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Q. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth.”?

A
Leo Tolstoy
B
Bertrand Russell
C
Albert Einstein
D
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Correct Answer

Albert Einstein

More Questions on History

  • Q. When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans?
    A)1378
    B)1305
    C)1453
    D)1414
    Answer: 1453
  • Q. Who made the famous statement “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
    A)Mirabeau
    B)John Locke
    C)Voltaire
    D)Jean Jacques Rousseau
    Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • Q. Who is called as the ‘second Ashoka’ ?
    A)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    B)Samudra Gupta
    C)Kanishka
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. In which country is Karbala, the holy city of Shia Muslim located?
    A)Iraq
    B)Iran
    C)Jordan
    D)Syria
    Answer: Iraq
  • Q. Where had Qutub-ud-din Aibak got constructed the Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra (Hut of Two-and-a-half- Days)?
    A)Ajmer
    B)Agra
    C)Delhi
    D)Fatehpur Sikri
    Answer: Ajmer
  • Q. Which of the following was the basic premise of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God was the only means of Salvation
    B)Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God with the help of Brahmins was the only means of Salvation
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Bhakti or Single minded, uninterrupted and extreme devotion to God was the only means of Salvation
  • Q. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying
    A)Domestic subjects
    B)Mughal court
    C)Scenes from the Indian classics
    D)The scenes of their motherland
    Answer: Mughal court
  • Q. Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Both (A) and (B) above
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. All souls day is a __________ festival.
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Christian
    D)Muslim
    Answer: Christian
  • Q. Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?
    A)The Constitution of USSR
    B)The Constitution of China
    C)The Constitution of USA
    D)The Constitution of Japan
    Answer: The Constitution of USA
  • Q. Who called Muazzam as Shahi-i- Bekhabar?
    A)Zulfikar khan
    B)Kafi Khan
    C)Kam Baksh
    D)Nur Jahan
    Answer: Kafi Khan
  • Q. When was Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile?
    A)1248
    B)1200
    C)1203
    D)1261
    Answer: 1248
  • Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
    A)underground drainage system
    B)town planning
    C)uniformity of weights and measures
    D)large agricultural surplus
    Answer: underground drainage system
  • Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. The script of the Indus Valley Civilization was
    A)Persian
    B)Dravidian
    C)Sanskrit
    D)Undecipherable
    Answer: Undecipherable
  • Q. Benito Mussolini was a leader of
    A)Italy
    B)Germany
    C)French
    D)Portugal
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. Ashoka sent missionaries to
    A)Tibet and Ceylon
    B)China and Kashmir
    C)Tibet and China
    D)Kashmir and Ceylon
    Answer: Tibet and Ceylon
  • Q. The foreign traveller who visited Indian during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert description of the Peacock Throne, was
    A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
    B)Geronimo Verroneo
    C)Travernier
    D)Austinof Bordeaux
    Answer: Travernier
  • Q. The granary discovered at Harappa was located
    A)In the "Lower town'
    B)Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro
    C)Near the river Ravi
    D)Beside the western gate of the city
    Answer: Near the river Ravi
  • Q. Who among the following was/were not disciples of Ramananda?
    A)Sena & Sadhana
    B)Kabir & Raidas
    C)Dhanna & Naraharai
    D)Tulsidas & Mirabai
    Answer: Tulsidas & Mirabai

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