Q. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was

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Sri Aurobindo Ghose

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    A)Akbar
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Nadir Shah
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Akbar
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    A)Fargana
    B)Kabul
    C)Badakhshan
    D)Herat
    Answer: Badakhshan
  • Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
    A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
    B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
    C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
    D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
    Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in :
    A)1935
    B)1932
    C)1943
    D)1945
    Answer: 1943
  • Q. Advaita Deepika is the work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)C.Kesavan
    D)Dr. Palpu
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Vikram Shila University was founded by
    A)Kanishka
    B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    C)Dharampala
    D)Pulakesin II
    Answer: Dharampala
  • Q. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
    A)Dutch
    B)Portuguese
    C)The house of Jagat Seth
    D)Mulla Abdul Gaffar
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and __________
    A)China
    B)Pakistan
    C)Tibet
    D)Afghanistan
    Answer: Pakistan
  • 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. Like Vedic Aryans, the custom of Sacrificial fire was also followed by
    A)Greeks
    B)Romans
    C)Iranians
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
    A)Caligula
    B)Augustus
    C)Constantine the Great
    D)Cicero
    Answer: Constantine the Great
  • Q. Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?
    A)Faizi
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Abdul Nabi Khan
    D)Birbal
    Answer: Abul Fazl
  • Q. Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?
    A)Ashfaqullah
    B)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    C)Lala Hardayal
    D)V D Savarkar
    Answer: Ashfaqullah
  • Q. Tansen, a great musician of his time, was in the Court of
    A)Akbar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Bahadur Shah
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  • Q. When was the Tripartite Pact signed?
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1945
    Answer: 1940
  • Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
    A)Rahim
    B)Tansen
    C)Kabir
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. Which Mughal Ruler’s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
    A)Rafi-ud-Darajat
    B)Farrukhsiyar
    C)Rafi-ud-Daula
    D)Muhammed Shah
    Answer: Farrukhsiyar
  • Q. The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India
    A)Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
    B)To creates a Shiite Muslim state
    C)To control the trade routes into Southeast Asia
    D)To defeat his longstanding enemy, the sultan of Delhi
    Answer: Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
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    A)Anojja
    B)Yasoda
    C)Trishala
    D)Devanandi
    Answer: Trishala
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    A)Akbar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Shah Jahan
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Jahangir

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