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What are the books by J.Nehru?

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  1. Discovery of India
  2. Glimpses of world history
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What are the books by Mahatma Gandhi?

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  1. Hind Swaraj
  2. My experiments with truth (autobiography)

Newspapers
1. Harijan( English)
2. Navjeevan (Gujarati)

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What are the books written by Rabindranath Tagore?

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  1. Home and the world (ghar- bhaher in Bengali) - A novel set against 1905 Bengal partition.
  2. Gitanjali - collection of poems for devotion and god.
  3. Gora - A novel
  4. The Homecoming - short story on coming childhood and adolescence
  5. The crescent moon - collection of poems on relationship between mother and child
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Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work in ?

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Gitanjali

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In which year did Tagore won the Nobel prize?

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1913

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Who was the first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize ?

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Rabindranath Tagore

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When was Tagore given the knighthood ?

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1915 for his contribution to literature

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Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood because of

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Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre, 1919

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Who founded the Banaras Hindu University in 1916?

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Madan Mohan Malviya

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What society did Madan Mohan Malviya help establish?

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The Hindu Mahasabha, 1915

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Weekly newspaper by Madan Mohan Malviya?

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1.Abhyudaya (Hindi)

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Monthly newspaper of Madan Mohan Malviya ?

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Maryada (Hindi)

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English Daily of Madan Mohan Malviya?

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Leader

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Hindustan is a Hindi language newspaper published by

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Madan Mohan Malviya

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What are the English newspaper by Madan Mohan Malviya?

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Indian Union

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How many times has Madan Mohan Malviya presided the Congress ?

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4 times out of

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In 2016, Indian Railways started which train in honour of Madan Mohan Malviya ?

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Varanasi-New Delhi Mahamana Express

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In which year Madan Mohan Malviya was conferred Bharat Ratna posthumously?

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2014

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What is the name of the revolutionary newspaper published by Aurobindo Ghosh?

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Yugantar

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Who wrote Savitri - A legend and a symbol?

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Aurobindo ghosh

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What was karmayogi and who started it?

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An English weekly journal by Aurobindo ghosh

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What are the other notable works of Sir Aurobindo ghosh ?

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Life Divine
The future Poetry
Essay on Geeta

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Who published the newspaper Kesari?

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Marathi)

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What was the Hindi newspaper of Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

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Maratha

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What are the other notable works of Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
1. Gita Rahasya Or Karmyog Shastra 2. Arctic home of the Vedas (traces the origin of the indo-Aryan people)
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Who wrote unhappy India ?
Lala Lajpat Rai
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who published the weekly paper “Young India”?
Mahatma Gandhi
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Who founded the weekly paper “Young India”?
Lala Lajpat Rai
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Who was known as “Punjab Kesari”
Lala Lajpat Rai
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What was the weekly newspaper of Gopal Krishna Gokhale ?
The Hitavada (The people’s paper)
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Who was the author of “Amritbazar”
Shishir Kumar Ghosh
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Who established “Indian Home Rule Society” in London?
Shyam ji Krishna Varma (influenced Veer Savarkar)
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What was the journal published by Shyam ji Krishna Varma ?
The sociologist
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Who wrote Eternal India?
Indira Gandhi
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Who wrote Kamasutra?
Vatsyayana ( 2nd CE)
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Who wrote surya Siddhant?
Aryabhata
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Who wrote the book “Rahela”
Ibn Batuta
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Who wrote the book “Rihla”
Ibn Batuta (1333 AD, Md Bin Tughlaq)
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What does “Rihla” of Ibn Batuta talk about?
Travelogue of 30 years. Written in Arabic.
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Who wrote Mahabhasya, selected treatise of Panini’s grammar “Ashtadhyayi”
Patanjali
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What books did Patanjali write
Mahabhasya and Yoga Sutras
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Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?
Panini
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“Vande Mataram” is taken from which novel?
Anand math
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Who wrote Anand Math?
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
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List the books by Premchandra?
Godan Gaban Karmabhoomi Rangbhoomi
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Whose book is “annihilation of caste” ?
BR Ambedkar
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Whose book is “Poverty & Unbritish Rule in India”
Dada bhai Naroji
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Who was known as the “Grand Old man of India”?
Dada bhai Naroji
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Which woman was lauded with the “Kaiser-I-hind” medal for her service during plague epidemic in India?
Sarojini Naidu
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Who was the first Indian woman president of INC?
Sarojini Naidu, 1925 Kanpur session
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Who was the first woman president of INC?
Annie Basant, 1917
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Who accompanied Gandhi to London for the inconclusive second round table conference ?
Sarojini Naidu
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Whose book is “The Golden Threshold”, a collection of poems?
Sarojini Naidu, published in 1905
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The book “broken wing” is about?
Poem on Love, death and destiny
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Whose book is “the broken wing”
Sarojini Naidu, 1917
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Who was Machiavelli?
Renaissance Italian diplomat, politician and writer
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What is Machiavelli’s most famous book?
The prince. Philosophy on power, leadership and governance
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Who wrote the “Neeldarpan” based on the indigo revolt, 1858?
Dinabandhu Mitra
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Who authored “wealth of nations”?
Adam smith. Describes the industrialised capitalist system that was ending the mercantile system. 1776
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Who wrote “the Indian struggle”? (Non cooperation to Quit India movement)
Subhash Chandra Bose
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Who authored “Economic History of India”?
Romesh Chandra Dutt
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Who authored “why I am an atheist”?
Bhagat Singh
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Who was MN Roy?
Founder of Communist party of India, 1920 Founded “Mexican Communist Party” in 1917
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Who proposed the idea of Constituent Assembly for India?
MN Roy
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Who formulated the people’s plan, 1945?
MN Roy, 10 year strategy for post war reconstruction.
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Whose book is “The Voice of Freedom”?
Motilal Nehru
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What are the books of VD Savarkar?
The war of Indian independence Hindutva
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Whose book is “the war of Indian independence”?
VD Savarkar
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Whose book is “Hindutva”?
VD Savarkar
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Who was Chitranjan Das?
Indian freedom fighter, political guru of Subhash Chandra Bose
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What is the book written by Chitranjan Das ?
India for Indians
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Who is Dr. S Radhakrishnan?
First Vice President of India Second President of India
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Who wrote “Religions and culture”?
S. Radhakrishnan
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Who wrote “Indian Philosophy”
S. Radhakrishnan
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Which day is celebrated after S. Radhakrishnan?
Teachers day
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Who authored “why only socialism”?
J. P Narayan (1970s led the opposition against Indira Gandhi)
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Who wrote “Kitab ul Hind”?
Al-biruni.
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What is kitab-ul-hind about?
Arabic text on Indian Sciences, Hindu Religious Beliefs and social organization
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When did Al-Biruni arrive in India?
1013 AD with Mahmud of Ghazni
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Who wrote Akbar Nama or Ain-e-Akbari?
Abul Fazl
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Who wrote “Tuqhlaq Nama”
Amir Khusro (about reign of the tughlaqs)
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Who authored “Bandi Jeevan” or A life in Bondage? (Story of individuals who sacrificed their life for India)
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
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Who wrote “India wins freedoms”?
Abul Kalam Azad or Maulana Azad
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When is National Education Day
11 Nov
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Who wrote “Ghulamgiri” (book on caste, slavery and social reform)
Jyotibha Phule
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Who has written “satyarth Prakash”?
Arya Samaj Leader, Dayanand Saraswati, 1875
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Who wrote “India divided”?
Rajendra Prasad
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Who has wrote “Samvad Kaumudi” ?
Raja Rammohan Roy
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Who has written Mirat-Ul-Akhbar ?
Raja Rammohan Roy
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Who wrote “India Unrest” directed towards Bal Gangadhar?
Valentine Shirole
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Who wrote “A nation in making”?
Surendranath Bannerjee
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Name the organisation founded by Surendranath Bannerjee that merged in Congress in 1886?
National Indian Association

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