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The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in?

  • Bengal
  • Kerala
  • Assam
  • Punjab
  • Correct Option: B  [ Kerala ]

    Remark:

Ram Prasad Bismil's name is associated with:

  • Kakori Conspiracy Case
  • Lahore Conspiracy Case
  • Alipur Bomb Case
  • Meerat Conspiracy Case
  • Correct Option: A  [ Kakori Conspiracy Case ]

    Remark: On August 9, 1925, Ram Prasad Bismil along with companions Ashfaqulla Khan and others executed the plan of looting the train at Kakori near Lucknow.

In response to which of the following proposals was the 'Quit India Movement' launched ?

  • Simon Commission Report
  • Cripps Mission Proposal
  • Cabinet Mission Plan
  • Wavell Plan
  • Correct Option: B  [ Cripps Mission Proposal ]

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The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____________ in Calcutta.

  • Badruddin Tyabji
  • V K Chiplunkar
  • Anand Mohan Bose
  • Sisir kumar ghosh
  • Correct Option: C  [ Anand Mohan Bose ]

    Remark:

Who of the following refused to allow the adopted son of Lakshmi Bai to succeed to the throne after the death of her husband and subsequently annexed the State?

  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord William Bentinck
  • Lord Wellesley
  • Lord Canning
  • Correct Option: A  [ Lord Dalhousie ]

    Remark:

Which of the following Acts was nicknamed as the 'Gagging Act'?

  • Vernacular Press Act, 1878
  • Factory Act, 1911
  • Rowlatt Act, 1919
  • Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
  • Correct Option: A  [ Vernacular Press Act, 1878 ]

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Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini Sabha in Bengal?

  • Dadoba Pandurang
  • Debendranath Tagore
  • Radha Kanta Deb
  • Keshab Chandra Sen
  • Correct Option: B  [ Debendranath Tagore ]

    Remark: On 6 October 1839, Debendranath Tagore, the father of Rabindranath Tagore, established Tattvaranjini Sabha which was shortly thereafter renamed the Tattwabodhini ("Truth-seeker") Sabha.

Netaji inaugurated the Government of Free India in 1943 at :

  • Japan
  • Burma
  • Kabul
  • Singapore
  • Correct Option: D  [ Singapore ]

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Who ridiculed Gandhi as "seditious fakir"?

  • Winston Churchill
  • Ramsay MacDonald
  • Lord Irwin
  • Cripps
  • Correct Option: A  [ Winston Churchill ]

    Remark:

Who said, 'India is not one but two nations'?

  • Mohammad Iqbal
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  • Syed Ahmed Khan
  • Maulana Abul Kalam
  • Correct Option: A  [ Mohammad Iqbal ]

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