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Q. Whom had Gandhi named as Mira Behn?

A
Kamla Devi
B
Annie Besant
C
Indira Gandhi
D
Madeline Slade

Correct Answer

Madeline Slade

More Questions on History

  • Q. During Akbar’s reign the Mahabharat was translated into Persian and is known as
    A)Razm Nama
    B)Iqbal Nama
    C)Akbar Nama
    D)Sakinat-ul-Auliya
    Answer: Razm Nama
  • Q. Which of these is not one of the titles adopted by Aurangzeb?
    A)Padshah
    B)Alamgir
    C)Sultan Sulaiman
    D)Ghazi
    Answer: Sultan Sulaiman
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?
    A)our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred.
    B)Forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only.
    C)Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the the attempt.
    D)Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
    Answer: Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
  • Q. Select the correct statement related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India
    A)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism
    B)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism
    C)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
    D)None of the above
    Answer: To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
  • Q. Who is the only women historian to have written a historical account of Mughal Period?
    A)Zebun-nissa Begum
    B)Noorjahan Begum
    C)Gulbadan Begum
    D)Jahanara Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. Which of the following statement is incorrect about the Act of 1919?
    A)Responsible government would be realised only by progressive stages
    B)British India must an integral part of the British Empire
    C)Provincial subjects were classified into reserved subjects & transferred subjects
    D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
    Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
  • Q. The famous vedic saying “war begins in the minds of men” is contained in the
    A)Mahabharata
    B)Mundakopanishad
    C)Rig Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. Who is called as “beacon of light of Asia”
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Gautam Buddha
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Abdul Gaffer khan
    Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?
    A)Amoghvarsha-I
    B)Dantidurga
    C)Krishna-I
    D)Vatsraja
    Answer: Krishna-I
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Government of India Act of 1935 is not correct?
    A)The Viceroy was given special powers
    B)Diarchy was established in the provinces
    C)The federal executive was to consist of the Viceroy, councillors and the ministers
    D)The federal legislature was to be bicameral
    Answer: Diarchy was established in the provinces
  • Q. Assertion (A): The Sultans may not have been too eager to encourage large scale conversion. Reason (R): The increasing conversion could lead to a loss of revenue, as jizya paying citizens to Islam
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Who took the throne after Chandragupta Maurya?
    A)Ashoka
    B)Bimbisara
    C)Bindusara
    D)Vishnugupta
    Answer: Bindusara
  • Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
    A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
    B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
    C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
    D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
    Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
  • Q. Who give the famous quote ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth’
    A)Abraham Lincoln
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Vladimir Lenin
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. The most Important feature of the Government of India Act of 1919 was
    A)provision for direct election
    B)enlargement of Indian Councils
    C)dyarchy in the Provinces
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who quoted “The problems of day cannot be solved by motions, resolutions and can be solved only by blood and iron.”
    A)Bismarck
    B)Hitler
    C)Kaiser William IV
    D)King Frederick William IV
    Answer: Bismarck
  • Q. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
    A)1858
    B)1857
    C)1859
    D)1860
    Answer: 1858
  • Q. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
    A)Cornwallis
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Dalhousie
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Cornwallis
  • Q. Indian Association formed in __________ was one of the pioneer political associations with an all India outlook
    A)1776
    B)1769
    C)1874
    D)1876
    Answer: 1876
  • Q. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization?
    A)Indra
    B)Varuna
    C)Surya
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above

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