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Aruna Asaf Ali was connected with which one of the following movements as a woman organiser of underground activity?

  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Swadeshi Movement
  • Non-cooperation Movement
  • Quit India Movement
  • Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]

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The Indian National Congress was founded by

  • Annie Besant.
  • W. C. Bannerjee
  • A. O. Hume
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Correct Option: C  [ A. O. Hume ]

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Who had said, Gandhi can die but not Gandhism ?

  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Louis Fischer
  • Gandhi himself
  • Correct Option: D  [ Gandhi himself ]

    Remark:

Mahatma Gandhi's remark of "a post dated cheque on a Crumbling Bank" was regarding the proposals of:

  • Cabinet Mission
  • Mountbatten Plan
  • Simon Commission
  • Cripps Mission
  • Correct Option: D  [ Cripps Mission ]

    Remark:

Who gave the title 'Mahatma' to M. K. Gandhi ?

  • Rabindra Nath Tagore
  • Subhas Chandra Bose
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Correct Option: A  [ Rabindra Nath Tagore ]

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Name the book of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee which contains the national song 'Bande Mataram'.

  • Kapal Kundala
  • Durgesh Nandini
  • Ananda Math
  • Rajsingha
  • Correct Option: C  [ Ananda Math ]

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The Lahore Resolution of 1940 is important in the history of Muslim League because here the :

(A) Pakistan resolution was adopted

(B) Resolution for 'Direct action' was adopted

(C) 'Communal Award' was announced

(D) 'Two-nation' theory was announced

  • Pakistan resolution was adopted
  • Resolution for 'Direct action' was adopted
  • 'Communal Award' was announced
  • 'Two-nation' theory was announced
  • Correct Option: A  [ Pakistan resolution was adopted ]

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Drain of Wealth theory was put forward by:

  • Tilak
  • Gandhi
  • Dadabhai Naroji
  • Gokhale
  • Correct Option: C  [ Dadabhai Naroji ]

    Remark:

Who among the following established the Mukti Mission in Pune?

  • Pandita Ramabai
  • Swami Dayanand Saraswati
  • Savitribai Phule
  • Jyotiba Phule
  • Correct Option: A  [ Pandita Ramabai ]

    Remark:

In response to which of the following proposals was the 'Quit India Movement' launched ?

  • Simon Commission Report
  • Cripps Mission Proposal
  • Cabinet Mission Plan
  • Wavell Plan
  • Correct Option: B  [ Cripps Mission Proposal ]

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