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The First Victory & Governor-General of British India was

(1) Lord Dalhousie
(2) Sir John Lawrence
(3) Warren Hastings
(4) Lord Canning

The split between the ‘Extremists’and ‘Moderates’ came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year
(1) 1905                                (2) 1906
(3) 1907                                (4) 1910

Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of
(1) 1943                          (2) 1944
(3) 1945                          (4) 1946

The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was

(1) Albuquerque
(2) Joa de Castro
(3) Francisco de Almeida
(4) Nuno da Cunha

When was the All India Women’s Conference founded
(1) 1924                   (2) 1925
(3) 1926                   (4) 1927

The Kuka movement started in the mid-Nineteenth century in
(1) Western Punjab
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Bengal
(4) Madhya Bharat

Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of

(1) Simon Commission
(2) Cripps Mission
(3) Cabinet Mission
(4) Wavel Plan

Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan
(3) Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C, Joshi
(4) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad

Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
(1) Columbus – 1492
(2) Vasco de Gama – 1498
(3) Magellan – 1520
(4) Balboa – 1530

When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
(1) 1813                     (2) 1833
(3) 1835                     (4) 1844

During whose Veceroyship did the High Courts come into existence at the three presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay?
(1) Warren Hastings
(2) Lord Cornwallis
(3) John Lawrence
(4) Lord Dalhousie

Who was popularly known as ‘Nana Saheb”?
(1) Baji Rai \(\mathrm{I}\)
(2) Balaji Baji Rao
(3) Balaji Vishwanath
(4) Madhav Rao

In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
(1) Surat                            (2) Bombay
(3) Calcutta                       (4) Lucknow

Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
(1) M.K. Gandhi
(2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(3) Bipin Chandra Pal
(4) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi

Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Lokmanya Tilak
(4) Muhammad Iqbal

Match List-I with List-II and
select the correct answer using
the code given below the Lists :
List - \(\mathrm{I}\)
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. M.A. Jinnah
c. Tej Bahadur Sapru
d. V.D. Savarkar
List - \(\mathrm{II}\)
1. Muslim League
2. Indian National Congress
2. Hindu Mahasabha
4. Liberal Party
Code :
     a     b    c    d
(1) 2     1    4    3
(2) 2     1    3    4
(3) 2     4    1    3
(4) 4     1    3    2

Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly?
(1) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(2) V.K. Krishna Menon
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru
(4) Rajeshwar Dayal