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Which of the following legislations ought to allow senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India?
Ingress into India Ordinance, 1914
Government of India Act, 1919
Ilbert Bill, 1884
Age of Consent Act, 1891
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On 21 October 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Free India in ______.
Japan
Germany
Russia
Singapore
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During the rule of which dynasty were Nalanda and Vikramashila universities founded?
The Senas
The Palas
The Pratihara
The Rashtrakutas
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King Ajatashatru was a ruler of the ______ dynasty.
Haryanka
Nanda
Shishunaga
Mauryan
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The Poona Pact of 1932 was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and ______.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Aurobindo Ghose
Lord Irwin
BR Ambedkar
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Which of the following parties supported the move for partition of Bengal?
Communist Party of India
All India Muslim League
Gadar Party
Forward Bloc
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In the context of Indian Freedom Movement, which of the following years is correctly paired with the event that took place that year?
1936 – The First Round Table Conference
1915 – Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa
1944 – The Cripps Mission was sent by the British government to India to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts in the 2nd World War
1945 – The All India Congress Committee met in Bombay and ratified the 'Quit India' resolution
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India lost a large proportion of ______ growing area to Pakistan during partition.
cotton
soyabean
sunflower
jute
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In the year ______, Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, issued special stamps titled ‘Wheat Revolution’ to usher in the Green Revolution.
1987
1975
1968
1943
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Chandannagar was established as a French colony in 1673, obtaining permission from______ the then Nawab of Bengal, to establish a trading post on the right bank of the river Hooghly.
Murshid Quli Khan
Mansur Ali Khan
Mir Zafar
Ibrahim Khan
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William Hawkins met Emperor Jahangir as a representative of the ______ East India Company.
Dutch
English
French
Portuguese
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Which of the following events occurred before 1919?
Chauri Chaura Incident
Lahore Session of Congress
Partition of Bengal
Gandhi-Irwin Pact
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With which of the following organisations was Lala Har Dayal associated?
Indian Home Rule Society
Indian Independence League
Swaraj Party
Ghadar Party
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In which of the following years was the Mont-Ford Reforms report presented by the British colonial government in India?
1907
1918
1934
1942
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Which of the following titles was held by Prince Phillip, the late husband of Queen Elizabeth II, until his death in April 2021?
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Windsor
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Edinburgh
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In which of the following forts was Razia Sultan imprisoned by Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-din Altunia?
Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur
Jaigarh fort in Jaipur
Qila Mubarak in Bathinda
Golconda fort in Golconda
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Which of the following pairs of Indian revolutionaries and organisations is CORRECTLY paired?
Badruddin Tyabji – Bombay Presidency Association
M Veera Raghavachari – Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Surendranath Banerjee – East India Association
Mahadev Govind Ranade – Madras Mahajana Sabha
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In which of the following years Motilal Nehru along with eight other congress leaders drafted a Constitution for India?
1928
1931
1945
1935
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Who among the following leaders of Indian Freedom Movement gave the slogan ‘Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it’?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gopalkrishna Gokhale
Lala Lajpat Rai
Subhash Chandra Bose
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Sikandra is the final resting place of Emperor ______.
Akbar
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
Humayun