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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. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
    A)William Logan
    B)H.V. Connolly
    C)Lord Ripond
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: H.V. Connolly
  • Q. “The word impossible is found, in the dictionary of fools” was the famous quote of
    A)Alexander the Great
    B)Hitler
    C)Julius Caesar
    D)Napoleon
    Answer: Napoleon
  • Q. The swadeshi movement in Bengal started on __________
    A)1905
    B)1902
    C)1908
    D)1909
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. The system of civil services had been introduced into India by
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord Bentick
    D)Lord Hastings
    Answer: E
  • Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Lord Wavell
    D)Lord Lirrlithgow
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. Two highest gods in the Vedic religion were
    A)Vishnu and Mitra
    B)Agni and Savitri
    C)Indra and Varuna
    D)Surya and Pushan
    Answer: Indra and Varuna
  • Q. The Hindu social sacraments such as marriage etc. are performed on the basis of the rituals described in the
    A)Yajurveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Grihyasutras
    D)Upanishad
    Answer: Grihyasutras
  • Q. The Buddha has been eulogized as an ocean of wisdom and compassion in
    A)Jataka tales
    B)Buddha-Charita
    C)Amarakosa
    D)The Light of Aisa
    Answer: Amarakosa
  • Q. Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at chandani chowk in Delhi in 1912?
    A)Avadh Behari
    B)Amir Chand
    C)Rasbihari Bose
    D)Basant Kumar Biswas
    Answer: Rasbihari Bose
  • Q. Who was the second President of America
    A)Andrew Jackson
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)John Adams
    Answer: John Adams
  • Q. A day of deliverance and thanks giving’ was celebrated in 1939 by
    A)Muslim League
    B)Congress Party
    C)Forward Bloc
    D)Communist Party
    Answer: Muslim League
  • Q. Which of the following ladies wrote an historical account during the Mughal period?
    A)Noorjahan Begum
    B)Gulbadan Begum
    C)Jahanara Begum
    D)Zebun-nissah Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following statements was not correct?
    A)Responsible Government would be realised only by the progressive stages.
    B)British India must remain an integral part of the British Empire.
    C)Provincial subjects were classified into Reserved subjects and Transferred subjects.
    D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
    Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
  • Q. The first Round Table conference was held on:
    A)August 12, 1930
    B)December 12, 1930
    C)April 12, 1930
    D)November 12, 1930
    Answer: November 12, 1930
  • Q. Which of the following leader who presided All India Congress Committee session on 9th August?
    A)Aruna Asif Ali
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Aruna Asif Ali
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind and returned all the war medals which were awarded to him by the British for his war services (during the First World War)
    A)during the Non-Cooperation Movement
    B)in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    C)in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
    D)during the Champaran Satyagraha
    Answer: in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
  • Q. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at
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    B)Multan
    C)Alwar
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Democracy is a “government in which everyone has a share” was the opinion of
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    B)Jeovans
    C)Plato
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    B)Meerut
    C)Jhansi
    D)Agra
    Answer: Meerut
  • Q. Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
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    C)Fatehpursikri
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Sikandara

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