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Q. Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?

A
Badruddin Tyabji
B
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C
Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
D
Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Correct Answer

Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar

More Questions on History

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    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Cornwallis
    C)William Bentinck
    D)Lord Curzon
    Answer: Lord Cornwallis
  • Q. August Offer’ was issued by __________
    A)Parliament
    B)Crown
    C)Viceroy
    D)Secretary of State
    Answer: Viceroy
  • Q. Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
    A)General
    B)Justice
    C)Member of Parliament
    D)Secretary of State for India
    Answer: Justice
  • Q. Who was the President of Indian National congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted?
    A)Sardar Patel
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Maulana Azad
    D)Acharya J. B. Kripalani
    Answer: Acharya J. B. Kripalani
  • Q. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
    A)the ruin of India's handloom textiles
    B)the poverty of the Indian people
    C)his identification with the Indian people
    D)his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
    Answer: his identification with the Indian people
  • Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
    A)Farrukh-Siyar
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
  • Q. Harshavardhana organised his religious assembly at
    A)Prayag
    B)Mathura
    C)Varanasi
    D)Tamralipt
    Answer: Prayag
  • Q. What was the contribution of Sayyid Ahmad Khan towards education of Muslims? I. Brought translation of books to Urdu II. Founded Aligarh Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College for spreading western sciences III. Encouraged people to send their children to schools
    A)Only I and II
    B)Only II
    C)Only I and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
    A)Michelangelo
    B)Filippo Brunelleschi
    C)Vincent van Gogh
    D)Leonardo da Vinci
    Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
  • Q. The formation of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) at the initiative of __________ in 1972
    A)Roop Kanwar
    B)Ela Bhat
    C)Raja radhakant dev
    D)Dwarkanath Tagore
    Answer: Ela Bhat
  • Q. The Renaissance movement is described as the ending of
    A)Ancient Era
    B)Pre Historic Era
    C)Medieval Era
    D)Modern Era
    Answer: Medieval Era
  • Q. The immediate cause of split in the INC at its Surat Session was
    A)expulsion of Tilak from the INC
    B)election of the President of the INC
    C)demand of Swaraj as the goal of the INC
    D)resolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education
    Answer: election of the President of the INC
  • Q. Narendra MandaI was inaugurated by Duke of Connaught in the year
    A)1921
    B)1920
    C)1931
    D)1910
    Answer: 1921
  • Q. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year
    A)1919
    B)1857
    C)1946
    D)1947
    Answer: 1946
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
    A)Cripps Mission
    B)Simmon Commission
    C)Cabinet Mission
    D)Wavel Plan
    Answer: Cripps Mission
  • Q. When was the first communist manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
    A)1859
    B)1848
    C)1872
    D)1890
    Answer: 1848
  • Q. Assertion (A): East India Association in London was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji. Reason (R): He wanted to influence the British public opinion
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. The subject matter of Ajanta Paintings pertains to
    A)Buddhism
    B)Jainism
    C)Vaishnavism
    D)Shaivism
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams’ in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiru-pati, etc., constructed?
    A)Krishnadeva Raya
    B)Vidyaranya
    C)Harihara
    D)Raja raj
    Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from__________ in January 1915
    A)England
    B)South Africa
    C)USA
    D)Russia
    Answer: South Africa

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