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First Afghan War took place in the year

A) 1849 B) 1839
C) 1858 D) 1869
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1839

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      • The First Anglo-Afghan War also known as Disaster in Afghanistan was fought between British imperial India and The Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.
      • A British-Indian force attacks Ghazni fort during the First Afghan War, 1839.
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Who was the first European to designae Aryanas a race

A) William Jones B) H.H.Wilson
C) Max Muller D) General cunningham
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Max Muller

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After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective for which the leaders of the Revolt worked was

A) to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire B) to form a Federation of Indian States under the aegis of Bhadur Shah II
C) elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order D) each leader wanted to establish his own power in his respective region
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order

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The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was

A) Pheroze Shah Mehta B) BG Tilak
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale D) Dadabhai Naoroji
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) BG Tilak

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) for 

A) Countering the communal propaganda of the muslim league B) eatablishing seperate Pakhtoonistan
C) social and religious reforms D) all the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) social and religious reforms

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The God who is the most prominent in ' Rigaveda 'is

A) Indra B) Agni
C) Pasupati D) Vishnu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Indra

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The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the regime of king

A) Ashoka B) Ajatasatru
C) Kanishka D) Mahapadmananda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kanishka

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Who among the following was a Brahmavadini who composed some hymns of the Vedas?

A) Gargi B) Lopamudra
C) Savitri D) Leelavati
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lopamudra

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Lopamudra was a Brahmavadini who composed some hymns of the Vedas.

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