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1.The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress was-
1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
3. Annie Besant
4. Kadambani Ganguli
Ans:3
2.The estate of Shivaji’s father was
1. Konkan
2. Poona
3. Torna
4. Rajgarh
Ans:2
3.During Shivaji’s rule the Council of the State consisted of
1. Eight Ministers
2. Eighteen Ministers
3. Twelve Ministers
4. Fifteen Ministers
Ans:1
4.Other than Annie Besant, who among the following also launched Home Rule Movement in India?
1. Aurobindo Ghosh
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Gopal Krihna Gokhle
4. Moti Lal Nehru
Ans:2
5.The ritualistic precepts pertaining to the hymns of the Vedas are known as the
1. Samhitas
2. Aranyakas
3. Brahmanas
4. Upanishads
Ans:3
6.The god whose worship had not gained ground in the Rigvedic period was
1. Marut
2. Lord Shiva
3. Agni
4. Indra
Ans:2
7.The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was?
1. Lord Harding
2. Lord Northbrook
3. Lord Ellenborough
4. Lord Mayo
Ans:4
8. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?
1. Justice Ranade
2. Madam Blavatsky
3. Annie Besant
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans:2
9. The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress was-
1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
3. Annie Besant
4. Kadambani Ganguli
Ans:3
10. Kalinga War was fought in the year _______
1. 1604 BC
2. 261 BC
3. 731 AD
4. 1113 AD
Ans:2
11. Chandragupta Maurya was born in _______.
1. 340 BC
2. 563 BC
3. 189 BC
4. 99 BC
Ans:1
12. Ashoka was an emperor of the __________ Dynasty.
1. Mughal
2. Chola
3. Maurya
4. Gupta
Ans:3
13. Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between Babur and _________
1. Rana Sanga
2. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
3. Hemu
4. Ibrahim Lodi
Ans:4
14. Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by –
1. Humayun
2. Aurangzeb
3. Babur
4. Azam Shah
Ans:4
15. Name the poet who wrote “Prithviraj Raso”, a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan’s life?
1. Vir Siroja
2. Chand Bardai
3. Meerja Umed
4. Nur Fateh
Ans:2
16. Consider the following statements and identify the person-
During his stay in England, he endeavored to educate the British people about their responsibilities as rulers of India. He delivered speeches and published articles to support his opposition to the unjust and oppressive regime of the British Raj. In 1867, he helped to established the East India Association of which he became the Honorary Secretary.
1. Pheroze Shah Mehta
2. Mary Carpenter
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. Anand Mohan Bose
Ans:3
17. Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?
1. Calcutta
2. Bombay
3. Ahmedabad
4. Allahabad
Ans:2
18. Who among the following was NOT known as a moderate in the National Movement?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. M.G. Ranade
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans:1
19. Which of the following English papers was essentially the mouth-piece of the policies of liberals?
1. New India
2. Leader
3. Young India
4. Free Press Journal
Ans:2
20. The first Sultan to adopt the principle of measurement of cultivable land for determining the land revenue was
1. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
2. Iltutmish
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Balban
Ans:3