Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?

Correct Answer

Winston Churchill

More Questions on History

  • Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
    A)Lahore
    B)Allahabad
    C)Amritsar
    D)Belur
    Answer: Belur
  • Q. What was the symbol of Sambhavanatha Tirthankar?
    A)Cow
    B)Elephant
    C)Horse
    D)Tortoise
    Answer: Horse
  • Q. Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
    A)Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
    B)Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
    C)Allowing women to enter temple
    D)Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
    Answer: Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
  • Q. Which one was the last city founded in the Russian Empire
    A)Vologda
    B)Arkhangelsk
    C)Veliky Novgorod
    D)Murmansk
    Answer: Murmansk
  • Q. Which ruler founded the famous Vikramshila University for the Buddhists?
    A)Devapala
    B)Mahipala
    C)Gopala
    D)Dharampala
    Answer: Dharampala
  • Q. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as __________
    A)Legislative Assembly
    B)Legislative Council
    C)House of Representatives
    D)House of Commons
    Answer: Legislative Assembly
  • Q. To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed?
    A)Samprati
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Vasubandhu
    D)Kashyapa Matanga
    Answer: Kashyapa Matanga
  • Q. According to Jainis, at which place Abhinandannath attained Nirvana?
    A)Shri Keshriyaji Tirtha
    B)Sammed Shikhar
    C)Parasnath
    D)Sarnath
    Answer: Sammed Shikhar
  • Q. Which king of England was forced to signed the ‘Magna Carta’
    A)King Louis
    B)King Richard I
    C)Henry III
    D)King John
    Answer: King John
  • Q. Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of
    A)Cripps Mission
    B)Wavel Plan
    C)August Offer
    D)Cabinet Mission
    Answer: Cabinet Mission
  • Q. Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the
    A)Schism edict
    B)Rummindei inscription
    C)Kandhar inscription
    D)Bhabru edict
    Answer: Bhabru edict
  • Q. The Congressmen who wanted to contest the elections under the Act of 1919 and enter the legislature, formed a party (1923) called
    A)Congress Swarajya Party
    B)Swaraj Party
    C)Nationalist Party
    D)Liberal Party
    Answer: Swaraj Party
  • Q. The word ‘Veda’ has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means
    A)Sacredness
    B)Divinity
    C)Doctrine
    D)Knowledge
    Answer: Knowledge
  • Q. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite bank of which river?
    A)Jhelum
    B)Ravi
    C)Sutlej
    D)Chenab
    Answer: Jhelum
  • Q. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
    A)1980
    B)1970
    C)1990
    D)1991
    Answer: 1991
  • Q. Whose speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’
    A)Sri Ramakrishna
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
    D)Shyama Charan Sen
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
    A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
    B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
    C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
    D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
    Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
  • Q. Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
    A)Government of India Act 1918
    B)The Indian councils Act 1861
    C)Government of India Act 1925
    D)Government of India Act 1935
    Answer: The Indian councils Act 1861
  • Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Ramananda
    C)Dadu
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
    A)Jana
    B)Vish
    C)Grama
    D)Gotra
    Answer: Grama

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