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

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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  • Q. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:
    A)Nana Sahib
    B)Bhakt Khan
    C)Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
    D)Jung Bhadur Rana
    Answer: Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
  • Q. The decisive battle of the third Carnatic War was waged between the French and the British at
    A)Jhansi
    B)Arcot
    C)Plassey
    D)Wandiwash
    Answer: Wandiwash
  • Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
    A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
    B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
    C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
    D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
    Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
  • Q. Where did Gandhiji form the Satyagraha Sabha?
    A)Calcutta
    B)Bombay
    C)Poona
    D)Nagpur
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar’s official historian Abul Fazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets. Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire
    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 Editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’ was
    A)Ambedkar
    B)Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Subhash Chandra bose
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. “India Wins Freedom” is the autobiography of
    A)Muhammad Ali
    B)Abdul Kalam Azad
    C)Zakir Hussain
    D)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
    Answer: Abdul Kalam Azad
  • Q. The rulers of the Lodi dynasty were
    A)Pure Turks
    B)Turks settled in Afghanistan
    C)Pure Afghan
    D)Timurid Turks
    Answer: Pure Afghan
  • Q. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
    A)August 15, 1947
    B)January 26, 1947
    C)January 26, 1948
    D)February 20, 1947
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?
    A)Tantia Tope
    B)Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
    C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    D)Faqir-ud-din
    Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Q. Which book described the Arab invasion of Sindh for the very first time?
    A)Baburnama
    B)Shahnama
    C)Akbarnama
    D)Chachnama
    Answer: Chachnama
  • Q. Which of the following is known as the Jain Temple City?
    A)Allahabad
    B)Girnar
    C)Rajagriha
    D)Varanasi
    Answer: Girnar
  • Q. Chand Bibi the famous Muslim ruler belonged to which kingdom?
    A)Golconda
    B)Bijapur
    C)Ahmednagar
    D)Berar
    Answer: Ahmednagar
  • Q. Assertion (A): Chandragupta Maurya failed in his first campaign against Magadha. Reason (R): He did not begin with the frontiers, but invaded the heart of Magadha.
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is 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: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?
    A)Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
    B)First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69
    C)Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
  • Q. The first constitutional measure introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was
    A)the Act of 1935
    B)the Act of 1919
    C)Indian Independence Bill
    D)Cabinet Mission Plan
    Answer: the Act of 1935
  • Q. Like Vedic Aryans, the custom of Sacrificial fire was also followed by
    A)Greeks
    B)Romans
    C)Iranians
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
    A)April 8, 1931
    B)March 5, 1931
    C)May 8, 1931
    D)August 8, 1931
    Answer: March 5, 1931
  • 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. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
    A)Devapala
    B)Mahipala
    C)Gopala
    D)Dharmapala
    Answer: Dharmapala

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