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India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister :

(1) Clement Attlee
(2) Winston Churchill
(3) Ramsay MacDonald
(4) William Pitt

Who are the three, among the following who fought against the British in the 1857 Revolt?

a. Kunwar Singh
b. Tantia Tope
c. Nana Saheb
d. Maulavi Ahmudullah
(1) a, b and c                          (2) a, c and d
(3) a, b and d                          (4) b, c and d

The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
(1) The Turkish Caliph
(2) Aga Khan
(3) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(4) Abul Kalam Azad

Who among the following founded the All India Muslim League?

(1) Syed Ahmed Khan
(2) Muhammad Ali
(3) Aga Khan
(4) Hamid Ali Khan

The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
(1) Champaran
(2) Chauri-Chaura
(3) Bardoli
(4) Sabarmati

The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
(1) Albuquerque                         (2) Cabral
(3) Almeida                                (4) De Braganza

According to Gandhi, the scope for class struggle and love for property can be reduced by
(1) Decentralisation
(2) Participatory democracy
(3) Separation of Judiciary from Executive
(4) Trusteeship

The battle of Plassey was fought between
(1) East India Company and Shah Alam

(2) East India Company and Shujauddaula

(3) East India Company and Sirajuddaula

(4) East India Company and Anwaruddin

The Non-Cooperation Movement started in
(1) 1870                       (2) 1920
(3) 1921                       (4) 1942

Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856?
(1) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
(2) Wajid Ali Shah
(3) Shujaud Daula
(4) Alivardi Khan

In the integration of Princely States, the following played a major role :
(1) Pannikar and Kunzru
(2) S.K. Dhar and Fazal Ali
(3) Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon

(4) Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawahar Lal Nehru

Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of

the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
(1) Curzon                                    (2) Mayo
(3) Ripon                                      (4) Lytton

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between
(1) the Marathas and the Afghans
(2) the Marathas and the Mughals
(3) the Mughals and the Afghans
(4) the Marathas and the Rajputs

Who termed Cripps’ proposals as ‘a post-dated cheque in a crashing bank’?

(1) Ambedkar                                   (2) Annie Besant
(3) Patel                                           (4) Gandhiji

The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
(1) Doctrine of Lapse
(2) Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
(3) War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
(4) None of the above

Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi March from
(1) Dandi
(2) Porbandar
(3) Ahmedabad
(4) Sabarmati Ashram

Who founded the Servants of India Society?

(1) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(2) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
(3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(4) Surendranath Banerjee

Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked fakir”?

(1) Winston Churchill
(2) Lord Mountbatten
(3) Lord Wavell
(4) Lord Linlithgow