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| 3451. |
The first Englishman to acquire the knowledge of Sanskrit was |
| A. | James Princep |
| B. | Sir William Jones |
| C. | Charles Wilkins |
| D. | Max Muller |
| Answer» D. Max Muller | |
| 3452. |
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II A. James Outrum 1. Delhi B. John Nicholson 2. Lucknow C. Collin Campbell 3. Jhansi D. Heurose 4. Kanpur |
| A. | A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 |
| B. | A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3 |
| C. | A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4 |
| D. | A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3 |
| Answer» C. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4 | |
| 3453. |
Consider the following statements regarding moderate leaders of the Indian National Movement: 1. They lacked faith in the common people. 2. They did not organize any all India campaign. 3. The British rules always respected them. 4. After first decade of 20th century, their own failures made their politics obsolete. Which of the statements given above are correct? |
| A. | 1 and 2 only |
| B. | 2 and 4 only |
| C. | 1, 2 and 4 only |
| D. | 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Answer» D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 | |
| 3454. |
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I (Author List-II (Works) A. Bankimchandra 1. Shatmnj Ke Khilari B. Dinabandhu Mitra 2. Devi Chaudharani C. Premchand 3. Nil Darpan |
| A. | A-2 B-1 C-3 |
| B. | A-3 B-1 C-2 |
| C. | A-2 B-3 C-1 |
| D. | A-3 B-2 C-1 |
| Answer» D. A-3 B-2 C-1 | |
| 3455. |
Match the following organisations with their founding members. List-I (Organization) List-II (Founder) A. Indian National Union 1. Anand Mohan Bose B. British India Association 2. Dadabhai Naorqji C. East India Association 3.A.O.Hume D. Indian Society 4. Devendra nath Tagore |
| A. | A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1 |
| B. | A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 |
| C. | A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1 |
| D. | A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 |
| Answer» D. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 | |
| 3456. |
Match the names of authors with their books and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: List-I (Author) List-II (Book) A. A. S.N. Banerjee 1.A Nation in Making B. Dadabhai Naoroji 2.Gita Rahasya C. Balgangadhar Tilak 3. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India D. Bankimchandra 4.Anandmath |
| A. | A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 |
| B. | A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4 |
| C. | A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 |
| D. | A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3 |
| Answer» C. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 | |
| 3457. |
Match the following leaders and their places of the first war of Independence and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: List-I (Leaders) List-II (Places) A. Begum Hazarat Mahal 1. Lucknow B. Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah 2. Faizabad C. Begum Zinat Mahal 3. Delhi D. Kunwar Singh 4. Arrah |
| A. | A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 |
| B. | A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4 |
| C. | A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1 |
| D. | A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4 |
| Answer» B. A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4 | |
| 3458. |
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List-I List-II A. Laxmi Bai 1. Deported to Rangoon B. Tatya Tope 2. Fled to Nepal C. Nana Saheb 3. Captured and executed D. Bahadur Shah 4. Killed in battle |
| A. | A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 |
| B. | A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1 |
| C. | A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 |
| D. | A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1 |
| Answer» B. A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1 | |
| 3459. |
Balgangadhar Tilak worked to inspire the national spirit in people |
| A. | By publishing atrocities made by British government against Indian in his paper ?Kesari'. |
| B. | By organising festivals in honour of Lord Ganesh and by reviving the cult of Shivaji. |
| C. | By supporting the Khilafat Movement. |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3460. |
Who among the following authored the book entitled "The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness"? |
