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Q. Provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813 for the establishment of a Church at __________

A
Bombay
B
Madras
C
Calcutta
D
Pondicherry

Correct Answer

Calcutta

More Questions on History

  • Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
    A)not to steal
    B)not to kill (non-injury)
    C)non-attachment to worldly things
    D)celibacy
    Answer: celibacy
  • Q. Lucknow pact’ was a deal between
    A)Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
    B)Indians and the British about legislative seats
    C)Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations
    D)Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations
    Answer: Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
  • Q. The Minto Morley reforms was in the year __________
    A)1907
    B)1906
    C)1909
    D)1919
    Answer: 1909
  • Q. When did Henry Tudor seize the crown?
    A)1431
    B)1420
    C)1453
    D)1485
    Answer: 1485
  • Q. Raja Rammohan Roy’s contribution to education are: I. Assisted David Hare in setting Hindu college II. English school at Calcutta was maintained at his own cost III. Established Vedanta College which taught only western social and physical sciences
    A)Both II and III
    B)Only III
    C)Only I and II
    D)All the above
    Answer: Only I and II
  • Q. Under which tree Sumtinath Tirthankar received Kaivalya Gyan?
    A)Neem
    B)Devdar
    C)Priyangu
    D)Vat
    Answer: Priyangu
  • Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the formation of the Congress Socialist Party?
    A)Subhas Chandra Bose
    B)P. C. Joshi
    C)Acharya Narendra Dev
    D)Ram Manohar Lohia
    Answer: Acharya Narendra Dev
  • Q. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha?
    A)G. Subramania lyer
    B)B. C. Pal
    C)Sardar Baghat Singh
    D)Rukmani Lakshmipth
    Answer: Sardar Baghat Singh
  • Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
    A)Zoroastrianism
    B)Taoism
    C)Shintoism
    D)Paganism
    Answer: Shintoism
  • Q. The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of
    A)Gangetic Doab
    B)Central India
    C)Saptasindhu
    D)Kashmir and Punjab
    Answer: Saptasindhu
  • Q. The Arabic work of Al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called__________
    A)Kitab - Al Bharat
    B)Kitab - AI Hind
    C)Pustak - AI Hind
    D)Pustak - AI Bharat
    Answer: Kitab - AI Hind
  • Q. Study of inscription is called
    A)Numismatic
    B)Archaeology
    C)Epigraphy
    D)Palaeography
    Answer: Epigraphy
  • Q. The first definite and forceful expression of the concept of a separate homeland for the Muslims came from (or the Catcher of the idea of Pakistan was)
    A)Rahmat Ali
    B)Sir Mohammad Iqbal
    C)M A Jinnah
    D)Liaqat Ali
    Answer: Sir Mohammad Iqbal
  • Q. In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered “Guru” and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
    A)Malabar
    B)Travancore
    C)Cochi
    D)Kottayam
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
    A)Samiti
    B)Sabha
    C)Gana
    D)Vidatha
    Answer: Vidatha
  • Q. The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Hastings
    C)Lord metcalfe
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Lord Hastings
  • Q. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
    A)Indian mill owners and non government officials
    B)British mill owners and government officials
    C)British non-government officials
    D)Indian government officials
    Answer: Indian mill owners and non government officials
  • Q. Who was the first sailor to sail around the world
    A)Vasco da Gama
    B)Ferdinand Magellan
    C)Christopher Columbus
    D)Amerigo Vespucci
    Answer: Ferdinand Magellan
  • Q. In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
    A)Phillip Reading
    B)Phillip Uartog
    C)Uartog Reading
    D)None of these
    Answer: Phillip Uartog
  • Q. Who declared “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
    A)Bal Gangadhara Tilak
    B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)K.T Telang
    Answer: Bal Gangadhara Tilak

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