricks are ?

(1) 1 : 2 : 3
(2) 1 : 2 : 4
(3) 1 : 2 : 5
(4) 1 : 3 : 4
Correct Answere: 1 : 2 : 5
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4. Which of the following country conducted heavy trade relations with India in II century B. C.

(1) China
(2) Greece
(3) Egypt
(4) Rome
Correct Answere: Rome
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5. Who from among the following authors, said "Chandragupta Maury trampled the entire India with 6 lacs soldiers in his army" ?

(1) Herodotus
(2) Ptolemy
(3) Pliny
(4) Plutarch
Correct Answere: Plutarch
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6. Where is the "Garun Stambha" built by Heliodorus in II century B. C. situated ?

(1) Allahabad
(2) Bes Nagar
(3) Sanchi
(4) Ujjain
Correct Answere: Bes Nagar
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7. In the social structure of ancient India who were called 'Anirvasir' ?

(1) Brahmin and Kshatriya
(2) People Outside Varnas
(3) Only Shudras
(4) Vaishyas and Shudras
Correct Answere: Only Shudras
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8. From among the following items, which was not exported from Western India ?

(1) Fine Muslin
(2) Pearl
(3) Jewels
(4) Silver
Correct Answere: Silver
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9. Who said that there was no Slavery in India ?

(1) Fahien
(2) Hieiuntsang
(3) Megasthenes
(4) Strabo
Correct Answere: Megasthenes
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10. Which city was the capital of Indo Greek ruler Menander (160 B. C. to 140 B. C.) ?

(1) Bactrea
(2) Purushpur
(3) Shakal
(4) Taxila
Correct Answere: Shakal
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11. Who was considered to be a Varnasankara ?

(1) Approval of Varnashrama
(2) Illegal birth
(3) Revolt against Varna
(4) To encroach the limits of Varna for marriage
Correct Answere: To encroach the limits of Varna for marriage
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12. Who were the Participants in Koppam War ?

(1) Chola and Hoysal
(2) Pandya and Lanka
(3) Western Chalukyas and Pallav
(4) Western Chalukyas and Cholas
Correct Answere: Western Chalukyas and Cholas
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13. Where have been found the Paddy Granary of 15.23 Meters long and 6.09 broad ?

(1) Chanhudaro
(2) Harappa
(3) Juder Jodaro
(4) Mohenjodaro
Correct Answere: Harappa
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14. In ancient Tamil, the fertile agricultural land was called ?

(1) Marudam
(2) Mullai
(3) Neyadal
(4) Pallai
Correct Answere: Marudam
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15. The first reference to the goddess of Forests Aranyani is made in ?

(1) Atharva Ved
(2) Aranyaks
(3) Rik Samhita
(4) Upanishads
Correct Answere: Rik Samhita
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16. The first classification of Pran (Respiration) is available in ?

(1) Aitereye Brahman
(2) Chhandogva Upanishad
(3) Ish Upanishad
(4) Rig Veda
Correct Answere: Chhandogva Upanishad
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17. The collection of Buddha's teaching are ?

(1) Abhidhamma Pitak
(2) Buddha Charit
(3) Sutta Pitak
(4) Vinay Pitak
Correct Answere: Vinay Pitak
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18. Who was the Rashtrak ruler to construct the famous Kailash temple of Ellora ?

(1) Danti Durg
(2) Dhruva
(3) Gobind III
(4) Krishna I
Correct Answere: Krishna I
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19. Where was the Tamralipti port in India ?

(1) In East
(2) In North
(3) In West
(4) In South
Correct Answere: In East
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20. The gold and silver coins of Gupta age and based upon the coins of ?

(1) Kushans and Shake Kshatrap
(2) Kushans and Yodheya
(3) Roman and Kushans
(4) Roman and Shaka Kshatrap
Correct Answere: Roman and Kushans
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21. The Kshatriyas or Yodheya were worshippers of the god ?

(1) Indra
(2) Kartikeya
(3) Pashupati
(4) Vasudev
Correct Answere: Kartikeya
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22. In some parts of India, people lived inside the land in pits. It is known through excavations in ?

(1) Bihar
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Kashmir
(4) Karnataka
Correct Answere: Kashmir
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23. The Nasidiya Sukta referring to creation is found in ?

(1) Atharva Veda
(2) Rig Veda
(3) Kathopnishad
(4) Sam Ved
Correct Answere: Rig Veda
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24. The rebirth of Soul is referred in ?

(1) Aitereya Upanishad
(2) Kaushitaki Upanishad
(3) Kenopanishad
(4) Taitteriya Upanishad
Correct Answere: Kaushitaki Upanishad
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25. Where were the Basadi Jain centres established ?

(1) Orissa
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Karnataka
(4) Magadh
Correct Answere: Karnataka
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26. Why Mahavir is called Jin ?

(1) For conquering pleasure and pan
(2) For his intellectual powers
(3) For rare physical power
(4) For attaining complete knowledge
Correct Answere: For conquering pleasure and pan
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27. Where have been the Persian stamp found ?

