Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
    A)Dufferin
    B)Northbrook
    C)Elgin-II
    D)Ripon
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. Who of the following became a member of the “Din-i-Ilahi”?
    A)Raja Birbal
    B)Todarmal
    C)Raja Man Singh
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Raja Birbal
  • Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
    A)Rs. 400,000
    B)Rs. 480,000
    C)Rs. 500,000
    D)Rs. 300,000
    Answer: Rs. 400,000
  • Q. Who called Government of India Act 1935 as thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable?
    A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    B)Subhash Chandra Bose
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Balkrishana Chapekar
    Answer: Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  • Q. Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
    A)Pericles
    B)Herodotus
    C)Plutarch
    D)Thucydides
    Answer: Thucydides
  • Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Annie Besant
    C)George Yule
    D)Sir William Wedderburn
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Alexander was the son of Philip II of __________
    A)Athens
    B)Sparta
    C)Macedonia
    D)Carthage
    Answer: Macedonia
  • Q. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was
    A)Aram Shah
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Qutb-ud-din Albak
    D)Balban
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
    A)Ashoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Dharmapala
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
    A)Trivarga
    B)Triratna
    C)Trisarga
    D)Trimurti
    Answer: Triratna
  • Q. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
    A)March 14, 1878
    B)April 14, 1878
    C)March 14, 1876
    D)March 14, 1870
    Answer: March 14, 1878
  • Q. Who amongst the following succeeded Aurangzeb?
    A)Kam Baksh
    B)Azam shah
    C)Akbar-II
    D)Mauzzam
    Answer: Azam shah
  • Q. What is the correct meaning of Khanqah?
    A)A form of veena
    B)A form of music
    C)The place where Sufi Mystics lived
    D)None of the above
    Answer: The place where Sufi Mystics lived
  • Q. AI Hilal’ was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Syed Ahmed Khan
    C)Abul Kalam Azad
    D)DE Wacha
    Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
  • 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. Akbar defeated Hemu in which of the following battle?
    A)Second Battle of Panipat
    B)Battle of Haldighati
    C)Battle of Talikota
    D)Third Battle of Panipat
    Answer: Second Battle of Panipat
  • Q. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
    A)Dharam Kumar
    B)A. R. Desai
    C)Ray Chaudhuri
    D)K. Rajayyan
    Answer: A. R. Desai
  • Q. When did the first Huna invasion take place?
    A)458 AD
    B)358 AD
    C)558 AD
    D)658 AD
    Answer: 458 AD
  • Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
    A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
    B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
    C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
    D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
    Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
  • Q. What was the extent of Harsha’s empire?
    A)The whole of India
    B)The entire Indian subcontinent
    C)The entire Deccan region
    D)A part of northern India
    Answer: A part of northern India

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