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Q. The weekly Commonweal was founded by

A
Bipan Chandra Pal
B
Annie Besant
C
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of
    A)Stone
    B)Burnt bricks
    C)Wood
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Burnt bricks
  • Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement?
    A)Munda
    B)Uraon
    C)Santhal
    D)Konadora
    Answer: Uraon
  • Q. Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal
    A)Rai Narain Bose
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Henry Vivian Derozio
    D)Drinkwater Bethun
    Answer: Henry Vivian Derozio
  • Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi introduced the token currency?
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Balban
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Firuz Tughlaq
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
    A)April 8, 1931
    B)March 5, 1931
    C)May 8, 1931
    D)August 8, 1931
    Answer: March 5, 1931
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
    A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
    B)common electorate for all Hindus
    C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which of the following is not the “Tri Ratna” of Jainism?
    A)Right knowledge
    B)Right faith
    C)Right view
    D)Right conduct
    Answer: Right view
  • Q. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?
    A)Tantia Tope
    B)Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
    C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    D)Faqir-ud-din
    Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Inder Kumar Gujral
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Mohammad Iqbal
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Which of the following statement is related with the provision of the Charter Act of 1833?
    A)Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
    B)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China
    C)Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China
    D)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China for ten years
    Answer: Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
  • Q. Who was the architect who designed “Taj Mahal” ?
    A)Ustad Ahmed Lahori
    B)Muhammad Hussain
    C)Shah Isa
    D)Ismail
    Answer: Ustad Ahmed Lahori
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
    A)Richard III
    B)Elizabeth I
    C)Henry VII
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Henry VII
  • Q. Akbar’s mausoleum is situated at
    A)Sikandra
    B)Sasaram
    C)Agra
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Sikandra
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?
    A)It was in operations between 1848 and 1856
    B)It was started by Lord Dalhousie
    C)Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
    D)Satara, jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
    Answer: Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
  • Q. Adilabad fort and the city of Jahanpanah was built by?
    A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughluq
  • Q. Which metal was first used by the Vedic people?
    A)Gold
    B)Silver
    C)Iron
    D)Copper
    Answer: Copper
  • Q. Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in the book
    A)British Rule and its Consequences
    B)Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
    C)Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India
    D)Nature of British Colonial Rule
    Answer: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
  • Q. To establish French political influence in Sothern India, Dupleix had an opportunity in the disputed succession to the thrones of
    A)Hyderabad and Carnatic
    B)Delhi and Awadh
    C)Travancore
    D)Vijayanagar and Ahmednagar
    Answer: Hyderabad and Carnatic
  • Q. Who wrote Tughlaqnama?
    A)Amir Khusrau
    B)Abu Nasr Utbi
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Hasan Nizami
    Answer: Amir Khusrau

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