Q. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is

Correct Answer

Mohenjodaro

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    A)Jung Bahadur Rana
    B)Bahadur Shah Jafar
    C)Begum Hazrat Mahal
    D)Tatya Tope
    Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
  • Q. During the Dandi March the song ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ had been sung by the renowned musician
    A)Onkar Nath Thakur
    B)Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
    C)Mallikarjun Mansur
    D)Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
    Answer: Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
  • Q. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
    A)It proposed to partition India
    B)It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
    C)It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
    D)It proposed measures to contain nationalism
    Answer: It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
  • Q. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
    A)Stuarts
    B)Hanoverians
    C)Normans
    D)Tudors
    Answer: Stuarts
  • Q. The pioneer of Indian communism was
    A)G.N Ganguly
    B)M.N. Roy
    C)P.C Chandra
    D)None of these
    Answer: M.N. Roy
  • Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
    A)Saktism
    B)Shaivism
    C)Bhagavatism
    D)Tantricism
    Answer: Bhagavatism
  • Q. Which among the following is correct
    A)The capital of Gahadwal Dynasty was Kannauj
    B)The capital of pandyas was Madurai
    C)The capital of the Videha Kingdom was Mithila
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Which one of the following U.S. President visited China in 1972 for strengthening diplomatic ties?
    A)George Bush (Senior)
    B)Richard Nixon
    C)D Eisenhowar
    D)J. F. Kennedy
    Answer: Richard Nixon
  • Q. The economy of the Indus Valley people was based on?
    A)Trade and Commerce
    B)Agriculture
    C)Crafts
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
    A)Dharam Kumar
    B)A. R. Desai
    C)Ray Chaudhuri
    D)K. Rajayyan
    Answer: A. R. Desai
  • Q. Unification of Germany took place under the leadership of which state
    A)Saxony
    B)Wurtemberg
    C)Prussia
    D)Hanover
    Answer: Prussia
  • Q. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
    A)Satkari Datta
    B)Derozio
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsar
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal?
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Dupleix
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Robert Clive
  • Q. The President of the Congress Sessions of 1898 and 1902 was
    A)Tilak
    B)Hume
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
    A)MA Jinnah
    B)The Ali brothers
    C)Syed Ahmed Khan
    D)RM Sayani
    Answer: The Ali brothers
  • Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
    A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
    B)To oust the British from India
    C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
    D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
    Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
  • Q. The main exponent of the theory of Drain of Wealth was
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)RC Dutt
    C)DR Gadoil
    D)Karl Mane
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • 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. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident was headed by
    A)Irwin
    B)Dyer
    C)Hunter
    D)Simon
    Answer: Hunter
  • Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
    A)Surat
    B)Agra
    C)Delhi
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Agra

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