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In which of the following years Sikandar Lodi founded Agra?
1499 CE
1508 CE
1504 CE
1506 CE
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The claim for ‘swarajya’ or self-government within the British Empire, on the model of self-governing colonies like Australia and Canada, was put forward from the Congress platform in 1905 by:
Lala Lajpat Rai
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Dadabhai Naoroji
Bipin Chandra Pal
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In 1856, Governor-General ______ decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king and after his death none of his descendants would be recognised as kings – they would just be called princes.
Munro
Cornwallis
Hastings
Canning
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In which language did Babur write his memories called ‘Tuzuk-i-Baburi’?
Persian
Turkish
Mongol
Arabic
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Who among the following became a Jain monk and spent his last days at Shravanabelagola ?
Chandragupta Maurya
Harsh Vardhan
Krishnadev Raya
Ashoka
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Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority form the East India Company to the Crown, was made form
London
Allahabad
Delhi
Calcutta
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The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on which river in Madhya Pradesh ?
Narmada
Tapti
Son
Chambal
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Swadeshi Andolan was started during the following event
Gandhiji’s Champaran Satyagrah
Opposition Against Rowlatt Act
First non-cooperative movement of 1919-22
Movement Against Bengal Partitions
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The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim Power in Indian was
The first battle of Tarain
The first battle of Panipat
The second battle of Panipat
The second battle of Tarain
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Mehrunnisa who was known as Nur Jahan was the wife of _____.
Aurangzeb
Shah Jahan
Jahangir
Akbar
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Who among the following initiated ‘Din-i-llahi’?
Humayun
Babur
Jahangir
Akbar
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Sidney Rowlatt Committee of 1918 was associated with_____.
Promotion of political democracy
Law and order
Local self government reforms
ICS Reforms
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Akali Religious Reform movement is associated with which religion?
Hinduism
Sikhism
Budhism
Parsi
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What was the name of chapekar brothers who assassinated Plague Commissioner of Pune, WC Rand?
Damodar Hari and Balkrishna Hari
Shayam Kumar and Krishna Kumar
Ajit Singh and Kirti Singh
Nayaran Das and Balmukund Das
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Who led the Operation Flood in India?
Dr. Verghese Kurien
Ashok Mehta
M.S. Swami Nathan
Dr. Norman Borlaug
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First time during which Indian National movement “Vande Mataram” became the popular song of people?
Khilafat Movement
Quit India Movement
Non-Co-operation Movement
Swadeshi Movement
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Which one of the following places was the short term capital of Delhi Sultanate?
Devagiri
Ahmedabad
Jaipur
Kurukshetra
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The Ramakrishna Mission stressed the ideal of __________ through social service and selfless action.
education
bhakti
salvation
God
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Which of the following Dynasties established the kingdom of Vijayanagara?
Sangama Dynasty
Tuluva Dynasty
Soma Dynasty
Nagama Dynasty
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded a reform association known as Brahmo Sabha which was later known as ______.
Dev Samaj
Arya Samaj
Brahmo School
Brahmo Samaj