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Satara got annexed to East India Company by applying which policy?

  • Principle of Adjudication
  • Principle of Paramountcy
  • Doctrine of Lapse
  • Doctrine of Land
  • Correct Option: C  [ Doctrine of Lapse ]

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Who founded the Indian National Party in Berlin during 1914?

  • Champakaraman Pillai
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • W.C. Banerjee
  • Correct Option: A  [ Champakaraman Pillai ]

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Two Boundary Commissions were constituted in 1947 for the division of Bengal and Punjab. The Chairman of both these commissions was:

  • Lord Mountbatten
  • Lord Wavell
  • C. Rajagopalachari
  • Cryil Radcliffe
  • Correct Option: D  [ Cryil Radcliffe ]

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C Rajagopalachari was the

  • Last Governor General of free India
  • First Indian Governor General of free India
  • Last Governor General of India
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ First Indian Governor General of free India ]

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Who among the following was not a member of the interim government formed by Jawharlal Nehru in 1946 ?

  • Aruna Asaf Ali
  • Sayyid Ali Zaheer
  • Sardar Baldev Singh
  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  • Correct Option: D  [ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ]

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In which of its sessions did the Muslim League put forth for the first time its demand of Pakistan ?

  • Lahore
  • Karachi
  • Sindh
  • Aligarh
  • Correct Option: A  [ Lahore ]

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General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?

  • Hasrat Mohini
  • Vir Savarkar
  • Udham Singh
  • Jatin Das
  • Correct Option: C  [ Udham Singh ]

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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 ]

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Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by:

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

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The Ramakrishna Mission was founded in 1897 by :

  • Sister Nivedita
  • Swami Dayananda Swaraswati
  • Swami Vivekananda
  • None of them
  • Correct Option: C  [ Swami Vivekananda ]

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