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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. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
    A)Megasthenese
    B)Hiuen Tsang
    C)I-Tsing
    D)Fahien
    Answer: Megasthenese
  • Q. The Harappans did not know the use of
    A)Bronze
    B)Copper
    C)Gold
    D)Iron
    Answer: Iron
  • Q. The ritualistic precepts pertaining to the hymns of the Vedas are known as the
    A)Aranyakas
    B)Samhitas
    C)Brahmanas
    D)Upanishads
    Answer: Brahmanas
  • Q. Which of the following Assamese literature is Buddhist songs composed in the 8th to 12th centuries?
    A)Kotha Ramayana
    B)Charyapadas
    C)Drona Parva
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Charyapadas
  • Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
    A)Twelve
    B)Ten
    C)Fourteen
    D)Sixteen
    Answer: Twelve
  • Q. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacturing of Harappan seals?
    A)Bronze
    B)Terracotta
    C)Copper
    D)Iron
    Answer: Terracotta
  • Q. Which state was the first victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
    A)Mysore
    B)Satara
    C)Hyderabad
    D)Awadh
    Answer: Hyderabad
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Dharmasutras and the Smritis? I. Texts were considered as the rules and regulations for the general public and for the rulers. II. Dharmasutras and the Smritis can also be termed in the modern concept as the constitution and law books for the ancient Indian polity and society
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Who, among the following, founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)G. K. Gokhale
    D)B. R. Ambedkar
    Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
    A)Sumit Sarkar
    B)Ania Loomba
    C)Cohn Bernard
    D)Ranajith Guha
    Answer: Sumit Sarkar
  • Q. Which Goddess was worshipped as the “Goddess of Wisdom” by the Greeks
    A)Apollo
    B)Athena
    C)Zeus
    D)Diana
    Answer: Athena
  • Q. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
    A)March 14, 1878
    B)April 14, 1878
    C)March 14, 1876
    D)March 14, 1870
    Answer: March 14, 1878
  • Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
    A)Dhyana
    B)Abhaya
    C)Dharmachakra
    D)Bhumisparsha
    Answer: Dharmachakra
  • Q. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence. I. Champaran Satyagraha II. Partition of Bengal III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
    A)II, III, I
    B)I, II, III
    C)II, I, III
    D)I, III, II
    Answer: II, I, III
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
    A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
    B)common electorate for all Hindus
    C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
    A)Agra Fort
    B)Gwalior Fort
    C)Lahore Fort
    D)Allahabad Fort
    Answer: Gwalior Fort
  • Q. Punic Wars were fought between
    A)Greece and Rome
    B)Greece and Gaul
    C)Rome and Gaul
    D)Rome and Carthage
    Answer: Rome and Carthage
  • Q. Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
    A)Aristotle, St, Augustine and T.H, Green
    B)Plato, Machiavelli and Herbet Spencer
    C)Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
    D)Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
    Answer: Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
  • Q. Who among the following supported the Doctrine of Predestination
    A)Zwingli
    B)John Calvin
    C)Martin Luther
    D)John Knox
    Answer: John Calvin
  • Q. Buland Darwaza is located in
    A)Gujarat
    B)West Bengal
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh

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