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

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who said that “Man by nature is a political animal”?
    A)Aristotle
    B)Plato
    C)Hobbes
    D)Rousseau
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. Who termed Cripps proposals as ” a post dated cheque in a crashing bank”?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Ambedkar
    C)Patel
    D)Gandhiji
    Answer: Gandhiji
  • Q. Who constructed the Khajuraho temples?
    A)Sindhiya
    B)Halkar
    C)Bundela Rajput
    D)Chandel Rajput
    Answer: Chandel Rajput
  • Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Agra Fort was built by
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Babur
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
    A)Iran
    B)Central Asia
    C)Greece
    D)China
    Answer: Greece
  • Q. The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work Amuktamalyada, was in
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Telugu
    C)Tamil
    D)Kannada
    Answer: Telugu
  • Q. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed form
    A)Kashmir
    B)Bengal
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. Ramayana was translated into Persian at Akbar’s court by whom?
    A)Abul Fazl
    B)Faizi
    C)Badayuni
    D)Haji Ibrahim Sirhindi
    Answer: Faizi
  • Q. The father of extremist movement in India is
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
    A)The Muslim League
    B)The National Congress
    C)The Award of a Boundary Commission
    D)The People living in those boundary areas
    Answer: The Award of a Boundary Commission
  • Q. Which of the following is not a religion developed in ancient time (i.e. In B.C)?
    A)Zorastranianism
    B)Shintoism
    C)Islam
    D)Tasism
    Answer: Islam
  • Q. Which reforms Act had created the office of the secretary of state for India?
    A)The Government of India Act, 1858
    B)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
    C)The Indian Councils Act, 1861
    D)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1908
    Answer: The Government of India Act, 1858
  • Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Vaishanavism
    B)Nirgunabraman
    C)Shaivism
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Nirgunabraman
  • Q. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Ambika Charan Majumdar
    D)Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
  • Q. Akbar saw the sea for the first time in his life at
    A)Surat
    B)Calcutta
    C)Cambay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Cambay
  • Q. Which is representative of Dravida style of temple architecture?
    A)Shikhara
    B)Viman
    C)Mandapa
    D)Gopuram
    Answer: Viman
  • Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
    A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
    B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
    C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
    D)Both A and B
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
    A)1575
    B)1475
    C)1675
    D)1775
    Answer: 1775
  • Q. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
    A)Deer
    B)Humped Bull
    C)Elephant
    D)Horse
    Answer: Deer

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