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Q. Where did Gandhiji form the Satyagraha Sabha?

A
Calcutta
B
Bombay
C
Poona
D
Nagpur

Correct Answer

Bombay

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Ramananda? I. He worshipped Ram and Sita but preached the oneness of God and the doctrine of Bhakti for everyone II. Dismissed the caste system and untouchability, simplified rules of worship and made rigidity of the Varnashrama tradition milder
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?
    A)Saluva Dynasty
    B)Sangama Dynasty
    C)Tuluva Dynasty
    D)Aravidu Dynasty
    Answer: Tuluva Dynasty
  • 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. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
    A)Spain
    B)France
    C)Britain
    D)Germany
    Answer: Britain
  • Q. When did the Battle of Plassey take place?
    A)1751
    B)1707
    C)1757
    D)1765
    Answer: 1757
  • Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
    A)1767
    B)1764
    C)1784
    D)1864
    Answer: 1764
  • Q. The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were
    A)Afghans
    B)Mongols
    C)Turks
    D)A Jat tribe
    Answer: Turks
  • Q. Which among the following is correct
    A)The capital of Gahadwal Dynasty was Kannauj
    B)The capital of pandyas was Madurai
    C)The capital of the Videha Kingdom was Mithila
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
    A)Pradesa
    B)Bhukit
    C)Vithi
    D)Ahara
    Answer: Vithi
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
    A)Cripps Mission
    B)Simmon Commission
    C)Cabinet Mission
    D)Wavel Plan
    Answer: Cripps Mission
  • Q. Who was the supreme body in the Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act- 1858?
    A)The British Parliament
    B)Queen Victoria
    C)Government of Britan
    D)None of these
    Answer: The British Parliament
  • Q. Where was St. Paul beheaded?
    A)Ephesus
    B)Rome
    C)Kusadasi
    D)Jerusalem
    Answer: Rome
  • Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
    A)Saivaite Nayanmars
    B)Tulsidas
    C)Sankara
    D)Ramanuja
    Answer: Ramanuja
  • Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
    A)Assam and Kerala
    B)Bengal and Punjab
    C)Bengal and Assam
    D)Punjab and Kerala
    Answer: Bengal and Punjab
  • Q. Who said “Knowledge is Power”?
    A)Milton
    B)Shakespeare
    C)Francis Bacon
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Francis Bacon
  • Q. The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of
    A)the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
    B)unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
    C)both A and B above
    D)the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
    Answer: both A and B above
  • Q. In 1934 Mahatma Gandhi withdrew from active politics and even resigned his membership of the Congress because
    A)the political climate of India was unsuitable for any political movement
    B)of the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement
    C)he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
    D)of his opposition to the desire of congressmen to enter legislatures under the Government of India Act of 1935
    Answer: he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
  • 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. Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last?
    A)Bodh Gaya
    B)Rajgir
    C)Sarnath
    D)Kushinagar
    Answer: Kushinagar
  • Q. Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that X/O = X; who among the following proved that it was infinity?
    A)Bhaskara
    B)Aryabhatta
    C)Brahmagupta
    D)Mahavira
    Answer: Bhaskara

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