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

Correct Answer

Annie Besant

More Questions on History

  • Q. The President of the Constituent Assembly was
    A)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    B)Dr. BR Ambedkar
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Q. Who had observed that “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation”?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)BG Tilak
    C)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
  • Q. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom?
    A)Jyotibha Phule
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    D)Swami Vivekanand
    Answer: Jyotibha Phule
  • Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
    A)Vidatha
    B)Bali
    C)Varman
    D)Kara
    Answer: Bali
  • Q. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as “Pushti Marga” for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna’s sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the “Hare Krishnas”
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. When was Sputnik 1 launched?
    A)1957
    B)1970
    C)1980
    D)1990
    Answer: 1957
  • Q. Which Government of India Act/Charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India?
    A)Charter Act-1833
    B)Government of India Act-1858
    C)Charter Act-1853
    D)Charter Act-1813
    Answer: Charter Act-1833
  • Q. Who is called as “beacon of light of Asia”
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Gautam Buddha
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Abdul Gaffer khan
    Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. What were the collective farms under Stalin’s Collectivization Programme in Russia known as
    A)Ferma
    B)Kolkhoz
    C)Lider
    D)Kollektsiya
    Answer: Kolkhoz
  • Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
    A)Lord Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord William Bentic
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Rohelas were of __________ origin
    A)Afghan
    B)Turkish
    C)British
    D)Chinese
    Answer: Afghan
  • Q. The Kalinga was fought in
    A)301 BC
    B)321 BC
    C)261 BC
    D)241 BC
    Answer: 261 BC
  • Q. In his early days Shivaji moved with
    A)Mawali leaders
    B)Jat leaders
    C)Santhals
    D)Bhils
    Answer: Mawali leaders
  • Q. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near
    A)Nizamabad
    B)Mysore
    C)Aurangabad
    D)Bhopal
    Answer: Aurangabad
  • Q. Nalanda Mahavihara site is in
    A)Assam
    B)Rajasthan
    C)Bihar
    D)Gujrat
    Answer: Bihar
  • Q. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
    A)Thailand
    B)Singapore
    C)Britain
    D)Italy
    Answer: Singapore
  • Q. Moti Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
    A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
    B)Humayun's Tomb
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Red Fort Complex
    Answer: Red Fort Complex
  • Q. In 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the Bengal quarterly:
    A)Bengali renaissance
    B)Samvad Kaumudi
    C)Bengal Gazette
    D)The Brahmonical
    Answer: Samvad Kaumudi
  • Q. Which was the first garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Tomb of Jahangir
    C)Taj Mahal
    D)Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal
    Answer: Humayun's Tomb

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