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  1. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?

  2. A.

    Macaulay's Minute

    B.

    Hunter Commission

    C.

    Charter Act

    D.

    Wood's Despatch


  3. Muslim League was founded in the year

  4. A.

    1900

    B.

    1905

    C.

    1906

    D.

    1902


  5. The famous revolutionary song “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mei hai .......” was composed by

  6. A.

    Bhagat Singh

    B.

    Khudiram Bose

    C.

    Chandrasekhar Azad

    D.

    Ramprasad Bismil


  7. The first Viceroy of India was

  8. A.

    Lord Canning

    B.

    Lord Hardinge

    C.

    Lord Dalhousie

    D.

    Lord Elgin


  9. From which of the following Upanishads the words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?

  10. A.

    Prashna

    B.

    Yajurveda

    C.

    Mundaka

    D.

    Ishavasya


  11. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh's Political Capital. Which city was called his Religious Capital?

  12. A.

    Amritsar

    B.

    Anandpur Sahib

    C.

    Gujranwala

    D.

    Peshawar


  13. Who was the first woman President of Congress?

  14. A.

    Mrs. Annie Besant

    B.

    Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

    C.

    Mrs. Nelline Sengupta

    D.

    Aruna Asaf Ali


  15. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council?

  16. A.

    M.A. Jinnah

    B.

    Lord Mountbatten

    C.

    Jawaharlal Nehru

    D.

    V.P. Menon


  17. Who is generally acknowledge as the pioneer of local self-government in modern India?

  18. A.

    Ripon

    B.

    Mayo

    C.

    Lytton

    D.

    Curzon


  19. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of 'Sardar' to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by

  20. A.

    Jawaharlal Nehru

    B.

    Motilal Nehru

    C.

    Mahatma Gandhi

    D.

    Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad