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Q. What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?

A
Kesari
B
Young India
C
Bombay Chronicle
D
Resurgent India

Correct Answer

Young India

More Questions on History

  • Q. Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
    A)Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
    B)Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
    C)Allowing women to enter temple
    D)Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
    Answer: Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
  • Q. Humayun was born in the year
    A)1608
    B)1508
    C)1708
    D)1808
    Answer: 1508
  • Q. Azad Hind Fauz or the Indian National Army (INA) was founded by
    A)Rash Behari Bose
    B)Subhash Bose
    C)General Mohan Singh
    D)Shah Nawaz
    Answer: General Mohan Singh
  • Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
    A)Kalasoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Ashoka
    D)Ananda
    Answer: Kalasoka
  • Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
    A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
    B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
    C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
    D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
    Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
  • Q. During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
    A)Curzon
    B)Dalhousie
    C)Bentick
    D)Conrnwallis
    Answer: Conrnwallis
  • Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Gokhale
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?
    A)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    B)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    C)Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
    D)Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
    A)Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
    B)Mrs. Annie Besant
    C)Mrs. Nelline Sengupta
    D)Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Mrs. Annie Besant
  • Q. Two highest gods in the Vedic religion were
    A)Vishnu and Mitra
    B)Agni and Savitri
    C)Indra and Varuna
    D)Surya and Pushan
    Answer: Indra and Varuna
  • Q. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was
    A)The second battle of Tarain
    B)The first battle of Tarain
    C)The first battle of Panipat
    D)The second battle of Panipat
    Answer: The second battle of Tarain
  • Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement?
    A)Munda
    B)Uraon
    C)Santhal
    D)Konadora
    Answer: Uraon
  • Q. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by?
    A)Gajendra Chola
    B)Rajendra Chola I
    C)Vikram Chola
    D)Rajendra Chola III
    Answer: Rajendra Chola I
  • Q. Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
    B)Allaudin Khalji
    C)Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
    D)Muhammad Bin Qasim
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
  • Q. The Greek viewed ‘politics’ as the basis of
    A)Ethical terms
    B)Both ethical and legalistic terms
    C)Terms of power
    D)Legalistic terms
    Answer: Ethical terms
  • Q. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar’s reign was the port of
    A)Calcutta
    B)Karachi
    C)Surat
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Surat
  • Q. Who among the following wrote the Kural, which deals with many aspects of life and religion?
    A)Ayaikar
    B)Thiruvalluvar
    C)Shankracharya
    D)Rishi Agasta
    Answer: Thiruvalluvar
  • Q. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated ‘Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma’.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Neither I nor II
  • Q. Which of the following are the paths chosen by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa towards salvation
    A)Belief in one single god monotheism
    B)Gyana marg
    C)Vedas and Upanishads are the only way to salvation
    D)Renunciation, meditation and devotion
    Answer: Renunciation, meditation and devotion
  • Q. Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country’s unity?
    A)Hume
    B)Sardar Patel
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Sardar Patel

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