Q. The French East India Company was founded in

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1664

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    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: I and III
  • Q. Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892?
    A)Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination
    B)A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India
    C)Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
    D)Reduction in the Military expenditure
    Answer: Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
  • Q. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?
    A)Yajurveda
    B)Prashna
    C)Mundaka
    D)Ishavasya
    Answer: Mundaka
  • Q. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942?
    A)30th April, 1942
    B)7th August, 1942
    C)9th August, 1942
    D)5th July, 1942
    Answer: 9th August, 1942
  • Q. The Veda which deals with the rituals is known as
    A)Yajur veda
    B)Rig veda
    C)Sama veda
    D)Atharva veda
    Answer: Yajur veda
  • Q. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
    A)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    B)Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
    C)Bengal Society
    D)None of these
    Answer: Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
  • Q. Aravippuram movement which is considered as a precursor to all south Indian socio religious reform movement started in which of the following places?
    A)Kerala
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)Andra Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year
    A)1643
    B)1543
    C)1743
    D)1843
    Answer: 1643
  • Q. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahmo Samaj?
    A)Keshab Chandra Sen
    B)Debendranath Tagore
    C)Raja ram Mohan Rai
    D)Atma Ram Pandurang
    Answer: Atma Ram Pandurang
  • Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
    A)Ryotwari
    B)Zamindari
    C)Mahalwari
    D)Inamdari
    Answer: Zamindari
  • Q. Jyotirao Phule was born in Satara district of __________ in 1827
    A)Madras
    B)Maharastra
    C)Gujarat
    D)Malabar
    Answer: Maharastra
  • Q. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by
    A)Akbar
    B)Sher Shah
    C)Humayun
    D)Bhadur Shah
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
    A)Kabirdas
    B)Sur Das
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Kalidasa
    Answer: Sur Das
  • Q. Akbar’s nurse-in-chief was
    A)Hamida Begum
    B)Mumtaj
    C)Jahanara
    D)Maham Anaga
    Answer: Maham Anaga
  • Q. Chand Bibi was the ruler of
    A)Bijapur
    B)Ahmednagar
    C)Satara
    D)Golconda
    Answer: Ahmednagar
  • Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
    B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
    C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
    D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
    Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
  • Q. The Pakistan panacea was sponsored by
    A)Jinnah
    B)Azad Kalam
    C)Md Iqbal
    D)Liyakat All Khan
    Answer: Md Iqbal
  • Q. Which of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?
    A)Aurobindo Ghosh
    B)Lokmanya Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)A. O. Hume
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. In __________, a man named Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded an organization called ‘Brahma Samaj’
    A)1728
    B)1628
    C)1828
    D)1928
    Answer: 1828
  • Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
    A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    B)Allauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
    D)Muhamad bin Quasim
    Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar

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