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Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini Sabha in Bengal?

  • Dadoba Pandurang
  • Debendranath Tagore
  • Radha Kanta Deb
  • Keshab Chandra Sen
  • Correct Option: B  [ Debendranath Tagore ]

    Remark: On 6 October 1839, Debendranath Tagore, the father of Rabindranath Tagore, established Tattvaranjini Sabha which was shortly thereafter renamed the Tattwabodhini ("Truth-seeker") Sabha.

Who enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes" alone?

  • Motilal Nehru
  • Gandhiji
  • Subhas Chandra Bose
  • C.R. Das
  • Correct Option: D  [ C.R. Das ]

    Remark: At the Dehradun U.P. Provincial Conference two months before Gaya, C.R. Das enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes".

The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at:

  • Calcutta
  • Lahore
  • Belgaum
  • Madras
  • Correct Option: C  [ Belgaum ]

    Remark:

Mallik Kafur was General of:

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

    Remark:

Who did not participate in the Revolt of 1857:

  • Rani Laksmi Bai
  • Bhagat Singh
  • Tantya Tope
  • Nana Saheb
  • Correct Option: B  [ Bhagat Singh ]

    Remark:

"Navjivan" was edited by

  • Rasbehari Basu
  • Gandhiji
  • Lala Hardayal
  • Aurobindo Ghosh
  • Correct Option: B  [ Gandhiji ]

    Remark: M K Gandhi was the first edition of his first Gujarati newspaper "Navajivan" which was published on September 7, 1919.

Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?

  • Irwin
  • Chelmsford
  • Wellington
  • Reading
  • Correct Option: A  [ Irwin ]

    Remark:

What was the real name of Chanakya ?

  • Bishnu Gupta
  • Ramtanu Mishra
  • Vishisht
  • Kautilya
  • Correct Option: A  [ Bishnu Gupta ]

    Remark:

Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of India's Independence?

  • Sir Winston Churchill
  • Winston Churchill
  • Ramsay MacDonald
  • Clement Attlee
  • Correct Option: D  [ Clement Attlee ]

    Remark: belong to Labour Party

Who made an attempt on the life of Lord Hardinge in 1912 ?

  • Rash bihari Bose
  • Bhagat Singh
  • Khudiram Bose
  • Ajit Singh
  • Correct Option: A  [ Rash bihari Bose ]

    Remark: