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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)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
    B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
    C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
    D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
    Answer: Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
  • Q. The official court language of the Guptas was
    A)Prakrit
    B)Pali
    C)Hindi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Sanskrit
  • Q. After 1893, when complete ban was imposed on all commercial activities of the Company. India was left open to exploitation by
    A)Planters
    B)British officers in India
    C)British mercantile industrial capitalist class
    D)Zamindars and big landlords
    Answer: British mercantile industrial capitalist class
  • Q. In which year, Alexander the Great become the king of Macedonia
    A)323 BC
    B)336 BC
    C)350 BC
    D)200 BC
    Answer: 336 BC
  • Q. During Kanishka’s reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to
    A)Ayodhya
    B)Delhi
    C)Kannauj
    D)Purushapura (Peshawar)
    Answer: Purushapura (Peshawar)
  • Q. Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?
    A)Aurobindo Ghose
    B)Lokamanya Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Hume
    Answer: Hume
  • Q. Who was the founder of the Satavahana Empire?
    A)Simuka
    B)Kanha
    C)Hala
    D)Gautamiputra
    Answer: Simuka
  • Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
    A)Jodhpur
    B)Haryana
    C)Kashmir
    D)Ludhiana
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  • Q. When did Saladin captured Jerusalem?
    A)1187
    B)1118
    C)1193
    D)1203
    Answer: 1187
  • Q. Unification of Germany took place under the leadership of which state
    A)Saxony
    B)Wurtemberg
    C)Prussia
    D)Hanover
    Answer: Prussia
  • Q. Infanticide was completely banned by the
    A)Sharda Act, 1930
    B)Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
    C)Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
    D)Minto-Morley reforms
    Answer: Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
  • Q. The year of the foundation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) is
    A)1937
    B)1947
    C)1927
    D)1917
    Answer: 1917
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    B)Dadu Dayal
    C)Sri Chaitanya
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  • Q. Who is the author of the book “Satyarth Prakash”?
    A)Rajaram Mohan Ray
    B)Dayanand Saraswati
    C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
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  • Q. Where was Christopher Columbus from
    A)Genoa
    B)Venice
    C)Spain
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    Answer: Genoa
  • Q. Who was the prime minister of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
    A)Russell II
    B)Lord Palmerston
    C)Edward Smith-Stanley
    D)Benjamin Disraeli
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    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Delhi
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Irwin
    C)Lord Chelmsford
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    Answer: 600 BC

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