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Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of

A
English
B
Dutch
C
French
D
Portuguese

Correct Answer

Portuguese

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  • Q. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
    D)Harsha
    Answer: Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
  • 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
    Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
  • Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
    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 temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the
    A)Chola Administration
    B)Maratha Administration
    C)Ganga Administration
    D)Vijayanagar Administration
    Answer: Ganga Administration
  • Q. Who was the in-charge of a pargana?
    A)Pattidar
    B)Amin
    C)Shiqdar
    D)Oanungo
    Answer: Shiqdar
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
    A)The Year 1939
    B)The Year 1935
    C)The Year 1937
    D)The Year 1942
    Answer: The Year 1939
  • Q. In which Hindi month Sumtinath Tirthankar received diksha?
    A)Jyestha
    B)Vaisakh
    C)Chetra
    D)Magha
    Answer: Vaisakh
  • Q. Who captured Beijing in 1644?
    A)Li Zicheng
    B)Chongzhen Emperor
    C)Wu Sangui
    D)Yao Xueyin
    Answer: Li Zicheng
  • Q. Which ruler of India issued Mahzarnama to take all the religious matters into his own hands?
    A)Akbar
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Nadir Shah
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Akbar defeated Durgawati and captured
    A)Jhansi
    B)Bijapur
    C)Gondwana
    D)Surat
    Answer: Gondwana
  • Q. The Gupta Saka was founded by
    A)Chandra Gupta, the Second
    B)Chandra Gupta, the First
    C)Samudra Gupta
    D)Kumara Gupta
    Answer: Chandra Gupta, the First
  • Q. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahmo Samaj?
    A)Keshab Chandra Sen
    B)Debendranath Tagore
    C)Raja ram Mohan Rai
    D)Atma Ram Pandurang
    Answer: Atma Ram Pandurang
  • Q. What is the name of the World’s smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?
    A)Palermo
    B)Nauru
    C)Vatican City
    D)Namur
    Answer: Nauru
  • Q. As a result of the elections held in early 1937 under the Act of 1935 the Congress formed ministries in provinces
    A)9
    B)7
    C)10
    D)8
    Answer: 8
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Which of the following periods is considered as the revolutionary era in Indian history?
    A)1857-1947
    B)1857-60
    C)1857-90
    D)1845-1947
    Answer: 1857-90
  • Q. The first interim government during the British rule in India was formed in
    A)November, 1945
    B)September, 1945
    C)September, 1946
    D)January, 1947
    Answer: September, 1946
  • Q. The Sikh guru who had fought the Mughals was
    A)Guru Hargobind
    B)Guru Nanak Dev
    C)Guru Tegh Bahadur
    D)Guru Gobind Singh
    Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
  • Q. The correct descending order of the Mauryan officers, at the district level, was
    A)Yukta, rajuka, pradeshika
    B)Rajuka, pradeshika, yukta
    C)Pradeshika, yukta, rajuka
    D)Pradeshika, rajuka, yukta
    Answer: Pradeshika, rajuka, yukta
  • Q. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to
    A)Disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
    B)Competition from British manufacturing industries only
    C)Establishment of alien rule only
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above

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