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A)
Bimbisara
B)
Siddhartha
C)
Suddhdharma
D)
Suddhodana

Correct Answer :   Siddhartha

Siddhartha was the father of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali.He was married to Licchavi princess Trishala sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali.

A)
Kumaragupta I
B)
Kumaragupta II
C)
Chandragupta II
D)
Samudragupta II

Correct Answer :   Kumaragupta I

King Kumaragupta I : The University of Nalanda was founded around 427 by Kumargupta-1 (415-455), son of Chandragupta-II. Skandgupta (455-467) continued his father's royal patronage of the university by enlarging the physical facilities.

A)
Sevagram Ashram
B)
Phoenix Ashram
C)
Sabarmati Ashram
D)
Vishwa Bharti

Correct Answer :   Vishwa Bharti

A)
Gangabai
B)
Annie Besant
C)
Ramabai
D)
Sister Subbalakshmi

Correct Answer :   Ramabai

Pandita Ramabai : She was one of the ten women delegates of the Congress session of 1889. In the late 1890s, she founded Mukti Mission at Kedgaon village, forty miles east of the city of Pune.

A)
a newspaper
B)
a cultural organization
C)
a secret organization of revolutionary activities
D)
a trade union movement

Correct Answer :   a secret organization of revolutionary activities

Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.

A)
Lord Curzon
B)
Lord Minto
C)
Lord Hardinge
D)
Lord Linlithgow

Correct Answer :   Lord Curzon

The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 was passed in 18, March 1904 by British India during the times of Lord Curzon.

A)
May 1948
B)
June 1948
C)
July 1948
D)
August 1948

Correct Answer :   June 1948

Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced on 20 February 1947 that: The British Government would grant full self-government to British India by 30 June 1948 at the latest, The future of the Princely States would be decided after the date of final transfer is decided.

A)
Ganesh Savarkar
B)
V.D. Savarkar
C)
Mrs. Annie Besant
D)
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer :   Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

A)
Commercialization of Agriculture
B)
New Legal System
C)
New Revenue Policy
D)
New Educational System

Correct Answer :   New Educational System

A)
1858 to 1870
B)
1870 to 1880
C)
1882 to 1894
D)
1898 to 1905

Correct Answer :   1882 to 1894