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Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?

A
Lord Irwin
B
Lord Wavell
C
Lord Willingdon
D
Winston Churchill

Correct Answer

Winston Churchill

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    A)Champaran
    B)Ahemdabad
    C)Kheda
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Champaran
  • Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
    A)a positive state of law
    B)truth
    C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
    D)doing good even to the evildoers
    Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
    A)He died in Indian in 1833
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal, probably in 1772
    C)He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor
    D)He started the newspaper named "Sambad Kaumudi"
    Answer: He died in Indian in 1833
  • Q. Who said “Where there is no law, there is no freedom”?
    A)Lenin
    B)Bentham
    C)Marx
    D)Locke
    Answer: Locke
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
    A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
    B)It was formed in 1885
    C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
    D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
    Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
  • Q. The term ‘Philosophy’ is derived from which of the following?
    A)Ancient Roman
    B)Ancient Greek
    C)Hebrew Language
    D)English
    Answer: Ancient Greek
  • Q. The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612
    A)Plassey
    B)Buxar
    C)Swally
    D)Trafalgar
    Answer: Swally
  • Q. The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :
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    B)Rash Behari Bose
    C)Rajguru
    D)None of these
    Answer: Rash Behari Bose
  • Q. The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
    A)Gautam
    B)Vyasa
    C)Kapila
    D)Charaka
    Answer: Gautam
  • Q. When did the British establish colonies in Australia?
    A)1840
    B)1788
    C)1872
    D)1814
    Answer: 1788
  • Q. Buddhism in Nepal was introduced during the reign of
    A)Ashoka
    B)Samudragupta
    C)Chandragupta
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Chandragupta II
    Answer: Chandragupta II
  • Q. Absolute sovereign power of the Monarch was advocated by
    A)Rousseau
    B)Thomas Hobbes
    C)John Locke
    D)Karl Marx
    Answer: Thomas Hobbes
  • Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22, 1772 in village Radhanagar in the District of Hooghly in __________
    A)Assam
    B)Bombay
    C)Bengal
    D)MP
    Answer: Bengal
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    A)Ajitnath
    B)Rishabhnath
    C)Sambhav nath
    D)Abhnindan Nath
    Answer: Rishabhnath
  • Q. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
    A)Lloyd George
    B)Ramsay Mcdonald
    C)Stanley Baldwin
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  • Q. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
    A)Persians
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    C)Africans
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    Answer: Abyssinians
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