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  1. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  2. A.

    Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse

    B.

    Lord Minto - India Councils Act, 1909

    C.

    Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance

    D.

    Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878


  3. The Province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by

  4. A.

    Lord Lytton

    B.

    Lord Ripon

    C.

    Lord Dufferin

    D.

    Lord Curzon


  5. The Home Rule League was started by

  6. A.

    M.K. Gandhi

    B.

    B.G. Tilak

    C.

    Ranade

    D.

    K.T. Telang


  7. The Simmon Commission was boy-cotted by Indians because

  8. 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


  9. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj' was

  10. A.

    Swami Dayananda Saraswati

    B.

    Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

    C.

    Raja Ram Mohan Roy

    D.

    Swami Vivekananda


  11. The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is

  12. A.

    Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat

    B.

    Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta.se

    C.

    Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta

    D.

    Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay


  13. The Revolt of 1857 was started by

  14. A.

    The sepoys

    B.

    The zamindars

    C.

    The peasants

    D.

    The plantations workers


  15. After leaving the Congress in 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose formed his own party, named

  16. A.

    Socialist Bloc

    B.

    Revolutionary Socialist Bloc

    C.

    Forward Bloc

    D.

    Socialist-Congress Bloc


  17. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokamanya during

  18. A.

    His imprisonment in 1908

    B.

    Home Rule Movement

    C.

    Revolutionary Movement

    D.

    Swadeshi Movement


  19. 'Do or Die' (Karenge ya Marenge) ___Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?

  20. A.

    Rowlatt Satyagraha

    B.

    Salt Satyagraha

    C.

    Quit India Movement

    D.

    Non-Cooperation Movement