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Enfield was the name of a :

  • Place
  • Monument
  • Governor General
  • Rifle
  • Correct Option: D  [ Rifle ]

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A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh to

  • organise a hartal
  • demand Swaraj
  • protest against the Rowlatt Act
  • protest against the arrest of popular leaders
  • Correct Option: D  [ protest against the arrest of popular leaders ]

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Who among the following was not a moderate leader ?

  • Phiroze Shah Mehta
  • Rash Behari Ghose
  • Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Womesh Chandra Banerjee
  • Correct Option: C  [ Bipin Chandra Pal ]

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Sarnath is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage, because

  • Gautama Buddha got enlightenment.
  • Mahaparinirvana at the age of 80
  • Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon here
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: C  [ Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon here ]

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The Anglicists wanted to promote :

  • Western education
  • Indigenous system of education
  • Indian vernacular languages
  • Indian classical languages
  • Correct Option: A  [ Western education ]

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Which of the following movements truly reflected the spirit of Hindu-Muslim unity :

  • Khilafat Movement
  • Swadeshi Movement
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • none of these
  • Correct Option: A  [ Khilafat Movement ]

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Identify the state that was annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse.

  • Awadh
  • Punjab
  • Jhansi
  • Mysore
  • Correct Option: C  [ Jhansi ]

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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 was the first Indian to contest election to the British House of Commons ?

  • W C Banerjee
  • Surendra Nath Banerjee
  • Rash Behari Bose
  • Motilal Nehru
  • Correct Option: A  [ W C Banerjee ]

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Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India ?

  • James Ramsay Mac Donald
  • Stanley Baldwin
  • Neville chamberla
  • Winston churchill
  • Correct Option: D  [ Winston churchill ]

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