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Mahatma Gandhi was conferred the title of 'Father of Nation' by:

  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Subash Chandra Bose
  • Sarojini Naidu
  • Correct Option: C  [ Subash Chandra Bose ]

    Remark:

Jama Masjid was build during the reign of:

  • Shahjahan
  • Sher Shah Suri
  • Ala-ud-din-Khilji
  • Aurangjeb
  • Correct Option: A  [ Shahjahan ]

    Remark:

Netaji Subhash was born in the year

  • 1897
  • 1887
  • 1869
  • 1899
  • Correct Option: A  [ 1897 ]

    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 ]

    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 first addressed Rabindranath Tagore as 'Gurudev' ?

  • Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das
  • Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Correct Option: B  [ Mahatma Gandhi ]

    Remark:

The pact brought unity between Indian National Congress and Muslim League in 1916 was :

  • Poona Pactor
  • Madras Pact
  • Lahore Pact
  • Lucknow Pact
  • Correct Option: D  [ Lucknow Pact ]

    Remark:

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 ]

    Remark:

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 ]

    Remark:

Which of the following Acts was nicknamed as the 'Gagging Act'?

  • Vernacular Press Act, 1878
  • Factory Act, 1911
  • Rowlatt Act, 1919
  • Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
  • Correct Option: A  [ Vernacular Press Act, 1878 ]

    Remark: