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Q. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

A
George Washington
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
John F. Kennedy
D
William Wallace Lincoln

Correct Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :
    A)Prefect Chastity
    B)Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
    C)Adopts poverty
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint said that “Abide pure amidst the impurities of the world”?
    A)Madhav
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Guru Nanak
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Guru Nanak
  • Q. Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
    A)Dr. S Gopal
    B)Ashok Mehta
    C)Syed Hasan Imam
    D)V. D. Savarkar
    Answer: V. D. Savarkar
  • Q. The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named
    A)Vishnu Shastri
    B)Jagannath Shankar
    C)Bal Shastri
    D)Krishna Shastri
    Answer: Bal Shastri
  • Q. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”?
    A)Bankim chandra Chatterjee
    B)Raj Narain Bose
    C)Swami Vivekanand
    D)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Bankim chandra Chatterjee
  • Q. The year of the foundation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) is
    A)1937
    B)1947
    C)1927
    D)1917
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. What was the most important cause of the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni?
    A)To gain possession of the wealth of India
    B)To destroy idolatry
    C)To spread Islam into India
    D)To establish a Muslim State in India
    Answer: To gain possession of the wealth of India
  • Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
    A)Herbert Bakers
    B)Sir Edward Lutyens
    C)Robert Tor Tussell
    D)Antonin Raymond
    Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
  • Q. The Saviour of the Delhi Sultanate was
    A)Minas-us-Siraj
    B)Qutub-din-Aibak
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Ghiyasuddin Balban
    Answer: Ghiyasuddin Balban
  • Q. After the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement, who were called pro-changers in the Congress?
    A)Anne Besant and Chittranjan Das
    B)Motilal Nehru and Anne Besant
    C)Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das
    D)None of these
    Answer: Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das
  • Q. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Red Fort
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Jantar Mantar
    Answer: Jantar Mantar
  • Q. During Akbar’s reign who was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire?
    A)Man Singh-I
    B)Raja Todar Mal
    C)Birbal
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Raja Todar Mal
  • Q. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)M. A. Jinnah
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)V. P. Menon
    Answer: Lord Mountbatten
  • Q. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?
    A)Vajrata
    B)Anangpal
    C)Rudrane
    D)Devraja
    Answer: Anangpal
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to Mughal’s decline? I. Mughal’s noble were well known for their loyalty but war of successor degenerated the nobility led to the decline of Mughal. II. Mughal Empire declined due to over decentralization of administration.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I and II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. What was the name of the secret police party of Nazi in Germany
    A)NKVD
    B)Gestapo
    C)OVRA
    D)Palace Guard
    Answer: Gestapo
  • Q. The Ghadar Party took the name Ghadar from
    A)its objective to wage another revolt
    B)the Revolt of 1857
    C)a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
    D)All the above
    Answer: a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
  • Q. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
    A)Foreign affairs
    B)Intelligence
    C)Army organisation
    D)Finance
    Answer: Army organisation
  • Q. When was the first train steamed off in India?
    A)1853
    B)1848
    C)1875
    D)1880
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    B)Ballal Sena
    C)Lakshman Sena
    D)Vijay Sena
    Answer: Hemanta Sena

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