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Q. In which city of South Africa was Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?

A
Durban
B
Cape town
C
Johannesburg
D
Pretoria

Correct Answer

Durban

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who started the Young Men’s Indian Association in 1914?
    A)Swarnakumari Devi
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Devendranath Tagore
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Which war was formally ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth
    A)World War II
    B)World War I
    C)Russo-Japanese War
    D)China Japan War
    Answer: Russo-Japanese War
  • Q. The Russo-Turkish war was started in the year
    A)1768
    B)1762
    C)1773
    D)1782
    Answer: 1768
  • Q. Which museum houses the largest collection Kushan sculptures?
    A)Bombay Museum
    B)Mathura Museum
    C)Madras Museum
    D)Delhi Museum
    Answer: Mathura Museum
  • Q. William Shakespeare was born in the year
    A)1523
    B)1487
    C)1564
    D)1588
    Answer: 1564
  • Q. Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?”
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Lord Minto
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?
    A)Vedanta
    B)Vedas
    C)Brahamans
    D)Bhagwat Gita
    Answer: Bhagwat Gita
  • Q. Jahangir was born in the year
    A)1669
    B)1569
    C)1769
    D)1869
    Answer: 1569
  • Q. Who had converted Kanishka to Buddhism?
    A)Nagarjuna
    B)Parsva
    C)Asvaghosha
    D)Vasumitra
    Answer: Asvaghosha
  • Q. The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on
    A)August 1,1947
    B)August 10,1947
    C)July 14,1947
    D)July 4,1947
    Answer: July 4,1947
  • Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
    A)underground drainage system
    B)town planning
    C)uniformity of weights and measures
    D)large agricultural surplus
    Answer: underground drainage system
  • Q. Who was the American leader who led a non-violent movement to obtain full civil rights for American Negroes?
    A)John F. Kennedy
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)Martin Luther King Junior
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Martin Luther King Junior
  • Q. How did Europeans use the term ‘middle ages’?
    A)The medieval era of European history
    B)The crisis of Western Europe
    C)The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500
    D)The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity
    Answer: The medieval era of European history
  • Q. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
    A)Kolhapur Bomb Case
    B)Alipore Bomb case
    C)Lahore Conspiracy Case
    D)Kakori
    Answer: Alipore Bomb case
  • Q. The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by
    A)BC Pal
    B)Surendra Nath Bennerjee
    C)Aurobindo Ghose
    D)Rash Behari Bose
    Answer: Aurobindo Ghose
  • Q. The Veda which deals with the rituals is known as
    A)Yajur veda
    B)Rig veda
    C)Sama veda
    D)Atharva veda
    Answer: Yajur veda
  • Q. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
    A)Pali
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Tamil
    D)Greek
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. The Shuddhi Movement, involving the conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism, was started by
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    B)Swami Vivekanand
    C)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Aurobindo Ghosh
    Answer: Swami Dayanand Saraswati
  • Q. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
    A)Mauryan period
    B)Harappan period
    C)Buddhist period
    D)Gupta period
    Answer: Gupta period

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