Indian History Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: What was the main occupation of the Vedic people?
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652d07c3a162b16514458d0f- 1Agriculture and cattle herdingtrue
- 2Trade and commercefalse
- 3Metalworkingfalse
- 4Fishingfalse
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Answer : 1. "Agriculture and cattle herding"
Explanation :
Explanation: Agriculture and cattle herding were the primary occupations of the Vedic people.
Q: Who was the author of Sukshmabhigyan Shakuntalam?
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64b51aa2568e7ff594b011e6- 1Tulsidasfalse
- 2Surdasfalse
- 3Kalidastrue
- 4None of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "Kalidas"
Explanation :
1. The great Sanskrit master, Mahakavi Kalidasa wrote Abhijnana Shakuntalam.
2. This immortal love story is also the foundation of India's rich socio-cultural education.
3. It is a Sanskrit play that tells the love story of King Dushyant and Shakuntala.
Q: ‘Buddha’ means—
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63357ca42ff7535af6810167- 1The Enlightened Onetrue
- 2The Religious Preacherfalse
- 3The Geniusfalse
- 4The Powerfulfalse
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Answer : 1. "The Enlightened One"
Explanation :
After six years of practice at the age of thirty-five, in the full Moon Light, Siddartha attained enlightement under a Pipal Tree. Later, he was known as the Buddha. So the word “Buddha” means ‘Enlightened One’.
Q: Who among the following freedom fighters of India revived the Indian National Army ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ (which was formed in 1942 by Rash Behari Bose and Captain-General Mohan Singh) in the year 1943?
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6419b9c3dcb650c1454e3ff4- 1Mahatma Gandhifalse
- 2Jawaharlal Nehrufalse
- 3Bhagat Singhfalse
- 4Subhas Chandra Bosetrue
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Answer : 4. "Subhas Chandra Bose"
Q: The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
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63897724d766b160a2f8a988- 1Doctrine of Lapsetrue
- 2Policy of Subsidiary Alliancefalse
- 3War against Rani Lakshmi Baifalse
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Answer : 1. "Doctrine of Lapse"
Q: In which year was the partition of Bengal carried out by the British Viceroy Lord Curzon?
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64b1799b2d3130f57524bbe8- 11905true
- 21901false
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Answer : 1. "1905"
Explanation :
Bengal Partition
1. In 1905, Lord Curzon divided the Bengal province of India into two parts.
2. West Bengal was Hindu majority, while East Bengal was Muslim majority.
3. The purpose of this partition was to create a Muslim-majority province in India, but instead, it led to communal tension and strengthening of the Indian national movement.
4. Opposition to the Partition of Bengal was widespread across India, and it was eventually annulled in 1911.
Q: Which phase of Indian National Congress followed the policy of ‘political mendicancy’?
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632c68341656651c9ea42385- 13rd phase, 1914 - 1922false
- 21st phase, 1885 - 1905true
- 32nd phase, 1902 - 1906false
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Answer : 2. "1st phase, 1885 - 1905"
Q: Which was the biggest building in Mohanjodaro?
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6528f11d5db74b27f7d869fd- 1Great Bathfalse
- 2Granarytrue
- 3Huge Hallfalse
- 4Two Story Buildingfalse
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Answer : 2. "Granary"
Explanation :
The Granary of Mohanjodaro was 45.71 meter long and 15.23 meter wide and that was the biggest building there. The length of the great bath from north to south was 11.88 m and breadth from east to west was 7.01 m.

