Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?

Correct Answer

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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  • Q. In the battle of Panipat, Babur faced the armies of
    A)Hemu
    B)Jaichand
    C)Daulat khan
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
  • Q. The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the __________ decision to partition Bengal
    A)British
    B)French
    C)Dutch
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: British
  • Q. Who declared that he would talk of religion only when he succeeded in removing poverty and misery from the country, for religion could not appease hunger?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. What was the name of first Gandhar of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
    A)Vipul
    B)Vajrnath
    C)Chandra Prabhu
    D)Vasu
    Answer: Vajrnath
  • Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
    A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
    B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
    C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
    D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
    Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
  • Q. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
    A)October 17, 1940
    B)October 17, 1942
    C)October 17, 1939
    D)October 17, 1938
    Answer: October 17, 1940
  • Q. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
    A)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    C)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
    D)Acharya J. B. Kriplani
    Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
  • Q. The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
    A)Lucknow session in 1916
    B)Lahore session in 1940.
    C)Meerut Session 1946
    D)Tripuri Session in 1939
    Answer: Lahore session in 1940.
  • Q. William Shakespeare was born in the year
    A)1523
    B)1487
    C)1564
    D)1588
    Answer: 1564
  • Q. “What is the Third Estate?” pamphlet associated with the French Revolution, was written by
    A)Edmund Burke
    B)Marquis - Lafayette
    C)Joseph Foulon
    D)Abbe Sieyes
    Answer: Abbe Sieyes
  • Q. The Sage who is said to have Aryanised South India, was
    A)Vashistha
    B)Yagnavalkya
    C)Agastya
    D)Vishwamitra
    Answer: Agastya
  • Q. During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Irwin
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Lord Reading
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. Alexander the Great was the king of which kingdom
    A)Macedonia
    B)Rome
    C)Epirus
    D)Cyprus
    Answer: Macedonia
  • Q. The French East India Company was founded in
    A)1620
    B)1600
    C)1664
    D)1604
    Answer: 1664
  • Q. The Delhi General who successfully adavanced up to Madurai was
    A)Muhammad Ghori
    B)Khizr Khan
    C)Malik Kafur
    D)Muharnmad-bin-Tughlaq
    Answer: Malik Kafur
  • Q. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
    A)Swadeshi Movement
    B)Non-Cooperation movement
    C)Civil Disobedience movement
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Civil Disobedience movement
  • Q. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
    A)Khudai Khidmatgar
    B)The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
    C)Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. Which is the ultimate goal of education in Jainism?
    A)Renunciation
    B)Non-violence
    C)Moksha
    D)Voluntary promotion of human welfare
    Answer: Moksha
  • Q. Who was the Viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Hardinge
    D)Lord Wavell
    Answer: Lord Hardinge
  • Q. During the Mughal rule, the police duties in the districts were entrusted to the officials known as?
    A)Mansabdar
    B)Faujdar
    C)Kotwal
    D)Amin
    Answer: Faujdar

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