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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.

Who founded All India Harijan Sangh?

  • B R Ambedkar
  • Gandhiji
  • Jayprakash Narayan
  • Raj Narayan
  • Correct Option: B  [ Gandhiji ]

    Remark:

The founder of Aligarh Anglo-oriental college was:

  • Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan
  • Theodore Beck
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • None of them
  • Correct Option: A  [ Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan ]

    Remark:

Who was the founder of "The Independent Labour Party" in India?

  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Dr. B. R Ambedkar
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Correct Option: B  [ Dr. B. R Ambedkar ]

    Remark:

The Anglicists wanted to promote :

  • Western education
  • Indigenous system of education
  • Indian vernacular languages
  • Indian classical languages
  • Correct Option: A  [ Western education ]

    Remark:

The book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India was written by:

  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • C. Gopalachari
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • M. N. Roy
  • Correct Option: A  [ Dadabhai Naoroji ]

    Remark:

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

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

    Remark:

How was Lord Canning redesignated by the Queen's proclamation of 1858 after the Great Revolt of 1857 ?

  • Governor General
  • Viceroy
  • Governor General of India
  • None of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ Viceroy ]

    Remark:

The first Independence day of British India was celebrated on :

  • 25 February, 1928
  • 23 January, 1929
  • 26 January, 1930
  • 14 August, 1947
  • Correct Option: C  [ 26 January, 1930 ]

    Remark:

On February 20, 1947, Prime Minister Attlee announced the British Government's decision to withdraw from India latest by

  • June, 1948.
  • August, 1948.
  • January, 1948.
  • August, 1947.
  • Correct Option: A  [ June, 1948. ]

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