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Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of History’

A
Thucydides
B
Homer
C
Herodotus
D
Archimedes

Correct Answer

Herodotus

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  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Ancient Indian literature? I. Brahmanas and Aryankas followed by philosophical doctrines of Upanishads. II. Brahmanas are contains detailed explanation about Vedic literature and instructions.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge between the past and the future is
    A)Devendra Nath Tagore
    B)Keshab Chandra Sen
    C)Ishwar chandra
    D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. Guru Arjan Dev transferred the headquarters to
    A)Amritsar
    B)Agra
    C)Karachi
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart, that he wrote: ‘That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the ‘Bhagavad Gita’
    A)Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
    B)Hare Ram
    C)Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
    D)Ishwar Allah Tero Nam
    Answer: Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
    A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Shankaracharya
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
    A)Charles Darwin
    B)Auguste Comte
    C)Emile Durkheim
    D)Herbert Spencer
    Answer: Herbert Spencer
  • Q. The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in __________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy
    A)1843
    B)1842
    C)1845
    D)1875
    Answer: 1875
  • Q. Who among the following was not a physician?
    A)Charaka
    B)Sushruta
    C)Charvaka
    D)Dhanvantari
    Answer: Charvaka
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
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    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Both I and III
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  • Q. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?
    A)BP Wadia
    B)BC Pal
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)GS Arundale
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  • Q. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was an important Hindu religious scholar, reformer, and founder of the __________
    A)Brahma Samaj
    B)Arya Samaj
    C)Ramakrishna Mission
    D)Theosophical society
    Answer: Arya Samaj
  • Q. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Sukhdev
    C)Surya Sen
    D)Rajguru
    Answer: Surya Sen
  • Q. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)G. K. Gokhale
    C)Aurobindo Ghosh
    D)B. G. Tilak
    Answer: G. K. Gokhale
  • Q. The Hundred Years’ War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between
    A)Germany and Russia
    B)England and France
    C)America and Argentina
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    B)Mir Jafar
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  • Q. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golconda it was ruled by
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    A)Dakhma
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  • Q. To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed?
    A)Samprati
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Vasubandhu
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    C)Guru Govind Singh
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