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Indian History and World mythology

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Din-e-illahi" religion Was found by

a)

Akbar

b)

Jahangir

c)

Aurangzeb

d)

Humayun

2.

Who is the iron man of India

a)

Bal Gangadhar Thilak

b)

Bharat Singh

c)

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

3.

Who is the author of Ram charitamanas

a)

Valmiki

b)

Kabir

c)

Tulasidas

d)

Kalidas

4.

Subhash Chandra Bose established a party called ?

a)

All India Forward Bloc

b)

All India Congress

c)

All India Party

d)

Azad Hind Fauj

5.

Who among the following was the first Indian to qualify

for the Civil Services?

a)

Satyendranath Tagore

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Surendranath Bannerji

d)

Jatin Mukherjee

6.

Who among the following was an Adivasi leader who

led a Tribal Revolt in Jharkhand against the British?

a)

Birju Munda

b)

Birsa Munda

c)

Birsa Mandi

d)

Birju Mandi

7.

Which among the following is considered to be the oldest Veda?

a)

Sam Veda

b)

Yajur Veda

c)

Rig Veda

d)

Atharva Veda

8.

Whis is birth place of Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

Porbander

b)

Mumbai

c)

Surat

d)

New Delhi

9.

Satyagraha means, literally:

a)

Non-cooperation

b)

Peace

c)

Truth force

d)

Justice

10.

Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?

a)

Indus River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Yangtze

11.

Language of ancient India

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Nepalese

c)

Persian

d)

Aryan

12.

Which year was Bhagat Singh born?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

Who said 'Do or Die'?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Napoleon

d)

Subhash Bose

e)

Mahatma Gandhi

14.

First Governor-General of Bengal was

a)

Robert Clive

b)

William Bentinck

c)

Wellesley

d)

Warren Hastings

15.

Tripitakas are sacred books of

a)

Buddhists

b)

Hindus

c)

Jains

d)

None of the above

16.

For how many days was the battle of kurukshetra was fought

a)

12

b)

18

c)

15

d)

8

17.

Lord Rama belong to which dynasty ?

a)

Ikshavaku Dynasty

b)

Raghuvanshi Dynasty

c)

Suryavanshi Dynasty

d)

Kachhawa Dynasty

18.

I am the Greek goddess of handicrafts, and I turned Arachne into the world's first spider. Who am I?

a)

Athena

b)

Demeter

c)

Persephone

d)

Hera

19.

I did not listen to my father and I flew too close to the sun. Who am I?

a)

Icarus

b)

Pandora

c)

Monotaur

d)

Prometheus

20.

When the icy and fiery region started to blend together, what being first emerged out of the emptiness?

a)

The first Human

b)

Ymir, the first Frost giant

c)

Ask, the first woman

d)

Odin, the first god

21.

What is a myth?

a)

a suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of a story.

b)

a story using made up characters but could happen in real life

c)

a story that explains how something came to be in the world and usually focuses on good and evil

d)

a made up story that actually takes place during an actual time in history

22.

What was the ancient Greek epic poem Iliad all about?

a)

The Quest of Odysseus

b)

The Trojan War

c)

The Epic of Gilgamesh

d)

The Quest for the Holy Grail

23.

These three are included in the Hindu Trinity (Trimurti) except,

a)

Ganesha

b)

Vishnu

c)

Bramah

d)

Shiva

24.

She was Lokis only daughter

a)

Hella

b)

Jurmungandr

c)

Fenrir

d)

Skoll

25.

The name of the tree that has all the realms is...

a)

Yggdrasil

b)

Valhalla

c)

Bifrost

d)

Vanakburn

26.

What do you call the shield used by Zeus which could create all natural phenomena related to the air and the sky?

a)

trident

b)

aegis

c)

thunder bolt

d)

sickle

27.

Who among the following was able to move swiftly between the world of man and the world of gods, acting as a messenger of the gods and the link between mortals and the Olympians?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Hermes

c)

Cupid

d)

Hephaestus

28.

Which is the goddess of education, arts, speech, learning, and music?

a)

Meenakshi

b)

Lakshmi

c)

Saraswati

d)

Parvati

29.

Which is the oldest known book in the world

a)

Bhagavat Geeta

b)

Rig Veda

c)

Mahabharat

d)

Ramayan

30.

The original name in Sanskrit for Hinduism

a)

Parishat

b)

Vasudeva Kudumbam

c)

Sanātana Dharma

d)

Dharma Shala