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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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    A)Pitt's India Act
    B)Regulating Act
    C)Charter Act
    D)Company Act
    Answer: Regulating Act
  • Q. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
    A)Hunter Commission
    B)Macaulay's Minute
    C)Charter Act
    D)Wood's Despatch
    Answer: Wood's Despatch
  • Q. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits
    A)Gandhara Style
    B)The Persian Style
    C)Hindu Style
    D)The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
    Answer: The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
  • Q. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Chandragupta II
    Answer: Chandragupta II
  • Q. Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)Lord Reading
    C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    D)Mohammad Ali
    Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
  • Q. Assertion (A): The nobility under Muhammad bin Tughlaq was a highly homogeneous one. Reason (R): Royal intervention in the iqta system was as its peak under Muhammad Tughlaq.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is false but R is true
  • Q. When were concave spectacles invented?
    A)1320
    B)1286
    C)1360
    D)1000
    Answer: 1286
  • Q. Who said “Man is a social animal”?
    A)Rousseau
    B)Aristotle
    C)Laski
    D)Plato
    Answer: Aristotle
  • 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
  • Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?
    A)Tipu Sultan
    B)Haider Ali
    C)Murshid Quli Khan
    D)Malhar Rao Holkar
    Answer: Tipu Sultan
  • Q. The principles of Ashoka’s Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Brahmanism
    D)The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
    Answer: The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
  • Q. The ‘Three Jewels’ (Triratnas) of Jainism are
    A)right action, right livelihood and right effort
    B)right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
    C)right thoughts, non-violence and non-attachment
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    Answer: right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
  • Q. Narayana Guru started a Sanskrit school in __________
    A)Kottayam
    B)Varkala
    C)Mahi
    D)Calicut
    Answer: Varkala
  • Q. When did the Three Kingdoms period begin in China?
    A)226
    B)220
    C)238
    D)280
    Answer: 220
  • Q. Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja?
    A)Chandragupta I
    B)Skandhgupta
    C)Chandragupta II
    D)Kumaragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta I
  • 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. “The word impossible is found, in the dictionary of fools” was the famous quote of
    A)Alexander the Great
    B)Hitler
    C)Julius Caesar
    D)Napoleon
    Answer: Napoleon
  • Q. The most important source of our information on ancient India’s cultural history are
    A)Antiquities and monuments
    B)Archaeological excavations
    C)Literature and epics
    D)Inscriptions and coins
    Answer: Literature and epics
  • Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
    A)753 BC
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    C)752 BC
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    Answer: 753 BC
  • Q. Who was the Congress President at the time when India become free?
    A)V. L. Pandit
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