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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 Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of
    A)Hindu Muslim riots
    B)the Chauri Chaura incident
    C)arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his imprisonment for six years
    D)all the above
    Answer: the Chauri Chaura incident
  • Q. What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?
    A)Administrative reforms
    B)Social reforms
    C)Educational reforms
    D)Political consolidation
    Answer: Educational reforms
  • Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from
    A)The Constitution of Australia
    B)The Constitution of the USA
    C)From the Government of India Act of 1919
    D)From Pitt's India Act
    Answer: From the Government of India Act of 1919
  • Q. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
    A)Swami Vivekananda
    B)Narayan Guru
    C)Krishna swami Aiyar
    D)Keshav Chandra Sen
    Answer: Keshav Chandra Sen
  • Q. Shortugai (Indus Valley Civilization site) is in which country?
    A)Pakisthan
    B)India
    C)Afganisthan
    D)Tibet
    Answer: Afganisthan
  • Q. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped __________
    A)Pashupati
    B)Vishnu
    C)Indra
    D)Brahma
    Answer: Pashupati
  • Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
    A)Chaitanya
    B)Gnanadev
    C)Namadeva
    D)Ekanatha
    Answer: Ekanatha
  • Q. The Peshwa’s Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as
    A)El Beriz Daftar
    B)Huzur Daftar
    C)Chalte Dafter
    D)Peshwa Dafter
    Answer: Huzur Daftar
  • Q. How many gandhara were in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
    A)85
    B)80
    C)90
    D)95
    Answer: 95
  • Q. In the Battle of Haldighati the Mughal troops were commanded by
    A)Raja Man Singh of Amber
    B)Asaf khan
    C)Qazi Khan
    D)Todar Mal
    Answer: Raja Man Singh of Amber
  • Q. The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by __________
    A)The Government of India
    B)Secretary of State for India
    C)Parliament of England
    D)By Indian National Congress
    Answer: The Government of India
  • Q. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
    A)1826
    B)1866
    C)1843
    D)1857
    Answer: 1866
  • Q. The Mughals have been made immortal by their achievements in the field
    A)Architectural
    B)Political
    C)Military
    D)Social
    Answer: Architectural
  • Q. Which Mughal ruler’s reign has been described as the golden age of medieval art and architecture?
    A)Babur's
    B)Jahangir's
    C)Humayun's
    D)Shah Jahan's
    Answer: Shah Jahan's
  • Q. What is meant by Mughalai?
    A)Very rich food
    B)Infantry of the Mughals
    C)Royal household
    D)Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
    Answer: Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
  • Q. From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was
    A)establishment of representative institutions
    B)wider employment of Indians in higher public services
    C)self-government to India
    D)Only A and B above
    Answer: Only A and B above
  • Q. After the elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in July 1946, the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on
    A)January 15, 1947
    B)December 9, 1946
    C)February 10, 1947
    D)August 15, 1947
    Answer: December 9, 1946
  • Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
    A)Samiti
    B)Sabha
    C)Gana
    D)Vidatha
    Answer: Vidatha
  • Q. Who was advocated of the famous INA Trials?
    A)Asaf Ali
    B)Bhulabhai Desai
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Bhulabhai Desai
  • Q. Till when did the Wars of the Roses last?
    A)1431
    B)1420
    C)1453
    D)1487
    Answer: 1487

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