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Q. Confessions of Thug’ was written by

A
Meadows Taylor
B
Burke
C
Havell
D
Moreland

Correct Answer

Meadows Taylor

More Questions on History

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    A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
    B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
    A)March 14, 1878
    B)April 14, 1878
    C)March 14, 1876
    D)March 14, 1870
    Answer: March 14, 1878
  • Q. Charak was the famous court physician of
    A)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    B)Harsha
    C)Ashoka
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. When did Warring States period began in China?
    A)475 BC
    B)479 BC
    C)469 BC
    D)465 BC
    Answer: 475 BC
  • Q. The Upanishads are a series of books devoted to
    A)Social law
    B)Yoga
    C)Religious rituals
    D)Philosophy
    Answer: Philosophy
  • Q. The language adopted for preaching In Mahayana Buddhism was
    A)Brahmi
    B)Pali
    C)Sanskrit
    D)Prakrit
    Answer: Sanskrit
  • Q. What is ‘Milind panho’?
    A)One of the names of Buddha
    B)A Buddhist place
    C)A Buddhist Specimen of Art
    D)Buddhist text
    Answer: Buddhist text
  • Q. I. The Amritsar Session of the INC gave a great fillip to the Khilafat agitation. II. Khilafat conference held in Calcutta under Presidentship of Jinnah. III. Khilafat Movement was started to support Ottoman Empire. Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct regarding Khilafat Movement?
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    B)Only I
    C)Both I and III
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  • Q. Who was the eldest brother among the Pandavas?
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    B)Yudhishthira
    C)Sahadeva
    D)Nakula
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  • Q. As per Indian Independence Act, the suzerainty of His Majesty over the Indian State would come to an end on __________
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    B)15 August 1947
    C)15 August 1950
    D)26 January 1950
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  • Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
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    B)B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
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  • 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
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  • Q. Who among the following built the Gomateshwara statue at Sravanabelagola ?
    A)Kharvela
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Amoghavarsha
    D)Chamundaraya
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  • Q. Who had observed that “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation”?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)BG Tilak
    C)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
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  • Q. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?
    A)1906
    B)1901
    C)1909
    D)1910
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. On June 14, 1927 __________consecrated a mirror – with the message “Om shanti” written on the surface – in a temple in Kalavankode
    A)T. K. Madhavan
    B)Rajaram Mohan Roy
    C)Sree Narayana Guru
    D)Govindan Vaidyar
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  • Q. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India?
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Jahangir
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  • Q. Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty?
    A)Deimachus
    B)Gautamiputra Satakarni
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  • Q. The daughter who milks animals in the Vedic period was known as
    A)Duhitr
    B)Kubha
    C)Komi
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    C)Banabhatt
    D)Kalidas
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