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Birsa was the name of the leader of :

  • Indigo revolt
  • Deccan riot
  • Munda rebellion
  • Moploh rebellion
  • Correct Option: C  [ Munda rebellion ]

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During which Movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan of Do or Die ?

  • Champaran Satyagraha
  • Non-Cooperation Movement
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Quit India Movement
  • Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]

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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".

Who came to be known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?

  • Justice Ranade
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Correct Option: D  [ Dadabhai Naoroji ]

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When did Gandiji arrived India from South Africa?

  • 15 August, 1917
  • 9th January, 1915
  • 10 March, 1915
  • 26 January, 1915
  • Correct Option: B  [ On 9th January, 1915 at the Apollo Bunder Bombay. ]

    Remark: Pravasi bharatiya diwas celebrated every year

Who was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha?

  • Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
  • N.G. Ranga
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Jaya Prakash Narayan
  • Correct Option: A  [ Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ]

    Remark: The All-India Kisan Sabha was established at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936, with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati chosen as its first President.

Which of the following pairs is a mis-match ?

  • The Indian Struggle - Subhas Chandra Bose
  • My Experiments with truth - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  • The Discovery of India - Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Life Divine - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Correct Option: D  [ Life Divine - Bal Gangadhar Tilak ]

    Remark:

Drain of Wealth theory was put forward by:

  • Tilak
  • Gandhi
  • Dadabhai Naroji
  • Gokhale
  • Correct Option: C  [ Dadabhai Naroji ]

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Who among the following had constructed the Red Fort in Delhi ?

  • Akbar
  • Shah Jahan
  • Aurangzeb
  • Jahangir
  • Correct Option: B  [ Shah Jahan ]

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C Rajagopalachari was the

  • Last Governor General of free India
  • First Indian Governor General of free India
  • Last Governor General of India
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ First Indian Governor General of free India ]

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