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Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of

A
English
B
Dutch
C
French
D
Portuguese

Correct Answer

Portuguese

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  • Q. Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by
    A)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    B)Dinbandhu Mitra
    C)Rabindranath Tagore
    D)Naveen Chandra Sen
    Answer: Dinbandhu Mitra
  • Q. Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as ‘Mahatma’ by
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
  • Q. Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the
    A)Schism edict
    B)Rummindei inscription
    C)Kandhar inscription
    D)Bhabru edict
    Answer: Bhabru edict
  • Q. The Harappans were the earliest people to produce
    A)Bronze implements
    B)Seals
    C)Cotton
    D)Barely
    Answer: Cotton
  • Q. The __________ were the first Europeans to start a Joint stock company trade with India?
    A)Portuguese
    B)French
    C)Danish
    D)Dutch
    Answer: Dutch
  • Q. Which Tamil poet wrote Ramayana in Tamil language?
    A)Kapilar
    B)Kamban
    C)Pulamaipithan
    D)Perumal Rasu
    Answer: Kamban
  • Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
    A)Upendranath Basu
    B)Annie Besant
    C)I. N. Gurtu
    D)George Thompson
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The Jaina literature is known as
    A)Epics
    B)Tripitakas
    C)Aryasutras
    D)Angas
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
    A)Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
    B)Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
    C)Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
    D)Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
    Answer: Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
  • Q. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
    A)Chauth
    B)Land-tax
    C)Sardeshmukhi
    D)Pilgrim tax
    Answer: Pilgrim tax
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras?
    A)Ramanada Saraswati
    B)Shankaracharya
    C)Tulsidas
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  • Q. The fourth and the last Buddhist Council was convened by
    A)Menander
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
    A)Venice
    B)Rome
    C)Jerusalem
    D)Vienna
    Answer: Jerusalem
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    A)Bhattacharya Sabya
    B)K. K. N. Kurup
    C)K. K. Kusuman
    D)B. Sobhanan
    Answer: K. K. N. Kurup
  • Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
    A)Veer Kunwar
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
    A)Acharya Narendra Bose and P. C. Joshi
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Subhas Chandra Bose and P. C. Joshi
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    Answer: Acharya Narendra Bose and P. C. Joshi
  • Q. Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as
    A)Siddhartha
    B)Gautam
    C)Rahul
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  • Q. Who is the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
    A)Ogedei Khan
    B)Guyuk Khan
    C)Kublai Khan
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    A)Nedunjeraladan
    B)Udiyanjeral
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  • Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of History’
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    C)Herodotus
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