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Who out of the following had told "Destruction is the best method of dealing with the foreign clothes"?

  1. Ravindra Nath Tagore
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Chitranjan Das
  4. Subhas Chandra Bose
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Who among the following transformed the traditional Ganapati festival of Maharashtra into a national festival and gave it a political character ?

  1. Ramdas
  2. Shivaji
  3. Mahadev Govind Ranade
  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Lal Kurti dal was organized:

  1. To establish independent Pakhtoonistan
  2. To assure the establishment of Pakistan
  3. To throwout the Britishers
  4. To make India a communist nation after Independence
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"Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? The British element is gone, but they have left mischief behind". Who among the following said the above-mentioned statement in the Constituent Assembly debates?

  1. Somnath Lahiri
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
  4. N. G. Ranga
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Arrange the following in a correct sequence

A. Regulating act
B. Surat division
C. Partition of Bengal
D. Establishment of Muslim League

  1. A B C D
  2. A C D B
  3. A C B D
  4. A D C B
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Chandra Shekhar Azad, the revolutionary leader was killed by the British by:

  1. hanging
  2. being beaten to death
  3. being shot dead in encounter
  4. being run over by a military jeep
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Arrange the following foreign travelers in chronological order of their arrival in India :

I. William Hawkins
II. Ralph Fitch
III. Sir Thomas Roe
IV. Nicholas Dawnton

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :

  1. II, I, IV and III
  2. IV, II, I and III
  3. I, III, II and IV
  4. III, II, IV and I
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Which Indian revolutionary helped Subhash Chandra Bose in raising 'Indian National Army':

  1. Batukeshwar Dutt
  2. Rashbehari Bose
  3. Ram Prasad Bismil
  4. Surya Sen
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On what charge was Jatin Das arrested?

  1. Meerut Conspiracy
  2. Peshawar Conspiracy
  3. Lahore Conspiracy
  4. Chittagong Armed Dacoity
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Who had a direct connection to the Pune Agreement of 1932?

  1. Indian women
  2. Indian working class
  3. Indian farming class
  4. Depressed classes
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What was the name of the movement started by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan against British?

  1. Red Shirt
  2. Quit India
  3. Khilafat
  4. None of the above
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Which of the following opposed the Britishers most in India?

  1. Marathas
  2. Mughals
  3. Rajputs
  4. Sikhs
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Movement) List-II (Year)

A. Pabna - 1. 1855-56
B. Eka - 2. 1873-85
C. Santhal - 3. 1922
D. Tana Bhagat - 4. 1914

Codes:
A B C D

  1. 1 2 4 3
  2. 2 3 1 4
  3. 3 1 4 2
  4. 4 3 2 1
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With which of the following movements is Aruna Asaf Ali associated?

  1. Non-Cooperation Movement
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Individual Satyagrha
  4. Quit India Movement
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The main reason for the boycott of Simon Commission in India was:

  1. Appointment before time
  2. All the members were Englishmen
  3. Chairman was a member of the British Liberal Party
  4. Gandhiji's non-cooperation movement
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Which of the following was dual theory of Gandhi's Ram Rajya?

  1. Eradication of untouchability and intoxication
  2. Truth and non violence
  3. Khadi and Charkha
  4. Pure objective and pure wears
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Who was the leader of 1857 struggle for freedom in Lucknow?

  1. Zeenat Mahal
  2. Nana Saheb
  3. Hazrat Mahal
  4. Tantya Tope
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In which of the following movements Vande Mataram was adopted slogan for agitation:

  1. Revolt of 1857
  2. Partition of Bengal in 1905
  3. Non-Cooperation movement in 1922
  4. Quit India Movement in 1942
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The Civil Marriage Act of 1872 had sought to curb the practice of Child marriage by placing the minimum age of girls at:

  1. 14 years
  2. 16 years
  3. 18 years
  4. None of the above
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The Deoband Movement in U. P. (United Province) started in the year.

  1. 1900
  2. 1888
  3. 1885
  4. 1866
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):

Assertion (A) : The British Government introduced different land revenue system in different part of India.
Reason (R) : It led to create different classes in Indian peasantry.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false but (R) is true
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Karamchand Gandhi was a Dewan of:

  1. Porbandar
  2. Rajkot
  3. Wankaner
  4. All the above
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Which one of the following Acts empowered the Governor general of India to issue Ordinances:

  1. Charter Act of 1833
  2. Indian Council Act of 1861
  3. IndianCouncil Act of 1892
  4. Indian Council Act of 1909
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Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists.
List -I (Associated works/ Posts) List-II (Persons)

A. D. K. Karve - 1. Establishment of Girls School in Calcutta
B. J. E. D. Bethune - 2. Secretary, Widow Re- marriage Association
C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - 3. Starting a crusade against child marriage
D. B. M. Malabari - 4. Principal of Sanskrit College in Calcutta

Code:
. A B C D

  1. 1 2 4 3
  2. 2 1 4 3
  3. 2 1 3 4
  4. 1 2 3 4
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