Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in

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The promotion of people's welfare by him

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    A)Charter Act of 1853
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1861
    C)Government of India Act, 1858
    D)Indian Council Act, 1892
    Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1861
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    A)Bhaskara
    B)Aryabhatta
    C)Brahmagupta
    D)Mahavira
    Answer: Bhaskara
  • Q. Which of the following is in the World Heritage list?
    A)Hampi
    B)Khajuraho
    C)Nalanda ruins
    D)All of the Above
    Answer: All of the Above
  • Q. Who founded as Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College (MAO) at Aligarh in 1875?
    A)Mirza Mohammad
    B)Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
    C)Maulana Qasim Nanotvi
    D)Maulana Abdullah Ansari
    Answer: Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan
  • Q. In which of the following years 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?
    A)1929
    B)1930
    C)1942
    D)1946
    Answer: 1930
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Portuguese?
    A)They spread Catholicism in western and eastern coast of India
    B)They brought tobacco cultivation in India
    C)They established first printing press in India at Goa in AD 1556
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    Answer: The Indian Medicinal Plants was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563
  • Q. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
    A)USA and England
    B)Russia and Turkey
    C)Russia and Japan
    D)England and France
    Answer: Russia and Turkey
  • Q. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
    A)Lord Canning
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Ellenborough
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    Answer: Disraeli
  • Q. Whom had Gandhi named as Mira Behn?
    A)Kamla Devi
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Indira Gandhi
    D)Madeline Slade
    Answer: Madeline Slade
  • Q. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
    A)Young Indian Organization
    B)Bhinav Bharat
    C)Young India
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: Indian National Congress
  • Q. The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their
    A)carving
    B)monolithic structure
    C)polish
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    Answer: polish
  • Q. The Virupaksha Temple was built by the
    A)Pallavas
    B)Chalukyas
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  • Q. Who threw two bombs on the Door of the Central Assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929?
    A)Batukeshwar Dutt
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Raj Guru
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  • Q. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
    A)Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha
    B)He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
    C)Established the Brahma Samaj
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  • Q. Who was the last Hindu emperor of northern India?
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    B)Harsha
    C)Rajyavardhana
    D)Skandagupta
    Answer: Harsha
  • Q. Which of the following statements is correct?
    A)Harsha erected thousands of stupas
    B)Harsha stopped the use of animal food throughout his empire
    C)Harsha regularly held the quinquennial convocation
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    A)Kashi Viswanath Temple
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    C)Qutab Minar
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  • Q. The Singh Sabha intended to restore Sikhism to its past purity by publishing historical religious books, magazines and journals, to propagate knowledge using Punjabi, to return Sikh apostates to their original faith, and to involve highly placed __________in the educational programme of the Sikhs
    A)Frenchmen
    B)Portuguese
    C)Dutch
    D)Englishmen
    Answer: Englishmen
  • Q. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the Princely States would be represented by __________ members in the Constituent Assembly
    A)93
    B)90
    C)103
    D)100
    Answer: 93
  • Q. When did United Kingdom declared war on Germany which lead to World War II?
    A)18th August 1939
    B)4th April 1939
    C)28th August 1939
    D)3rd September 1939
    Answer: 3rd September 1939

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