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  • Q. Which of the means adopted under Self Respect Movement? I. Violent protests against upper classes II. Undermine position of Brahmin priests by formalizing weddings without them III. Boycott of temples and places of Brahmin residence
    A)Only II
    B)I and III
    C)Only III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. A Janapadin was the __________ of a janapada.
    A)Minister
    B)Servant
    C)Army General
    D)Ruler
    Answer: Ruler
  • Q. For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt satyagraha walk?
    A)36
    B)24
    C)12
    D)6
    Answer: 24
  • Q. The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
    A)Mohammad Ali
    B)Md. Ali Jinnah
    C)Saukat Ali
    D)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
    Answer: Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
  • Q. Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?
    A)Battle of Buxar
    B)Revolt of 1857
    C)Third Battle of Panipat
    D)First battle of Mysore
    Answer: Battle of Buxar
  • Q. Who among the following occupied the supreme position in the Later Vedic pantheon?
    A)Prajapati
    B)Indra
    C)Agni
    D)Varuna
    Answer: Prajapati
  • Q. Who among the following from the first cabinet of indepenent India was responsible of mass religious conversion?
    A)Dr. John Mathai
    B)Dr. S. P. Mukherjee
    C)Sardar Baldeve Singh
    D)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was
    A)Italian
    B)French
    C)Flemish
    D)Spanish
    Answer: Spanish
  • Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayan and captured Gaur in the battle of
    A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
    B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
    C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
    D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
    Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
  • Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Lord Wavell
    D)Lord Lirrlithgow
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
    A)Educational Despatch, 1854
    B)Pitts India Act, 1784
    C)Macaulay Minute, 1835
    D)Regulating Act, 1773
    Answer: Macaulay Minute, 1835
  • Q. Which of the following was not included in the early three English Settlements in India?
    A)The Punjab
    B)Madras
    C)Bombay
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: The Punjab
  • Q. In the famous Kakori Conspiracy Case (August 1925) which of the following revolutionaries was not hanged?
    A)Asafaqulla Khan
    B)Ram Prasad Bismil
    C)Snehlata
    D)Suhasini Sarkar
    Answer: Snehlata
  • Q. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
    A)Mahasena
    B)Harisena
    C)Veerasena
    D)Vishnusena
    Answer: Harisena
  • Q. Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in
    A)1917
    B)1916
    C)1918
    D)1920
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
    A)Mauryan period
    B)Harappan period
    C)Buddhist period
    D)Gupta period
    Answer: Gupta period
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: I only
  • Q. As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of
    A)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Lord Benttick
    C)Lord Macaulay
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord Macaulay
  • Q. What benefits did the Poona Pact offer to the depressed classes?
    A)20% reservation in the provincial legislature
    B)44 seats in the central legislature
    C)18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
    D)50% reservation in the ICS
    Answer: 18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
  • Q. Against which Mughal Emperor was a FATWA issued from Jaunpur?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar

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