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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. For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of Lapse” was not followed?
    A)Nagpur
    B)Satara
    C)Jhansi
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was ‘Bleeding India White’?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Tilak
    C)Hume
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Tripitakas’ are sacred books of
    A)Jains
    B)Hindus
    C)Parsis
    D)Buddhists
    Answer: Buddhists
  • Q. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
    A)Surkotada
    B)Lothal
    C)Chanhudaro
    D)Banawali
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Who from the following leaders was not assassinated?
    A)Liaqat Ali Khan
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    D)Lord Louis Mountbatten
    Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • Q. In which language were the Buddhist-texts ‘Pitakas’ composed?
    A)Ardhamagadhi
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Pali
    D)Prakrit
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. The Namdhari, or Kuka, movement had its origin in the __________ corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp and grandeur
    A)North-south
    B)North-west
    C)North-east
    D)South
    Answer: North-west
  • Q. Name the oldest civilization
    A)Mesopotamian civlization
    B)Indus Valley civilization
    C)Egyptian civilization
    D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    Answer: Mesopotamian civlization
  • Q. Under the Mughals the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was
    A)Mansabdar
    B)The crown prince
    C)Emperor
    D)Zamindar
    Answer: Emperor
  • Q. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
    A)Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
    B)Khidmatgars (Servants)
    C)Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
    D)Angels of Freedom
    Answer: Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
  • Q. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhan’s period was
    A)I-tsang
    B)Fa-hien
    C)Nishka
    D)Hiuen Tsang
    Answer: Hiuen Tsang
  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :
    A)1904
    B)1896
    C)1906
    D)1910
    Answer: 1906
  • Q. Hernan Cortez was a Conquistador from
    A)Holland
    B)England
    C)Portugal
    D)Spain
    Answer: Spain
  • Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
    A)Government of India Act of 1935
    B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
    C)Indian Council Act of 1909
    D)Government of India Act of 1919
    Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919
  • Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
    A)Cyrus
    B)Darius
    C)Socrates
    D)Aristotle
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
    A)Chota Nagpur
    B)Orissa
    C)Bijapur
    D)Golconda
    Answer: Golconda
  • Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
    A)A Secretary
    B)A Committee of 24
    C)A Council of Lords
    D)A Board of Revenue
    Answer: A Committee of 24
  • Q. Why did King Vipulvahan develop aversion for worldly life?
    A)Because of son
    B)Because of wife
    C)Because of famine
    D)Because of subjects
    Answer: Because of famine
  • Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Sir William Jones
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Sir William Jones
  • Q. Which of the following is not an important limb of Vedas?
    A)Kalpa (Ritual)
    B)Siksha (Phonetics)
    C)Vyakarna (Grammar)
    D)Ashtadhyayi
    Answer: Ashtadhyayi

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