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Q. A Federal Railway Authority was established by the Act of

A
1919
B
1909
C
1935
D
1861

Correct Answer

1935

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  • Q. As per the Regulating Act a Supreme Court was established in
    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Delhi
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. I. VishishtAdvaita (“Advaita with uniqueness; qualifications”) is a non-dualistic school of Vedanta philosophy. II. Ramanuja, the main proponent of Vishishtadvaita philosophy contends that the Prasthana Traya (“The three courses”), namely the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Brahma Sutras are to be interpreted in a way that shows this unity in diversity. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Visishtadvaita?
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant:
    A)Sachindra Bakshi
    B)Hemu Kalani
    C)Manmath Nath Gupta
    D)Abdulla Seth
    Answer: Abdulla Seth
  • Q. Babur summoned the pupils of the famous architect Sinan from
    A)Kabul
    B)Constantinople
    C)Syria
    D)Egypt
    Answer: Constantinople
  • Q. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western __________ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries
    A)Afghanistan
    B)Iraq
    C)Pakistan
    D)India
    Answer: Afghanistan
  • Q. In which year George Washington became the first president of USA
    A)1765
    B)1735
    C)1770
    D)1789
    Answer: 1789
  • Q. The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was
    A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
    B)Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The later Mughal King, popularly known as Shah-i-Bekhabar (the Heedless King), was
    A)Jahandar Shah
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Shah Alam I
    Answer: Bahadur Shah
  • Q. Assertion (A): The nobility under Muhammad bin Tughlaq was a highly homogeneous one. Reason (R): Royal intervention in the iqta system was as its peak under Muhammad Tughlaq.
    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 false but R is true
  • Q. What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Kesari
    B)Young India
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  • Q. The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was
    A)Chapekar brothers
    B)Jyotiba Phule
    C)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
    D)Yatindra Das
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  • Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
  • Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
    A)William Bentinck
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Warren Hasting
    D)Col. Sanders
    Answer: Warren Hasting
  • Q. Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
    A)Bengal and Bihar
    B)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
    C)Odisha
    D)Madras and Calcutta
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
    A)Vishakhadatta
    B)Shundraka
    C)Kalidasa
    D)Chanakya
    Answer: Kalidasa
  • Q. The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the
    A)Chola Administration
    B)Maratha Administration
    C)Ganga Administration
    D)Vijayanagar Administration
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  • Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
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    B)1766
    C)1869
    D)1870
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  • Q. The Industrial Revolution in England represented the climax of the transition from
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    B)Slavery to feudalism
    C)Capitalism to socialism
    D)Socialism to market socialism
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  • Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
    A)Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
    B)Dev Raya II : Sangama
    C)Venkata II : Aravidu
    D)Narsimha : Chalukya
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  • Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
    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: A is true but R is false

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