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  1. During colonial period, British capital and mainly invested in:

  2. A.

    Infra structure

    B.

    Industry

    C.

    Agriculture

    D.

    Services


  3. M.A. Jinnah, in his early political life

  4. A.

    Supported two nation theory

    B.

    Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity

    C.

    Imagined Pakistan as an independent State

    D.

    Was a communalist


  5. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?

  6. A.

    Portuguese

    B.

    Dutch

    C.

    The house of Jagat Seth

    D.

    Mulla Abdul Gaffar


  7. Match the following:

    [A.] Jayprakash Narayan [1.] Dinbandhu

    [B.] C.F. Andrew [2.] Grand old man of India

    [C.] Dadabhai Naroji [3.] Lok Nayak

    [D.] Lala Lajpat Rai [4.] Punjab Kesari

  8. A.

    A-5 B- 4 C-3 D-2

    B.

    A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4

    C.

    A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3

    D.

    A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2


  9. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair

  10. A.

    Rani Laxmibai- Indore

    B.

    Khan Bahadur Khan, Ruhel Khand

    C.

    Kunwar Singh-Sahabad

    D.

    Nana Saheb-Kanpur


  11. Who was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?

  12. A.

    Nandalal Bose

    B.

    Ambedkar

    C.

    Vir Savarkar

    D.

    Jyotiba Phule


  13. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the princely State of

  14. A.

    Satara

    B.

    Jhansi

    C.

    Avadh

    D.

    Jaunpur


  15. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of

  16. A.

    Macaulay

    B.

    Warren Hastings

    C.

    Lord Canning

    D.

    Lord William Bentinck


  17. One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. who was he?

  18. A.

    Kalpana Dutt

    B.

    Surya Sen

    C.

    Pritialata Woddekar

    D.

    Dinesh Gupta


  19. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?

  20. A.

    Battle of Buxar, 1764

    B.

    Battle of Plassey, 1757

    C.

    Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717

    D.

    Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690