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Which of the following was not founded by Dr B. R. Ambedkar?

  • Depressed Classes Institute
  • Peoples Education Society
  • Deccan Education Society
  • Samaj Samata Sangh
  • Correct Option: C  [ Deccan Education Society ]

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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

Identify the state that was annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse.

  • Awadh
  • Punjab
  • Jhansi
  • Mysore
  • Correct Option: C  [ Jhansi ]

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Kings of which dynasty were described as 'Sons of God' ?

  • Sakas
  • Cholas
  • Kushans
  • Palas
  • Correct Option: C  [ Kushans ]

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Which is the correct chronological order of the following developments?
1. Cripps Mission
2. Gandhi-Irwin pact
3. Simon Commission
4. Partition of the country Choose the correct order.

  • 2, 1, 4, 3
  • 3, 2, 1, 4
  • 2, 1, 3, 4
  • 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Correct Option: B  [ 3, 2, 1, 4 ]

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The Widow Remarriage Act was passed during the Governor-Generalship of:

  • Lawrence
  • Canning
  • Bentinck
  • Dalhousie
  • Correct Option: D  [ Dalhousie ]

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Who among the following organized Abhinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionaries?

  • Lala Lajpat Rai
  • V. D. Savarkar
  • Bhagat Singh
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Correct Option: B  [ V. D. Savarkar ]

    Remark: Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was an Indian Independence secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.

After the battle of ________ in 1757, the British achieved political power in India

  • Buxar
  • Plassey
  • Aliwal
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ Plassey ]

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First Governor-General of pre-independent India was:

  • William Bentinck
  • Robert Clive
  • Warren Hastings
  • Sir Charles Metcalfe
  • Correct Option: A  [ William Bentinck ]

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When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India ?

  • 1492
  • 1498
  • 1496
  • 1494
  • Correct Option: B  [ 1498 ]

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