(1) Harappa
(2) Kalibanga
(3) Lothal
(4) Sotka Koh
Correct Answere: Lothal
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28. Varun is mentioned as elite and Marut as Commoner in ?

(1) Aitereya Brahman
(2) Shatpath Brahman
(3) Chhandogya
(4) A and B
Correct Answere: Shatpath Brahman
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29. Under whose patronage the IV Buddhist Council was held ?

(1) Asoka
(2) Ajat Shtru
(3) Harsh
(4) Kanishka
Correct Answere: Kanishka
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30. Which state was first to use the currency ?

(1) Eastern U.P. and Bihar
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Punjab
(4) Western U. P.
Correct Answere: Eastern U.P. and Bihar
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31. Which was not in the Astangik principales of Buddha ?

(1) Samyak Charitra
(2) Samayak Drishti
(3) Samyak Smriti
(4) Samyak Vak
Correct Answere: Samyak Charitra
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32. Which is the port city of Indus Valley culture ?

(1) Harappa
(2) Lothal
(3) Kalibanga
(4) Mohenjodaro
Correct Answere: Lothal
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33. What was the ultimate goal of Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha ?

(1) Economic relief to the common people
(2) Curtailment of the Government's power
(3) Repeal of salt laws
(4) 'Purna swaraj' for India
Correct Answere: 'Purna swaraj' for India
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34. The first attempt at introducing a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through the ?

(1) Indian Council Act, 1861
(2) Indian Council Act, 1892
(3) Indian Council Act, 1909
(4) Government of India Act, 1919
Correct Answere: Indian Council Act, 1909
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35. The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in ?

(1) Assam
(2) Bengal
(3) Punjab
(4) Kerala
Correct Answere: Kerala
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36. The formation of an interim Government set up on September 2, 1946 was first envisaged by ?

(1) Cabinet Mission plan
(2) Cripps Mission
(3) Wavell Plan
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Cabinet Mission plan
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37. The movement that came to an abrupt end due to the Chaurichaura incident was the ?

(1) Home rule movement
(2) Civil Disobidience movement
(3) Non-cooperation movement
(4) Wahabi Movement
Correct Answere: Non-cooperation movement
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38. The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by ?

(1) Lawrence
(2) Lort Mountbatten
(3) Sir Straffor Cripps
(4) Sir Cyril Radcliffe
Correct Answere: Sir Cyril Radcliffe
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39. Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of the Congress in ?

(1) 1938
(2) 1939
(3) 1940
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: 1939
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40. In 1905, who among the following raised the demand for swarajya or self-government within the British Empire, from the Congress plantform ?

(1) BG Tilak
(2) Dadabhai Nauroji
(3) GK Gokhale
(4) Pherozeshah Mehta
Correct Answere: GK Gokhale
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41. Who looked upon the Khilafat agitation as 'an opportunity for uniting Hindus and Mohammedans as would not arise in a hunderd years ?

(1) BG Tilak
(2) Gandhi
(3) Maulana Azad
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Gandhi
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42. The twin principales of Gandhi's Ram Rajya were ?

(1) Right means and Right ends
(2) Khadi and Ahinsa
(3) Truth and Non-Violence
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Right means and Right ends
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43. Who of the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences ?

(1) BR Ambedkar
(2) MM Malaviya
(3) Vallabhbhai Patel
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: BR Ambedkar
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44. The Rowlatt Act was passed during the viceroyalty of ?

(1) Chelmsford
(2) Hardinge II
(3) Minto II
(4) Reading
Correct Answere: Chelmsford
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45. The Muhammedan Anglo-oriental Defence Associtation (1893) was started by ?

(1) A S Samuelson
(2) T Beck
(3) Sayed Ahmad Khan
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: T Beck
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46. The most important Pre-Congress nationalist organisation was the Indian Association of Calcutta which was founded by SN banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose in ?

(1) 1875
(2) 1876
(3) 1879
(4) 1880
Correct Answere: 1875
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47. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was founded in 1927 by ?

(1) Birla and Tata
(2) Birla and Thakurdas
(3) Tata and Thakurdas
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Birla and Thakurdas
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48. The main leaders of the Swarajist party were ?

(1) BR Ambedkar and PC Joshi
(2) Motilal Nehru and CR Das
(3) MN Roy and Muzaffar Ahmed
(4) Vithalbhai J Patel and Dr Ansari
Correct Answere: Motilal Nehru and CR Das
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49. When Congress ministries resigned in 1939, what day was celebrated by Jinnah as the 'Day of Deliverance' ?

(1) 2nd September, 1939
(2) 2nd October, 1939
(3) 2nd November, 1939
(4) 2nd December, 1939
Correct Answere: 2nd December, 1939
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50. On 17 October 1940, the Individual Satyagraha was inaugurated by ?

(1) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(2) Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) M K Gandhi
(4) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Correct Answere: Acharya Vinoba Bhave

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