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Q. From where did the quit India Movement begin?

A
Mysore
B
Calcutta
C
Bombay
D
Pune

Correct Answer

Bombay

More Questions on History

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    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Chandragupta II
    Answer: Chandragupta II
  • Q. In which of the following Mudra did Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon at Saranath?
    A)Dhyana Mudra
    B)Abhaya Mudra
    C)Dharmchakra Mudra
    D)Bhumisparasa Mudra
    Answer: Dharmchakra Mudra
  • Q. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped __________
    A)Pashupati
    B)Vishnu
    C)Indra
    D)Brahma
    Answer: Pashupati
  • Q. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
    A)Hastings
    B)Clive
    C)Wellesley
    D)Cornwallis
    Answer: Cornwallis
  • Q. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
    A)Mundakopanishad
    B)Chhandogyopanishad
    C)Kathopanishad
    D)Kenopanishad
    Answer: Kathopanishad
  • Q. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar’s wars of conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of
    A)Malwa and Gujarat
    B)Jaisalmer and Khandesh
    C)Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
    D)Ranathambhor and Khandesh
    Answer: Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
  • Q. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period
    A)Sunga
    B)Mauryan
    C)Kushana
    D)Gupta
    Answer: Kushana
  • Q. Who was the main male God worshipped by Indus people?
    A)Vishnu
    B)Lord Shiva
    C)Brahma
    D)Indra
    Answer: Lord Shiva
  • Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
    A)Pusyamitra Shunga
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka I
    D)Menander
    Answer: Kanishka I
  • Q. What is the name of the The collection of hymns of Alvar Saints?
    A)Tamil Veda
    B)Divya Prabandha
    C)Kabir Wani
    D)Granthawali
    Answer: Divya Prabandha
  • Q. In which year, New Zealand became the first country in world to grant women vote
    A)1893
    B)1887
    C)1898
    D)1905
    Answer: 1893
  • Q. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the
    A)Pallavas
    B)Rashtrakutas
    C)Pandyas
    D)Chalukyas
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  • Q. Which decade is called as the “Era of Decolonisation”?
    A)1980's
    B)1950's
    C)1990's
    D)1970's
    Answer: 1950's
  • Q. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?
    A)Grihastha- Brahmacharya- Vanaprashta- Sanyasa
    B)Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
    C)Brahmacharya- Vanprastha- Sanyasa- Grihastha
    D)Grihastha- Sanyasa- Vanaprastha- Brahmacharya
    Answer: Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
  • Q. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the age of Vedic Civilisation? I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on astronomical grounds, dated Rig Veda to 6000 B.C. to Harmon Jacobi, Vedic civilization flourished between 4500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. and the Samhitas were composed in the latter half of the period. II. Famous Sanskritist, Winternitz felt that the Rig Veda was probably composed in the third millennium B.C.
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    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Neither I nor II
  • Q. When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war victims adopted?
    A)1857
    B)1832
    C)1864
    D)1909
    Answer: 1864
  • Q. Which of the following leader organised the Swaraj Party?
    A)Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta
    C)C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
    D)C. Rajagopalachari and C. Y. Chintamani
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  • Q. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
    A)Saluva Dynasty
    B)Sangama Dynasty
    C)Tuluva Dynasty
    D)Aravidu Dynasty
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    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Jayaprakash Narayan
    C)Karl Marx
    D)Lenin
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  • Q. In the 18th Century the Royal prerogative in the affairs of the East India Company was controlled by
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    C)The Parliament in England
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