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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    B)Dyer
    C)Hunter
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    Answer: Hunter
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    A)1857
    B)1832
    C)1864
    D)1909
    Answer: 1864
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    A)Suhrawardy
    B)Chisti
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    Answer: Chisti
  • Q. The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
    A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
    B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
    C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
    D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
    Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
  • Q. Which U.S President announced the “New Deal” for economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Depression?
    A)Benjamin Franklin
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)Roosevelt
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    Answer: Roosevelt
  • Q. Who was the last Emperor of Rome
    A)Romulus Augustulus
    B)Nero
    C)Julius Nepos
    D)Julius Caesar
    Answer: Romulus Augustulus
  • Q. The term ‘Khalisa’ in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for
    A)Lands owned by the Sufi establishment
    B)Crown lands
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    Answer: Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
  • Q. With which religion is Kaivalya associated?
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    C)Hinduism
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    Answer: Jainism
  • Q. The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on May 10, 1857 at __________
    A)Gwalior
    B)Meerut
    C)Jhansi
    D)Agra
    Answer: Meerut
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
    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 ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the princely State of
    A)Jhansi
    B)Satara
    C)Avadh
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    Answer: Satara
  • Q. When was Anglo-Zulu War fought?
    A)1898
    B)1879
    C)1899
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    A)Christian Missionary activities in the tribal areas
    B)the British land settlements and land laws had created tension in the tribal society
    C)the British Forest Laws
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  • Q. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of
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    B)different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
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    D)Indian revolutionaries living outside India
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  • Q. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was
    A)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    B)Dayanand Saraswati
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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    B)Calicut
    C)Daman
    D)Bijapur
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    B)Jainism
    C)Hinduism
    D)Christianity
    Answer: Jainism

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