Test-2 || WBCS Preliminary-2010 || History and National Movement (Part-1)

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To which period of Indian history did Aryabhatta and Varahamihira (Scientist and Mathematician respectively) belong ?
Maurya period
Gupta period
Pala period
Delhi Sultanate
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What did Iqta mean during Sultanate period ?
A form of Salutation
An important official
The grant of land revenue from a village or territory
None of the above
3/25
The Treaty of Amritsar was signed by the English with Ranjit Singh in the year
1807 A.D.
1809 A.D.
1811 A.D.
1813 A.D.
4/25
What is Ibadat Khana at Fatepur Sikri ?
A magnificent building for residence
A house for religious discourses of all religions
A house for eating
None of the above
5/25
Prohibition of Sati was enacted by Regulation XVII in year
1829 A.D.
1830 A.D.
1835 A.D.
None of the above
6/25
With the people of which country Harappan people carried trade ?
China
Iran
Russia
Sumer
7/25
The oldest school of Indian Philosophy is
Yoga
Sankhya
Vaisesika
Karma Mimansa
8/25
The Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College of Aligarh was founded in the year
1868 A.D.
1875 A.D.
1883 A.D.
1906 A.D.
9/25
Nadir Shah invaded India in the year
1738 A.D.
1739 A.D.
1740 A.D.
1741 A.D.
10/25
Who was Megasthenes ?
Ambassador of Seleucus
Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya
A Greek pilgrim
A Chinese traveller
11/25
Who was the author of Rajtarangini ?
Kautilya
Megasthenes
Kalhan
None of the above
12/25
At which Delhi Durbar the Queen of England was proclaimed the Empress of India ?
1876-77 A.D.
1911 A.D.
1921 A.D.
None of the above
13/25
Who was the main inspiration of the Young Bengal movement ?
Rammohan
Derozio
Debendranath
David Hare
14/25
Who is called "A traditional moderniser" ?
Vidyasagar
Swami Vivekananda
Rammohan Roy
B. G. Tilak
15/25
The capital of Tipu Sultan was at
Mysore
Seringapattam
Sringeri
Belur
16/25
About whom the British Prime Minister said - "Half naked Fakir from India" ?
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Gandhiji
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. R. Ambedkar
17/25
Who was the founder-President of the Swaraj Party ?
Motilal Nehru
C. R. Das
Rajendra Prasad
Rajagopalachari
18/25
The Simon Commission was appointed for
Indian Constitutional Reforms
Administrative Reforms
Educational Reforms
Jail Code Reforms
19/25
Who was the Governor-General who decided in favour of Western education in India ?
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Bentinck
Lord Ripon
Lord Curzon
20/25
Who was the Governor-General of India when Widow Remarriage Act was passed ?
Lord Ripon
Lord Canning
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Bentinck
21/25
Who wrote "Life Divine" ?
Swami Vivekenanda
Keshab Chandra Sen
Sister Nivedita
Arabindo Ghosh
22/25
Who founded the "Amrita Bazar Patrika" ?
Surendra Nath Banerjee
Barindra Ghosh
Krishna Kumar Mitra
Sisir Kumar Ghosh
23/25
The Muslim League joined the Interim Government in
October 1946
November 1946
December 1946
January 1947
24/25
Who translated 'Nil Darpan' in English ?
Madhusudan Dutt
Rev. James Long
Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Kali Prasanna Singha
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Which movement of Gandhiji joined with Khilafat movement ?
Civil Disobedience
Non-Co-operation
Quit India
Against Indigo cultivation (1917)
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