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The Congress President who conducted negotiation with Cripps in 1942 and Wavell at the Shimla Conference was

  • Abul Kalam Azad
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • J. B. Kripalani
  • C. Rajagopalachari
  • Correct Option: A  [ Abul Kalam Azad ]

    Remark:

Which Chola king was known as "Arumolivarman" before his coronation?

  • Vira Rajendra
  • Rajaraja I
  • Kulottunga I
  • Rajaraja II
  • Correct Option: B  [ Rajaraja I ]

    Remark: The climax in Chola power was achieved under the successor of Parantaka II, Arumolivarman, who crowned himself as "Rajaraja I" in 985 A D the next thirty years of his rule formed the formative periodof Chola imperialism.

In 1885 the Indian National Congress met at Bombay under the presidency of :

  • Surrendranath Banerjee
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhle
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • W. C. Banerjee
  • Correct Option: D  [ W. C. Banerjee ]

    Remark:

Who was popularly known as 'Frontier Gandhi' ?

  • Gopal Krishna Gokhle
  • Abdullah Rasul
  • Khan Abdul Guffar Khan
  • Nawab Salimullah
  • Correct Option: C  [ Khan Abdul Guffar Khan ]

    Remark:

Who played an important role in bringing the Congress and the Muslim League together (Lucknow Pact, 1916)?

  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Lokmanya Tilak
  • M.A.Jinha
  • Annie Besant
  • Correct Option: B  [ Lokmanya Tilak ]

    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 of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

  • Partition of Bengal -1908
  • Quit India Movement -1942
  • Chauri - Chaura Incident -1922
  • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre -1919
  • Correct Option: A  [ Partition of Bengal -1908 ]

    Remark: Partition of Bengal -1905

The First Factory Act (1881) was passed by:

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

    Remark:

The Ain-i-Akbari was written by:

  • Ibn Batuta
  • Abul Fazl
  • Birbal
  • None of them
  • Correct Option: B  [ Abul Fazl ]

    Remark:

Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India ?

  • Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
  • Sultan Zainul Abidin
  • Feroz Shah Tughlaq
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: C  [ Feroz Shah Tughlaq ]

    Remark: