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Q. Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?

A
Nelson Mandela
B
Zuma
C
Kofi Annan
D
Booker T. Washington

Correct Answer

Nelson Mandela

More Questions on History

  • Q. The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by __________
    A)The Government of India
    B)Secretary of State for India
    C)Parliament of England
    D)By Indian National Congress
    Answer: The Government of India
  • Q. Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
    A)Agra
    B)Sikandara
    C)Fatehpursikri
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Sikandara
  • Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
    A)Darwin
    B)Aristotle
    C)Cuvier
    D)Socrates
    Answer: Darwin
  • Q. Alexander was trained by
    A)Aristotle
    B)Socrates
    C)Plato
    D)Homer
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born 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
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. In the . . . . . . Provinces were allowed to form groups with common executives and legislatures
    A)Dikie Bird Plan
    B)Wavell Plan
    C)Cabinet Mission Plan
    D)Mountbatten Plan
    Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan
  • Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in
    A)The promotion of people's welfare by him
    B)His extensive conquests
    C)His marathon army
    D)His exclusive patronage of Buddhism
    Answer: The promotion of people's welfare by him
  • Q. Who among the following had given the doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
    A)Saivaite Nayanmars
    B)Sankara
    C)Vashnavaite Alwars
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Sankara
  • Q. Who was the founder of Swatantra Party?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)B. G. Tilak
    C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    D)C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
  • Q. Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
    A)Vallabhacharya
    B)Ramananda
    C)Narasi
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. The Biography of Humayun was written by
    A)Jodha
    B)Nur Jahan
    C)Anarkali
    D)Gulbadan Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. Who among the following rulers was first to embrace Buddhism?
    A)Ajatasatru
    B)Ashoka
    C)Bindusara
    D)Bimbisara
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. Which of the following are the four Agnikula classes of Rajputs?
    A)Chandellas, Tornars, Solankis, Chauhans
    B)Tomars, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars
    C)Chandellas, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars
    D)Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars, Solankis
    Answer: Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars, Solankis
  • Q. The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck :
    A)Northern India
    B)Eastern India
    C)Southern India
    D)Western India
    Answer: Western India
  • Q. Name the language that was designated as the ‘Camp Language’ during the Medieval Period
    A)Pali
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Hindi
    D)Urdu
    Answer: Urdu
  • Q. Who discovered America?
    A)Columbus
    B)Vascoda Gama
    C)Captain Cook
    D)Amundsen
    Answer: Columbus
  • Q. Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :
    A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Damodar Chapekar
    D)V.D. Savarkar
    Answer: V.D. Savarkar
  • Q. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
    A)Persians
    B)Abyssinians
    C)Africans
    D)Afghans
    Answer: Abyssinians
  • Q. The Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashanavaite Alwar preached the Bhakti Cult under which of the following rulers?
    A)Pallavas, Cheras and Rashtrakutas
    B)Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
    C)Pallavas, Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms
    D)Cheras & Pandavas
    Answer: Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
  • Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
    A)Montesquieu
    B)Voltaire
    C)Diderot
    D)Rousseau
    Answer: Voltaire

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