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- Economic Impact of British Rule
- Nationalist Movement (1858-1905)
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- Nationalist Movement (1905-1918)
- Partition of Bengal
- Indian National Congress (1905-1914)
- Muslim & Growth Communalism
- Home Rule Leagues
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- Gandhi Assumes Leadership
- Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
- Khilafat & Non-Cooperation
- Second Non-Cooperation Movement
- Civil Disobedience Movement II
- Government of India Act (1935)
- Growth of Socialist Ideas
- National Movement World War II
- Post-War Struggle
- Clement Attlee’s Declaration
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Q 1 - In reference to Maratha Administration, Dabir refers
Answer : D
Explanation
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Q 2 - Consider the following statements:
1. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1931.
2. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Azad shot dead Saunders.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer : B
Explanation
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929.
Q 3 - In whose viceroyalty, Home Rule Leagues was formed?
Answer : A
Explanation
In 1916, the Home Rule Leagues was formed by Annie Besant and Tilak.
Answer : C
Explanation
Subhash Chandra Bose had founded the Indian National Army.
Q 5 - Which among the following was the objective of Indigo Revolt initiated by Degambar & Bishnu Biswas?
A - Initiated against the domination of Brahmans
B - Initiated against the failure of British administration to take up anti famine measures
C - Initiated to secure the rights and upliftment of untouchables
D - Initiated against the policy of European indigo planters
Answer : B
Explanation
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Q 6 - After the second Anglo Sikh war, who did become the first Chief Commissioner of Punjab?
Answer : A
Explanation
The second Anglo Sikh war fought in 1948-49.
Answer : B
Explanation
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Q 8 - Which among the following was the first paper in Urdu?
Answer : B
Explanation
Jam-i-Jahan Numah was started in 1822 in Calcutta.
Q 9 - The newspaper, The Hindu, was started (as weekly) by
Answer : A
Explanation
The Hindu was actually started by G. S. Aiyar, Viraraghavachari and Subba Rao Pandit in 1878 in Madras.
Q 10 - Under whose governorship, the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act was passed?
Answer : C
Explanation
The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act was passed in 1856.