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Introduction MCQ

40 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 2

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Q1. History is the study of----

  1. APast
  2. BSociety
  3. CLaw
  4. DEnvironment
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Answer: A) Past

Q2. Who was the first Greek historian?

  1. AThucydides
  2. BHerodotus
  3. CManetho
  4. DHomer
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Answer: B) Herodotus

Q3. Which of the following explicitly states that "History bases all its conclusions on rational evidences"?

  1. AHerodotus
  2. BThucydides
  3. CPolybios
  4. DTacitus
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Answer: B) Thucydides

Q4. "The Histories' is written by-----

  1. AHerodotus
  2. BMegasthenese
  3. CPlutarch
  4. DPliny
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Answer: A) Herodotus

Q5. The title 'the father of History' has given to whom?

  1. AHerodotus
  2. BEuripides
  3. CThucydides
  4. DSocrates
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Answer: A) Herodotus

Q6. Who says, "History repeats itself"?

  1. AHegel
  2. BKarl Marx
  3. CKalhana
  4. DBarani
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Answer: A) Hegel

Q7. "We learn from hitory that man can never learn anything from History" - Who has said the statement?

  1. AHegel
  2. BKarl Marx
  3. CJ. B. Bury
  4. DE. H. Carr
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Answer: A) Hegel

Q8. Who said, "All History is the history of class-struggle"?

  1. AKarl Marx
  2. BJ. B. Bury
  3. CCollingwood
  4. DE. H. Carr
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Answer: A) Karl Marx

Q9. Which one among the following sums up Marx's view about history?

  1. AHistory is a record of the wars between various people
  2. BHistory is a succession of struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed classes
  3. CHistory is a faithful record of the past events
  4. DNone of the above
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Answer: B) History is a succession of struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed classes

Q10. Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which one of the following theories?

  1. AEmpirical liberalism
  2. BExisentialism
  3. CDrawin's theory of evolution
  4. DDialectical materialism
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Answer: D) Dialectical materialism

Q11. History is past politics ",who has held this view ?

  1. Astubbs
  2. Bcarlyle
  3. Cseeley
  4. Dtrevelyn
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Answer: C) seeley

Q12. Who said this, "History is an unending dialogue between past and present"?

  1. AEdward Hallett Carr
  2. BCharlse Ferth
  3. CKarl Marx
  4. DV. A. Smith
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Answer: A) Edward Hallett Carr

Q13. BC, used with dates, is acronym of ----

  1. ABefore Christ
  2. BBritish Columbia
  3. CBritish Council
  4. DBooking Clerk
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Answer: A) Before Christ

Q14. What is the full for of AD, used with dates?

  1. AAnno Domini
  2. BAssistant Director
  3. CAknowledgement Due
  4. DAfter Dates
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Answer: A) Anno Domini

Q15. The year of 50 BC----

  1. Aappeared before 150 BC
  2. Bappeared after 150 BC
  3. Cin the year of 150 BC
  4. Din the decade of 150 BC
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Answer: B) appeared after 150 BC

Q16. The year 1015 AD comes into which century?

  1. A10th century BC
  2. B10th century AD
  3. C11th century BC
  4. D11th century AD
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Answer: D) 11th century AD

Q17. Vikrama Samvat commenced in the year of-----

  1. A58 BC
  2. B78 AD
  3. C57 BC
  4. D73 BC
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Answer: A) 58 BC

Q18. Saka Samvat has commenced in the reign of which king?

  1. AAsoka
  2. BKanishka
  3. CHarsha
  4. DSamudragupta
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Answer: B) Kanishka

Q19. National calender of India is based on which Samvat (era)?

  1. AKali Samvat
  2. BVikrama Samvat
  3. CSaka Samvat
  4. DNone of the above
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Answer: C) Saka Samvat

Q20. The credit of commencement of Gupta Samvat has given to whom?

  1. AChandragupta - I
  2. BChandragupta - II
  3. CSamudragupta
  4. DSkandgupta
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Answer: A) Chandragupta - I

Q21. Chandragupta-I has commenced the Gupta Samvat ----

  1. Ato commemorate his ascendence to the throne
  2. Bon the occasion of Saka uprooting
  3. Con the occasion of huns defeating
  4. DNone of the above
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Answer: A) to commemorate his ascendence to the throne

Q22. Harshavardhana introduced Harsha Samvat in 606 AD on the occasion of ----

  1. Ahis ascedence to the throne
  2. BKannauj accession
  3. CSindh Victory
  4. Dvictory over Eastern India
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Answer: A) his ascedence to the throne

Q23. Among the following which Samvat is called 'Kalchuri Samvat' because it had used by Kalchuris?

  1. AVikrama Samvat
  2. BSaka Samvat
  3. CTraikutaka Samvat
  4. DNone of the above
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Answer: C) Traikutaka Samvat

Q24. Chalukya-Vikrama Samvat was introduced by whom of the following?

  1. ATailap-II
  2. BSomeshwar-I
  3. CVikramaditya-VI
  4. DSomeshwar-II
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Answer: C) Vikramaditya-VI

Q25. Among the following who is credited to commence a new Samvat (era)?

  1. ADharmapala
  2. BLakshman Sen
  3. CVijaya Sen
  4. DDevpala
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Answer: B) Lakshman Sen

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