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  1. Who spoke : "At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom

  2. A.

    Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

    B.

    Mahatma Gandhi

    C.

    Jawaharlal Nehru

    D.

    C. Rajagopalachari

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  3. Who started the first English newspaper in India?

  4. A.

    Bal Gangadhar Tilak

    B.

    Raja Rammohan Roy

    C.

    J.A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)

    D.

    Lord William Bentinck

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  5. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against

  6. A.

    British mill owners and government officials

    B.

    Indian mill owners and non government officials

    C.

    British non-government officials

    D.

    Indian government officials

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  7. Which town/city in India has got a tower (minar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?

  8. A.

    Mumbai

    B.

    Aligarh

    C.

    Calicut

    D.

    Guntur

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  9. Who wrote “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai"?

  10. A.

    Mohammad Iqbal

    B.

    Ramprasad Bismil

    C.

    Bismil Azimabadi

    D.

    Firaq Gorakhpuri

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  11. Which of the following Acts gave representation of the Indians for the first time in legislation?

  12. A.

    Indian Councils Act, 1909

    B.

    Indian Councils Act, 1919

    C.

    Government of India Act, 1935

    D.

    Government of India Act, 1935

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  13. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor-General

  14. A.

    Lord Bentinck

    B.

    Lord Dalhousie

    C.

    Lord Cornwallis

    D.

    Lord Canning

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  15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:

    List-I List-II

    - A. Lord Clive 1. SubsidiaryAlliance

    - B. Lord Wellesley 2. Indian Universities Act

    - C. Lord Dalhousie 3. Doctrine of Lapse

    - D. Lord Curzon 4. Dual Governement in Bengal

  16. A.

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

    B.

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

    C.

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

    D.

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

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  17. Who from the following leaders was not assassinated?

  18. A.

    Mahatma Gandhi

    B.

    Liaqat Ali Khan

    C.

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    D.

    Lord Louis Mountbatten

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  19. Place chronologically the following treaties:

    - 1. Treaty of Amritsar - 1809

    - 2. Treaty of Bassein - 1802

    - 3. Treaty of Seringapatnam - 1792

    - 4. Treaty of Salbai - 1784

  20. A.

    (1), (2), (3), (4)

    B.

    (3), (4), (2), (1)

    C.

    (4), (3), (2), (1)

    D.

    (3), (2), (4), (1)

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