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Q. The Simon Commission was formed to review

A
Fitness of India for further reforms
B
Legislatures in India
C
The position of the viceroy
D
A constitution for India

Correct Answer

Fitness of India for further reforms

More Questions on History

  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the Dara Shikoh I. Dara Shikoh was the youngest son of Shahjahan. II. Dara Shikoh was the devotee of Qadiri Silsila.
    A)Both I and II are incorrect
    B)Both I and II are correct
    C)Only I is correct
    D)Only II is correct
    Answer: Only II is correct
  • Q. Which of these is not one of the titles adopted by Aurangzeb?
    A)Padshah
    B)Alamgir
    C)Sultan Sulaiman
    D)Ghazi
    Answer: Sultan Sulaiman
  • 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. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
    A)Lord Macaulay
    B)Lord Elgin
    C)Sadler
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Macaulay
  • Q. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri Mantra?
    A)Samaveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Kathopanishad
    D)Aitareya Brahmana
    Answer: Rigveda
  • Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
    A)Lahore
    B)Allahabad
    C)Amritsar
    D)Belur
    Answer: Belur
  • Q. On which date was the announcement formally made that India and Pakistan would be made free?
    A)June 3, 1947
    B)May 2, 1947
    C)July 4, 1947
    D)August 5, 1957
    Answer: June 3, 1947
  • Q. The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by __________
    A)The Government of India
    B)Secretary of State for India
    C)Parliament of England
    D)By Indian National Congress
    Answer: The Government of India
  • Q. The last of the Charter Act concerning India was the Act of
    A)1813
    B)1773
    C)1853
    D)1793
    Answer: 1853
  • Q. The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by
    A)Locke
    B)Hobbes
    C)Bentham
    D)Marx
    Answer: Locke
  • Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
    A)Nurjahan
    B)Razia Sultana
    C)Mumtaz
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Razia Sultana
  • Q. Who was “The First American”?
    A)James Madison
    B)Benjamin Franklin
    C)John Adams
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Benjamin Franklin
  • Q. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
    A)Marthanda Verma
    B)Hyder Ali
    C)British
    D)Tipu Sultan
    Answer: Hyder Ali
  • Q. What was the original name of Santa Claus?
    A)St. Peter
    B)St. Christopher
    C)St. John
    D)St. Nicolas
    Answer: St. Nicolas
  • Q. Which of the following ideas propagated through Ramakrishna Mission? I. Social and religious reform II. Women education III. Doctrine of service IV. Service of jiva and worship of Shiva
    A)II, III and IV
    B)Both I and II
    C)III and IV
    D)I, III and IV
    Answer: I, III and IV
  • Q. When did Charlemagne conquer the Lombards?
    A)753
    B)752
    C)757
    D)774
    Answer: 774
  • Q. A resolution declaring Purna Swaraj (complete Independence) as Indian’s political goal was passed in the __________ Congress of 1929
    A)Lahore
    B)Shimla
    C)Madras
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. The Indian National Congress was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all India Scale; a retired English LC.S officer played an important rule in its formation
    A)Man Mohan Gosh
    B)A. O. Hume
    C)W. C. Banerjee
    D)S. N. Sen
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of
    A)Calcutta
    B)Karnataka
    C)Jammu & Kashmir
    D)Kerala
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of
    A)Humayun
    B)Shershah
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur

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