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Q. Why was the Khilafat Movement started?

A
To protest against the injustice done to Arabia
B
To protest against the injustice done to Egypt
C
To protest against the injustice done to Persia
D
To protest against the injustice done to Turkey

Correct Answer

To protest against the injustice done to Turkey

More Questions on History

  • Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
    A)A Secretary
    B)A Committee of 24
    C)A Council of Lords
    D)A Board of Revenue
    Answer: A Committee of 24
  • Q. Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:
    A)1942
    B)1935
    C)1945
    D)1943
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?
    A)1906
    B)1901
    C)1909
    D)1910
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. “Desire is the cause of all sufferings”. Which religion promoted this?
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Sikhism
    D)Hinduism
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. In the Interim Government formed in 1946, the Minister for Education was
    A)Rajaji
    B)Patel
    C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  • Q. The Home Rule League was started by
    A)B. G. Tilak
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)Ranade
    D)K. T. Telang
    Answer: B. G. Tilak
  • Q. The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the
    A)Treaty of Madras
    B)Treaty of Pondicherry
    C)Treaty of Mysore
    D)Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
    Answer: Treaty of Madras
  • Q. What was the name of architect of Humayun’s Tomb?
    A)Baram Khan
    B)Man Singh
    C)Mirak Mirza
    D)Abul Fazal
    Answer: Mirak Mirza
  • Q. Which is the oldest trade Union organisation in India?
    A)Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
    B)Indian National Trade Union Cogress (INTUC)
    C)All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
    D)Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
    Answer: All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
  • Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
    A)Lord Minto - India Councils Act, 1909
    B)Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse
    C)Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance
    D)Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
    Answer: Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
  • Q. Which of the following were the main aims of Satyashodhak Samaj? I. Social service II. Spread of education among women and lower caste III. Complete abolition of caste system and inequalities
    A)I and II
    B)Only II
    C)II and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Akbar
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)Bahadur Shah I
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?
    A)Mohanjodaro
    B)Kalibangan
    C)Harappa
    D)Chanhudaro
    Answer: Chanhudaro
  • Q. Gol Gumbaz was built in which century?
    A)16th
    B)15th
    C)17th
    D)18th
    Answer: 17th
  • Q. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
    A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
    B)Promote heavy industries in India
    C)More foodstuff in case of famine
    D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
    Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
  • Q. Jyotiba Phule was one of the prominent __________ of the 19th century India
    A)Politicians
    B)Scientists
    C)Economists
    D)Social reformers
    Answer: Social reformers
  • Q. Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master’s message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses. Swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________
    A)America
    B)Mumbai
    C)Kanyakumari
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Kanyakumari
  • Q. The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on May 10, 1857 at __________
    A)Gwalior
    B)Meerut
    C)Jhansi
    D)Agra
    Answer: Meerut
  • Q. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
    A)J. S. Mill
    B)Herbert Spencer
    C)John Locke
    D)Tocqueville
    Answer: Herbert Spencer

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