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Who pioneered "Rakhi Bandhan" festival during partition of Bengal?

  • Chittaranjan Das
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Pramathanath Mitra
  • Pulin Behari Das
  • Correct Option: B  [ Rabindranath Tagore ]

    Remark: The British government passed the orders of Bengal partition in August 1905, which came into effect on October 16, 1905. Rabindranath Tagore used "Rakhi Bandhan" festival to celebrate concept of brotherhood, togetherness as a medium to protest against British’s partition policy.

The Self-respect Movement was founded by:

  • Ambedkar
  • Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naicker
  • Dinkarrao Javalkar
  • Keshavrao Jedhe
  • Correct Option: B  [ Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naicker ]

    Remark: Self Respect Movement was started in Tamil Nadu in 1925 by E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker popularly known as Periyar.

Where did the French establish their first factory in India?

  • Pondicherry
  • Musalipatam
  • Surat
  • Goa
  • Correct Option: C  [ Surat ]

    Remark:

Tashkent Pact

  • 10 January 1966
  • 11 January 1965
  • 10 February 1966
  • 10 February 1965
  • Correct Option: A  [ 10th January by Prime minister sri Lalbhadur Sastri in 1966. ]

    Remark: Now Uzbekistan

Who was the author of the concept of Antyodaya?

  • Sri Aurobindo
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • W C banerjee
  • Correct Option: B  [ Vinoba Bhave ]

    Remark:

The Cabinet Mission, sent to India by the British Goverment, consistted of :

  • Three members
  • Five members
  • Six members
  • Two members
  • Correct Option: A  [ Three members ]

    Remark:

Which Act provided for establishing a Public Service Commission for both the Union and each State ?

  • Government of India Act, 1909
  • Government of India Act, 1919
  • Government of India Act, 1935
  • Indian Independence Act, 1947
  • Correct Option: C  [ Government of India Act, 1935 ]

    Remark:

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat ?

  • Akbar
  • Jahangir
  • Shahjhan
  • Aurangzeb
  • Correct Option: B  [ Jahangir ]

    Remark:

The Forward Bloc was founded by:

  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Sardar Bhagat Singh
  • Chandra Shekhar Azad
  • Correct Option: B  [ Subhash Chandra Bose ]

    Remark:

The Title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered as a protest against Jallianwala bagh massacre:

  • Hind Kesari
  • Kaiser-e-Hind
  • Rai Bahadur
  • Knight
  • Correct Option: B  [ Kaiser-e-Hind ]

    Remark: