Q. Who is regarded as as the ‘father of modern India’

Correct Answer

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

More Questions on History

  • Q. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
    A)Tivara
    B)Kunala
    C)Mahendra
    D)Jalauka
    Answer: Tivara
  • Q. In which year did the Indian National Congress hold its first meeting in Bombay?
    A)1844
    B)1832
    C)1885
    D)1890
    Answer: 1885
  • Q. What was the another name of ‘Quit India movement’?
    A)Swadeshi Movement
    B)Khilafat Movement
    C)Home Rule Movement
    D)August Kranti
    Answer: August Kranti
  • Q. The Falklands War was fought in the year
    A)1977
    B)1973
    C)1982
    D)1989
    Answer: 1982
  • Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
    A)Nimbarka
    B)Mirabai
    C)Vallabhacharya
    D)Madhav
    Answer: Madhav
  • Q. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
    A)Harshavardhana
    B)Banabhatta
    C)Baskarvardhana
    D)Bindusara
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Rash Bihari Bose
    C)Chandra Sekhar Ajad
    D)Madanlal Dhingra
    Answer: Madanlal Dhingra
  • Q. Who is generally consider as the first pharaoh of Egypt
    A)Semerkhet
    B)Menes
    C)Takelot I
    D)Tutankhamun
    Answer: Menes
  • Q. Which of the following was common to both the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society?
    A)Female deities
    B)Horse
    C)Urban centres
    D)Iron implements
    Answer: Horse
  • Q. In Gandhian Socialism
    A)State is not required
    B)State is required
    C)State is sometimes required and sometimes not required
    D)State is neither required
    Answer: State is not required
  • Q. In India, Ancient Iron Age is attached with
    A)Black and Red Pottery
    B)Gray pottery
    C)Ocher Coloured Pottery
    D)Northern Black Polish Pottery
    Answer: Gray pottery
  • Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
    A)Shut down any industrial unit at will
    B)Foment class and caste strife
    C)Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
    D)Detain a person for any duration without a trial
    Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
  • Q. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization?
    A)2500 BC - 1700 BC
    B)2400 BC - 1700 BC
    C)2400 BC - 1750 BC
    D)2500 BC - 1750 BC
    Answer: 2500 BC - 1750 BC
  • Q. The main objectives of the Non-Cooperation Movement were
    A)protest against the Punjab wrongs and withdrawal of the Rowlatt Acts
    B)restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
    C)lifting of martial law from Punjab and withdrawal of repressive laws
    D)None of the above
    Answer: restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
  • Q. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab?
    A)Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana
    B)Pallavas and Chalukyas
    C)Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
    D)Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms
    Answer: Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
  • Q. The idea of incorporating, safeguards in the Indian Constitution was inspired by the
    A)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    B)Third Round Table Conference
    C)Visit of Simon Commission
    D)Poona Pact
    Answer: Visit of Simon Commission
  • Q. The Sultan of Delhi who transferred two monolithic Mauryan pillars to Delhi to beautify his capital, was
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Firuz Tughluq
    D)Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
    Answer: Firuz Tughluq
  • Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
    A)Gladstone
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)W.W Hunter
    D)Hastings
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Who has written the famous book Padmavat?
    A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
    B)Nakhshabi
    C)Al Biruni
    D)Hasan Nizami
    Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
  • Q. Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
    A)Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Mauryan King Ashoka
    C)Gautam Buddha
    D)Bhagwan Mahavira
    Answer: Mauryan King Ashoka

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