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Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?

A
Bede
B
Alcuin
C
Einhard
D
Rabanus Maurus

Correct Answer

Alcuin

More Questions on History

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    A)Exploitative land revenue policy
    B)Blatantly discriminatory policies
    C)The policy of greased cartridges
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who developed system ranks of binary patterns?
    A)Aryabhata
    B)Baudhayana
    C)Mahavira
    D)Pingala
    Answer: Pingala
  • Q. Which Mughal ruler constructed a new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?
    A)Babur
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. Who constructed Humayun’s tomb in Delhi?
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Haji Begum
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Haji Begum
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims ‘as pots of the same clay’?
    A)Tulsidas
    B)Kabir
    C)Ramananda
    D)Raidasa
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
    A)Mysore
    B)Bangalore
    C)Seringapatam
    D)Hellebid or Halebid
    Answer: Seringapatam
  • Q. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of
    A)Ghagra
    B)Panipat
    C)Khanwa
    D)Kannauj
    Answer: Kannauj
  • Q. The greatest Chola king in the dynasty of the Cholas of Thanjavur was
    A)Rajaraja-I
    B)Parantaka
    C)Rajendra-I
    D)Kulottunga
    Answer: Rajaraja-I
  • Q. Sri Narayana Guru was born into an __________ family.
    A)Nayar
    B)Ezhava
    C)Pulaya
    D)Vannan
    Answer: Ezhava
  • Q. Vaikhanasa the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of brahmanpurushaprakritisatyaachyutaaniruddha
    A)II, III, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III, IV and V
    C)I, II, IV, V and VI
    D)I, III, IV, V and VI
    Answer: I, III, IV, V and VI
  • Q. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
    A)Charulata
    B)Chandalika
    C)Gautami
    D)Karuwaki
    Answer: Karuwaki
  • Q. Who proclaimed: It is years since I left castes and religions. Yet some people think that I belong to their caste. That is not correct. I do not belong to any particular caste or religion
    A)T. K. Madhavan
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
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    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Which of the following reason compel the leaders of Muslim League to enter in the Interim Government?
    A)The Viceroy accepted its stand that it would not join the Constituent Assembly
    B)The Congress accepted their demand that it would not nominate a non-Muslim League Muslim to the Interim Government
    C)The Viceroy had accepted its stand that it would not take steps to rescind the League Council's resolution of July 29
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    Answer: The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan
  • Q. Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?
    A)The Constitution of USSR
    B)The Constitution of China
    C)The Constitution of USA
    D)The Constitution of Japan
    Answer: The Constitution of USA
  • Q. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
    A)1858
    B)1857
    C)1900
    D)1909
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. What was the valid reason of the decline in trade and commerce during the period of later Mughals?
    A)Closure of old routes of trade
    B)Deterioration in law and order situation
    C)Abuse of trade licence by European companies
    D)Poverty of the Mughal nobility
    Answer: Deterioration in law and order situation
  • Q. Where did the practice of Shadow Cabinet originate?
    A)Great Britain
    B)United States of America
    C)Italy
    D)France
    Answer: Great Britain
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    A)Both I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I, II and III
    D)Only III
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  • Q. Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?
    A)Nadir Shah
    B)Genghis Khan
    C)Hemu Vikramaditya
    D)Bajirao-I
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  • Q. During the reign of Bindusara there was unrest at __________
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    C)Taxila
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    Answer: Taxila

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