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During which Movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan of Do or Die ?

  • Champaran Satyagraha
  • Non-Cooperation Movement
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Quit India Movement
  • Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]

    Remark:

Who among the following is called The Liberator of Newspapers of India ?

  • Charles Metcalfe
  • Lord Mayo
  • Lord Ripon
  • William Bentinck
  • Correct Option: A  [ Charles Metcalfe ]

    Remark:

The Gupta King who destroyed Sakas was:

  • Samudra Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta-I
  • Kumara Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta-II
  • Correct Option: D  [ Chandra Gupta-II ]

    Remark: Chandragupta II Son of Samudragupta, We know about him from inscriptions and coins. He led an expedition to western India, where he overcame the last of the Shakas. His court was full of learned people, including Kalidasa the poet, and Aryabhata the astronomer.

After completing his Dandi March Gandhiji broke the Salt law on:

  • 5th April, 1930
  • 6th April, 1930
  • 7th April, 1930
  • 8th April, 1930
  • Correct Option: B  [ 6th April, 1930 ]

    Remark:

The practice of 'Sati Daha' was prohibited in India by :

  • Lord Bentinck
  • Lord Dalhousi
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Curzon
  • Correct Option: A  [ Lord Bentinck ]

    Remark:

Birsa was the name of the leader of :

  • Indigo revolt
  • Deccan riot
  • Munda rebellion
  • Moploh rebellion
  • Correct Option: C  [ Munda rebellion ]

    Remark:

Netaji Subhash was born in the year

  • 1897
  • 1887
  • 1869
  • 1899
  • Correct Option: A  [ 1897 ]

    Remark:

Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India got independence ?

  • J. B. Kripalani
  • Purushottarn Das Tandon
  • Pattabhi SitaramaYYa
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Correct Option: A  [ J. B. Kripalani ]

    Remark:

Who among the following organized Abhinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionaries?

  • Lala Lajpat Rai
  • V. D. Savarkar
  • Bhagat Singh
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Correct Option: B  [ V. D. Savarkar ]

    Remark: Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was an Indian Independence secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.

Calcutta University was established in :

  • 1857
  • 1878
  • 1880
  • 1882
  • Correct Option: A  [ 1857 ]

    Remark: 24 January 1857.