Q. The weekly Commonweal was founded by

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

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  • Q. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?
    A)T. R. Holmes
    B)V A Smith
    C)J K Hikki
    D)Sir Ahmed Khan
    Answer: T. R. Holmes
  • Q. The partition of Bengal was occurred in __________
    A)1805
    B)1804
    C)1904
    D)1905
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence I. Non-Cooperation Movement II. Civil Disobedience Movement III. Chauri – Chaura
    A)I, III, II
    B)I, II, III
    C)II, I, III
    D)III, II, I
    Answer: I, III, II
  • Q. Who is renowned for his redefinition of sexual desire?
    A)Friedrich Nietzsche
    B)Carl Jung
    C)Jacques Lacan
    D)Sigmund Freud
    Answer: Sigmund Freud
  • Q. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
    A)The village community
    B)The cultivator
    C)The king
    D)The joint family
    Answer: The king
  • Q. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
    A)Tivara
    B)Kunala
    C)Mahendra
    D)Jalauka
    Answer: Tivara
  • Q. Who among of the following was the founder of society called ‘Abhinav Bharat’?
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
    D)Bipin Chandra Pal
    Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  • Q. In 1918 who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ?
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. When was the battle of Buxar fought?
    A)October 1754
    B)October 1764
    C)Sept. 1564
    D)Jan. 1824
    Answer: October 1764
  • Q. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Western Punjab
    C)Bengal
    D)Madhya Bharat
    Answer: Western Punjab
  • Q. When quit India Resolution was passed in 1942, the Viceroy of India was :
    A)Lord Wavell
    B)Lord Linlithgow
    C)Lord Willingdon
    D)Lord Mountbatten
    Answer: Lord Linlithgow
  • Q. Who started the construction of Colosseum in Rome
    A)Vespasian
    B)Nero
    C)Titus
    D)Domitian
    Answer: Vespasian
  • Q. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
    A)Pericles
    B)Herodotus
    C)Plutarch
    D)Thucydides
    Answer: Thucydides
  • Q. Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
    A)Richard III
    B)Elizabeth I
    C)Henry VII
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Henry VII
  • Q. Who was the founder of Kushan Empire?
    A)Virna Kadphises
    B)Kanishka
    C)Kujula Kadphises
    D)Vasiskha
    Answer: Kujula Kadphises
  • Q. The death of millions of Indian in frequent famines which visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to
    A)commercialisation of agriculture
    B)overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
    C)poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
    D)unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production
    Answer: poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
  • Q. Who had succeeded Mir Jafar to the throne?
    A)Chandra Sahib
    B)Haider Ali
    C)Tipu Sultan
    D)Mir Kasim
    Answer: Mir Kasim
  • Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
    A)Bombay
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Lokmanya Tilak
    D)Muhannad Iqbal
    Answer: Lokmanya Tilak

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