Q. A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge between the past and the future is

Correct Answer

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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    A)Nagpur
    B)Satara
    C)Jhansi
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. Division of the Vedic society into four classes is clearly mentioned in the
    A)Purusa-sukta of Rigveda
    B)Yajurveda
    C)Upanishads
    D)Shatapatha Brahmana
    Answer: Purusa-sukta of Rigveda
  • Q. Daiva Dasakam is a Malayalam work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)C. Kesavan
    D)T. K. Madhavan
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Ashoka sent missionaries to
    A)Tibet and Ceylon
    B)China and Kashmir
    C)Tibet and China
    D)Kashmir and Ceylon
    Answer: Tibet and Ceylon
  • Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
    A)Chhota Nagpur
    B)Punjab
    C)Tarai
    D)Manipur
    Answer: Chhota Nagpur
  • Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
    A)French
    B)Dutch
    C)British
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: British
  • Q. Who is regarded as as the ‘father of modern India’
    A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Sri Aurobindo
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. Who among the following Mughal emperors, brought about the fall of Sayyid Brothers?
    A)Rafi-ud-daulah
    B)Bahadur Shah-I
    C)Shah Jahan-II
    D)Muhammad Shah
    Answer: Muhammad Shah
  • Q. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden fall from the staircase was
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Babur
    C)Humayun
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. Which of the following leader was not moderate?
    A)Anand Charlu
    B)Dada Bhai Naoroji
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Madan Mohan Malviya
    Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Q. Which of the following Vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?
    A)Samaveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Yajurveda
    D)Atharvaveda
    Answer: Atharvaveda
  • Q. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
    A)Policy of Subsidiaty Alliance
    B)Doctrine of Lapse
    C)War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Doctrine of Lapse
  • Q. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
    A)The Railways
    B)Tea Plantations
    C)Coal Mining
    D)Jute Mills
    Answer: The Railways
  • Q. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
    A)Kadphises II
    B)Kadphises I
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kadphises II
  • Q. When did the Nawabs of Bengal surrender to the British East India Company?
    A)1751
    B)1707
    C)1757
    D)1765
    Answer: 1757
  • Q. When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lloyd George
    C)Lord Reading
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. The Civil Disobedience Movement had been led in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) by
    A)Dr. M. A. Ansari
    B)Sheikh Mohammed Tyabji
    C)Badruddin Tyabji
    D)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
    Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
    A)Lahore, 1929
    B)Lucknow, 1916
    C)Tripuri, 1939
    D)Lahore, 1940
    Answer: Lahore, 1929
  • Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
    A)Mahavira
    B)Gautama
    C)Chandra Gupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Mahavira
  • Q. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of Passive Resistance ?
    A)Aurobindo Ghosh
    B)B. G Tilak
    C)Lajpat Rai
    D)G. K. Gokhale
    Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh

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