16) Which of the following was the ‘Newspaper’ of Annie Besant?
(a) The Hindu
(b) Indian Express
(c) The Times of India
(d) New India
17) This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Gandhiji came on the scene
(a) M G Ranade
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Atmaram Panduranga
18) The All India Muslim League was founded in December 1906 at
(a) Karachi
(b) Dacca
(c) Calcutta
(d) Aligarh
19) The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as:
(a) Khidmatgars (Servants)
(b) Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
(c) Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
(d) Angels of Freedom
20) When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
(a) Chamberlain
(b) Baldwin
(c) Chruchill
(d) Asquith
21)Who converted Sikhs into a marital race ?
a) Arjun dev
b) Gobind Singh
c) Hargobind
d) Teg Bahadur
22) Who among the following was the first Governor General of Bengal ?
a) Robert Clive
b) William Bentick
c) Marques Wellesley
d) Waren Hastings
23) Khalsa was founded by –
a) Guru Gobind Singh
b) Guru Ramdas
c) Guru Nanak
d) Guru Arjun Dev
24) Who issued Firman granting Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the English ?
a) Ahmed Shah
b) Bahadur Shah
c) Farrukhsiyar
d) Shah Alam II
25) Who is considered the father of Sahtara (Sitar) ?
a) Mian Tansen
b) Baiju Bawara
c) Khurshro Khan
d) Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
26) In which of the following cities is Charminar situated ?
a) Mysore
b) Rajkot
c) Hyderabad
d) Lucknow
27) The administration of the English East India Company in India came to an end of –
a) 1857
b) 1858
c) 1862
d) 1892
28) Which of the following Vedas was compiled first?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Atharvaveda
29) Which of the following was the God of Animal during the later Vedic period?
(a) Indra
(b) Rudra
(c) Vishnu
(d) Prajapatbi
30) Buddha delivered his first sermon at ______.
(a) Sanchi
(b) Sarnath
(c) Kapilvastu
(d) Vaisali