| A. | Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Michael Madhusudan Dutt |
| C. | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| D. | William Carey |
| Answer» B. Michael Madhusudan Dutt | |
| 3461. |
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II A. Lala Hardayal 1. Ghadar B. Surendra nath Banerjee 2. Bengali C. Bipinchandra Pal 3. Vande Mataram D. Shyamji Krishna Verma 4. Indian sociologist |
| A. | A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 |
| B. | A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4 |
| C. | A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2 |
| D. | A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3 |
| Answer» B. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4 | |
| 3462. |
Under whose suggestion was "Bhartiya Rashtriya Sangh' changed to 'Bhartiya Rashtriya Congress' in 1885 AD? |
| A. | Feroz Shah Mehta |
| B. | Kashinath Telang |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | W.C. Banerjee |
| Answer» D. W.C. Banerjee | |
| 3463. |
Who was the founder of Gadar Party? |
| A. | Lala Hansraj |
| B. | Lala Hardayal |
| C. | Shamji Krishna Verma |
| D. | Ajeet Singh |
| Answer» C. Shamji Krishna Verma | |
| 3464. |
Ganpati Festival in Maharashtra was started by |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Answer» B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale | |
| 3465. |
Aurobindo Ghosh was defended in the Alipore Bomb case by |
| A. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| B. | Moti Lal Nehru |
| C. | Bhula Bhai Desai |
| D. | C.R. Das |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3466. |
Who among the following had started 'Mitra Mela' Association? |
| A. | Shyamji Krishna Verma |
| B. | Vinayak Damodar Sarkar |
| C. | Lala Hardayal |
| D. | Sohan Singh Bakna |
| Answer» C. Lala Hardayal | |
| 3467. |
Shyamji Krishna Verma established Indian Home rule society in |
| A. | London |
| B. | Paris |
| C. | Berlin |
| D. | San Francisco |
| Answer» B. Paris | |
| 3468. |
In which one of the following languages was the first issue of journal Ghadar published? |
| A. | Urdu |
| B. | Hindi |
| C. | English |
| D. | Marathi |
| Answer» B. Hindi | |
| 3469. |
Who among the following historians has remarked that the government of Bengal during the period 1765 AD to 1772 AD was a Robber State? |
| A. | K. M. Panikkar |
| B. | G.W. Forest |
| C. | Lord Macaulay |
| D. | Nand Lal Chatterjee |
| Answer» B. G.W. Forest | |
| 3470. |
Who was the first to suggest the boycott of British goods in Bengal? |
| A. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| B. | Krishna Kumar Mitra |
| C. | Motilal Ghosh |
| D. | Satish Chandra Mukherji |
| Answer» C. Motilal Ghosh | |
| 3471. |
Who compared Curzon's administration in India to that of Aurangzeb? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» C. Dadabhai Naoroji | |
| 3472. |
Who of the following termed the revolt of 1857 as Indian War of Independence for the first time? |
| A. | Ramesh Chandra Majumdar |
| B. | V.D. Sawarkar |
| C. | Ishwari Prasad |
| D. | Tara Chand |
| Answer» C. Ishwari Prasad | |
| 3473. |
Who had hoisted the national Hag of India at the International Socialist Congress held at Stuttgart? |
| A. | M.N. Roy |
| B. | YD. Savarkar |
| C. | S.C. Bose |
| D. | Madam Bhikaji Cama |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3474. |
Which one of the following freedom fighters of first war of independence of 1857 was conferred the title of Mahak Pari? |
| A. | Zeenat Mahal |
| B. | Hazarat Mahal |
| C. | Lakshmi Bai |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Lakshmi Bai | |
| 3475. |
Who among the following said, "India has to unite and conquer the whole world once again with its might'? |
| A. | Swami Dayanand |
| B. | Ram Krishna Param Hansha |
| C. | Swami Vivekanand |
| D. | Annie Besant |
| Answer» D. Annie Besant | |
| 3476. |
'Abhinav Bharat' a secret society of revolutionaries was organised in 1904 by |
| A. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| B. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| C. | Rash Bihari Bose |
| D. | VD. Savarkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3477. |
Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Calcutta? |
| A. | Hyde |
| B. | Elijah Impey |
| C. | Lemaitre |
| D. | Monson |
| Answer» C. Lemaitre | |
| 3478. |
The first newspaper published in India was |
| A. | The Calcutta Chronicle |
| B. | The Calcutta Gazelle |
| C. | The Indian Gazette |
| D. | The Bengal Gazette |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3479. |
Who is known as the father of Muslim Renaissance in Bengal? |
| A. | Abdul Latif |
