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Q. Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance”?

A
Rabindra Nath Tagore
B
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D
Swami Vivekanand

Correct Answer

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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    A)Noakhali
    B)Dandi
    C)England
    D)South Africa
    Answer: South Africa
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    A)Museum
    B)Education
    C)Medical Relief
    D)Land Revenue
    Answer: Land Revenue
  • Q. What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
    A)Question of promotion and pay
    B)The Religious Cause
    C)Political Cause
    D)None of these
    Answer: Question of promotion and pay
  • Q. Shivaji’s administration owed its origin to the principles laid down by
    A)Sher Shah
    B)Kautilya
    C)Akbar
    D)Adi Granth
    Answer: Kautilya
  • Q. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India?
    A)Ibrahim Lodi
    B)Babur
    C)Sher Shah Suri
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh’s political capital. Which city was called his religious capital?
    A)Anandpur Sahib
    B)Amritsar
    C)Gujranwala
    D)Peshawar
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  • Q. Humayun lost the Mughal Empire to Sher Shah Suri finally in the battle of
    A)Chausa
    B)Chunar
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  • Q. Which emperor wrote the play ‘Nagananda’ in Sanskrit language?
    A)Harshavardhana
    B)Prabhakara vardhana
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    C)Aurobindo Ghose
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    Answer: Aurobindo Ghose
  • Q. Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of the Later Mughal Emperors?
    A)Farrukh Siyar, Bahadur Shah-I, Jahandar Shah, Muhammad Shah
    B)Bahadur Shah-I, Farrukh Siyar, Jahandar Shah, Muhammad Shah
    C)Bahadur Shah-l, Jahandar Shah, Farrukh Siyar, Muhammad Shah
    D)Jahandar Shah, Bahadur Shah-l, Muhammad Shah, Farrukh Siyar
    Answer: Bahadur Shah-l, Jahandar Shah, Farrukh Siyar, Muhammad Shah
  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
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  • Q. When did the Three Kingdoms period begin in China?
    A)226
    B)220
    C)238
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    Answer: 220
  • Q. Who was the founder of Ottoman Empire
    A)Orhan
    B)Osman I
    C)Mura I
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  • Q. In which year Francis II, founded the Empire of Austria
    A)1809
    B)1804
    C)1820
    D)1822
    Answer: 1804
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    A)1930
    B)1929
    C)1931
    D)1932
    Answer: 1930
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    A)Dr. S.Gopal
    B)Syed Hasan Imam
    C)M.A. Ansari
    D)Bharat Kumar
    Answer: Dr. S.Gopal
  • Q. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom?
    A)Jyotibha Phule
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Jyotibha Phule
  • Q. The Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution at :
    A)Bombay Session, 1934
    B)Wardha Session, 1942.
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    Answer: Wardha Session, 1942.
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    C)1980
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  • Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
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    Answer: Bengal and Punjab

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