In the Interim Government formed in 1946, the Minister for Education was
A. Patel
B. Rajaji
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. Annie Besant
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Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
A. Madan Lal Dhingra
B. V D Savarkar
C. Lala Hardayal
D. Shyamji Krishna Varma
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From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was
A. wider employment of Indians in higher public services
B. establishment of representative institutions
C. self-government to India
D. Only A and B above
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The main exponent of the theory of Drain of Wealth was
A. RC Dutt
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. DR Gadoil
D. Karl Mane
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The Gandhi-lrwin Pact (1931) was vehemently criticised and opposed by the people on the ground that
A. the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended
B. the sufferings of thousands of people in the Civil Disobedience Movement were wasted
C. It was contrary to the pledge of the Congress for Poorna Swaraj
D. Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
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Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master's message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses. Swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________
A. Mumbai
B. America
C. Kanyakumari
D. Chennai
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Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society?
A. G K Gokhale
B. MG Ranade
C. B G Tilak
D. Bipin Chandra Pal
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Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad?
A. Chandrashekhar Azad
B. Subhash Chandra Bose
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Iqbal
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Subhash Bose selected the best soldiers from the three existing brigades (named after Gandhi, Azad and Nehru) and organised a new brigade which the soldiers themselves called
A. Himalayan Brigade
B. Swatantra Bharat Brigade
C. Bhagat Singh Brigade
D. Subhash Brigade
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The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
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The Wahabis operated from
A. Hindukush
B. Khyber Pass
C. Western Ghat
D. Palghat
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Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?
A. B. R. Ambedkar
B. M. M. Malavia
C. Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Gandhiji
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Who declared "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"?
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B. Bal Gangadhara Tilak
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. K.T Telang
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Who said "The Simmon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish"?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Shivaswami Iyer
C. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with
A. the Sky
B. the Ganges
C. the Gangotri
D. the Mansarovar Lake
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Tilak started his career as a
A. Writer
B. Professor
C. Journalist
D. Lawyer
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Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
A. Masulipatnam
B. Pulicat
C. Surat
D. Ahmedabad
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Upon whom was the title 'Punjab Kesari' conferred?
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Sardar Baldev Singh
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Ranjit Singh
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Who said "Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God"?
A. Swamy Vivekananda
B. Rabindra Nath Tagore
C. M. K. Gandhi
D. Radhakrishnan
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According to the Regulating Act, Directors were to be elected for a period of
A. 5 years
B. 4 years
C. 6 years
D. 3 years
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