The quote "The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India." belongs to which of the following freedom fighters?

• Bhagat Singh

• Chandrashekhar Azad

• Ram Prasad Bismil

• Lala Lajpat Rai

All responsibilities regarding elections in India are entrusted to

• President

• Prime Minister

• Chief Justice

• Chief Election Commissioner

What is true of Indian National Congress during World War II ?

• It demanded for its co-operation with the British that a provincial national government may be set up at the centre

• It extended full support to the Indian National Army to oust the British from India

• It decided to extend full support to the allied nations

• It worked for the defeat of the allied nations

What was not the most important feature of land revenue system of Akbar

• Collection of land revenue in kind or cash

• Collection of land revenue based on accurate measurement of land

• Collection of land revenue directly at the central treasury

• Fixation of rates

Which of the following is the most important cause for the decline of Buddhism after Ashoka?

• Non-patronage by the kings

• Condemnation of animal sacrifices

• Growth of licentious practices in Buddhist centres

• Allegiance to the middle path

Which of the following is not related to the Gandhara School of Art ?

• Ellora

• Ajanta

• Khajuraho

• Elephanta

The DYARCHY as introduced by the Government of India Act, 1919 postulated which of the following ?

• A system of dual government in Bengal

• Backward classes were entitled to vote

• A few subjects were transferred to the Provincial Ministries and the rest retained by the Executive Council

• Hindus and Muslims could vote separately

Lothal is connected as excavation site of the civilisation of ?

• Indus Valley Civilisation

• Sumerians

• Mesopotamians

• Vedic Aryan

In which way Sarnath is associated with Lord Buddha ?

• He resided there

• He was born there

• He ruled there

• He preached his first Sermon there

The Indus Valley people had contacts with

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Chinese

• Mesopotamians

The Ajanta Caves were built during the period of

• Guptas
• Kushans
• Mauryas
• Chalukyas

Who was the head among the ministers of the Maratha rulers ?

•      Peshwa

•      Mahamantri

•      Amatya

•      Rajamatya

Which Chief Justice of India later served as the Vice President of India?

•      G S Pathak

•      B D Jatti

•      M Hidayatullah

Who was the first home minister of india?

•      Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

•      Rohit

•      Vallabh Bhai Patel

•      Moili Abdul Khan

Who designed the national flag of Pakistan?

•      Mohammed Iqbal

•      Mohammad Ali Jinnah

•      General Ayub Khan

•      General Tikka Khan

Galileo was an Italian astronomer who...........

•      developed the telescope

•      discovered four satellites of Jupiter

•      discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement

•      All of the above

Who founded the "Servants of India Society" in 1905?

•      Mahadev Gobind Ranade

•      Gopal Krishna Gokhale

•      Mahatma Gandhi

•      Jawahar Lal Nehru

Mokhadaji Gohil , a Gohil Rajput ruler of Ghogha, near Bhavnagar was a contemporary of which of the following Sultans?

•      Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah I

•      Muhammad bin Tughluq

•      Abu Baker

The Muslim League in Kerala was started in

•      1937

•      1948

•      1943

•      1930

Indian Penal Code came into operation in—

•      1858

•      1860

•      1859

•      1862