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  1. Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters was done on 9th August?

  2. A.

    Salt Satyagraha

    B.

    Boycott of Simon Commission

    C.

    Champaran Satyagraha

    D.

    Kakori Mail train “robbery"


  3. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao II?

  4. A.

    The Treaty of Purandhar

    B.

    Convention of Wadgaon

    C.

    Treaty of Bassein

    D.

    Treaty of Salbai


  5. Satyagraha finds expression in

  6. A.

    Sudden outbursts of violence

    B.

    Armed conflicts

    C.

    Non-Cooperation

    D.

    Communal riots


  7. The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State

  8. A.

    At its birth in 1906

    B.

    During the Khilafat Movement

    C.

    In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement

    D.

    At the Lahore Session of 1940


  9. Who scripted Gandhiji's favorite song 'Vaishnav Jan to .....'?

  10. A.

    Narsi Mehta

    B.

    Premanand

    C.

    Chunilal

    D.

    Dharmiklal


  11. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?

  12. A.

    Srinivas Ramanujam

    B.

    A.C. Wadia

    C.

    C.V. Raman D) P.C. Mahalanobis


  13. Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo- French rivalry in India ?

  14. A.

    Battle of Wandiwash

    B.

    Battle of Plassey

    C.

    Battle of Mysore

    D.

    Battle of Seringapatnam


  15. The English established their first factory in India at

  16. A.

    Bombay

    B.

    Surat

    C.

    Sutanati

    D.

    Madras


  17. In which of the following years' 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?

  18. A.

    1930

    B.

    1929

    C.

    1942

    D.

    1946


  19. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was in troduced by

  20. A.

    Clive

    B.

    Hastings

    C.

    Wellesley

    D.

    Cornwallis