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Q. Herodotus is considered as the father of

A
Geography
B
History
C
Political Science
D
Philosophy

Correct Answer

History

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  • Q. Name the Pala ruler who was the first to plunge into the tripartite struggle
    A)Mahipala
    B)Devapala
    C)Dharmapala
    D)Gopala
    Answer: Gopala
  • Q. As per the Act of 1919, the Council of India would consist of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of __________ members
    A)12
    B)15
    C)10
    D)20
    Answer: 12
  • Q. Qutub Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Balban
    C)Sikandar Lodi
    D)Firoz Tughlaq
    Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
  • Q. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
    A)Guru Nanak Dev
    B)Tukaram
    C)Mirabai
    D)Guru Ram Das
    Answer: Guru Ram Das
  • Q. Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom”?
    A)Dr. S.Gopal
    B)Syed Hasan Imam
    C)M.A. Ansari
    D)Bharat Kumar
    Answer: Dr. S.Gopal
  • Q. Where was Narayana Guru born?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Kerala
    C)Bengal
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in
    A)1941
    B)1943
    C)1942
    D)1940
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Manusmriti
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Arthsashtra
  • Q. The first invasion of India by Sultan Mahmud Ghazni was in
    A)1001 AD
    B)1004 AD
    C)1000 AD
    D)999 AD
    Answer: 1000 AD
  • Q. Why Rishabnath also called Aadibrahma?
    A)First to tell Moksha Marg
    B)Due to height
    C)Religious Conversion
    D)Showing the path of livelihood
    Answer: First to tell Moksha Marg
  • Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
    A)Jizya
    B)Kharaj
    C)Khums
    D)Zakat
    Answer: Khums
  • Q. What was the name of the secret police party of Nazi in Germany
    A)NKVD
    B)Gestapo
    C)OVRA
    D)Palace Guard
    Answer: Gestapo
  • Q. What was the original name of Dayananda Saraswati?
    A)Mul Shankara
    B)Malku das
    C)Narendra
    D)Dadu
    Answer: Mul Shankara
  • Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I, II and III
    C)II, III and IV
    D)All the above
    Answer: I, II and III
  • Q. Guru Arjan Dev transferred the headquarters to
    A)Amritsar
    B)Agra
    C)Karachi
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. What was the name of capital of Anga (a mahajanapada)?
    A)Varanasi
    B)Champa
    C)Kaushambi
    D)Viratnagar
    Answer: Champa
  • Q. Mahavira’s first disciple was
    A)Sthulabhadra
    B)Bhadrabahu
    C)Charvaka
    D)Jamali
    Answer: Jamali
  • Q. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped __________
    A)Pashupati
    B)Vishnu
    C)Indra
    D)Brahma
    Answer: Pashupati
  • Q. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
    A)To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
    B)To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
    C)To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
    D)To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
    Answer: To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
  • Q. When were concave spectacles invented?
    A)1320
    B)1286
    C)1360
    D)1000
    Answer: 1286

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