Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in

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Sri Lanka

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  • Q. The people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro culture belonged to the
    A)Copper Age
    B)New Stone Age
    C)Iron Age
    D)Chalcolithic Age
    Answer: Chalcolithic Age
  • Q. In which battle did the defeat of Muslims stop their invasions?
    A)Battle of Lechfeld
    B)Battle of Fontenoy
    C)Battle of Verdun
    D)Battle of Vouille
    Answer: Battle of Verdun
  • Q. Which one of the following famous ruler is called as ‘Father of Inscriptions’?
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Samudra Gupta
    C)Ashoka
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Samudra Gupta
  • Q. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh’s political capital. Which city was called his religious capital?
    A)Anandpur Sahib
    B)Amritsar
    C)Gujranwala
    D)Peshawar
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. Which of the following is the name of US Parliament?
    A)Senate
    B)Diet
    C)Congress
    D)House of commons
    Answer: Congress
  • Q. Aurangzeb came to power after winning the war of succession and by defeating his three brothers
    A)Shuja
    B)Dara
    C)Askari
    D)Murad
    Answer: Dara
  • Q. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
    A)Megasthenese
    B)Hiuen Tsang
    C)I-Tsing
    D)Fahien
    Answer: Megasthenese
  • Q. With which of the following would you associate Jyotiba Phule?
    A)Theosophical Society
    B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    C)Tattvabodhini Samaj
    D)Dharma Sabha
    Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?
    A)our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred.
    B)Forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only.
    C)Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the the attempt.
    D)Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
    Answer: Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
  • Q. Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
    A)The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it
    B)The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic
    C)Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government
    D)Chauri Chaura incident
    Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
  • Q. The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc. in 19th century, India remained mainly localised because
    A)the peasants had no leadership and organisation
    B)they were mainly directed against enhancement in rent, evictions, usurious practices of moneylenders, etc.
    C)they grew out of local grievances
    D)the big landlords were allies of the British
    Answer: they grew out of local grievances
  • Q. In which year America got independence
    A)1776
    B)1760
    C)1780
    D)1782
    Answer: 1776
  • Q. Which of the following ruler was responsible for the rise of Magadha?
    A)Ajatshatru
    B)Bindusara
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Vasudeva
    Answer: Bimbisara
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in :
    A)1935
    B)1932
    C)1943
    D)1945
    Answer: 1943
  • Q. When was the first Ancient Greek Olympic Game begun
    A)552 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)800 BC
    D)235 BC
    Answer: 776 BC
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded?
    A)1925
    B)1924
    C)1926
    D)1927
    Answer: 1927
  • Q. The most outstanding representative of Militant Nationalist School of thought was
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Bismil
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
    A)Lord Northbrook
    B)Lord Harding
    C)Lord Ellenborough
    D)Lord Mayo
    Answer: Lord Mayo
  • Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into __________ provinces
    A)8
    B)5
    C)11
    D)14
    Answer: 11

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