On reaching India in February, 1928, Simon Commission first visited:

• Lahore
• Bombay
• Calcutta
• Lucknow
Correct Option: B  [ Bombay ]

Remark:

Which book depicts the plight of Indigo Cultivators?

• Dinabandhu
• Neel Darpan
• Neel Darshan
• Anandamath
Correct Option: B  [ Neel Darpan ]

Remark:

Who had said, Gandhi can die but not Gandhism ?

• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Louis Fischer
• Gandhi himself
Correct Option: D  [ Gandhi himself ]

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.

Arya Samaj was founded in Bombay in 1875. Its headquarters was shifted in 1877 to:

• Lahore
• Calcutta
• Madras
• Amritsar
Correct Option: A  [ Lahore ]

Remark:

Which of the following is the oldest Veda ?

• Atharvaveda
• Samaveda
• Rigveda
• Yajurveda
Correct Option: C  [ Rigveda ]

Remark:

Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?

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

Remark:

The Cripps Mission visited India in the year:

• 1940
• 1941
• 1942
• 1945
Correct Option: C  [ 1942 ]

Remark:

During Quit India Movement, 'Parallel Government' was constituted at:

• Ballia
• Varanasi
• Allahabad
• Lucknow
Correct Option: A  [ Ballia ]

Remark:

Who among the following was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress?

• Vallabhbhai Patel
• Bipin Chandra Pal
• Motilal Nehru
• Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Option: D  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]

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