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Q. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?

A
William Jones
B
Alexander Cunningham
C
James Prinsep
D
Charles Wilkins

Correct Answer

Charles Wilkins

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from
    A)The Constitution of Australia
    B)The Constitution of the USA
    C)From the Government of India Act of 1919
    D)From Pitt's India Act
    Answer: From the Government of India Act of 1919
  • Q. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
    A)Tughlaq dynasty
    B)Khalji dynasty
    C)Slave dynasty
    D)Lodi dynasty
    Answer: Tughlaq dynasty
  • Q. Two Sayid brothers Sayid Abdullah Khan and Sayid Hussan Ali Khan (who rose to become the king makers during the later Mughal period) met their downfall during the reign of
    A)Rafi-ud-DaIjat
    B)Farrukhsiyar
    C)Rafi-ud-Daula
    D)Muhammad Shah
    Answer: Muhammad Shah
  • Q. Assertion (A): The jainas follow the practice of worshipping images of tirthankaras. Reason (R): They denied the existence of a Supreme Being.
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?
    A)1776
    B)1775
    C)1783
    D)1791
    Answer: 1791
  • Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
    A)Ramananda
    B)Tukaram
    C)Dadu
    D)Raghunandan
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)Lord Reading
    C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    D)Mohammad Ali
    Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
  • Q. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mei hai ‘ was composed by
    A)Khudiram Bose
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Chandrasekhar Azad
    D)Ramprasad Bismil
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the attitudes of Alvars and Nayanars towards caste system? I. Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement of protest against the caste system and the dominance of Brahmanas or at least attempted to reform the system. II. Alvars and Nayanars always supported the caste system in the society. III. The importance of the traditions of the Alvars and Nayanars was sometimes indicated by the claim that their compositions were as important as the Vedas
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: I and III
  • Q. With which of the following would you associate Jyotiba Phule?
    A)Theosophical Society
    B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    C)Tattvabodhini Samaj
    D)Dharma Sabha
    Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
  • Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Sumtinath Tirthankar was born?
    A)Dhanishtha
    B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
    C)Shravan
    D)Magha Nakshtra
    Answer: Magha Nakshtra
  • Q. Who was the first to raise the slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’?
    A)M Kelappan
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Veer Savarkar
    D)Shankaran Nair
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
    A)V D Savarkar
    B)Madan Lal Dhingra
    C)Lala Hardayal
    D)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
  • Q. Assertion (A): Nalanda was the centre of Buddhist learning in the post-Gupta period. Reason (R): It was patronised by the Pala rulers.
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement?
    A)Munda
    B)Uraon
    C)Santhal
    D)Konadora
    Answer: Uraon
  • Q. Which of the following statement is related to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
    A)Promoted religious toleration
    B)Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
    C)Converted to Hinduism
    D)Presided over an era of religious harmony
    Answer: Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
  • Q. When was the first communist manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
    A)1859
    B)1848
    C)1872
    D)1890
    Answer: 1848
  • Q. The Mauryan administration was highly
    A)Bureaucratic
    B)Decentralized
    C)Centralized
    D)Despotic
    Answer: Centralized
  • Q. In which state was the first non-Congress Government set up in independent India?
    A)Bihar
    B)Punjab
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Kerala
    Answer: Kerala

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