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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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Who among the following established the Mukti Mission in Pune?

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

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Who among the following led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 uprising?

  • Kunwar Singh
  • Tantia Tope
  • Nana Sahib
  • Laxmibai
  • Correct Option: C  [ Nana Sahib ]

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Who was William Hunter ?

  • Chairman of the Education Commission of 1882-83
  • Chairman of the Education Commission of 1917-1919
  • Chairman of the Education Commission of 1929
  • Educational Advisor to the Goverment of India, appointed by the Central Advisory Board of Education, 1944.
  • Correct Option: A  [ Chairman of the Education Commission of 1882-83 ]

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Ram Prasad Bismil's name is associated with:

  • Kakori Conspiracy Case
  • Lahore Conspiracy Case
  • Alipur Bomb Case
  • Meerat Conspiracy Case
  • Correct Option: A  [ Kakori Conspiracy Case ]

    Remark: On August 9, 1925, Ram Prasad Bismil along with companions Ashfaqulla Khan and others executed the plan of looting the train at Kakori near Lucknow.

Name the first Governor-General of free India :

  • C. Rajagopalachari
  • Lord Mountbatten
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • None of them
  • Correct Option: B  [ Lord Mountbatten ]

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The person who known as 'Iron Man' of India?

  • Sardar Vallabbhai Patel
  • Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Ram Prasad Bismil
  • Motilal Nehru
  • Correct Option: A  [ Sardar Ballabbhai Patel ]

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First Governor-General of pre-independent India was:

  • William Bentinck
  • Robert Clive
  • Warren Hastings
  • Sir Charles Metcalfe
  • Correct Option: A  [ William Bentinck ]

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak was called Father of Indian Unrest by:

  • Louis Fishcer
  • William Wedderburn
  • Yash Pal
  • Valentine Chirol
  • Correct Option: D  [ Valentine Chirol ]

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On reaching India in February, 1928, Simon Commission first visited:

  • Lahore
  • Bombay
  • Calcutta
  • Lucknow
  • Correct Option: B  [ Bombay ]

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