| B. | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad |
| C. | Muhammad Qasim |
| D. | Rashid Ahmed Gangohi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3480. |
Who characterised the policies of moderate leaders as the political mendicancy? |
| A. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| B. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3481. |
Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak "The Father of Indian Unrest"? |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Vincent Smith |
| C. | Valentine Chirol |
| D. | Henry Cotton |
| Answer» D. Henry Cotton | |
| 3482. |
Who was the president of the provisional government formed in Kabul in 1915 by Indians? |
| A. | Anand Mohan Sahay |
| B. | Ras Bihari Bose |
| C. | Shyamji Krishna Verma |
| D. | Mahendra Pratap |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3483. |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded |
| A. | Poona Sarvajanik Sabha |
| B. | Bombay Presidency Association |
| C. | Servants of India Society |
| D. | Land Holders Society |
| Answer» D. Land Holders Society | |
| 3484. |
Who among the following gave call to 'one religion, one creed and one God' for mankind? |
| A. | Jyotiba Phule |
| B. | Vivekanand |
| C. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| D. | Sri Narain Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3485. |
Who established the first Women's University of India? |
| A. | D.K. Karve |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Ramabai Ranade |
| D. | Hirabai Tata |
| Answer» B. Annie Besant | |
| 3486. |
Who was the biographer of A.O. Hume? |
| A. | V. Chirol |
| B. | W. Wedderburn |
| C. | George Yule |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. George Yule | |
| 3487. |
Who founded Anushilan Samiti at Dhaka? |
| A. | Puhn Behari Das |
| B. | Pramath Nath Mitra |
| C. | Swami Shraddhanand |
| D. | Barindra Kumar Ghosh |
| Answer» B. Pramath Nath Mitra | |
| 3488. |
Who said, "Bantick infused into oriented despotism the spirit of British freedom"? |
| A. | Jeremy Bentham |
| B. | J.S. Mill |
| C. | Lord Macaulay |
| D. | Grenville |
| Answer» D. Grenville | |
| 3489. |
Who was the founder of Indian Association of Calcutta |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | Womesh Chandra Banerjee |
| C. | Surendra nath Banerjee |
| D. | Feroz Shah Mehta |
| Answer» D. Feroz Shah Mehta | |
| 3490. |
The word 'Adivasi' was used for the first time to refer the tribal people by |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Thakkar Bappa |
| C. | Jyotiba Phule |
| D. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» C. Jyotiba Phule | |
| 3491. |
Who was the first Indian to become member of the Britis Parliament? |
| A. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| B. | W.C. Banerjee |
| C. | D.N. Wacha |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3492. |
In which one of the following cities, was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866? |
| A. | Paris |
| B. | London |
| C. | New York |
| D. | Tokyo |
| Answer» C. New York | |
| 3493. |
Who of the following organized the East India association in London to mobilize public |
| A. | Ananda Mohan Bose |
| B. | Bhikaji Cama |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | Surendra nath Banerjee |
| Answer» D. Surendra nath Banerjee | |
| 3494. |
Vande Mataram the national song was a part of |
| A. | Dulesh Nandini |
| B. | Anand Math |
| C. | Grihadaha |
| D. | Bhagvad-Gita |
| Answer» C. Grihadaha | |
| 3495. |
Who was the founder of Seva Sadan in Bombay? |
| A. | Shiva Narayan Agnihotri |
| B. | Baharamji Malabari |
| C. | R.G. Bhandarkar |
| D. | B.K. Jayakar |
| Answer» C. R.G. Bhandarkar | |
| 3496. |
The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet |
| A. | Taqi Mir |
| B. | Zauq |
| C. | Ghalib |
| D. | Iqbal |
| Answer» D. Iqbal | |
| 3497. |
The journal 'Bengal Gazette' was |
| A. | daily |
| B. | weekly |
| C. | fortnightly |
| D. | monthly |
| Answer» C. fortnightly | |
| 3498. |
Who propagated 'Jehad' against the Britishers during the Rebellion of 1857? |
| A. | Maulvi Ahsanullah |
| B. | Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah |
| C. | Maulvi Barkal Ali |
| D. | Maulvi Kudrat Ali |
| Answer» C. Maulvi Barkal Ali | |
| 3499. |
Which one of the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries? |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Madam Cama |
| D. | Usha Mehta |
| Answer» D. Usha Mehta | |
| 3500. |
Who was the profounder of the Drain Theory in India? |
| A. | R.C. Dutta |
| B. | Henry Cotton |
| C. | S.N. Banerjee |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» E. | |