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Q. Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?

A
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C
Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
D
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

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  • Q. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?
    A)Lala Hardayal
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)None of these
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
    A)Right Effort
    B)Right Speech
    C)Right Desire
    D)Right Conduct
    Answer: Right Desire
  • Q. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?
    A)Nalanda
    B)Taxila
    C)Vikramshila
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. The term ‘Upanishad’ Literally implies
    A)Wisdom
    B)Knowledge
    C)Sitting near
    D)Recitation
    Answer: Sitting near
  • Q. During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people’s resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
    A)Peasant uprisings
    B)Tribal uprisings
    C)Civil uprisings
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was
    A)Gowri Shankar
    B)Abhi Shankar
    C)Daya Shankar
    D)Mula Shankar
    Answer: Mula Shankar
  • Q. Who was the author of the book My Experiment with Truth?
    A)Tilak
    B)Aurobindo
    C)Gandhi
    D)Vinobha
    Answer: Gandhi
  • Q. The war criminals of the World War-II were put to trial in
    A)Peitersburg
    B)Nuremburg
    C)Gettysburg
    D)Peitsburg
    Answer: Nuremburg
  • Q. Which book described the Arab invasion of Sindh for the very first time?
    A)Baburnama
    B)Shahnama
    C)Akbarnama
    D)Chachnama
    Answer: Chachnama
  • Q. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization?
    A)2500 BC - 1700 BC
    B)2400 BC - 1700 BC
    C)2400 BC - 1750 BC
    D)2500 BC - 1750 BC
    Answer: 2500 BC - 1750 BC
  • Q. During young age, what did Sambhavnath Tirthankar feel while watching the dispersal of medieval clouds?
    A)Mortification
    B)Togetherness
    C)Happy
    D)Sad
    Answer: Mortification
  • Q. The policy of ‘imperial preferences’ adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the
    A)London Agreement
    B)Hong Kong Agreement
    C)Ottawa Agreement
    D)Paris Agreement
    Answer: Ottawa Agreement
  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
    A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
    B)his trial in 1907-08
    C)the Home Rule Movement
    D)the Congress Session in 1917
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  • Q. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
    A)Sharda Mukherjee
    B)Vijayalakshmi Pandit
    C)Fathima Beevi
    D)Sarojini Naidu
    Answer: Sarojini Naidu
  • Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
    A)Bede
    B)Alcuin
    C)Einhard
    D)Rabanus Maurus
    Answer: Alcuin
  • Q. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were
    A)Moneylenders and Slaves
    B)Merchants and Priests
    C)Warriors and Traders
    D)Women and Sudras
    Answer: Women and Sudras
  • Q. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th Century?
    A)Brahmo Samaj
    B)Prathana Samaj
    C)Arya Samaj
    D)Rama Krishna Mission
    Answer: Brahmo Samaj
  • Q. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
    A)Chauth
    B)Land-tax
    C)Sardeshmukhi
    D)Pilgrim tax
    Answer: Pilgrim tax
  • Q. Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence: I. Firuz Tughlaq II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq III. Abu Bakr IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    A)I,II,V,IV,III
    B)II,V,I,III,IV
    C)II,V,I,IV,III
    D)IV,II,I,V,III
    Answer: II,V,I,III,IV
  • Q. What was the unique system developed by the Mughals?
    A)Ryotwari settlement
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    C)Mansabdari system
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    Answer: Mansabdari system

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