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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

More Questions on History

  • Q. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
    A)They were taller and stronger
    B)They used elephants on a large scale
    C)They were from an advanced urban culture
    D)They used chariots driven by horses
    Answer: They used chariots driven by horses
  • Q. The __________ was run by Tarachand Chakravarty
    A)Hesperus
    B)Quill
    C)Enquirer
    D)Bengal Spectator
    Answer: Quill
  • Q. The most important saint of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra who was born at Satara and is said to have died in Punjab, was
    A)Namadeva
    B)Jnanesvar
    C)Tukaram
    D)Guru Ramdas
    Answer: Namadeva
  • Q. Where is the Bada Imambara located?
    A)Lucknow
    B)Agra
    C)Patna
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Lucknow
  • Q. The “Arya Samaj” was founded by
    A)Swami Vivekananda
    B)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    C)Keshav Chandra Sen
    D)Ishwar Chandra VidyaSagar
    Answer: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
  • Q. Dandi March started from __________ in 1930
    A)Sabarmati Ashram
    B)Surat
    C)Delhi Durbar Hall
    D)Vedaranyan
    Answer: Sabarmati Ashram
  • Q. Ashoka has been particularly influenced by the Buddhist monk
    A)Upagupta
    B)Ambhi
    C)Asvaghosha
    D)Vasubandhu
    Answer: Upagupta
  • 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. After a few years Olcott and Blavatsky moved to India and established the International Headquarters at Adyar, in__________
    A)Canada
    B)New Zealand
    C)Australia
    D)Madras
    Answer: Madras
  • Q. Aurangzeb, in his attempt to annex Marwar to the Mughal empire, was involved in a 30-year war. During these long years the most valiant struggle from the side of Marwar was fought by
    A)Durgadas
    B)Ajit Singh
    C)Hadas of Bundi
    D)Indra Singh
    Answer: Durgadas
  • Q. Who had built the ‘Amber Fort’?
    A)Raja Man Singh
    B)Akbar
    C)Uday Singh-II
    D)Maharana Pratap
    Answer: Raja Man Singh
  • Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
    A)Regulating Act: 1773
    B)Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
    C)Pitt's India Act: 1761
    D)Treaty of Allahabad: 1784
    Answer: Regulating Act: 1773
  • Q. Who was the moving spirit behind the oganization of the Ghadar Party?
    A)V. D. Savarkar
    B)Lala Hardayal
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Lala Hardayal
  • Q. Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and__________
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. The Wahabi Movement named after its founder Abdul Wahab originated in . . . . . . in the 18th century with a view to restoring Islam to its pristine purity and order
    A)Arabia
    B)Manipal
    C)America
    D)Africa
    Answer: Arabia
  • Q. Who discovered a direct sea route to India?
    A)Germans
    B)Portuguese
    C)The French
    D)The Dutch
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Who was popularly known as Africa’s Gandhi?
    A)Firoz Gandhi
    B)Mir Karzai
    C)Nelson Mandela
    D)M.K.Gandhi
    Answer: Nelson Mandela
  • Q. From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 49th federating state?
    A)Britain
    B)Canada
    C)Russia
    D)France
    Answer: Russia
  • Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
    A)Michelangelo
    B)Filippo Brunelleschi
    C)Vincent van Gogh
    D)Leonardo da Vinci
    Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
  • Q. Who said that Indian National Congress is a ‘begging institute’?
    A)Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Aurobindo Ghosh
    Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh

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