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Q. Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?

A
Lord Curzon
B
Lord Dufferin
C
Lord Lansdowne
D
Lord Elgin

Correct Answer

Lord Curzon

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period?
    A)Agni
    B)Varuna
    C)Vishnu
    D)Rudra
    Answer: Varuna
  • Q. Where Ajitnatha Tirthankar was born?
    A)Kiskindha
    B)Ayodhya
    C)Nasik
    D)Ujjain
    Answer: Ayodhya
  • Q. In which battle did the defeat of Muslims stop their invasions?
    A)Battle of Lechfeld
    B)Battle of Fontenoy
    C)Battle of Verdun
    D)Battle of Vouille
    Answer: Battle of Verdun
  • Q. The granary discovered at Harappa was located
    A)In the "Lower town'
    B)Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro
    C)Near the river Ravi
    D)Beside the western gate of the city
    Answer: Near the river Ravi
  • Q. The most important source of our information on ancient India’s cultural history are
    A)Antiquities and monuments
    B)Archaeological excavations
    C)Literature and epics
    D)Inscriptions and coins
    Answer: Literature and epics
  • Q. Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called
    A)Vasubandhu
    B)Upagupta
    C)Ambhi
    D)Asvagosha
    Answer: Upagupta
  • Q. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopaedic in nature?
    A)Siddhanta Shiromani
    B)Amarakosha
    C)Brihat Samhita
    D)Astanga Hridaya
    Answer: Brihat Samhita
  • Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    C)Basant Kumar Biswas
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind.’?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Aurobindo Ghosh
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Swami Vivekananda
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Sukumar Dutt
    C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya
  • Q. Which of the following statement (S) is/are correct related to the Ancient Indian Literature? I. Vedas, Puranas, Kautilya’s Arthashastra, and other literature besides foreign accounts are only available literary sources that restructure the Ancient Indian History. II. The archaeological sources like epigraphic, numismatic and architectural remains besides archaeological explorations and excavations also help in restructuring Ancient Indian History.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
    A)Calcutta
    B)Lucknow
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. The Mughal troops were largely drawn from
    A)Tributary Chiefs
    B)The Rajput Chiefs
    C)Mansabdars
    D)Central Contingents
    Answer: Mansabdars
  • Q. The revolutionary leader who had organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong was
    A)Jatin Das
    B)Surya Sen
    C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
    D)CR Das
    Answer: Surya Sen
  • Q. Who was the author of ‘Esoteric Christianity’?
    A)J. Krishnamurti
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
    A)Nawab Vajib Ali Sah
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Harsha
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Theosophical society was started by whom and where, initially?
    A)Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
    B)A.O Hume in India
    C)M.G Ranade in India
    D)Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa
    Answer: Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
  • Q. Which Goddess was worshipped as the “Goddess of Wisdom” by the Greeks
    A)Apollo
    B)Athena
    C)Zeus
    D)Diana
    Answer: Athena
  • Q. The Constitution drawn by the Constituent Assembly (provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan) would be implemented by
    A)The British Government
    B)Parliament
    C)Viceroy
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: The British Government
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya was born in
    A)563 BC
    B)340 BC
    C)189 BC
    D)99 BC
    Answer: 340 BC

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