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Q. The Wahabis operated from

A
Khyber Pass
B
Hindukush
C
Western Ghat
D
Palghat

Correct Answer

Hindukush

More Questions on History

  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skill in:
    A)Champaran Satyagraha
    B)Kheda Satyagraha
    C)The Bardoli Satyagraha
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Bardoli Satyagraha
  • Q. The currency of Thailand is
    A)Rupiah
    B)Baht
    C)Yuan
    D)Yen
    Answer: Baht
  • Q. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
    A)George Washington
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)John F. Kennedy
    D)William Wallace Lincoln
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’?
    A)The Dewan of Travancore
    B)The Maharaja of Baroda
    C)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    D)The Raja of Jodhpur
    Answer: The Dewan of Travancore
  • Q. Who designated the administrative head of the district as Collector?
    A)Cornwallis
    B)Warren Hastings
    C)MacPherson
    D)Clive
    Answer: MacPherson
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
    A)George Washington
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Benjamin Franklin
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson
  • Q. Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?
    A)Nadir Shah
    B)Genghis Khan
    C)Hemu Vikramaditya
    D)Bajirao-I
    Answer: Hemu Vikramaditya
  • Q. Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    C)Vikrarnaditya
    D)Skand Gupta
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
    C)H. P. Blavatsky
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?
    A)Nalanda
    B)Taxila
    C)Vikramshila
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. Which of the following British Prime Minister headed the First Round Table Conference in London?
    A)Ramsay McDonald
    B)Churchill
    C)Chamberlain
    D)Disraeli
    Answer: Ramsay McDonald
  • Q. Whose army did Alexander the Greek ruler confront on the banks of the river Jhelum?
    A)Ambi
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Ohanananda
    D)Porus
    Answer: Porus
  • Q. The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by
    A)Locke
    B)Hobbes
    C)Bentham
    D)Marx
    Answer: Locke
  • Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Gnandeva
  • Q. A hearty welcome was extended to the English captain Hawkins by the Mughal Emperor
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Which of the following ruler was responsible for the rise of Magadha?
    A)Ajatshatru
    B)Bindusara
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Vasudeva
    Answer: Bimbisara
  • Q. Ranthambhor was
    A)A Rajput fort
    B)A Mughal palace
    C)Capital of the khaljis
    D)A Buddist pilgrimage centre
    Answer: A Rajput fort
  • Q. Gandhi had been provoked into crusading for the lot of the Asians in South Africa by the British law called the Act
    A)Blacks' Registration
    B)Apartheid
    C)cl Asiatic Registration
    D)Subcitizens' Licence
    Answer: cl Asiatic Registration
  • Q. Which of the following reform is the legislative contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy?
    A)Indianisation of superior services
    B)Abolition of sati
    C)Reduction of export duties on Indian goods
    D)Abolition of east India company's trading rights
    Answer: Abolition of sati

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