The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the Princely State of
(1) Satara                      (2) Jhansi
(3) Oudh                        (4) Jaunpur

The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
(1) Macaulay
(2) Warren Hastings
(3) Lord Canning
(4) Lord William Bentinck

One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
(1) Kalpana Dutt
(2) Surya Sen
(3) Pritialata Woddedar
(4) Dinesh Gupta

Which of the following events made English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
(1) Battle of Buxar, 1764
(2) Battle of Plassey, 1757
(3) Farrukh Siyar’s Farman, 1717
(4) Ibrahim Khan’s Farman, 1690

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?

(1) Salt Satyagraha
(2) Boycott of Simon Commission
(3) Champaran Satyagraha
(4) Kakori Mail train “robbery”

Central Excise) Exam. 05.12.2004) 60. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao \(\mathrm{II}\)?
(1) The Treaty of Purandhar
(2) Convention of Wadgaon
(3) Treaty of Bassein
(4) Treaty of Salbai

Which Indian statesman used these magic words, “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge....”?

(1) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

(2) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(3) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru

Satyagraha finds expression in
(1) Sudden outbursts of violence
(2) Armed conflicts
(3) Non-cooperation
(4) Communal riots

The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State
(1) At its birth in 1906
(2) During the Khilafat Movement
(3) In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement
(4) At the Lahore Session of 1940

Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan To ......”?
(1) Narsinh Mehta
(2) Premanand
(3) Chunilal
(4) Dharmiklal

Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Soci-
ety of London?

(1) Srinivas Ramanujam
(2) A.C. Wadia                        (3) C.V. Raman
(4) P.C. Mahalanobis