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Q. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :

A
Prefect Chastity
B
Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
C
Adopts poverty
D
All of these

Correct Answer

All of these

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    A)second Sangam period
    B)first Sangam period
    C)third Sangam period
    D)post-third Sangam period
    Answer: second Sangam period
  • Q. During the Mughal period the main source of Imperial revenue was
    A)Customs duties
    B)Agriculture
    C)Industry
    D)Foreign trade
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided ‘a machine with strong brakes but no engine’?
    A)Rajendra Prasad
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Select the correct statement related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India
    A)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism
    B)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism
    C)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
    D)None of the above
    Answer: To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
  • Q. “Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
    A)Sree Narayana Guru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)Tilak
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the
    A)Arch
    B)Dome
    C)The narrow columns
    D)Corbel brackets
    Answer: Dome
  • Q. Social reforms were a major task of the theosophical society. With respect to Indian traditions and culture, which one does not find its occurrence in the societal activities? I. Resistance to child marriage. II. Resistance to widow remarriage. III. Spread of education. IV. Abolition of caste and Untouchability. V. Accommodation of conversion in religious faith.
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    B)I and III
    C)II, V
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  • Q. The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
    A)Canning
    B)Elgin
    C)Minto
    D)Lytton
    Answer: Canning
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    A)Sunga
    B)Mauryan
    C)Kushana
    D)Gupta
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  • Q. Where was the Royal Durbar Held on November 1st, 1858 to issue to Queen’s proclamation?
    A)Ahmadabad
    B)Lucknow
    C)Delhi
    D)Allahabad
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  • Q. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Lokmanya TiIak
    C)Bhikaji Cama
    D)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
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  • Q. The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at its session held at
    A)Allahabad
    B)Karachi
    C)Lahore
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  • Q. Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?
    A)Ashfaqullah
    B)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    C)Lala Hardayal
    D)V D Savarkar
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  • Q. Shivaji sacked __________ and secured a large booty
    A)Poona
    B)Bijapur
    C)Konkan
    D)Surat
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    A)Bahadur Shah I
    B)Aurangzeb
    C)Jahandar Shah
    D)Farrukhsiyar
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  • Q. First Indian Commander-in-Chief was
    A)Gen. K. M. Kariappa
    B)Gen. K. S. Thimayya
    C)S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
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  • Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
    A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
    B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
    C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
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  • Q. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
    A)Ashoka
    B)Chandragupta
    C)Kanishka
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  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
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