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Q. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?

A
Pulicat
B
Masulipatnam
C
Surat
D
Ahmedabad

Correct Answer

Pulicat

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during Vijayanagara period was
    A)Yuan Chawng
    B)Megasthenes
    C)Fa-Hien
    D)Nicolo Conti
    Answer: Nicolo Conti
  • Q. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
    A)Elizabeth of Russia
    B)Catherine the Great
    C)Peter the Great
    D)Peter III of Russia
    Answer: Catherine the Great
  • Q. Which of the following pair of author & book is incorrectly matched?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji: Poverty and the Un-British rule in India
    B)Rabindra Nath Tagore: Gora
    C)Dinabandhu Mitra: Nil Darpan
    D)R. C. Dutt: History of India
    Answer: R. C. Dutt: History of India
  • Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
    A)1797
    B)1795
    C)1894
    D)1897
    Answer: 1897
  • Q. The Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
    A)Ripon
    B)Mountbatten
    C)Northbrook
    D)Curzon
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
    A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Shankaracharya
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • 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. Which of the following was not the saint of Varkari sect?
    A)Namdev
    B)Tukaram
    C)Eknath
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days
    A)to launch a campaign against untouchability
    B)to appeal to the Hindus to throw open the temples and public wells to the Harijans
    C)for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
    D)For all the above
    Answer: for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
  • Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
    A)Wajid Ali Shah
    B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
    C)Sirajud daulla
    D)Alivardi Khan
    Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
  • Q. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?
    A)Ibrahim Lodi
    B)Bahlol Lodi
    C)Daulat Khan Lodi
    D)Sikandar Lodi
    Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
  • Q. Name the Pala ruler who was the first to plunge into the tripartite struggle
    A)Mahipala
    B)Devapala
    C)Dharmapala
    D)Gopala
    Answer: Gopala
  • Q. What is the meaning of Kaivalya Gyan (enlightenment) received by Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
    A)Sangeet Siksha
    B)Shastra Gyan
    C)Nartya Siksha
    D)Brahma Vidya
    Answer: Brahma Vidya
  • Q. Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________
    A)1729
    B)1727
    C)1829
    D)1834
    Answer: 1829
  • Q. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
    A)Hastings
    B)Clive
    C)Wellesley
    D)Cornwallis
    Answer: Cornwallis
  • Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
    A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
    B)Peter I
    C)Nicholas I
    D)John Adams
    Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
  • Q. Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
    A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Lokmanya Tilak
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. First war of Crusade was ended in the year
    A)1095
    B)1099
    C)1123
    D)1323
    Answer: 1099
  • Q. I. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the “Calcutta Unitarian Committee”. II. Social Service League was established by Mahadev Govind Ranade. III. Deccan Education Society was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. IV. Annie Besant started the Central Hindu School. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct with reference to the reformers & leaders of India’s Struggle for Independence?
    A)I & IV
    B)I, II & IV
    C)II & III
    D)III Only
    Answer: I & IV

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