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Who was made the President of Indian National Congress when Subhas Chandra Bose resigned due to differences with Gandhiji ?

  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • J. B. Kripalani
  • Purushottam Das Tandon
  • Correct Option: B  [ Dr. Rajendra Prasad ]

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When was Burma separated from India ?

  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1938
  • 1939
  • Correct Option: B  [ 1937 ]

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With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat ?

  • Akbar
  • Jahangir
  • Shahjhan
  • Aurangzeb
  • Correct Option: B  [ Jahangir ]

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The book Bhawani Mandir was written by:

  • Barindra Kumar Ghosh
  • Aurobindo Ghosh
  • Yash Pal
  • Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Correct Option: B  [ Aurobindo Ghosh ]

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Which is the correct chronological order of the following developments?
1. Cripps Mission
2. Gandhi-Irwin pact
3. Simon Commission
4. Partition of the country Choose the correct order.

  • 2, 1, 4, 3
  • 3, 2, 1, 4
  • 2, 1, 3, 4
  • 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Correct Option: B  [ 3, 2, 1, 4 ]

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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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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 enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes" alone?

  • Motilal Nehru
  • Gandhiji
  • Subhas Chandra Bose
  • C.R. Das
  • Correct Option: D  [ C.R. Das ]

    Remark: At the Dehradun U.P. Provincial Conference two months before Gaya, C.R. Das enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes".

Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a public sector undertaking of the Govt. of India, was established in 1901 during Swadeshi movements, by :

  • Prafulla Chandra Roy
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Jagadish Chandra Basu
  • Surendra Nath Banerjee
  • Correct Option: A  [ Prafulla Chandra Roy ]

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Simon Commission was appointed for:

  • Indian Constitutional Reforms
  • Administrative Reforms
  • Educational Reforms
  • Jail Code Reforms
  • Correct Option: A  [ Indian Constitutional Reforms ]

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