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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. Which civilization is known as the birthplace of democracy
    A)Indian
    B)Romans
    C)Greeks
    D)Persians
    Answer: Greeks
  • Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
    A)Saivaite Nayanmars
    B)Tulsidas
    C)Sankara
    D)Ramanuja
    Answer: Ramanuja
  • Q. The Greeks were driven out of India by
    A)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Ashoka
    D)Bindusara
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Which of the following statement is related to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
    A)Promoted religious toleration
    B)Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
    C)Converted to Hinduism
    D)Presided over an era of religious harmony
    Answer: Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
  • Q. Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as
    A)Minister of Defence
    B)Minister of Religious Affairs
    C)Chief Minister
    D)Minister of Justice
    Answer: Chief Minister
  • Q. Who among the following occupied the supreme position in the Later Vedic pantheon?
    A)Prajapati
    B)Indra
    C)Agni
    D)Varuna
    Answer: Prajapati
  • Q. In which session of India National Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time?
    A)Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
    B)Calcutta Session, 1920
    C)Lahore Congress, 1929
    D)Haripura congress conference, 1938
    Answer: Lahore Congress, 1929
  • Q. Who built Jodhpur Fort?
    A)Shahjahan
    B)Guru Ramdas
    C)Rao Jodhaji
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Rao Jodhaji
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saint popularised Vaishnava cult in Gujarat?
    A)Narasi
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Sankar Dev
    Answer: Narasi
  • Q. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
    A)1982
    B)1872
    C)1884
    D)1892
    Answer: 1872
  • Q. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
    A)5 years
    B)4 years
    C)3 years
    D)2 years
    Answer: 5 years
  • Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Rabindranath Tagore
    C)Surendranath Banerjee
    D)Anand Mohan Bose
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
    A)Bihar
    B)Assam
    C)Madras
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. When was the commercial colonization of India commenced?
    A)1751
    B)1707
    C)1765
    D)1757
    Answer: 1757
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct regarding Ancient Indian Literature that helps in restructuring of Indian history? I. Ancient literature is religious in nature, and contain exaggerated mythical story without any chronology i.e., puranic and epic literature II. A large number of inscriptions, coins, and local chronicles do indicate an effort towards history writing
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    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. __________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution
    A)Rani ki vav
    B)Nalanda
    C)Hill Forts of Rajasthan
    D)Fatehpur Sikri
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
    A)Kadphises II
    B)Kadphises I
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kadphises II
  • Q. Which among the following is correctly matched?
    A)Swadeshi Movement - Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Non-Cooperation Movement - Surendra Nath Banerjee
    C)Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. Chandra Gupta Maurya spent his last days here
    A)Pataliputra
    B)Kashi
    C)Ujjain
    D)Shravanabelagola
    Answer: Shravanabelagola
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
    A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
    B)of superior resources of the British empire
    C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
    D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
    Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal

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