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Q. The weekly Commonweal was founded by

A
Bipan Chandra Pal
B
Annie Besant
C
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. From which European country did Belgium gain independence in 1830
    A)England
    B)Italy
    C)Portugal
    D)Netherlands
    Answer: Netherlands
  • Q. Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious belief deeply rooted in
    A)Chinese custom and world view
    B)Taiwanese custom and world view
    C)Japanese custom and world view
    D)Vietnamese custom and world view
    Answer: Chinese custom and world view
  • Q. The INC for the first time passed the resolutions on Swaraj, Boycott and National Education at its annual session held at
    A)Calcutta (1906)
    B)Banaras (1905)
    C)Surat (1907)
    D)Madras (1908)
    Answer: Calcutta (1906)
  • Q. Which Sultan of Delhi died while playing the chaugan (polo)?
    A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
    B)Qutbuddin Aibak
    C)Shamsuddin IItutmish
    D)Nasiruddin Mahmud
    Answer: Qutbuddin Aibak
  • Q. Which of the following ladies wrote an historical account during the Mughal period?
    A)Noorjahan Begum
    B)Gulbadan Begum
    C)Jahanara Begum
    D)Zebun-nissah Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc. in his diary?
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Babur
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. The battle between Babur and Rana Sanga was fought at
    A)Chunar
    B)Panipat
    C)Khanwa
    D)Jaunpur
    Answer: Khanwa
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi had been present at the Round Table Conference(s) held in London
    A)Second
    B)Third
    C)First
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Second
  • Q. When Chittor was captured by Akbar (1558), the Rana of Mewar was
    A)Rana Pratap
    B)Rana Udai Singh
    C)Rana Kumbha
    D)Rana Amar Singh
    Answer: Rana Udai Singh
  • Q. Which of the following principle propagated by Aligarh school which helped in bringing reforms in Muslims? I. Intolerance to other religions and religious texts II. Quran was the only authoritative work for Islam and all others are secondary. Therefore said belief in only Islam III. Incorporate modern western thought
    A)Both I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
  • Q. Lytton was selected as Viceroy to India to fulfill the ambitious plans of Disraeli in __________
    A)Afghanistan
    B)Awadh
    C)Bengal
    D)Burma
    Answer: Afghanistan
  • Q. Michelangelo was a __________
    A)Sculptor
    B)Painter
    C)Astronomer
    D)Poet
    Answer: Sculptor
  • Q. When was Anglo-Russian Entente signed?
    A)1907
    B)1906
    C)1910
    D)1911
    Answer: 1907
  • Q. During the reign of Bindusara there was unrest at __________
    A)Pushkalavati
    B)Ujjayani
    C)Taxila
    D)Rajagriha
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. Who established the Edo society?
    A)Kuroda Yoshitaka
    B)Akechi Mitsuhide
    C)Oda Nobunaga
    D)Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    Answer: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  • Q. In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
    A)Phillip Reading
    B)Phillip Uartog
    C)Uartog Reading
    D)None of these
    Answer: Phillip Uartog
  • Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
    A)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
  • Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
    A)Herbert Bakers
    B)Sir Edward Lutyens
    C)Robert Tor Tussell
    D)Antonin Raymond
    Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
  • Q. __________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Ranade
    C)Pulinbehari Sarkar
    D)Amaresh Chakravarty
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
    A)Chaitanya
    B)Gnanadev
    C)Namadeva
    D)Ekanatha
    Answer: Ekanatha

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