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  • Q. The local name of Mohenjodaro is
    A)Mound of the tree
    B)Mound of the living
    C)Mound of the dead
    D)Mound of the survivor
    Answer: Mound of the dead
  • Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Inder Kumar Gujral
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Mohammad Iqbal
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
    A)Abdur Rahim
    B)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
    C)Mulla Wajhi
    D)Chand Bardai
    Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
  • Q. In the battle of Panipat, Babur faced the armies of
    A)Hemu
    B)Jaichand
    C)Daulat khan
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
  • Q. Who among the following renowned Scholar wrote the biography of King Harsha and Kadambari?
    A)Bhartrihari
    B)Bharavi
    C)Bana
    D)Magha
    Answer: Bana
  • Q. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
    A)Minto-Morley Reforms
    B)Rowlatta Act
    C)Simon Commission
    D)Pitts India Act
    Answer: Simon Commission
  • Q. Which movement got the support from both Hindus and Muslims?
    A)Quit India Movement
    B)Non-Cooperation Movement
    C)Champaran Stayagraha
    D)Anti-Partition Movement
    Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement
  • Q. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
    A)Babur
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. The Muslim League demanded creation of Pakistan (Pakistan Resolution) in its session held on March 24, 1940 at
    A)Lahore
    B)Karachi
    C)Islamabad
    D)Aligarh
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
    A)Prakrit
    B)Magadhi
    C)Mythili
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Magadhi
  • Q. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
    C)Balban
    D)Bairam Khan
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahma Samaj which of the following statements regarding Raja Rammohan Roy are correct? I. Considered as father of Indian renaissance II. Started Brahmo Samaj III. Set up Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta IV. Translated Vedas and five Upanishads to Bengali language
    A)I, II, III
    B)Only II and III
    C)I, II and IV
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The Gandhi-lrwin Pact (1931) was vehemently criticised and opposed by the people on the ground that
    A)the sufferings of thousands of people in the Civil Disobedience Movement were wasted
    B)the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended
    C)It was contrary to the pledge of the Congress for Poorna Swaraj
    D)Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
    Answer: Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda’s father, __________, was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects
    A)Narendra Nath Datta
    B)Vishwanath Datta
    C)Sri Ramakrishna
    D)Rashik Krishna Mallik
    Answer: Vishwanath Datta
  • Q. In 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the Bengal quarterly:
    A)Bengali renaissance
    B)Samvad Kaumudi
    C)Bengal Gazette
    D)The Brahmonical
    Answer: Samvad Kaumudi
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
    A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
    B)common electorate for all Hindus
    C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
    A)Dakhma
    B)Tripitaka
    C)Khanjah
    D)Synagogue
    Answer: Khanjah
  • Q. Which of the following was not of the achievements of the Exteremist Group in the Congress?
    A)The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
    B)The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911
    C)Nationalism took root among the progressive sections of society
    D)The Extremists taught people self-confidence and selfreliance and prepared the social base of the nationalist movement
    Answer: The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
  • Q. Kasturba Gandhi died in detention (in 1944) at
    A)Ahmedabad Prison
    B)Yeravada Jail
    C)Aga Khan Palace
    D)Ahmednagar Fort
    Answer: Aga Khan Palace
  • Q. The earlier Buddhist sculptures had shied away from depicting the image of the Buddha, except through such symbols as
    A)The Bodhi Tree
    B)Footprints
    C)Stupas
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above

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