Q. Akbar’s son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of

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Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir

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    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
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    A)Land
    B)Capital
    C)Labour
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Labour
  • Q. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
    A)Civil Rights Movement
    B)Non-Aligned
    C)Apartheid
    D)Suffrage
    Answer: Apartheid
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    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Akbar
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shah Jahan
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    A)1657
    B)1557
    C)1857
    D)1957
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
    A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    B)Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
    C)C. Rajagopalachari
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
  • Q. Vaishakha Purnima has a great significance because it was on this day
    A)Buddha got enlightened
    B)Buddha was born
    C)Buddha died
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  • Q. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire?
    A)Battle of Talikota
    B)Battle of Takkolam
    C)Battle of Khanwa
    D)Battle of Panipat
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  • Q. __________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
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    A)Amir Khusrau
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Al Biruni
    D)Firdausi
    Answer: Al Biruni
  • Q. Champaran Satyagraha was in __________
    A)Bombay
    B)Gujarat
    C)Bihar
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bihar
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    A)Harshacharita
    B)Gaudavaho
    C)Rajatarangini
    D)Vikramankadevacharita
    Answer: Rajatarangini
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    B)Institution of professional men in villages
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  • Q. The Saviour of the Delhi Sultanate was
    A)Minas-us-Siraj
    B)Qutub-din-Aibak
    C)Iltutmish
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  • Q. Which of the following were the ideas popularized through theosophical society I. Doctrine of trans-migration of souls II. Universal brotherhood of man III. Reincarnation and Karma, and drew inspiration from philosophy of Upanishads and samkhya, yoga and Vedanta school IV. Against foreign rule
    A)Only I and III
    B)Only III
    C)Only I, II and III
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    A)III, IV,II, I
    B)II, IV, I, III
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    D)IV, II, III, I
    Answer: III, I, II, IV
  • Q. The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in:
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    B)1924
    C)1930
    D)1939
    Answer: 1934
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    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Lord Hardinge
    C)Lord Lytton
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    A)George Washington
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Benjamin Franklin
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson

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