Who composed the "Abhijnanasakuntalam"?
- ABanabhatta
- BKalidasa
- CHarsha
- DBhasa
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Answer: (B) Kalidasa
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The Indus Valley city of Lothal is located in which present-day state?
- AGujarat
- BHaryana
- CRajasthan
- DPunjab
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Answer: (A) Gujarat
Who was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism?
- ARishabhanatha
- BParshvanatha
- CMahavira
- DNeminatha
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Answer: (C) Mahavira
Who is known as the "Iron Man of India"?
- AJawaharlal Nehru
- BSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- CLal Bahadur Shastri
- DBal Gangadhar Tilak
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Answer: (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by
- ALord Wellesley
- BLord Dalhousie
- CLord Ripon
- DLord Cornwallis
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Answer: (A) Lord Wellesley
Gandhi's Dandi March was undertaken in
- A1942
- B1919
- C1930
- D1920
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Answer: (C) 1930
Who founded the Indian National Army's "Azad Hind Government"?
- ASubhas Chandra Bose
- BMohan Singh
- CRash Behari Bose
- DBhagat Singh
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Answer: (A) Subhas Chandra Bose
The Harappan site of Dholavira is located in
- ARajasthan
- BSindh
- CGujarat
- DHaryana
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Answer: (C) Gujarat
Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
- AW. C. Bonnerjee
- BSurendranath Banerjee
- CA. O. Hume
- DDadabhai Naoroji
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Answer: (A) W. C. Bonnerjee
Which Chinese traveller visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana?
- AHiuen Tsang
- BMarco Polo
- CFa-Hien
- DI-Tsing
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Answer: (A) Hiuen Tsang
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The Battle of Buxar was fought in
- A1761
- B1757
- C1782
- D1764
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Answer: (D) 1764
Who is known as the "Iron Man of India"?
- AJawaharlal Nehru
- BBal Gangadhar Tilak
- CLal Bahadur Shastri
- DSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Answer: (D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Indian National Congress was founded in
- A1905
- B1919
- C1857
- D1885
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Answer: (D) 1885
Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon at
- ALumbini
- BKushinagar
- CSarnath
- DBodh Gaya
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Answer: (C) Sarnath
Who founded the Maurya Empire?
- AAshoka
- BChandragupta Maurya
- CBimbisara
- DBindusara
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Answer: (B) Chandragupta Maurya
Which Mauryan emperor embraced Buddhism after the Kalinga war?
- ABindusara
- BChandragupta Maurya
- CAshoka
- DBrihadratha
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Answer: (C) Ashoka
The Simon Commission came to India in
- A1935
- B1919
- C1942
- D1928
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Answer: (D) 1928
The Ghadar Party was founded in
- ATokyo
- BSan Francisco
- CBerlin
- DLondon
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Answer: (B) San Francisco
Who was the first Governor-General of India under the Charter Act of 1833?
- AWarren Hastings
- BLord Cornwallis
- CLord William Bentinck
- DLord Dalhousie
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Answer: (C) Lord William Bentinck
The First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between Babur and
- AIbrahim Lodi
- BSher Shah Suri
- CHemu
- DRana Sanga
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Answer: (A) Ibrahim Lodi
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