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The year 1919 is associated with

  • Chauri Chaura Incident
  • Partition of Bengal
  • Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
  • Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
  • Correct Option: C  [ Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy ]

    Remark:

Which one of the following began with Dandi March ?

  • Home Rule Movement
  • Non-Co-operation Movement
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Quit India Movement
  • Correct Option: C  [ Civil Disobedience Movement ]

    Remark:

Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?

  • Penthick Lawrence
  • Sir Stafford Cripps
  • A. V. Alexander
  • Lord Wavell
  • Correct Option: D  [ Lord Wavell ]

    Remark:

In which year did the partition of Bengal take place?

  • 1902
  • 1903
  • 1904
  • 1905
  • Correct Option: D  [ 1905 ]

    Remark:

When was the Carlyle "Circular" issued?

  • 1905
  • 1901
  • 1902
  • 1906
  • Correct Option: A  [ 1905 ]

    Remark: the Carlyle Circular (1905) prohibiting students' participation in politics; and the partition of Bengal, sinisterly designed to fracture and cripple Bengal politically and culturally.

Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India ?

  • Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
  • Sultan Zainul Abidin
  • Feroz Shah Tughlaq
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: C  [ Feroz Shah Tughlaq ]

    Remark:

Where did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occur:

  • Jalandhar
  • Amritsar
  • Ludhiana
  • Hoshiarpur
  • Correct Option: B  [ Amritsar ]

    Remark:

Who was the first Indian to join the Civil Service in 1863?

  • Surendra Nath Banerjee
  • Romesh Chandra Dutta
  • Satyendranath Tagore
  • Biharilal Gupta
  • Correct Option: C  [ Satyendranath Tagore ]

    Remark:

Who founded Servants of India Society?

  • Annie Besant
  • Mahadev Govind Ranade
  • Gokhale
  • B. G. Tilak
  • Correct Option: C  [ Gokhale ]

    Remark: Servants of India Society founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905.

After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose organized the Forward Bloc in:

  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1939
  • 1941
  • Correct Option: C  [ 1939 ]

    Remark: