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

Correct Answer

Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir

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    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Balban
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
    A)William Bentinck
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Warren Hasting
    D)Col. Sanders
    Answer: Warren Hasting
  • Q. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?
    A)All the members of the commission were Englishmen
    B)Simon was not known to be a great supporter of the Indian cause
    C)It was appointed before the expiry of the statutory period
    D)Peaceful demonstrators were severely beaten by the police
    Answer: All the members of the commission were Englishmen
  • Q. Buddha gave his first religious message at
    A)Pataliputra
    B)Rajagriha
    C)Gaya
    D)Sarnath
    Answer: Sarnath
  • Q. The last Nanda ruler of Magadha who was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya was
    A)Dhanananda
    B)Mahapadmananda
    C)Navananda
    D)Not known
    Answer: Dhanananda
  • Q. In which year Francis II, founded the Empire of Austria
    A)1809
    B)1804
    C)1820
    D)1822
    Answer: 1804
  • Q. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
    A)Saluva Dynasty
    B)Sangama Dynasty
    C)Tuluva Dynasty
    D)Aravidu Dynasty
    Answer: Sangama Dynasty
  • Q. Who is generally consider as the first pharaoh of Egypt
    A)Semerkhet
    B)Menes
    C)Takelot I
    D)Tutankhamun
    Answer: Menes
  • Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
    A)Agnimitra
    B)Pushyamitra Sunga
    C)Vasumitra
    D)Jyesthamitra
    Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
  • Q. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942?
    A)30th April, 1942
    B)7th August, 1942
    C)9th August, 1942
    D)5th July, 1942
    Answer: 9th August, 1942
  • Q. The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against
    A)Japan
    B)Germany
    C)Italy
    D)Great Britain
    Answer: Great Britain
  • Q. Which of the following ladies wrote an historical account during the Mughal period?
    A)Noorjahan Begum
    B)Gulbadan Begum
    C)Jahanara Begum
    D)Zebun-nissah Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year
    A)1805
    B)1800
    C)1807
    D)1815
    Answer: 1815
  • Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
    A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
    B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
    C)The greatest good of all
    D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
    Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
  • Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Daya Nand Saraswati
    Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • Q. MSP means __________
    A)Mysore Special police
    B)Malabar Special Police
    C)Madras Special police
    D)Mappila Special Police
    Answer: Malabar Special Police
  • Q. What was Chandragupta-II also known as?
    A)Skanda Gupta
    B)Samudra Gupta
    C)Vikramaditya
    D)Rama Gupta
    Answer: Vikramaditya
  • Q. For how many years Sumtinath Tirthankar prayed?
    A)20
    B)10
    C)30
    D)40
    Answer: 20
  • Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
    A)Fort william
    B)Fort St George
    C)Fort St David
    D)Shantiniketan
    Answer: Fort william
  • Q. The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of
    A)suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
    B)communal representation
    C)grant of dominion status
    D)date of transfer of power
    Answer: communal representation

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