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Q. Who among the following is referred to as ‘Desert Fox’?

A
Gen. Eisenhover
B
Lord Wavell
C
Gen. Rommel
D
Gen. McArthur

Correct Answer

Gen. Rommel

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  • Q. In the Interim Government formed in 1946, the Minister for Education was
    A)Rajaji
    B)Patel
    C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  • Q. Which of the means adopted under Self Respect Movement? I. Violent protests against upper classes II. Undermine position of Brahmin priests by formalizing weddings without them III. Boycott of temples and places of Brahmin residence
    A)Only II
    B)I and III
    C)Only III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
    A)Pali
    B)Prakrit
    C)Sanskrit
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
    A)1925
    B)1919
    C)1927
    D)1930
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of English Education in India”?
    A)Macaulay Commission
    B)Wood's Dispatch
    C)Vernacular Act
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Wood's Dispatch
  • Q. The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
    A)Lord Bentick
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
    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. The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
    A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
    B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
    C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
    D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
    Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
  • Q. Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?
    A)Government of India Act 1918
    B)The Government of India Act 1935
    C)Government of India Act 1925
    D)Government of India Act 1930
    Answer: The Government of India Act 1935
  • Q. In 1739, who defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Karnal?
    A)Genghis Khan
    B)Nader Shah
    C)Hemu Vikramaclitya
    D)Bajirao-I
    Answer: Nader Shah
  • Q. Which of the following Congress leader rejected the ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
    A)Lord Linlithgow
    B)Lord Wavell
    C)Sir George Stanley
    D)Lord Willingdon
    Answer: Lord Linlithgow
  • Q. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
    A)Marthanda Verma
    B)Hyder Ali
    C)British
    D)Tipu Sultan
    Answer: Hyder Ali
  • Q. Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
    A)Darius III
    B)Alexander the Great
    C)King Porus
    D)Chandragupta Maurya
    Answer: King Porus
  • Q. In 1905 __________ laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’, with a view to the training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by all constitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people
    A)Dadabai Naoroji
    B)Gokhale
    C)R. C. Dutt
    D)Ranade
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. The Rigvedic Aryans were governed by a
    A)Form of democracy
    B)Tribal republic
    C)Monarchical government
    D)Rule by elders
    Answer: Monarchical government
  • Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
    A)1261
    B)1204
    C)1291
    D)1225
    Answer: 1261
  • Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
    A)Pakistan
    B)Union of India
    C)Constituent Assembly
    D)Groups by Provinces
    Answer: Pakistan
  • Q. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Nirguna and Saguna
    C)Sikkhism
    D)Jainism
    Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
  • Q. Emperor Harsha’s southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by
    A)Pulakesin-Il
    B)Pulakesin-I
    C)Vikramaditya-I
    D)Vikramaditya-II
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  • Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I, II and III
    C)II, III and IV
    D)All the above
    Answer: I, II and III

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