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)Ajivikas
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    A)1887
    B)1885
    C)1888
    D)1895
    Answer: 1885
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    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
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    A)A. R. Desai
    B)Eric Stokes
    C)D. N. Dhanagare
    D)Shirin Mehta
    Answer: Eric Stokes
  • Q. The Harappan site that had a dock is
    A)Harappa
    B)Alamgirpur
    C)Lothal
    D)Mohenjo-Daro
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. The Renaissance movement is described as the ending of
    A)Ancient Era
    B)Pre Historic Era
    C)Medieval Era
    D)Modern Era
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  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :
    A)1904
    B)1896
    C)1906
    D)1910
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  • Q. The founder of the Independent Sikh State was
    A)Guru Govind Singh
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Dalip Singh
    D)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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    A)Cochin
    B)Calicut
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  • Q. Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the eradication of the evil of untouchability?
    A)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    B)Jagjivan Ram
    C)Acharya Kripalani
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Who was the Governor-General when Pindaris had created havoc in Central India by indulging in large-scale looting?
    A)Lord Hastings
    B)Lord William Bentinck
    C)Lord Cornwallis
    D)Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Hastings
  • Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 primarily to promote among Indian Muslims
    A)political consciousness
    B)mutual unity and goodwill
    C)feeling of loyalty to the British Government
    D)hatred for the Congress
    Answer: feeling of loyalty to the British Government
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    A)Nand Vansh
    B)Ikswakshu Vansh
    C)Gulam Vansh
    D)Duguwa Vansh
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  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
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  • Q. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopaedic in nature?
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    B)Amarakosha
    C)Brihat Samhita
    D)Astanga Hridaya
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    B)Assam
    C)Bihar
    D)Gujarat
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    B)pepper
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    B)The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre
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    C)With the Indus Valley Civilization
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