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Q. Who spoke “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?

A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
C
Jawaharlal Nehru
D
Rajagopalachari

Correct Answer

Jawaharlal Nehru

More Questions on History

  • Q. Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan proposing the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan :
    A)On June 3, 1947
    B)On May 3, 1947
    C)On July 3, 1947
    D)On August 3, 1947
    Answer: On June 3, 1947
  • Q. Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
    A)Pericles
    B)Herodotus
    C)Plutarch
    D)Thucydides
    Answer: Thucydides
  • Q. The Battle of Buxar was fought between the combined armies (of the Nawab of Awadh, the Mughal Emperor and Mir Qasim) and the
    A)Dutch
    B)French
    C)Portuguese
    D)English
    Answer: English
  • Q. The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was
    A)Ananda
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Asanga
    D)Padmasambhava
    Answer: Padmasambhava
  • Q. Which of the following is/are mantra of Jainism?
    A)All philanthropies acts are renounced for life-long
    B)All sinful acts are renounced for life-long
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: All sinful acts are renounced for life-long
  • Q. To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
    A)Teachers
    B)Lawyers
    C)Journalists
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. When did the British establish colonies in Australia?
    A)1840
    B)1788
    C)1872
    D)1814
    Answer: 1788
  • Q. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?
    A)Zamidar's property
    B)Providing rent free land
    C)Giving officer a right to revenue
    D)Giving cash salary to Mansabdar
    Answer: Giving officer a right to revenue
  • Q. August Offer’ was issued on __________ 1940
    A)15 August.
    B)08 August.
    C)20 August.
    D)30 August.
    Answer: 08 August.
  • Q. How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National flag?
    A)18
    B)22
    C)24
    D)14
    Answer: 24
  • Q. How many layers of Mohenjo-daro were found?
    A)7
    B)6
    C)8
    D)9
    Answer: 7
  • Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
    A)Jizya
    B)Kharaj
    C)Khums
    D)Zakat
    Answer: Khums
  • Q. The ruler of Mysore who secured the rendition of Mysore was
    A)Hyder
    B)Tippu
    C)Krishnaraja III
    D)Rajendra Wodiar
    Answer: Krishnaraja III
  • Q. The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by
    A)Queen Anbolin
    B)Queen Elizabeth I
    C)Queen Mary
    D)Queen Victoria
    Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
  • Q. Muslim League was founded in the year
    A)1905
    B)1900
    C)1906
    D)1902
    Answer: 1906
  • Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
    A)Dhyana
    B)Abhaya
    C)Dharmachakra
    D)Bhumisparsha
    Answer: Dharmachakra
  • Q. In which century Bhakti movement began?
    A)7th century
    B)6th century
    C)8th century
    D)9th century
    Answer: 7th century
  • Q. Which of the following was established first?
    A)University of Bombay
    B)Banaras Hindu University
    C)Aligarh Muslim University
    D)University of Allahabad
    Answer: University of Bombay
  • Q. The Jaina literature is known as
    A)Epics
    B)Tripitakas
    C)Aryasutras
    D)Angas
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. Who was the first Roman Emperor
    A)Claudius
    B)Caligula
    C)Augustus
    D)Nero
    Answer: Augustus

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