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Q. Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?

A
W A Hume
B
Khan Abdul Gaffar
C
Annie Besant
D
None of these

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

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    B)Pakistan
    C)Tibet
    D)Afghanistan
    Answer: Pakistan
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    B)Gandhara
    C)Koushal
    D)Avanti
    Answer: Vajji
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    A)IV, III, I, II
    B)I, II, III, IV
    C)IV, I, II, III
    D)IV, II, III, I
    Answer: IV, III, I, II
  • Q. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
    A)Ensure racial and communal harmony
    B)Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
    C)Found a religious institution
    D)Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims
    Answer: Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
  • Q. Who is the author of “The History of the World-Conquerer”?
    A)Clifford Edmund Bosworth
    B)Annemarie Schimmel
    C)Gustaf John Ramstedt
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  • Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of
    A)Morley
    B)Minto
    C)Northbrook
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  • Q. Which Mughal ruler constructed a new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?
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    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
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  • Q. The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to all by the Act of
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    A)Jains
    B)Hindus
    C)Parsis
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    Answer: Buddhists
  • Q. The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Hastings
    C)Lord metcalfe
    D)Lord Macaulay
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  • 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. Who quoted “The problems of day cannot be solved by motions, resolutions and can be solved only by blood and iron.”
    A)Bismarck
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    D)King Frederick William IV
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  • Q. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the
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  • Q. Who is known as the Napoleon of India?
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    C)Samudragupta
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  • Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
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    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. The first political association of India founded in 1891 was the
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    B)Landholders Society of Calcutta
    C)British Indian Association
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  • Q. Which ruler of India issued Mahzarnama to take all the religious matters into his own hands?
    A)Akbar
    B)Iltutmish
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    B)Marathas
    C)Nepalese
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  • Q. Which empire lasted the longest among the following?
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  • Q. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because
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