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(1) Who said “what we see around us today is a fallen nation. A nation whose primitive greatness lies buried in ruins” ?
(1) Devendranath Tagore
(2) Rammohan Roy
(3) Keshabchandra Sen
(4) Shivanath Sastry
Answer: Keshabchandra Sen
(2) Altaf Hussain Wali wrote nationalist poetry in :
(1) Hindi
(2) Urdu
(3) Bengali
(4) Gujarati
Answer: Urdu

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(3) Which Governor General passed The Press Law on 3rd August 1835 which removed all restrictions on the Press ?
(1) Sir Charles Metcalfe
(2) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
(3) Lord Hastings
(4) Lord Ellenborough
Answer: Sir Charles Metcalfe
(4) Which was the greatest achievement of Wahabi School of thought in India ?
(1) Establishment of Madrisa-i-Qadima of Farang Mahal
(2) Foundation of Nadwat-al-Ulama of Lucknow
(3) Establishment of Naqshbandiya School at Delhi
(4) Foundation of Dar-ul-Ulumat Deoband
Answer: Foundation of Dar-ul-Ulumat Deoband
(5) The goal of the Muslim women educators was “to create women who would be better wives, better mothers and better muslims”. Who said this ?
(1) Gail Minault
(2) Gail Omvedt
(3) Christophe Jefferlat
(4) Geraldine Forbes
Answer: Foundation of Dar-ul-Ulumat Deoband
(6) Which Bengali Painter from among the following wanted art to be of universal language and not limited to a particular school ?
(1) Gaganendranath Tagore
(2) Jamini Roy
(3) Rabindranath Tagore
(4) Govardhan Ash
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
(7) Which of the following mesolithic sites has yielded the extensive evidence of huts ?
(1) Baghai Khor
(2) Birbhanpur
(3) Chopni Mando
(4) Lekhania
Answer: Chopni Mando
(8) The earliest archaeological evidence for silk in India comes from :
(1) Ahar
(2) Navdatoli
(3) Nevasa
(4) Prakash
Answer: Nevasa
(9) Which of the following is the most extensive Harappan sites ?
(1) Banawali
(2) Kalibangan
(3) Lothal
(4) Rakhigarhi
Answer: Rakhigarhi
(10) Which of the following books of the Rigveda contains the mantras of the seers of Vasishtha family ?
(1) Book III
(2) Book V
(3) Book VII
(4) Book VIII
Answer: Book VII
(11) During the time of Vedic Sutras which of the following rituals was intended to secure good luck to maiden in marriage ?
(1) Rudrabali
(2) Rudrayaga
(3) Sitayajna
(4) Sulagava
Answer: Sulagava
(12) The Gautama Dharmasutra lays down hightest punishment for the crime of theft to :
(1) Brahmana
(2) Kshatriya
(3) Vaisya
(4) Sudra
Answer: Brahmana
(13) The famous physician of Magadha during the time of Gautama Buddha was :
(1) Agnivesa
(2) Kasyapa
(3) Jivaka
(4) Vagbhata
Answer: Jivaka
(14) Where did Gautama Buddha spent his last rainy season ?
(1) Nalanda
(2) Rajagriha
(3) Vaisali
(4) Sravasti
Answer: Vaisali
(15) Who among the following Mahabharata ladies was married according to the custom of Asura Vivaha ?
(1) Draupadi
(2) Gandhari
(3) Madri
(4) Kunti
Answer: Madri

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