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After the battle of ________ in 1757, the British achieved political power in India

  • Buxar
  • Plassey
  • Aliwal
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ Plassey ]

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Mahatma Garrdhi started which newspaper?

  • Harijan
  • Indian Opinion
  • Navjeevan
  • All of the above
  • Correct Option: D  [ All of the above ]

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Why was Simon Commission opposed in India ?

  • It proposed the partition of India
  • There was no Indian member
  • It denied the relief measures for Famine
  • All the above
  • Correct Option: B  [ There was no Indian member ]

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The Cripps Mission visited India in the year:

  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1945
  • Correct Option: C  [ 1942 ]

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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.

Who said, 'India is not one but two nations'?

  • Mohammad Iqbal
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  • Syed Ahmed Khan
  • Maulana Abul Kalam
  • Correct Option: A  [ Mohammad Iqbal ]

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who said Gandhi and Lord Irwin two Mahatma

  • Subash
  • Rajendra Prasad
  • Sarojini Naidu
  • none of these
  • Correct Option: C  [ Sarojini Naidu ]

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Who came to be known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?

  • Justice Ranade
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Correct Option: D  [ Dadabhai Naoroji ]

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Who was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha?

  • Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
  • N.G. Ranga
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Jaya Prakash Narayan
  • Correct Option: A  [ Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ]

    Remark: The All-India Kisan Sabha was established at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936, with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati chosen as its first President.

With which event did the Civil Disobedience Movement started

  • Prohibition of Wine
  • Breaking of Salt law
  • Protesting high land revenue
  • Boycotting foreign clothes
  • Correct Option: B  [ Breaking of Salt law ]

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