The system of civil services had been introduced into India by
A. Lord Ripon
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Lord Bentick
D. Lord Hastings
E. Lord Cornwallis
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The upliftment of the backward classes had been the prime concern of the
A. Arya Samaj
B. Prarthana Samaj
C. Satyashodhak Samaj
D. Ramakrishna Mission
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On Cabinet Mission, __________ observed, the proposals
preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by
the dispute between two major communities
A. Lord Wavell
B. Nehru
C. Patel
D. Mahatma Gandhi
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Who was the author of the book My Experiment with Truth?
A. Aurobindo
B. Tilak
C. Gandhi
D. Vinobha
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Which of the following pair of author & book is incorrectly matched?
A. Rabindra Nath Tagore: Gora
B. Dadabhai Naoroji: Poverty and the Un-British rule in India
C. Dinabandhu Mitra: Nil Darpan
D. R. C. Dutt: History of India
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The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
A. It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
B. It proposed to partition India
C. It was an all-white commission without Indian
representation
D. It proposed measures to contain nationalism
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Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
A. Abolition of machinery
B. Establishment of village industries
C. Adoption of non-violence
D. Trusteeship theory
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Through which principle or device did Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics inequalities?
A. Abolition of machinery
B. Establishment of village industries
C. Trusteeship theory
D. None of the above
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Who had observed that "Good government was never a good substitute for self-government"?
A. Swami Vivekananda
B. Ramakrishna Paramahansa
C. Swami Dayananda
D. Aurobindo Ghose
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Sivagiri pilgrimage was conceived by __________ and T. K. Kittan Writer. It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, 1928
A. Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
B. T. K. Madhavan
C. Rajaram Mohan Roy
D. Govindan Vaidyar
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The social reformer of Maharashtra who became famous by his pen name lokhitwadi was
A. Atmaram Panduranga
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
D. KS Chaplunkar
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The Tomar Rajputs, were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of __________
A. Ayodhya
B. Ajmer
C. Gwalior
D. Dwarka
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The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the 'doctrine of lapse' is
A. Baghat
B. Gwalior
C. Sambalpur
D. Satara
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The Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission established by Vivekananda in 1898 are at
A. Kanyakumari
B. Belur
C. Hyderabad
D. Murshidabad
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Who said "Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance"
A. Inder Kumar Gujral
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Mohammad Iqbal
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High courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in
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Prior to the Indian Association Sisir Kumar Ghosh along with Sambhu Charan Mukherjee founded __________in Calcutta on 25 September 1875
A. The India League
B. Indian National Congress
C. Madras Mahajana Sabha
D. Bombay Presidency Association
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The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by
A. Nehru
B. LaIa Lajpat Rai
C. Bose
D. Gandhi
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Who among the following had during his reign introduced a new calendar, a new system of coinage, and new scales of weights and measures?
A. Tipu Sultan
B. Murshid Quli Khan
C. Raghunath Rao
D. Lord Cornwallis
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Lahore was Ranjeet Singh's political capital. Which city was called his religious capital?
A. Amritsar
B. Anandpur Sahib
C. Gujranwala
D. Peshawar
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