Q. During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?

Correct Answer

Lord Irwin

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    A)Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
    B)Baba Farid
    C)Moinuddin Chisti
    D)Khwaja Bahuddin
    Answer: Moinuddin Chisti
  • Q. The Battle of Buxar was fought between the combined armies (of the Nawab of Awadh, the Mughal Emperor and Mir Qasim) and the
    A)Dutch
    B)French
    C)Portuguese
    D)English
    Answer: English
  • Q. Who is known as the founder of the Durrani Empire
    A)Zaman Shah Durrani
    B)Timur Shah Durrani
    C)Mahmud Shah Durrani
    D)Ahmad Shah Durrani
    Answer: Ahmad Shah Durrani
  • Q. Which Mughal Ruler’s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
    A)Rafi-ud-Darajat
    B)Farrukhsiyar
    C)Rafi-ud-Daula
    D)Muhammed Shah
    Answer: Farrukhsiyar
  • Q. Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?
    A)The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations
    B)The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhi's participation in it
    C)The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
    D)Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference
    Answer: The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
  • Q. Which is the correct chronology of the excavation of the site in the Indus civilization? I. Mohenjo-Daro II. Chanhudaro III. Harappa IV. Lothal
    A)I, III, II & IV
    B)III, I, II & IV
    C)II, I, III & IV
    D)III, IV, II & I
    Answer: III, I, II & IV
  • Q. Which one of the following was the capital of Kosala?
    A)Shuktimati
    B)Sravasti
    C)Kaushambi
    D)Indraprastha
    Answer: Sravasti
  • Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
    A)Foreign accounts
    B)Literary works
    C)Numismatic evidence
    D)Epigraphic sources
    Answer: Numismatic evidence
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of India?
    A)Government of India Act, 1919
    B)Government of India Act, 1909
    C)Government of India Act, 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: Government of India Act, 1919
  • 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
    Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
  • Q. Where was the Ottonian dynasty established?
    A)Germany
    B)Denmark
    C)Iceland
    D)Scandinavia
    Answer: Germany
  • Q. Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ take place ?
    A)Monghyr
    B)Daccan
    C)Calcutta
    D)Murshidabad
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Subhash Bose established the Provisional Government of Free India at
    A)Bangkok
    B)Berlin
    C)Singapore
    D)Tokyo
    Answer: Singapore
  • Q. The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India
    A)Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
    B)To creates a Shiite Muslim state
    C)To control the trade routes into Southeast Asia
    D)To defeat his longstanding enemy, the sultan of Delhi
    Answer: Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
  • Q. Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court ?
    A)Megasthanese
    B)Alexander
    C)Plato
    D)Aristotle
    Answer: Megasthanese
  • Q. The first to come and last to leave India were
    A)The French
    B)The Portuguese
    C)The English
    D)The Dutch
    Answer: The Portuguese
  • Q. When was First Anglo Sikh War fought?
    A)1826 A.D.
    B)1846 A.D.
    C)1725 A.D.
    D)1816 A.D.
    Answer: 1846 A.D.
  • Q. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to__________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers
    A)Bombay
    B)Madras
    C)Surat
    D)Ahmedabad
    Answer: Ahmedabad
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    A)Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
    B)A.O Hume in India
    C)M.G Ranade in India
    D)Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa
    Answer: Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
  • Q. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
    A)Chauth
    B)Land-tax
    C)Sardeshmukhi
    D)Pilgrim tax
    Answer: Pilgrim tax

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