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)the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
    B)the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
    C)Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
    D)the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
    Answer: the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
  • Q. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
    A)Gupta
    B)Maurya
    C)Kushan
    D)Kanva
    Answer: Maurya
  • Q. Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
    A)Venice
    B)Rome
    C)Jerusalem
    D)Vienna
    Answer: Jerusalem
  • Q. When did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen?
    A)1942
    B)1941
    C)1945
    D)1940
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?
    A)The Marathas
    B)The French
    C)Tipu Sultan
    D)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    Answer: The Marathas
  • Q. Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
    A)Economic relief to the common people
    B)Complete Independence for India
    C)Repeal of salt laws
    D)Curtailment of the Government's powers
    Answer: Repeal of salt laws
  • Q. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship to
    A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
    B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non- Brahmins
    C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
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    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State
    A)During the Khilafat Movement
    B)At its birth in 1906
    C)In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)At the Lahore Session of 1940
    Answer: At the Lahore Session of 1940
  • Q. In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat
    A)French
    B)British
    C)Spain
    D)Dutch
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  • Q. Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in
    A)Babylon
    B)Persia
    C)Macedonia
    D)Taxila
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  • Q. On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in
    A)Calcutta
    B)Dacca
    C)Delhi
    D)Meerut and Karachi
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Shree Narayana Guru was a great socio-religious reformer of
    A)Tamil Nadu
    B)Kerala
    C)Andhra Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord Lytton
    D)Lord Willington
    Answer: Lord Canning
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    A)Annie Besant
    B)Gokhale
    C)Tilak
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Tilak
  • Q. Who wrote Dasa Sloki, which deals with three realities (tri-tattava) –Brahma (Krishna), soul (Chit) and matter (Achit)?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Nimbarka
    C)Madhva
    D)Vallabhacharya
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    A)Chola Administration
    B)Maratha Administration
    C)Ganga Administration
    D)Vijayanagar Administration
    Answer: Ganga Administration
  • Q. The Hindu College was started in 1817 at
    A)Bombay
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Pondicherry
    Answer: Calcutta
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    A)Calcutta
    B)Multan
    C)Alwar
    D)Delhi
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    A)1899
    B)1889
    C)1890
    D)1855
    Answer: 1889

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