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Q. Who is regarded as ‘the Mother of the Indian Revolution’?

A
Sarojini Naidu
B
Rani Lakshmi Bai
C
Madam Bhikaji Cama
D
Priti Lata Waddedar

Correct Answer

Madam Bhikaji Cama

More Questions on History

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    A)Narayan Guru
    B)Vinoba Bhave
    C)Dayanand Sarshwati
    D)Aurobindo Ghosh
    Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
  • Q. Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?”
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Lord Minto
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden fall from the staircase was
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Babur
    C)Humayun
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. According to the Regulating Act, Directors were to be elected for a period of
    A)4 years
    B)5 years
    C)6 years
    D)3 years
    Answer: 4 years
  • Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
    A)Bengal
    B)Kashmir
    C)Punjab
    D)Deccan
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. The daughter who milks animals in the Vedic period was known as
    A)Duhitr
    B)Kubha
    C)Komi
    D)Sardha
    Answer: Duhitr
  • Q. The Moplahs of Malabar (Kerala) who were largely Muslim leaseholders and cultivators, indulged in a series of rebellions in Kerala between 1836-1919. Which of the following regarding these Moplah uprisings is not true?
    A)These uprisings were a peculiar form of rural terrorism
    B)They were mainly directed against the upper caste Hindu landlords
    C)Most of the Moplah martyrs were poor peasants of landless lobourers
    D)A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
    Answer: A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
  • Q. The Indian National Congress was formed __________
    A)1887
    B)1885
    C)1888
    D)1895
    Answer: 1885
  • Q. Indirect election was introduced in India by the Act of
    A)1858
    B)1853
    C)1892
    D)1833
    Answer: 1892
  • Q. Who was the architect who designed “Taj Mahal” ?
    A)Ustad Ahmed Lahori
    B)Muhammad Hussain
    C)Shah Isa
    D)Ismail
    Answer: Ustad Ahmed Lahori
  • Q. The Jaina literature is known as
    A)Epics
    B)Tripitakas
    C)Aryasutras
    D)Angas
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
    A)Babur
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • 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. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because
    A)He was one of the greatest physicists of all time
    B)Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe
    C)He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
    D)He was a great dialectician
    Answer: He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
  • Q. The first metal used by man was
    A)Copper
    B)Aluminium
    C)Iron
    D)Silver
    Answer: Copper
  • Q. Name the poet who wrote “Prithviraj Raso”, a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan’s life
    A)Chand Bardai
    B)Vir Siroja
    C)Meerja Umed
    D)Nur Fateh
    Answer: Chand Bardai
  • Q. Pushti marg is a Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism was founded by?
    A)Ramanujacharya
    B)Shankaracharya
    C)Vallabhacharya
    D)Nimbarkacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant?
    A)Indian Express
    B)The Hindu
    C)The Times of India
    D)New India
    Answer: New India
  • Q. Who was the founder of Pataliputra?
    A)Ajatashatru
    B)Bimbisara
    C)Udayin
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Ajatashatru
  • Q. In the war of succession who had supported Aurangzeb?
    A)Zebunisha
    B)Jahanara
    C)Jintunisha
    D)Roshanara
    Answer: Roshanara

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