History Independence

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

A
Dadabhai Naoroji
B
Lokmanya TiIak
C
Bhikaji Cama
D
Sri Aurobindo Ghose

Correct Answer

Sri Aurobindo Ghose

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    A)Cambodia
    B)China
    C)Thailand
    D)Ceylon
    Answer: Ceylon
  • Q. Which of the following is the oldest of the Vedas?
    A)Atharva Veda
    B)Sama Veda
    C)Yajur Veda
    D)Rig Veda
    Answer: Rig Veda
  • Q. The first Swarajist Conference was held at
    A)Allahabad
    B)Ahmedabad
    C)Madras
    D)Bardoli
    Answer: Allahabad
  • Q. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?
    A)Sheep
    B)Buffalo
    C)Cow
    D)Pig
    Answer: Cow
  • Q. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
    A)Cornwallis
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Dalhousie
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Cornwallis
  • Q. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Jayaprakash Narayan
    C)Karl Marx
    D)Lenin
    Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan
  • Q. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
    A)Vishakhadatta
    B)Shundraka
    C)Kalidasa
    D)Chanakya
    Answer: Kalidasa
  • Q. The founder of Jainism was
    A)Neminath
    B)Rishbha
    C)Parsvanatha
    D)Vardhaman Mahavira
    Answer: Vardhaman Mahavira
  • Q. When did the British East India Company establish a capital in Calcutta?
    A)1818
    B)1772
    C)1858
    D)1857
    Answer: 1772
  • Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
    A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
    C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
    D)Indian Independence Act, 1947
    Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935
  • Q. The slogan of the French Revolution was
    A)Government of the people, by the people and for the people
    B)One nation, one leader and one flag
    C)Liberty, equality and fraternity
    D)None of these
    Answer: Liberty, equality and fraternity
  • Q. Which is a treatise on the science of governance?
    A)Ramayana
    B)Mahabharata
    C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
    D)Chandrawati Ramayana
    Answer: Kautilya's Arthshastra
  • Q. When did the Nawabs of Bengal surrender to the British East India Company?
    A)1751
    B)1707
    C)1757
    D)1765
    Answer: 1757
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who built Jodhpur Fort?
    A)Shahjahan
    B)Guru Ramdas
    C)Rao Jodhaji
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Rao Jodhaji
  • Q. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
    A)Baba Farid
    B)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
    C)Saiyid Mummed
    D)Shah Alam Bukhari
    Answer: Baba Farid
  • Q. Who had been the first to emphasise the instruction in literature and science through the English Language was essential for building a modern India?
    A)GK Gokhale
    B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    C)Raj Ram Mohun Roy
    D)MM Malaviya
    Answer: Raj Ram Mohun Roy
  • Q. When did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen?
    A)1942
    B)1941
    C)1945
    D)1940
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. The most famous Chera ruler was
    A)Nedunjeraladan
    B)Udiyanjeral
    C)Senguttuvan
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    Answer: Senguttuvan
  • Q. Who, among the following, has been known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
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    B)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
    C)Chaudhary Shaukatullah
    D)Liaquat Ali Khan
    Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

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