Q. Alberuni came to India with

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Mahmud of Ghazni

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    A)Athens
    B)Sparta
    C)Macedonia
    D)Carthage
    Answer: Macedonia
  • Q. In which year British East India Company established Singapore
    A)1819
    B)1808
    C)1832
    D)1849
    Answer: 1819
  • Q. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
    A)Magadha
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Kalinga
    D)Sarnath
    Answer: Pataliputra
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints of Krishna is a yogi and lover?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramananda
    C)Mirabai
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Mirabai
  • Q. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
    B)Dayanand Sarshawati
    C)The Chapekar brothers
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Chapekar brothers
  • Q. In what way did the early nationalists undermine the moral foundations of the British rule with great success?
    A)By advocating open revolt
    B)By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
    C)By seeking foreign help against the British
    D)By seeking the support of the Indians living abroad
    Answer: By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
  • Q. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
    A)1980
    B)1970
    C)1990
    D)1991
    Answer: 1991
  • Q. Pitt’s India Act brought the company in direct subordination to a body representing __________
    A)The English Merchants in India
    B)The Parliament of Britain
    C)The Indian Merchants
    D)Princely States
    Answer: The Parliament of Britain
  • Q. Who said “The Simmon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish”?
    A)Shivaswami Iyer
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Shivaswami Iyer
  • Q. Who was the commander of ‘Seventh Coalition’ army that defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo
    A)Jean-de-Dieu Soult
    B)Arthur Wellesley
    C)Robert Clive
    D)John Carnac
    Answer: Arthur Wellesley
  • Q. Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master’s message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses. Swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________
    A)America
    B)Mumbai
    C)Kanyakumari
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Kanyakumari
  • Q. Who is regarded as as the ‘father of modern India’
    A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Sri Aurobindo
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi at
    A)Calcutta
    B)Bombay
    C)Gujarat
    D)Poona
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. The Muslim League demanded creation of Pakistan (Pakistan Resolution) in its session held on March 24, 1940 at
    A)Lahore
    B)Karachi
    C)Islamabad
    D)Aligarh
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. The Governor of the East India Company was
    A)Appointed by the British Parliament
    B)Appointed by the monarch of England
    C)Elected by the members of the East India Company
    D)Nominated by the Mughal Emperor
    Answer: Elected by the members of the East India Company
  • Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi was in full swing during the Viceroyalty of
    A)Irwin
    B)Chelmsford
    C)Reading
    D)Hardinge
    Answer: Reading
  • 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. Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in
    A)Taxila
    B)Swarnagiri
    C)Ujjain
    D)Tosali
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Both (A) and (B) above
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Which of these is not correctly matched regarding the reign of Shahjahan?
    A)Jagannath Pandit - Poet laureate
    B)Chintamani - Hindi poet
    C)Asaf Khan - Wazir
    D)Sunder Das - Singer
    Answer: Sunder Das - Singer

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