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  1. Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?

  2. A.

    Agra

    B.

    Kanpur

    C.

    Jhansi

    D.

    Lucknow


  3. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?

  4. A.

    Lord Elgin

    B.

    Lord Macaulay

    C.

    Sadler

    D.

    None of these


  5. Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'?

  6. A.

    Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

    B.

    Khan Saheb

    C.

    Chaudhary Shaukatullah

    D.

    Liaquat Ali Khan


  7. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where

  8. A.

    The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State

    B.

    The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar

    C.

    The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord

    D.

    the land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis


  9. Swami Dyanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at

  10. A.

    Bombay

    B.

    Lahore

    C.

    Nagpur

    D.

    Ahmadnagar


  11. Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India ?

  12. A.

    Aurobindo Ghosh

    B.

    Raja Ram Mohan Roy

    C.

    Devendra Nath Tegore

    D.

    Keshav Chandra Sen


  13. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?

  14. A.

    1935

    B.

    1931

    C.

    1929

    D.

    1932


  15. “Neel Darpan' a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by

  16. A.

    Dinbandhu Mitra

    B.

    Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

    C.

    Rabindranath Tagore

    D.

    Naveen Chandra Sen


  17. Champaran Satyagraha was related to

  18. A.

    Indigo

    B.

    Mill-owners

    C.

    Plague

    D.

    Fresh assessment of land


  19. The first newspaper which was published in India was

  20. A.

    The Calculatta Gazette

    B.

    The Calculatta Gazette

    C.

    The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta

    D.

    The Bengal Gazette