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Why did Gandhi start the Dandi March?

  • To break the Salt Law.
  • To boycott foreign goods.
  • To demonstrate against the policies of the British.
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: A  [ To break the Salt Law. ]

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When was the British East India Company formed ?

  • 1600
  • 1650
  • 1770
  • 1700
  • Correct Option: A  [ 31 December, 1600 ]

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Who started the first printed newspaper in India?

  • Lord Clive
  • J. A. Hickey
  • Raja Rammohan Roy
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Correct Option: B  [ J. A. Hickey ]

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In the year 1912 the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to :

  • Delhi
  • Bombay
  • Madras
  • Kanpur
  • Correct Option: A  [ Delhi ]

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In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up the Communist Party of India?

  • H. K. Sardar
  • M. C. Chagla
  • M. N. Roy
  • P. C. Joshi
  • Correct Option: C  [ M. N. Roy ]

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Who was the main inspirer of the Young Bengal Movement ?

  • Raja Rammohan Roy
  • Henry Derozio
  • Debendranath Thakur
  • David Hare
  • Correct Option: B  [ Henry Derozio ]

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Netaji inaugurated the Government of Free India in 1943 at :

  • Japan
  • Burma
  • Kabul
  • Singapore
  • Correct Option: D  [ Singapore ]

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Who abolished dual government in Bengal?

  • Sir John Shore
  • Warren Hastings
  • Lord Hastings
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Correct Option: B  [ Warren Hastings ]

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who established Depressed class league?

  • Gandhiji
  • B R Ambedkar
  • Nehru
  • Subhash
  • Correct Option: B  [ B R Ambedkar ]

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The Quit India campaign was launched by the National Congress after the failure of the

  • Cripps Mission
  • Simla Conference held at the instance of the Governor General, Lord Wavell
  • Cabinet Mission
  • none of the above
  • Correct Option: A  [ Cripps Mission ]

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