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Q. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress?

A
A. O. Hume
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Lokmanya Tilak
D
Surendra Nath Banerjee

Correct Answer

A. O. Hume

More Questions on History

  • Q. Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as
    A)Minister of Defence
    B)Minister of Religious Affairs
    C)Chief Minister
    D)Minister of Justice
    Answer: Chief Minister
  • Q. With the objective of raising the moral and material status of the untouchables Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized:
    A)The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
    B)The Harijan Hitkari sabha
    C)The Harijan Uthan sabha
    D)The Bahishkrit Utthan sabha
    Answer: The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
  • Q. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year
    A)1846
    B)1836
    C)1856
    D)1866
    Answer: 1846
  • Q. The All India Muslim league was founded by
    A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    B)Maulana Ahmed Ali
    C)Agha Khan
    D)Hakim Ajmal Khan
    Answer: Agha Khan
  • Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
    A)Charter Act of 1813
    B)Charter Act of 1793
    C)Charter Act of 1833
    D)Charter Act of 1853
    Answer: Charter Act of 1833
  • Q. What was Jagat Seth’s claim to fame in Bengal?
    A)Leading popular poet
    B)Diwan of Siraj-ud-Daulah
    C)Biggest banker in Bengal
    D)Commander of the Nawab's troops
    Answer: Biggest banker in Bengal
  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
    C)H. P. Blavatsky
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Till when did the Wars of the Roses last?
    A)1431
    B)1420
    C)1453
    D)1487
    Answer: 1487
  • Q. The Mauryan administration was highly
    A)Bureaucratic
    B)Decentralized
    C)Centralized
    D)Despotic
    Answer: Centralized
  • Q. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
    A)1912
    B)1911
    C)1920
    D)1925
    Answer: 1911
  • Q. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book
    A)Indika
    B)Travels of Megasthanes
    C)Indicoplecusts
    D)Both (B) and (C)
    Answer: Indika
  • Q. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama Masjid at Khana – were constructed at
    A)Delhi
    B)Agra
    C)Fatehpur Sikri
    D)Gulbarga
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. The Rigvedic Aryans were governed by a
    A)Form of democracy
    B)Tribal republic
    C)Monarchical government
    D)Rule by elders
    Answer: Monarchical government
  • Q. Gandhi wanted to realise ‘truth’ through
    A)Dharma (Religion)
    B)Ahimsa (Non-violence)
    C)Karma (Service)
    D)Dhyana (Meditation)
    Answer: Ahimsa (Non-violence)
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda was graduated from __________University
    A)Hyderabad
    B)Delhi
    C)Calcutta
    D)Karachi
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutubuddin Aibak
    C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. Which of the following writers did not have a profound influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Thoreau
    B)Tolstoy
    C)Ruskin
    D)Marx
    Answer: Marx
  • Q. Who amongst the following is associated with the study of the Harappan Civilization?
    A)Cunningham
    B)Charles Mason
    C)M. Wheeler
    D)M.S. Vats
    Answer: M.S. Vats
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Condemnation of rituals, ceremonies and blind faith. II. Rejection of idol worship by many saints.
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
    A)Cripps Mission
    B)Simmon Commission
    C)Cabinet Mission
    D)Wavel Plan
    Answer: Cripps Mission

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