Q. In which century did the first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start?

Correct Answer

600 BC

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    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. As per the Indian Independence Act of 1947, which of the following did not form a part of Pakistan?
    A)Sind and British Baluchistan
    B)East Bengal and the West Punjab
    C)The North West Frontier
    D)Assam
    Answer: Assam
  • Q. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
    A)Chyavana
    B)Susruta
    C)Dhanwantari
    D)Charaka
    Answer: Dhanwantari
  • Q. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in the year
    A)1729
    B)1707
    C)1774
    D)1823
    Answer: 1707
  • Q. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
    A)Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
    B)Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
    C)Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
    D)Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
    Answer: Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
  • Q. The main cause for the Instant popularity of the Arya Samaj was that
    A)It supported and worded for the cause of western education
    B)It represented the purified form of Hinduism
    C)It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
    D)It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas
    Answer: It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
  • Q. Who tried to rediscover India’s past?
    A)Max Muller
    B)Lord Lytton
    C)S. N. Banerjee
    D)Gokahale
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  • Q. In which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
    A)1906
    B)1903
    C)1909
    D)1912
    Answer: 1906
  • Q. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located?
    A)Krishna
    B)Kaveri
    C)Wainganga
    D)Tungabhadra
    Answer: Tungabhadra
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
    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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. The Battle of Buxar fought between __________
    A)Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, The Mughal Emperor
    B)The English, the Nawab of Bengal and the French
    C)Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab of Oudh
    D)Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and the Marathas
    Answer: Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, The Mughal Emperor
  • Q. An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
    A)The British became totally demoralized
    B)The spirit of rebellion in Indian was crushed
    C)The British abandoned their repressive policies
    D)Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
    Answer: Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
  • Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the formation of the Congress Socialist Party?
    A)Subhas Chandra Bose
    B)P. C. Joshi
    C)Acharya Narendra Dev
    D)Ram Manohar Lohia
    Answer: Acharya Narendra Dev
  • Q. Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc. in his diary?
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Babur
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  • Q. “Middle Ages” in Western Europe includes the period __________
    A)Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
    B)AD 300 - AD 1600
    C)Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
    D)End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
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  • Q. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after independence?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    C)Lord Pethick Lawrence
    D)Lord Mountbatten
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  • 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
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  • Q. In which year, America joined the Second World War
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1942
    Answer: 1941
  • Q. The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the following objectives?
    A)Train national missionaries for the service of country
    B)Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and devote their lives if needed
    C)Both the above statement
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    Answer: Both the above statement
  • Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Lord Wavell
    D)Lord Lirrlithgow
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