Q. The Akal Takht was built by

Correct Answer

Guru Hargovind

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  • Q. Which slogan was given by the Congress in opposition to British Government involving India in Second World War in 1939 without consulting the people of India ?
    A)Nahi Karenge, Nahi Ladenge
    B)Karo ya Maro
    C)Na koi bhai, na koi pai.
    D)None of these
    Answer: Na koi bhai, na koi pai.
  • Q. When was Gandhi-Irvin Pact taken place?
    A)March 15, 1933
    B)September 23, 1932
    C)March 5, 1931
    D)February 10, 1930
    Answer: March 5, 1931
  • Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
    A)Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
    B)Dev Raya II : Sangama
    C)Venkata II : Aravidu
    D)Narsimha : Chalukya
    Answer: Narsimha : Chalukya
  • Q. On June 14, 1927 __________consecrated a mirror – with the message “Om shanti” written on the surface – in a temple in Kalavankode
    A)T. K. Madhavan
    B)Rajaram Mohan Roy
    C)Sree Narayana Guru
    D)Govindan Vaidyar
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. The two names which were associates with the publication of the paper ‘Yugantar’ are:
    A)Bhupendranath Dutta and Arbindo Ghosh
    B)Barindra kumar Ghose and Arbindo Ghosh
    C)Barindra kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta
    D)Arbindo Ghosh and V.D. Sawarkar
    Answer: Barindra kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta
  • Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
    A)Pusyamitra Shunga
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka I
    D)Menander
    Answer: Kanishka I
  • Q. Where French established their first factory?
    A)Masaulipatam
    B)Surat
    C)Pulicat
    D)Cochin
    Answer: Surat
  • Q. Who translated Ramayana into Persian?
    A)Badauni
    B)Abul Fazal
    C)Abdul Latif
    D)Isar Das
    Answer: Badauni
  • Q. Akbar (1556-1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Maurya
    B)Nanda
    C)Mughal
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • 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. Champaran, the site of Gandhi’s first experiment in Satyagraha, is located in the state of
    A)Kerala
    B)Bihar
    C)Gujarat
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Bihar
  • Q. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
    A)Tivara
    B)Kunala
    C)Mahendra
    D)Jalauka
    Answer: Tivara
  • Q. In 1916-18 the Home Rule League movement was launched under the leadership of :
    A)G. S. Khaparde and Sir S. Subramania Iyer
    B)Mohammad Ali Jinnah and G. S. Khaparde
    C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Sir S. Subramania Iyer and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    Answer: Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Humayun died in the year
    A)1546
    B)1536
    C)1556
    D)1566
    Answer: 1556
  • Q. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
    A)Punjab
    B)Assam
    C)Bengal
    D)N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
    Answer: N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
  • Q. The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
    A)Lord Bentick
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. The medieval Hindu ruler who was a contemporary of Akbar, and took the title of Vikramaditya was
    A)Sadasiva Raya (of Vijayanagar)
    B)Rana Pratap (of Mewar)
    C)Raja Man Singh (of Amber)
    D)Hemachandra (Hemu)
    Answer: Hemachandra (Hemu)
  • Q. The first constitutional measure introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was
    A)the Act of 1935
    B)the Act of 1919
    C)Indian Independence Bill
    D)Cabinet Mission Plan
    Answer: the Act of 1935
  • Q. I. Nasir Jang II. Muzaffar Jang III. Anwaruddin IV. Chanda Sahib Which of the above ruler(s) is/are associated with the French during the course of the Carnatic wars?
    A)III & IV
    B)I & II
    C)II & III
    D)II & IV
    Answer: II & IV

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