101. _________________ was a Hindu saint not associated with the Bhakti movement and the Varkari sect of Maharashtra.
1. Kanhopatra
2. Gora Kumbhar
3. Namdev
4. Samarth Ramdas
Option “4” is correct. Samarth Ramdas was a Hindu saint not associated with the Bhakti movement and the Varkari sect of Maharashtra.
102. Birbal was an advisor in the court of?
1. Babur
2. Akbar
3. Aurangzeb
4. Jahangir
Option “2” is correct. Birbal or Raja Birbal, was a Hindu advisor in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar.
103. Battle of Haldighati in 1576 was fought between Akbar and _______.
1. Sher Shah
2. Maharana Pratap
3. Hemu Vikramaditya
4. Nader Shah
Option “2” is correct. Battle of Haldighati, took place in the year 1576 AD between Rana Pratap Singh, the Rajput ruler of Mewar in Rajasthan and Raja Man Singh of Amber, general of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.
104. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?
Option “2” is correct. The Theosophical Society was officially formed on 17 November 1875 by Madame H P Blavatsky and Colonel H S Olcott in New York(USA).
105. The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress was-
Option “3” is correct. Annie Besant was the First Woman President of the Indian National Congress in 1917.
106. English education was introduced in India by –
1. Curzon
2. Macaulay
3. Dalhousie
4. Bentick
Option “2” is correct. English education was introduced in India by Macaulay in 1835 as the name of Macaulay minute.
107. What was the chief objective of the ‘Wahabi movement’?
1. Forge cordial relations with the British
2. Purify Islam
3. Improve the condition of women
4. Adopt rational education
Option “2” is correct. The chief objective of the ‘Wahabi movement’ was to purify Islam.
108. Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at –
1. Allahabad
2. Calcutta
3. Surat
4. Lahore
Option “3” is correct. The Indian National Congress(INC) which was established in 1885 was divided into two groups(in the year 1907) mainly by extremists and moderates at the Surat Session of the Congress.
109. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
Option “3” is correct. Womesh Chandra Banerjee presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
110. During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
1. Lord Canning
2. Lord Hardinge
3. Lord Lytton
4. Lord Clive
Option “2” is correct. The Capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi during Lord Hardinge tenure in 1911. George V, the King of England visited India to attend the Delhi durbar in 1911.
