Q. Aurangzeb put his father under house arrest in Agra Fort

Correct Answer

Shah Jahan

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    A)John F. Kennedy
    B)Abraham Lincoln
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    D)George Washington
    Answer: Martin Luther King Junior
  • 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. Tilak started his career as a
    A)Professor
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    C)Journalist
    D)Lawyer
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    B)Chhandogyopanishad
    C)Kathopanishad
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    Answer: Kathopanishad
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    A)Bindusara
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Ajatashatru
    D)Pulakesin
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
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    A)Suri Moja
    B)Sultan Ahmed Fawad
    C)Mir Khaas
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  • Q. What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
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    Answer: As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
  • Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
    A)Poor
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    C)Middle Class
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    Answer: Poor
  • Q. Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act 1794?
    A)Andrew Frazer
    B)Charles Metcalfe
    C)Lord Wellesly
    D)Lord Auckland
    Answer: Lord Wellesly
  • Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
    A)Jinnah
    B)Nehru
    C)Gandhi
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  • Q. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
    A)Long-distance trade
    B)Commercial and urban
    C)Agriculture
    D)All the above
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  • Q. Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
    A)Herodotus
    B)Aristotle
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    A)Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
    B)AD 300 - AD 1600
    C)Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
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    Answer: Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
  • Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
    A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
    C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
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    Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935
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  • Q. Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were
    A)Mahasabha and Ganasabha
    B)Sabha and Mahasabha
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  • Q. Who from the following leaders was not assassinated?
    A)Liaqat Ali Khan
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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  • Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
    B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
    C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
    D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
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    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Satyendra Nath Tagore
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
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    D)Secretary of State
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