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Puna Pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar was signed in the year:

  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932
  • 1935
  • Correct Option: C  [ 1932 ]

    Remark:

Who is known as the Father of local self-Government in India?

  • Lord Bentinck
  • Lord Dufferin
  • Lord Ripon
  • Lord Lytton
  • Correct Option: C  [ Lord Ripon ]

    Remark:

In 1917, at Champaran, the government forced farmers to undertake

  • hallow cultivation
  • land ceiling.
  • opium cultivation
  • indigo cultivation
  • Correct Option: D  [ indigo cultivation ]

    Remark:

Khudiram Bose was associated with

  • Anushilan Samiti
  • Bengal volunteers
  • Jugantar Dal
  • Mitra-Mela
  • Correct Option: C  [ Jugantar Dal ]

    Remark:

Indian National Congress had appointed a Committee to investigate into the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. The Chairman of this Committee was:

  • Motilal Nehru
  • Madan Mohan Malviya
  • C. R. Das
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Correct Option: A  [ Motilal Nehru ]

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Who gave the 'Communal Award' in India?

  • C. R. Attlee
  • Ramsay Macdonald
  • Stafford Cripps
  • M. K. Gandhi
  • Correct Option: B  [ Ramsay Macdonald ]

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Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress ?

  • Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Muzaffar Ahmed
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Correct Option: A  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]

    Remark:

The name of Sarojini Naidu is associated with :

A) Non-cooperation Movement.
B) Swadeshi Movement.
C) Civil disobedience Movement.
D) Quit India Movement

  • Non-cooperation Movement
  • Swadeshi Movement
  • Civil disobedience Movement
  • Quit India Movement
  • Correct Option: C  [ Civil disobedience Movement ]

    Remark:

Who pioneered "Rakhi Bandhan" festival during partition of Bengal?

  • Chittaranjan Das
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Pramathanath Mitra
  • Pulin Behari Das
  • Correct Option: B  [ Rabindranath Tagore ]

    Remark: The British government passed the orders of Bengal partition in August 1905, which came into effect on October 16, 1905. Rabindranath Tagore used "Rakhi Bandhan" festival to celebrate concept of brotherhood, togetherness as a medium to protest against British’s partition policy.

In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to "Sati"?

  • Asokan inscription of Girnar
  • Aihole inscription
  • Eran inscription
  • Damodarpur inscription
  • Correct Option: C  [ Eran inscription ]

    Remark: The first epigraphical evidence of sati (immolation of widow) is found in an inscription at Eran, the Inscription of Bhanugupta. Eran is located on the south bank of Bina River in Madhya Pradesh.