Sunday, October 26, 2014

History Snippets

The policy of Blood and Iron was followed byBismark
What is the name given to the army commanded by Garibaldi?Redshirts
Communist manifesto was written byKarl Marx
'Das kapital' was written byKarl Marx
Napoleon was defeated finally in which war?Waterloo
Mazzini founded a revolutionary society calledYoung Italy
Congo was discovered byCameroon
The highest stage of capitalism isImperialism
Which continent was regarded as 'Dark Continent'?Africa
Which was the first country to fall prey to the EuropeansIndia
Who were the first to develop trade with IndiaPortuguese
Russian parliament is called asDuma
"War is to a nation what maternity is to women" was the principle advocated byMussolini
The author of "Mein Kampf" wasHitler
Robert Mugabe became the first president ofZimbabwe
Who was the founder of Nazi PartyHitler
The founder of Fascist Party wasMussolini
Excavation work of Indus valley civilization was first carried out bySir John Marshall
Temples at Mahabalipuram were built byNarasimhavarman / Pallavas
The immediate Cause of the sepoy mutiny was the use ofEnfield Rifles
The British who succeeded in abolishing the practice of Sati in India wasWilliam Bentinck
The European country which held monopoly over India trade during 16th century wasPortugal
Ramakrishna mission was founded bySwami Vivekananda
Red Fort located in Delhi was built byShahjahan
Great master of Indian medical science wasCharaka
The 1857 Revolt began atMeerut
The sculpture that existed during Kanishka's period was calledGandhara Sculpture / Greco-Buddhist Art
The construction of Qutub Minar was completed byIltutmish
Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim visited India during the reign ofHarsha
The earliest of the Vedas isRigveda
Ajanta caves are nearAurangabad (Maharashtra)
Brihadeshwara Temple was built atTanjavur
The builder of Buland Darwaza wasAkbar
The great astronomer of Ancient IndiaVarahamihira / Aryabhatta
The philosophy advocated by Shankara-charya is known asAdvaita
Founder of Mughal EmpireBabur
What was a striking example of city culture at Mohenjo Daro?Great Bath
Who produced Vedic literatureAryans
Tanjavur Brihadeshwara temple built byRaja Raja Chola
The biggest Nataraja image in the country is atChidambaram
Who laid foundation of Indo-Persian school of painting?Akbar
Indo-Persian architecture was patronized byShahjahan
Who gave patronage to Mughul miniature painting?Jahangir
Which is regarded as very ancient native Indian language?Sanskrit
Ganapati festival, Shivaji festival were started byBala Gangadhar Tilak
The 1857 revolt was called asFirst war of Indian Independence
In Chandragupta Vikramaditya's court there were the poets calledNavaratnas
Whose court was adorned by Ashtadiggajas?Sri Krishna Devaraya
Who were responsible for the rise of Bakthi movement?Sufi saints
Ramanuja was a worshipper of Vishnu and preachedVaishnavism
Who popularized the Advaita philosophy?Shankaracharya
Who founded the Dvaita philosophy?Madhvacharya
Who founded the Sikh sect?Guru Nanak
The slogan "Give me blood, I shall give you freedom given bySubhash Chandra Bose
Who said "Satyameva Jayathe" (Truth alone will win)?Madan Mohan Malaviya
Who said "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"?Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Who said -Go back to the Vedas?Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Who said -Inquilab Zindabad?Bhagat Singh
Who said 'Do or die'?Gandhi
The book 'Tughluq Namah' was written by?Amir Khusrau
The book 'Akbar Namah' was written by?Abul Fazl
The Rajaraja Temple at Thanjur was built by?Rajendra Chola 1
Gopuram is an important feature ofDravidian construction
Tripitakas are sacred books ofBuddhists
The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded byJawaharlal Nehru
The Vijayanagara ruler, Sri Kirshnadeva Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was inTelugu
Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories areBabur and Jahangir
To which king belongs the Lion capitol at Sarnath?Ashoka
The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha wasPali
To whom of the Republic of Buddha belong?Sakyas
Tipu sultan was the ruler ofMysore
'The Vedas contain all the truth' was interpreted bySwami Dayananda
To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the regin ofIltutmish
The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess ofRain and Thunder
Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler ofChalukyas
Under whose leadership was the All India Muslim League set up?Aga Khan
The Upanishads areA source of Hindu Philosophy
Who was the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta VikramadityaFa-Hien
Who found the Servants of India Society?Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Who wrote famous epic ‘Shahnama’?Firdausi
The Salt Satyagraha was held atDandi, Gujarat
The leader of the Indian National Army wasSubash Chandra Bose
Minto-Marley reforms were introduced in1905
Annie Besant belonged toIreland
The Home Rule Movement was started byAnnie Besant/Tilak
The leader of moderates wasGopala Krishna Gokhale
First President of Indian National CongressW.C. Bonerjee
Muslim league was formed in1906
Indian National Congress first session was held atMumbai
The main objective of the extremist was the attainment ofSwaraj
The partition of Bengal was made in 1905 byLord Curzon
Which movement was launched in response to the Partition of Bengal?Vande Mataram
The hymn of Vande Mataram was written byBankim Chandra Chatterjee
Gandhi fought against ____ system at champaranTinkathia
Who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre?General Dyer
Gandhi took very serious view of the ____ incident and called off the non-cooperation movementChauri Chaura
In 1930, the First Round Table Conference held atLondon
Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in1931
For which award Gandhiji protested against MacDonaldCommunal
Gandhi and Ambedkar signedPoona Pact
Atlee, the Prime Minister of England sent a Cabinet mission to India in1946
According to ____ plan (1947) the partition of India was happened.Mountbatten
Who were the first Europeans to come to India and last to leave India?Portuguese

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