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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.

The First Factory Act (1881) was passed by:

  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Wellesley
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Ripon
  • Correct Option: D  [ Lord Ripon ]

    Remark:

The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called:

  • Mahabhinishkraman
  • Dharmachakra Pravartana
  • Dhammaghos
  • Mahaparinirvaa
  • Correct Option: B  [ Dharmachakra Pravartana ]

    Remark:

Satara got annexed to East India Company by applying which policy?

  • Principle of Adjudication
  • Principle of Paramountcy
  • Doctrine of Lapse
  • Doctrine of Land
  • Correct Option: C  [ Doctrine of Lapse ]

    Remark:

Mallik Kafur was General of:

  • Firoz Shah Tughluq
  • Chandragupta Maurya
  • Bimbisar
  • A1a-ud-din Khilji
  • Correct Option: D  [ A1a-ud-din Khilji ]

    Remark:

When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India ?

  • 1492
  • 1498
  • 1496
  • 1494
  • Correct Option: B  [ 1498 ]

    Remark:

French Revolution took place in the year :

  • 1798
  • 1787
  • 1789
  • 1776
  • Correct Option: C  [ 1789 ]

    Remark:

In which year Britain was conquered by the Romans?

  • 42 BC
  • 43 AD
  • 47 AD
  • none of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ 43AD ]

    Remark: The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius

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:

The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in:

  • 1848 A.D
  • 1858 A.D
  • 1862 A.D
  • 1856 A.D
  • Correct Option: B  [ 1858 A.D ]

    Remark: