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Q. In which year salt Satyagraha took place?

A
1930
B
1929
C
1931
D
1932

Correct Answer

1930

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
    A)Rajendra Prasad
    B)JB Kripalani
    C)Jayaprakash Narayan
    D)Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Rajendra Prasad
  • Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it
    B)There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
    C)To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
    D)The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
    Answer: To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar dispensed with the practice of keeping revenue records in the local languages, in addition to Persian. Reason (R): In Mughal lndia, Persian language and literature was well developed and widely in use.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are 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. Satavahana dynasty originated from?
    A)South of Vindhya
    B)South of Arawali
    C)South of Satpura
    D)South of Satmola
    Answer: South of Vindhya
  • Q. That the Rig Vedic Aryana were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that
    A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
    B)there are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
    C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. When was the construction of Great Wall of China started?
    A)252 BC
    B)294 BC
    C)249 BC
    D)221 BC
    Answer: 221 BC
  • Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
    A)Kavindra Acharya
    B)Kavi Kalash
    C)Kavi Bhusan
    D)Kavi Martanda
    Answer: Kavi Kalash
  • Q. Who was the founder of the Sena dynasty?
    A)Hemanta Sena
    B)Ballal Sena
    C)Lakshman Sena
    D)Vijay Sena
    Answer: Hemanta Sena
  • Q. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
    A)Lloyd George
    B)Ramsay Mcdonald
    C)Stanley Baldwin
    D)AV Alexander
    Answer: Ramsay Mcdonald
  • Q. The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to resume the movement In January 1932?
    A)Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government
    B)Failure of the Second Round Table Conference
    C)British policies of repression
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which of the following act was the revision of Vernacular Act?
    A)Newspaper Act, 1908
    B)Indian Press act, 1910
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Indian Press act, 1910
  • Q. In the Rigvedic period, after the king the next most important functionary of the state was the
    A)Revenue collector
    B)Senani
    C)Magician-doctor
    D)Purohita
    Answer: Purohita
  • Q. A new period in__________’s life began in 1913 when she became active in Indian politics, and gave a lead by claiming ‘Home Rule’ for India
    A)Malati Patwardhan
    B)Ammu Swaminathan
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Ambujammal
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. One of the important factors that led to the World War-II the humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is that treaty?
    A)Treaty of Versailles
    B)Treaty of Paris
    C)Treaty of Lorraine
    D)Treaty of Brussels
    Answer: Treaty of Versailles
  • Q. The Treaty of Versailles humiliated
    A)Germany
    B)Austria
    C)England
    D)France
    Answer: Germany
  • Q. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near
    A)Nizamabad
    B)Mysore
    C)Aurangabad
    D)Bhopal
    Answer: Aurangabad
  • Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
    A)He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
    B)Krishnadeva Raya wrote Amuktamalyada
    C)His court was adorned by the Ashtadiggajas
    D)He maintained friendly relations with the Portuguese
    Answer: He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
  • Q. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
    A)Indo-Greeks
    B)Mauryas
    C)Guptas
    D)Kushans
    Answer: Indo-Greeks
  • Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
    A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
    B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
    C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
    D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
    Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
  • Q. Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Viceroy Lytton II. Viceroy Mayo III. Viceroy Lansdowne IV. Viceroy Linlithgow
    A)II, I, III, IV
    B)II, III, I, IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)III, IV, I, II
    Answer: II, I, III, IV

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