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Q. __________, second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933, was described as a ‘Diamond Soul’, for she had many brilliant facets to her character

A
Krishnamohan Banerjee
B
Annie Besant
C
Hari Mohan
D
Govind Chandra Sen

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
    A)Delhi
    B)Paris
    C)London
    D)Aix-la-Chapelle
    Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
  • Q. In 1875, Sir Syed founded the Madarsatul Uloom in __________
    A)Aligarh
    B)Delhi
    C)Bengal
    D)Agra
    Answer: Aligarh
  • Q. Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the eradication of the evil of untouchability?
    A)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    B)Jagjivan Ram
    C)Acharya Kripalani
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Which among the following is correct
    A)The capital of Gahadwal Dynasty was Kannauj
    B)The capital of pandyas was Madurai
    C)The capital of the Videha Kingdom was Mithila
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man’.Who said this?
    A)Sri Ramakrishna
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
    D)Sri Narayana Guru
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. The Kailasha temple is located in the caves of
    A)Ellora
    B)Ajanta
    C)Elephanta
    D)Karle
    Answer: Ellora
  • Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
    A)Assam and Kerala
    B)Bengal and Punjab
    C)Bengal and Assam
    D)Punjab and Kerala
    Answer: Bengal and Punjab
  • Q. Like Vedic Aryans, the custom of Sacrificial fire was also followed by
    A)Greeks
    B)Romans
    C)Iranians
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who wrote “Summa Theologica”?
    A)Aristotle
    B)Albertus Magnus
    C)Augustine of Hippo
    D)Thomas Aquinas
    Answer: Thomas Aquinas
  • Q. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
    A)Young Indian Organization
    B)Bhinav Bharat
    C)Young India
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: Indian National Congress
  • Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Akbar-II
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. The objective(s) of the Kuka Movement in the Punjab was/were
    A)The revival of Sikh sovereignty
    B)To purify Sikh religion of its abuses and superstitions
    C)Both A and B above
    D)The revival of the Khalsa
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Constituent Assembly would be
    A)289
    B)389
    C)250
    D)350
    Answer: 389
  • Q. Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
    A)Heinrich Himmler
    B)Hermann Goering
    C)Rudolf Hess
    D)Joseph Goebbels
    Answer: Joseph Goebbels
  • Q. Noor Jahan was wife of which Mughal Emperor?
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Akbar
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named
    A)Vishnu Shastri
    B)Jagannath Shankar
    C)Bal Shastri
    D)Krishna Shastri
    Answer: Bal Shastri
  • Q. The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India
    A)Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
    B)To creates a Shiite Muslim state
    C)To control the trade routes into Southeast Asia
    D)To defeat his longstanding enemy, the sultan of Delhi
    Answer: Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
  • Q. Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the India National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red fort Trial towards the end of
    A)1944
    B)1943
    C)1945
    D)1946
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. The traces of Janapadas and Mahajanapadas are found in__________?
    A)Buddha text
    B)Vedic text
    C)Jaina text
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
    A)Governor-General
    B)Governor
    C)Parliament
    D)Crown
    Answer: Crown

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