Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in

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Sri Lanka

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    A)Rangachariar
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)CR Das
    D)VJ Patel
    Answer: VJ Patel
  • Q. When was the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact signed?
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1945
    Answer: 1939
  • Q. The Company’s monopoly of Trade was abolished by the Act of
    A)1813
    B)1793
    C)1833
    D)Pitt's India Act
    Answer: 1833
  • Q. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghori, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was
    A)Hemantasena
    B)Samantasena
    C)Ballalasena
    D)Lakshamanasena
    Answer: Lakshamanasena
  • Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
    A)Bengal
    B)Kashmir
    C)Punjab
    D)Deccan
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?
    A)Yajurveda
    B)Prashna
    C)Mundaka
    D)Ishavasya
    Answer: Mundaka
  • Q. Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Jahangir
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    A)Abhinava Bharat
    B)Anusilan Samiti
    C)Abhinava Bharat Society
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    Answer: Anusilan Samiti
  • Q. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
    A)Devaraya I
    B)Bukka I
    C)Krishnadevaraya
    D)Ramaraya
    Answer: Devaraya I
  • Q. The war criminals of the World War-II were put to trial in
    A)Peitersburg
    B)Nuremburg
    C)Gettysburg
    D)Peitsburg
    Answer: Nuremburg
  • Q. Jahangir was the son of
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. The building of the famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was executed under the Rashtrakuta king
    A)Govinda-III
    B)Amoghavarsha-I
    C)Indra-III
    D)Krishna-I
    Answer: Krishna-I
  • Q. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar’s wars of conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of
    A)Malwa and Gujarat
    B)Jaisalmer and Khandesh
    C)Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
    D)Ranathambhor and Khandesh
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  • Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
    A)Pune
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Which revolutionary was associated with the foundation of the Punjab Navjivan Bharat Sabha in 1926?
    A)Amir Chand
    B)Rash Behari Bose
    C)Basant Kumar Biswas
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. The prominent leaders of Indian Association which was established in Bengal in July 26, 1876 were :
    A)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das
    B)Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
    C)Kali Mohan Das and Shambhuchand Mukherjee
    D)Shambhuchand Mukherjee and Jogesh Chandra Dutt
    Answer: Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
  • Q. Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Dr. Palpu
    C)C. Kesavan
    D)Sree Narayana Guru
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Who defeated whom in the second Battle of Tarain (AD 1192)?
    A)Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
    B)Prithviraj defeated Muhammad Ghori
    C)Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazni
    D)Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
    Answer: Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
  • Q. Who founded the city of Singapore?
    A)Herman Willem Daendels
    B)Francis Light
    C)Lee Kuan Yew
    D)Stamford Raffles
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  • Q. The swadeshi movement in Bengal started on __________
    A)1905
    B)1902
    C)1908
    D)1909
    Answer: 1905

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