Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?

Correct Answer

Civil Disobedience Movement

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  • Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Abdul Kalam Azad
    C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
  • Q. Swaathanthrya gadha’ – was written by the great poet __________
    A)O. N. V. Kurup
    B)Cherusseri
    C)G. Sankara kurup
    D)Kumaranaasan
    Answer: Kumaranaasan
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?
    A)Kabirdas
    B)Sur Das
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Kalidasa
    Answer: Sur Das
  • Q. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
    A)Sindias
    B)Holkars
    C)Bundela Rajputs
    D)Chandela Rajputs
    Answer: Chandela Rajputs
  • Q. Annie Besant joined The Theosophical Society on 21 May __________
    A)1878
    B)1867
    C)1879
    D)1889
    Answer: 1889
  • Q. Which one among the following pairs of battle is correctly matched?
    A)The first battle of Panipat : Defeat of Sikander Lodi by Babur
    B)The 2nd battle of Tarain : Defeat of Jaichand of Kannauj by Muhammad Ghori
    C)The battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by SherShah
    D)The battle of Khanwa : Defeat of Rana Pratap by Akbar
    Answer: The battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by SherShah
  • Q. Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
    A)The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it
    B)The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic
    C)Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government
    D)Chauri Chaura incident
    Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
  • Q. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had started a reform movement among the Muslim, called the __________ Movement
    A)Aligarh
    B)Sufi
    C)Jaipur
    D)Wahabi
    Answer: Aligarh
  • Q. Who among of the following started Marathi fortnightly newspaper ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’?
    A)Vir Savarkar
    B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Vinobha Bhave
    D)Lokmanya Tilak
    Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. The most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period was
    A)Nishka
    B)Karashopana
    C)Suvarna
    D)Kakini
    Answer: Karashopana
  • Q. The fourth Buddhist Council was held at
    A)Vaishali
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Kundalavana
    D)Bodh Gaya
    Answer: Kundalavana
  • Q. Mahabandula was killed at __________
    A)Tenesserin
    B)Rangoon
    C)Danubyu
    D)Prome
    Answer: Danubyu
  • Q. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
    A)Establishment of village industries
    B)Abolition of machinery
    C)Adoption of non-violence
    D)Trusteeship theory
    Answer: Trusteeship theory
  • Q. The Indian National Congress was formed __________
    A)1887
    B)1885
    C)1888
    D)1895
    Answer: 1885
  • Q. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of __________
    A)Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Firuz Tughlaq
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. When was the Tripartite Pact signed?
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1945
    Answer: 1940
  • Q. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
    A)Baba Farid
    B)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
    C)Saiyid Mummed
    D)Shah Alam Bukhari
    Answer: Baba Farid
  • Q. Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________
    A)1729
    B)1727
    C)1829
    D)1834
    Answer: 1829
  • Q. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
    A)Khudai Khidmatgar
    B)The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
    C)Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. The Greek viewed ‘politics’ as the basis of
    A)Ethical terms
    B)Both ethical and legalistic terms
    C)Terms of power
    D)Legalistic terms
    Answer: Ethical terms

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