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Q. __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP

A
Tarachand Chakravarty
B
Annie Besant
C
D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
D
Brojnath Dhar

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

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    B)Samantasena
    C)Ballalasena
    D)Lakshamanasena
    Answer: Lakshamanasena
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    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. The first Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was
    A)Neel Darpan
    B)Rast Goftar
    C)Shome Prakash
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Neel Darpan
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Revolt of the Bhils? I. The Bhils revolted in 1818 due to the occupation of their territory by the British. II. They defied British authority for 50 years from 1818. III. Their revolt was finally ended by the British through military operations as well as conciliatory measures. IV. The leader of the Bhil revolt was Ram Charan
    A)II & III
    B)I & II
    C)I & III
    D)II & IV
    Answer: II & III
  • Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
    A)Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Queen Victoria
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  • Q. Assertion (A): Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued currency of copper coins and declared them as legal tender. Reason (R): Sultan’s treasury was empty because of his short-sighted projects.
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    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
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  • Q. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
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    B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
    C)Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
    D)Jalal-id-din Khilji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. Who is consider as the first Pope of christianity
    A)St Linus
    B)St Peter
    C)St Evaristus
    D)St Alexander I
    Answer: St Peter
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    A)Queen Victoria
    B)Queen Elizabeth
    C)Queen Anne
    D)Queen Marie
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  • Q. In which of the following places Vardhaman attained the state of enlightenment?
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    B)Kundagram
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  • Q. Bicameral Legislature was first provided to India by the
    A)Government of India Act of 1935
    B)Pitt's India Act
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    A)1757
    B)1657
    C)1765
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table conference after
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    B)signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
    C)being permitted by the Congress
    D)receiving assurance that independence was fast coming
    Answer: signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
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    A)Kusinara and Pava
    B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
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  • Q. Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947
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    B)Wavell
    C)Linlithgow
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  • Q. Which is representative of Dravida style of temple architecture?
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    B)Viman
    C)Mandapa
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  • Q. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
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    B)Comrade - Mohammed Ali
    C)Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Common Weal - Annie Besant
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  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is correct about Alvar Saints?
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    B)The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
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