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Who is the composer of Allahabad Prasasti?

  • Harishena
  • Bishakhdutta
  • Kalidasa
  • Shudrak
  • Correct Option: A  [ Harishena ]

    Remark: Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Prayag Prasasti) on written by Harisena in Sanskrit and Brahmi script.

Due to the leadership and success in which one of the following did Vallabhbhai Patel get the title 'Sardar' ?

  • Kheda Satyagrah
  • Non cooperation Movement
  • Bardoli Satyagrah
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Correct Option: C  [ Bardoli Satyagrah ]

    Remark:

In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to "Sati"?

  • Asokan inscription of Girnar
  • Aihole inscription
  • Eran inscription
  • Damodarpur inscription
  • Correct Option: C  [ Eran inscription ]

    Remark: The first epigraphical evidence of sati (immolation of widow) is found in an inscription at Eran, the Inscription of Bhanugupta. Eran is located on the south bank of Bina River in Madhya Pradesh.

The founder of 'Arya Samaj' was :

  • Dayananda Saraswati
  • Keshab Chandra Sen
  • Mahadev Gobindra Ranade
  • Debendranath Tagore
  • Correct Option: A  [ Dayananda Saraswati ]

    Remark:

Lal Bahadur Shastri former Prime Minister of India died in :

  • Paris
  • London
  • Tashkent
  • Varanasi
  • Correct Option: C  [ Tashkent ]

    Remark: On 11 January 1966

Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by:

  • Lord Wellesley
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Rippon
  • Correct Option: C  [ Lord Dalhousie ]

    Remark:

Who, apart from Mrs. Annie Besant, also launched the Home Rule Movement ?

  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Balwant Phadke
  • Madan Mohan Malaviye
  • Lala Hardayal
  • Correct Option: A  [ Bal Gangadhar Tilak ]

    Remark:

Who among the following was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress?

  • Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Motilal Nehru
  • Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Correct Option: D  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]

    Remark:

Which of the following movements truly reflected the spirit of Hindu-Muslim unity :

  • Khilafat Movement
  • Swadeshi Movement
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • none of these
  • Correct Option: A  [ Khilafat Movement ]

    Remark:

Which of the following is the oldest Veda ?

  • Atharvaveda
  • Samaveda
  • Rigveda
  • Yajurveda
  • Correct Option: C  [ Rigveda ]

    Remark: