Q. Name of the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title of Gunraj Khan in the Sultanate period?

Correct Answer

Maladhar Basu

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  • Q. Lord Mountbatten had held detailed discussions on the approaching partition of India with
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who spoke “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who among the following has been given honorary status among the seven wonders of the modern world?
    A)Great Pyramid of Giza
    B)Taj Mahal
    C)Petra
    D)Colosseum
    Answer: Great Pyramid of Giza
  • Q. With which of the following is the classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in Tamil associated?
    A)Buddhism
    B)Jainism
    C)Hinduism
    D)Christianity
    Answer: Jainism
  • Q. The Saviour of the Delhi Sultanate was
    A)Minas-us-Siraj
    B)Qutub-din-Aibak
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Ghiyasuddin Balban
    Answer: Ghiyasuddin Balban
  • Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
    A)Gwalior
    B)Baghat
    C)Sambalpur
    D)Satara
    Answer: Gwalior
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?
    A)our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred.
    B)Forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only.
    C)Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the the attempt.
    D)Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
    Answer: Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
  • Q. Who founded the organization “servants of Indian society”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhle
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhle
  • Q. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
    A)A future administration of India
    B)Provision of provincial autonomy
    C)Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
    Answer: A future administration of India
  • Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
    A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
    B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
    C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
    D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
    Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
  • Q. The declaration of the Rights of Man is related with
    A)The French Revolution
    B)The Russian Revolution
    C)The American War of Independence
    D)The Glorious Revolution of England
    Answer: The French Revolution
  • Q. Name the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Gopalkrishna Gokhle
    C)Aurobindo Ghosh
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: Gopalkrishna Gokhle
  • Q. The Gandhi-lrwin Pact (1931) was vehemently criticised and opposed by the people on the ground that
    A)the sufferings of thousands of people in the Civil Disobedience Movement were wasted
    B)the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended
    C)It was contrary to the pledge of the Congress for Poorna Swaraj
    D)Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
    Answer: Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
  • Q. Who were called “Kukas”?
    A)Nirankari
    B)Namdhari
    C)Tilak
    D)Sri Aurobindo
    Answer: Namdhari
  • Q. Who represented Indian women in The Second Round Table Conference?
    A)Sucheta Kripalani
    B)Aruna Asaf Ali
    C)Sarojini Naidu
    D)Kalpana Joshi
    Answer: Sarojini Naidu
  • Q. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
    A)Ravi Kirti
    B)Bhani
    C)Banabhatta
    D)Vishnu Sharma
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. Which of the following statements is correct about Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru?
    A)Nehru was not in favour of socialism
    B)Nehru did not believe in the doctrine of non-violence
    C)Nehru had his higher education in India only
    D)Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
    Answer: Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
  • Q. To bring Hindu-Muslim unity, Akbar
    A)prohibited cow-killing
    B)encouraged cow-killing
    C)taxed cow-killing
    D)remained silent to cow-killing
    Answer: prohibited cow-killing
  • Q. During 18th century who among the following philosophers said these famous words? “Man is born free but is every where in chains.”
    A)Jack Dareda
    B)Voltaire
    C)Jean Jacques Rousseaou
    D)Montesqueue
    Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseaou
  • Q. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar

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