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Indian History - General Knowledge Questions
A)
E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
B)
Shahu Maharaj
C)
B. R. Ambedkar
D)
M.C. Rajah

Correct Answer : Option (D) - M.C. Rajah

Outraged at this, Rajah quit the party in 1923. He remained a member of the Madras Legislative Council till 1926. In 1925, he created and became the president of the All India Depressed Classes Association at Nagpur.

A)
Pali
B)
Magadhi
C)
Ardha-Magadhi
D)
Shuraseni

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Ardha-Magadhi

Mahavir Swami delivered his first sermon in the language of the common people called Ardha Magadhi and Prakrit.

A)
Dandi Ashram
B)
Satyagraha Ashram
C)
Gandhi Ashram
D)
Finiks Farm

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Satyagraha Ashram

The Sabarmati Ashram (also known as Harijan Ashram) was home to Mohandas Gandhi from 1917 until 1930 and served as one of the main centres of the Indian freedom struggle.

A)
Qutubuddin Aibak
B)
Alauddin Khilji
C)
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D)
Akbar

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Ibn Battuta served as a qadi or judge for six years during Muhammad bin Tughluq's reign.

A)
Licchavis
B)
Sakyas
C)
Satavahanas
D)
Kshatriyas

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Licchavis

Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6th century BCE into a royal family in Bihar, India. His mother's name was Trishala and his father's name was Siddhartha. They were lay devotees of Parshvanatha.

A)
Ala-ud-din Khilji
B)
Balban
C)
Muhammad Tughluq
D)
Firoz Tughluq

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Firoz Tughluq

Feroz Shah Tughlaq (1351-88) supposedly the . kindest. of the Delhi sultans was a zealous Muslim bigot who imposed Jizya upon the Brahmins and made it a separate tax.

A)
Lord Mountbatten
B)
Lord Wavell
C)
Lord Irwin
D)
Lord Linlithgow

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Lord Mountbatten

Lord Mountbatten, the Viceroy of India, presented a plan for the division of India into India and Pakistan, and the Indian leaders had no choice but to accept the division, as the Muslim League was adamant. Thus, India became free at the stroke of midnight, on August 14, 1947.

A)
Iltutmish
B)
Qutub-ud-din Aibak
C)
Balban
D)
Mohammad Ghori

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Qutub-ud-din Aibak

The Slave Dynasty ruled the Sub-continent for about 84 years. It was the first Muslim dynasty that ruled India. Qutub-ud-din Aibak, a slave of Muhammad Ghori, who became the ruler after the death of his master, founded the Slave Dynasty.

A)
Han's Raj
B)
Dayananda Saraswati
C)
Vivekananda
D)
Keshab Chandra

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Vivekananda

Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement. The mission is named after and inspired by the Indian saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897.

A)
All Mahajanapadas were oligarchies where power was exercised by a group of people
B)
Buddhist and Jaina texts lis sixteen Mahajanapadas
C)
No army was maintained by the Mahajanapadas
D)
All Mahajanapadas were located in eastern India

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Buddhist and Jaina texts lis sixteen Mahajanapadas