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Q. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;

A
Devendra Nath Tagore
B
K M Pannikar
C
Annie Besant
D
Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. The first Indian national leader who began building, organizing and promoting the freedom struggle was
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Moti Masjid in the Red Fort, Delhi was constructed by
    A)Shahjahan
    B)Sher Shah
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)Bhahadur Shah Zafar
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?
    A)Muslims
    B)Jews
    C)Christians
    D)Sikhs
    Answer: Muslims
  • Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
    A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
    B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
    C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
    D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
    Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
  • Q. Pearl Harbour, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed, was attacked by Japanese in
    A)1939
    B)1935
    C)1941
    D)1944
    Answer: 1941
  • Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of
    A)English
    B)Dutch
    C)French
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National flag?
    A)18
    B)22
    C)24
    D)14
    Answer: 24
  • Q. The first to invade India were the
    A)Greeks
    B)Aryans
    C)Persians
    D)Arabs
    Answer: Aryans
  • Q. The Arabic work of Al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called__________
    A)Kitab - Al Bharat
    B)Kitab - AI Hind
    C)Pustak - AI Hind
    D)Pustak - AI Bharat
    Answer: Kitab - AI Hind
  • Q. Which of the following School challenges the authority of the Vedas as well as the hegemony the Brahman priests?
    A)Ajivika School
    B)Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
    C)Purva Mimamsa
    D)Vedanta
    Answer: Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
  • Q. Find the odd one
    A)Yajur veda
    B)Sam veda
    C)Vishnu Purana
    D)Rig veda
    Answer: Vishnu Purana
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
    A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
    B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
    C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
    D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
    Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
  • Q. In which century did the first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start?
    A)14th century BC
    B)19th century BC
    C)5th century AD
    D)600 BC
    Answer: 600 BC
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system?
    A)Government of India Act, 1935
    B)Indian Council Act of 1861
    C)Government of India Act, 1919
    D)Indian Council Act of 1909
    Answer: Indian Council Act of 1861
  • Q. Anti Semitism’ to Adolf Hitler meant
    A)Anti Jewish policy
    B)Anti Black policy
    C)Anti Protestant policy
    D)Anti German policy
    Answer: Anti Jewish policy
  • Q. Under which British Act was the provision to establish a Federation of India concession of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made?
    A)Government of India Act 1925
    B)Government of India Act 1918
    C)Government of India Act 1930
    D)Government of India Act 1935
    Answer: Government of India Act 1935
  • Q. Assertion (A): Babur won the first Battle of Panipat. Reason (R): Babur was the first to introduce the use of cannons in India.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Sikhism
    C)Vaishanvism
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sikhism
  • Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
    A)1797
    B)1795
    C)1894
    D)1897
    Answer: 1897
  • Q. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________
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    B)Bengal
    C)Mysore
    D)Surat
    Answer: Bengal

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