Q. Buddhism was first propagated outside India In

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Ceylon

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  • Q. When was the ‘Quit India Movement’ launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
    A)1939
    B)1946
    C)1942
    D)1940
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :
    A)Prefect Chastity
    B)Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
    C)Adopts poverty
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. Who is known as the “slave of a slave”?
    A)Mahmud of Ghazni
    B)Muhammad bin Oasim
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Outbuddin Aibak
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. Who is the author of Vikramakacharita?
    A)Mangalesa
    B)Ravi Kirti
    C)Bana
    D)Bilhana
    Answer: Bilhana
  • Q. The name of the periodical published by Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was
    A)India Gazette
    B)Navjivan
    C)Afrikaner
    D)Indian Opinion
    Answer: Indian Opinion
  • Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
    A)Agnimitra
    B)Pushyamitra Sunga
    C)Vasumitra
    D)Jyesthamitra
    Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
  • Q. In accordance with provisions of the Government of India Act 1935 elections to the Provincial Legislatures were held in :
    A)February 1932
    B)February 1925
    C)February 1935
    D)February 1937
    Answer: February 1937
  • Q. Who had formulated and perfected the use of the subsidiary alliance system?
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • Q. The first truly revolutionary organisation in Bengal was
    A)Yugantar
    B)Anusilan Samiti
    C)Abhinava Bharata
    D)Abhinava Bharat Society
    Answer: Anusilan Samiti
  • Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Gokhale
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Who was among the following Bhakti saints gave a new orientation of Hinduism through his doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
    A)Sankara
    B)Ramanuja
    C)Guru Nanak
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Sankara
  • Q. What was the unique system developed by the Mughals?
    A)Ryotwari settlement
    B)Centralised autocracy
    C)Mansabdari system
    D)Local responsibilities for crime detection
    Answer: Mansabdari system
  • Q. The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Hastings
    C)Lord metcalfe
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Lord Hastings
  • Q. The British India Society was formed in __________
    A)1833
    B)1832
    C)1839
    D)1874
    Answer: 1839
  • Q. Sarojini Naidu was elected Congress President at :
    A)Bombay, 1934
    B)Haripura, 1938
    C)Madras Session, 1927
    D)Kanpur Session ,1925
    Answer: Kanpur Session ,1925
  • Q. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in
    A)Industry
    B)Infra structure
    C)Agriculture
    D)Services
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. Which of the following is not match correctly?
    A)Lothal : India
    B)Harappa : Pakistan
    C)Dholavira : Rajasthan
    D)Banwali : Haryana
    Answer: Dholavira : Rajasthan
  • Q. Who among the following had attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London?
    A)B. R. Ambedkar
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)J. L. Nehru
    D)M. M. Malaviya
    Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. Consider the following statements about Sudarshan Lake. Which of them is correct?
    A)Tushaap constructed a darn on the lake during Ashoka Maurya
    B)It was constructed by Pushyagupta, the Governor of Saurashtra region during Chandragupta Maurya
    C)First reconstruction was undertaken by Governor Suvishakh during Saka satrap Rudradaman and 2nd by Chakrapalit during the reign of Skandgupta
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Jayaprakash Narayan
    C)Karl Marx
    D)Lenin
    Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan

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