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  • Q. Who had strongly advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)C Rajagopalachari
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: C Rajagopalachari
  • Q. What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?
    A)Diwan-e-Aam
    B)Diwan-e-khas
    C)Ibadat Khana
    D)Buland Darwaza
    Answer: Ibadat Khana
  • Q. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
    A)he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
    B)his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
    C)after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
    D)he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal
    Answer: after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
  • Q. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company’s monopoly for __________ years
    A)10 years
    B)20 years
    C)30 years
    D)15 years
    Answer: 20 years
  • Q. During which US President period, the Cuban Missile Crisis conflict was occurred
    A)Richard Nixon
    B)Lyndon B. Johnson
    C)Ronald Reagan
    D)John F. Kennedy
    Answer: John F. Kennedy
  • Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
    A)MA Jinnah
    B)The Ali brothers
    C)Syed Ahmed Khan
    D)RM Sayani
    Answer: The Ali brothers
  • Q. The term ‘Philosophy’ is derived from which of the following?
    A)Ancient Roman
    B)Ancient Greek
    C)Hebrew Language
    D)English
    Answer: Ancient Greek
  • Q. The Kailasa temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temple located at Ellora was built by?
    A)Krishna I
    B)Krishndev Rai
    C)Nadivarman
    D)Rajendra Chola
    Answer: Krishna I
  • Q. Shortugai (Indus Valley Civilization site) is in which country?
    A)Pakisthan
    B)India
    C)Afganisthan
    D)Tibet
    Answer: Afganisthan
  • Q. Historian Abdul Hamid Lahori was in the court of
    A)Akbar
    B)Aurangzeb
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Shahjahan
  • Q. In Tamil Nadu, the movement started with __________ and __________
    A)The Vaisnava Alvars
    B)The Saiva Nayanars
    C)Nirguna Saints
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Which of the following reason compel the leaders of Muslim League to enter in the Interim Government?
    A)The Viceroy accepted its stand that it would not join the Constituent Assembly
    B)The Congress accepted their demand that it would not nominate a non-Muslim League Muslim to the Interim Government
    C)The Viceroy had accepted its stand that it would not take steps to rescind the League Council's resolution of July 29
    D)The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan
    Answer: The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan
  • Q. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
    A)Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
    B)He wanted to join the Congress
    C)Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    D)He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
    Answer: Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. The founder-president of Indian Independence League was
    A)Subhas Chandra Bose
    B)Rash Behari Bose
    C)MK Gandhi
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Rash Behari Bose
  • Q. “Treaty of Rajpurghat” was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and __________
    A)British
    B)French
    C)Portuguese
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British
  • Q. The most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period was
    A)Nishka
    B)Karashopana
    C)Suvarna
    D)Kakini
    Answer: Karashopana
  • Q. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom by annexing the territories of
    A)Mughals
    B)Bijapur
    C)Both (a) and (b) above
    D)Bijapur, Golcunda and the Mughals
    Answer: Both (a) and (b) above
  • Q. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
    A)Lala Hardyal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)M G Ranade
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. When was the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact signed?
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1945
    Answer: 1939
  • Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
    A)Ernest Gallner
    B)Benedict Anderson
    C)Eric Hobsbawm
    D)Karl Marx
    Answer: Eric Hobsbawm

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