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Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?

A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Lord Curzon
C
Jawahar Lal Nehru
D
Daya Nand Saraswati

Correct Answer

Jawahar Lal Nehru

More Questions on History

  • Q. The main cause of the tribal uprisings of the 19th century was
    A)Christian Missionary activities in the tribal areas
    B)the British land settlements and land laws had created tension in the tribal society
    C)the British Forest Laws
    D)new excise regulations and police exactions
    Answer: the British Forest Laws
  • Q. Who founded Tattvabodhini sabha in 1839 ?
    A)Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
    B)Dayanand Sarswati
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Jogesh Chandra Dutt
    Answer: Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
  • Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayan and captured Gaur in the battle of
    A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
    B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
    C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
    D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
    Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
  • Q. Which was/were the greatest poetry and drama work of Kaildas?
    A)Raghuvamsa
    B)Kumarasambhava
    C)Meghaduta
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Brahmi
    C)Pali
    D)Magadhi
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. The Akal Takht was built by
    A)Guru Teg Bahadur
    B)Guru Ramdas
    C)Guru Hargovind
    D)Guru Nanak
    Answer: Guru Hargovind
  • Q. The historical monument Al Khazneh or The Treasury is located in the city of
    A)Tehran
    B)Baghdad
    C)Giza
    D)Petra
    Answer: Petra
  • Q. Who is the author of “From the Founding of the City”?
    A)Livy
    B)Cicero
    C)Polybius
    D)Sallust
    Answer: Livy
  • Q. Which of the following Assamese literature is Buddhist songs composed in the 8th to 12th centuries?
    A)Kotha Ramayana
    B)Charyapadas
    C)Drona Parva
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Charyapadas
  • Q. The Governor of the East India Company was
    A)Appointed by the British Parliament
    B)Appointed by the monarch of England
    C)Elected by the members of the East India Company
    D)Nominated by the Mughal Emperor
    Answer: Elected by the members of the East India Company
  • Q. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
    A)Babur
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Narayana Guru was the son of__________
    A)Krishnan Vaidyan
    B)Madan Asan
    C)Kummampilli Raman Pillai Asan
    D)Kumaran
    Answer: Madan Asan
  • Q. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year
    A)1921
    B)1917
    C)1927
    D)1932
    Answer: 1921
  • Q. Which of the following is/are correct statement(s) related to the Buddhist Philosophy?
    A)Buddhism is a non-theistic system of beliefs based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian prince later known as the Buddha, in the 5th Century B.C.
    B)Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics and epistemology.
    C)Both A & B
    D)Netheir A nor B
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Gurudevan participated in the anniversary of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam held at Palluruthy in__________
    A)1917
    B)1913
    C)1927
    D)1948
    Answer: 1927
  • Q. The Indian National Congress was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all India Scale; a retired English LC.S officer played an important rule in its formation
    A)Man Mohan Gosh
    B)A. O. Hume
    C)W. C. Banerjee
    D)S. N. Sen
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Portuguese?
    A)They spread Catholicism in western and eastern coast of India
    B)They brought tobacco cultivation in India
    C)They established first printing press in India at Goa in AD 1556
    D)The Indian Medicinal Plants was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563
    Answer: The Indian Medicinal Plants was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563
  • Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
    A)Nadir Shah
    B)Timur Lang
    C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Genghis Khan
  • Q. As per ‘August Offer 1940’ the Constitution of India would be drawn by
    A)House of Lords
    B)House of Commons
    C)Princely States
    D)Indians
    Answer: Indians
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 decided to launch a nation wide satyagraha against the proposed __________
    A)Rowlatt Act
    B)Simon Commission
    C)Salt Act
    D)Pitt's India Act
    Answer: Rowlatt Act

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