English DSSSB TGT 2014 (28/12/2014) SST SST
Q481. Asiatic Society was founded by
A Max Muller
B Cunningham
C Sir John Marshal
D William Jones
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Correct answer: William Jones
English BPSC TRE 3.0 Re-exam-2024
Q482. Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was associated with:
A Modern Education
B Establishment of Universities in India
C Social Reforms
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: More than one of the above
Q483. Sir Charles Wood despatch of 1854 dealt primanily with ?
A Administrative reforms
B Social reforms
C Economic reforms
D Educations reforms
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Correct answer: Educations reforms
English KVS (LDCE) PGT 2022 (History)
Q484. When were the universities of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta established?
A 1947
B 1857
C 1757
D 1935
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Correct answer: 1857
English KVS (LDCE) PGT 2022 (History)
Q485. Which one of the following committees prepared the details of the Wardha Scheme of Basic Education?
A Motilal Nehru Committee
B Dr. Zakir Hussain Committee
C Dr. Radhakrishnan Committee
D Dr. Vishveswariya Committee
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Correct answer: Dr. Zakir Hussain Committee
English KVS (LDCE) PGT 2022 (History)
Q486. Who among the following was the first Asian writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913?
A Prem Chand
B Ravindranath Tagore
C Aurobindo Ghose
D Amartya Sen
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Correct answer: Ravindranath Tagore
English DSSSB TGT 2018 (16/10/2018) shift-I SST
Q487. Who said the following: "The whole place belongs to the workers……Here the masses have not in the least been put in the shade by the gentlemen...those who lived in the background for ages have come forward in the open today….I thought of the peasants and the workers in my country"?
A Mahatma Gandhi
B D.Awasthi
C Rabindranath Tagore
D Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct answer: Rabindranath Tagore
English BPSC TRE 2.0 Exam 2023 (6-8)
Q488. Who authored Anandamath?
A Dinabandhu Mitra
B Rabindranath Tagore
C Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
English DSSSB PGT 2015 (Tier-II) History
Q489. Brahma Samaj was founded Rajaram Mohan Roy in
A 1824
B 1827
C 1828
D 1875
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Correct answer: 1828
English BPSC School Teacher 2023 (History)
Q490. Who organized a counter-petition of enlightened Hindus who were the supporters of the burning rite of Sati?
A Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B M.G. Ranada
C B.M. Malabari
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
English KVS PGT (18-02-2023 Shift-I) History
Q491. The practice of sati in India was abolished by :
A Lord Clive
B Lord William Bentinck
C Lord Cornwallis
D Lord Dufferin
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Correct answer: Lord William Bentinck
English DSSSB TGT 2018 15/10/2018 Shift-II SST
Q492. Practice of Sati was made illegal in the year ––– .
A 1830
B 1820
C 1829
D 1800
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Correct answer: 1829
English KVS PGT (18-02-2023 Shift-I) History
Q493. Chronologically arrange the following social legislations on the basis of their enactment : (i) India Act V, that declared slavery to be illegal in India (ii) The act XXXI, opened inheritance to Christian converts (iii) Regulation VI, which declared child sacrifice to be a murder (iv) Regulation XVII, that declared Sati to be illegal in Bengal Presidency Choose the correct answer from the code given below :
A (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
B (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
C (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
D (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
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Correct answer: (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
English KVS (LDCE) PGT 2022 (History)
Q494. Which one of the following is not part of teachings of Swami Dayanand?
A He treated Vedas as infallible and inspired words of god
B He treated Puranas with full of false teachings
C He encouraged idol worship
D He favored study of western sciences
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Correct answer: He encouraged idol worship
English DSSSB PGT 2015 (Tier-II) History DSSSB PGT 2014 History
Q495. Who said "Go back to the Vedas"?
A Dayananda Saraswati
B Rajaram Mohan Roy
C Vidyasagar
D Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Correct answer: Dayananda Saraswati
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (27/07/2018 Shift-I Female) History
Q496. Who was the author of Satyarth Prakash?
A Ram Mohan Roy
B Keshab Chandra Sen
C Dayanand Saraswati
D Debandranath Tagore
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Correct answer: Dayanand Saraswati
English KVS TGT 2013 (01/06/2014) SST
Q497. Which of the following could be regarded as the greatest contribution of Arya Samaj?
A crusade agaisnt the rigidities of the caste system
B Converting non-Hindus to Hinduism
C Providing protection to the cow
D Evoking a sense of pride in India's past
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Correct answer: Evoking a sense of pride in India's past
English DSSSB PGT 2015 (Tier-II) History
Q498. The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in
A 1856
B 1857
C 1859
D 1860
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Correct answer: 1856
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q499. Arya Samaj, which was started in erstwhile Bombay in 1875 and in Lahore in 1877 by Dayanand Saraswati, was also known as:
A Noble Society
B Honoured Society
C Great Society
D Distinguished Society
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Correct answer: Noble Society
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q500. After Dayanand's death the Lahore Samaj and other societies he had formed across Northern India came together to establish a school in his memory at______, which was called ______ and whose date of establishment was________.
A Lahore; The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College; 1886
B Bombay; The Dayanand Shaka; 1887
C Lahore; The Dayanand Vedic Association; 1890
D Lahore; The Dayanand Vedic College; 1887
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Correct answer: Lahore; The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College; 1886