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Q :  

What movement is the relationship of ' do or die '?

(A) Dandi

(B) Ashawagoa

(C) khaliphate

(D) Quit India

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

The famous ‘Jama-Masjid’ of Delhi was built by

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(C) Shahjahan

(D) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Gandhi—Irvine was compromised —

(A) 1930

(B) 1931

(C) 1932

(D) 1933

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Where did Rigvedic Aryans live in India?

(A) Northern India

(B) All over India

(C) Eastern part of India

(D) Sapta Sindhu area

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times?

(A) Avadh

(B) Ruhelkhand

(C) Bundelkhand

(D) Malwa

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

What was the fight between Mohammad Gauri and Prithviraj Chauhan?

(A) Battle of Tarain

(B) Battle of Khanwa

(C) Battle of Plasai

(D) Battle of Buxar

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

The home of Gargi Maitrey and Kapila was at 

(A) Vidisha

(B) Ujjain

(C) Pataliputra

(D) Mithila

Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

Gargi, Maitreyi, and Kapila were ancient Indian philosophers and scholars. The home of Gargi and Maitreyi was in Mithila, an ancient kingdom that corresponds to the present-day region of northern Bihar and parts of Nepal. Kapila was associated with the Sankhya school of philosophy and is often considered one of the founders of this philosophical tradition.


Q :  

Which among the following chronology is correct regarding four 'samvatas’ ? 

(A) Gupta - Gregorian - Hizri - Saka

(B) Gregorian - Saka - Hizri - Gupta

(C) Saka - Gregorian - Hizri - Gupta

(D) Hizri - Gupta - Gregorian - Saka

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Who among the following from the first cabinet of independent India was responsible for mass religious conversion? 

(A) Dr. S.P. Mukherjee

(B) Dr. John Mathai

(C) Sardar Baldev Singh

(D) Dr . B.R. Ambedkar

Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the first Law Minister of independent India and a key framer of the Indian Constitution, was responsible for mass religious conversion. He converted to Buddhism along with a large number of his followers in 1956 as a form of protest against caste discrimination and to seek social and economic equality. This mass conversion event is known as the "Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din" or the "Dhamma Chakra Anupravartan Diwas."


Q :  

Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ' Satyagraha' in the year – 

(A) 1906

(B) 1908

(C) 1913

(D) 1917

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during the 'Satyagraha' in the year 1908. He was arrested in South Africa during the protest against the discriminatory laws imposed on the Indian community, known as the "Asiatic Registration Act" or the "Black Act."


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