Q. Koh-i-noor diamond was presented to Aurangzeb by

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Mir Jumla

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    B)Nirvana
    C)Buddha
    D)Dhamma
    Answer: Nirvana
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    A)Two Judges
    B)Five Judges
    C)Six Judges
    D)Three Judges
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    A)Premanand
    B)Narsi Mehta
    C)Chunilal
    D)Dharmiklal
    Answer: Narsi Mehta
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    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
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  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
    A)1881
    B)1878
    C)1888
    D)1898
    Answer: 1878
  • Q. What was the name assigned to Rishabhnath Tirthankar because of the mark on his right leg?
    A)Prajapati
    B)Hiranyagarbha
    C)Rishabh
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    Answer: Rishabh
  • Q. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
    A)III, II, IV, II
    B)I, II, III , IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
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  • Q. Which of the following is/are poetry and drama?
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  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table conference after
    A)refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League
    B)signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
    C)being permitted by the Congress
    D)receiving assurance that independence was fast coming
    Answer: signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
  • Q. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast?
    A)Farid
    B)Nizamuddin Aulia
    C)Todarmal
    D)Firdausi
    Answer: Nizamuddin Aulia
  • Q. Who established Narayana Gurukulam in 1923 in the Nilgiri Hills with the blessings of Narayana Guru?
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
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    C)T. K. Madhavan
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  • Q. Which was the oldest University?
    A)Kanauj
    B)Gandhara
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
    A)Kapila
    B)Patanjali
    C)Vyasa
    D)Shankaracharya
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  • Q. __________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka
    A)Lord Rippon
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Hastings
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    Answer: Lord Curzon
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    A)Government of India Act, 1858
    B)Government of India Act, 1833
    C)Charter Act, 1833
    D)Charter Act, 1813
    Answer: Charter Act, 1833
  • Q. Dyarchy’ was introduced in the Government of India Act of
    A)1919
    B)1909
    C)1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Who threw two bombs on the Door of the Central Assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929?
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    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Raj Guru
    D)Both A and B above
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  • Q. Which of the following pair leader associated with the Revolt of 1857 is not correctly matched?
    A)Khan Bahadur Khan : Bareilly
    B)Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur
    C)Kunwar Singh : Bihar
    D)Bakht Khan : Delhi
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  • Q. Which of the following is not a category into which Ashoka’s monuments may be grouped?
    A)Pillars
    B)Stupas
    C)Viharas
    D)Caves
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  • Q. United Nations was formed in the year
    A)1945
    B)1944
    C)1947
    D)1948
    Answer: 1945

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