251. The last Nanda ruler of Magadha who was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya was-
1. Mahapadmananda
2. Dhanananda
3. Navananda
4. Not known
Option “2” is correct. Dhana Nanda was the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty. He was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya.
252. The rulers of a dynasty of the Deccan who were supposed to be Brahmanas and staunch supporters of Brahmanism were-
1. Satavahanas
2. Chola
3. Rashtrakutas
4. Chalukyas
Option “1” is correct. The Satavahanas were an ancient Indian dynasty based in the Deccan region. Most modern scholars believe that the Satavahana rule began in first century BCE and lasted until the second century CE.
Option “1” is correct. The Vakataka Empire was a dynasty from the Indian subcontinent that originated from the Deccan in the mid-3rd century CE. Their state is believed to have extended from the southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the Tungabhadra River in the south. Vindhya Shakti was the founder of Vakatak dynasty.
254. To overthrow the British rule, Kuka Movement was organised in-
Option “1” is correct. The Kuka Movement marked the first major reaction of the people in the Punjab to the new political order initiated by the British after 1849.The Namdhari Movement, of which the Kuka Movement was the most important phase, aimed at overthrowing the British rule.
255. Who was the editor of the famous newspaper Kesari during the National struggle?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Bal gangadhar Tilak
4. Muhammad Iqbal
Option “3” is correct. Kesari is a newspaper founded in 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement. Bal Gangadhar Tilak used to run his two newspapers, the Kesari, in Marathi and Maratha in English .
Option “1” is correct. Dadabhai Naoroji, known as the Grand Old Man of India, was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader.
257. Where was the Congress Session held in 1907 at which the first split in Congress took place?
1. Calcutta
2. Meerut
3. Allahabad
4. Surat
Option “4” is correct. The Indian National Congress which was established in 1885 was divided into two groups in the year 1907 session of Surat mainly into in extremists and moderates.
258. Malik Kafur was the General of-
1. Balban
2. Alauddin Khilji
3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
4. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Option “2” is correct. Malik Kafur was a prominent slave-general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. Malik Kafur defeated the Mongol invaders in 1306 and he led a series of expeditions in the southern part of India.
259. Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of?
1. Akbar
2. Jahangir
3. Shajahan
4. Aurangazeb
Option “2” is correct. Sir Thomas Roe was an English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. From 1615 to 1618, he was ambassador to the court at Agra, India, of the Great Mughal Ruler, Jahangir.
260. Who among the following Mughal kings had sent Raja Ram Mohan Roy as his envoy to London?
1. Alamgir II
2. Shah Alam II
3. Akbar II
4. Bahadur Shah II
Option “3” is correct. Akbar II sent Ram Mohan Roy as an ambassador to Britain and gave him the title of Mughal envoy to the Court of St. James, conferring on him the title of Raja.
