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accusers of the Kakori Train Robbery case

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Roshan Singh

Ramprasad Bismil

Rajendra Nath Lahiri

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Which city was the capital of the French Colony in India?

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Pondicherry

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The Mughals were descendants of:

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Genghis Khan

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Chola inscriptions describe Tirunamattukkani as ‘

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land gifted to temples

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Who became the acting Prime Minister of India after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru?

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Gulzarilal Nanda

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In which of the following years did the Congress Party led by Indira Gandhi give the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’ (‘Remove poverty’) in the Lok Sabha elections?

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1971

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In which of the following years did the Congress Party led by Indira Gandhi give the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’ (‘Remove poverty’) in the Lok Sabha elections?

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1971

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Which Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919?

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Khilafat Committee

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Who among the following wrote the Brahmo Covenant, which was a statement of the creed of the Brahmo Samaj and made a list of the duties and obligations of its members?

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Debendranath Tagore

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Which of the following Acts ended the monopoly of the East India Company over trade with India?

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Charter Act of 1813

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Which of the following Acts ended the monopoly of the East India Company over trade with India?

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Charter Act of 1813

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Who among the following was the founder of the Bhakti sect named ‘Pushtimarg’?

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Vallabhacharya

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Which of the following regions was annexed by the British East India Company through the Treaty of Yandabo (1826)?

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Assam

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Who among the following Sikh spiritual leaders is said to have provided aid to Jahangir’s rebellious son, Khusrau?

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Guru Arjun Dev

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In which year were 30 Rigveda manuscripts dating from 1800 to 1500 BC included in the UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register?

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2007

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the writings by Lala Lajpat Rai

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The Story of My Deportation

Unhappy India

Arya Samaj

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In order to curb the East India Company traders’ unrestrained commercial activities and to bring about some order in territories under the Company control, the British Parliament enacted a series of laws among which the stood first.

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Regulating Act of 1773

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which of the following cities was the Quit India Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?

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Bombay

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With whom is the ‘Patharughat Uprising’ associated?

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Peasants’ uprising

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Who spearheaded the Revolt of 1857 rebellion in Bihar?

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Kunwar Singh

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Who among the following was the founder of the Suryavamsi Gajapati dynasty that ruled parts of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh in the 15th century?

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Kapilendra Deva

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The movement was led by Chaudhary Devi Lal in 1987.

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Nyaya Yudh

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which year was Sri Lanka discovered by the Portuguese?

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1505

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Who among the following was a saint from Maharashtra?

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Chokhamela

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In 1818, the Holkar Dynasty signed the Treaty of Mandsaur with the
British
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As per Section 2 of the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972, 'Antiquities' include 'any manuscript, record or other document which is of scientific, historical, literary or aesthetic value and which has been in existence for not less than _ _ years'.
75
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Which newspaper was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in 1903?
Indian Opinion
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Who among the following founded the organisation 'East India Association'?
Dadabhai Naoroji
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In 1877, which of the following viceroys organised a durbar to acknowledge Queen Victoria as the Empress of India?
Lord Lytton
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Of the following battles fought by Akbar, which one was the latest as compared to the rest of the battles?
Battle of Haldighati
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Harappan sites located in Pakistan?
Kot Diji Chanhudaro Balakot
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Which dynasty ruled India between 320 AD and 550 AD?
Gupta Dynasty
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Vikramaditya VI, whose biography was composed by his court poet Bilhana, was a ruler of dynasty.
Chalukya
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By which British statute were Indian representatives, for the first time, allocated seats for election in Indian Legislative Councils?
Indian Councils Act, 1892
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Who established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)?
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Who among the following Indian revolutionaries conceived an armed insurrection against the British in cooperation with Germany?
Bagha Jatin
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Which state of India was ruled by the Ningthouja dynasty?
Manipur
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In 1862, the High Court was first established at:
Madras
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The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river 1651.
Hugli
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Rang Ghar', one of Asia's oldest amphitheatres, was built by the king of the dynasty.
Ahom
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During the reign of which of the following Sultans of Delhi was actual power enjoyed by Balban?
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
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In which year was the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) formed?
1964
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In which of the following cities was the Veda Samaj established in 1864?
Madras (now Chennai)
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Rulers of mahajanapadas in ancient India collected a tax called 'Bhaga' from the in their region.
farmers
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Who among the following social reformers founded an educational institution, Hindu Widows Home, in Poona in the year 1896?
Dhondo Keshav Karve
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In which year was the Treaty of Salbai signed?
1782
47
Janapada Geete, which includes the vachanas of Basavanna, is associated with the state of
Karnataka
48
Gandhiji delivered the famous 'Do or Die' speech on
8 August 1942
49
Which of the following Gupta rulers married a girl from the Licchavi dynasty?
Chandragupta-I
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The Chalukya Dynasty ruled in Vatapi which is in the modern day Indian state of
Karnataka
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Who was made the Nawab of Bengal following the Battle of Plassey?
Mir Jafar
52
Military commanders in Akbar's empire were called '
faujdars
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In the Mughal provincial administration, broadly speaking, Diwani meant
revenue administration
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Which of the following is a Palaeolithic site of archaeological importance in India?
Hunasagi
55
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya is credited with popularising the slogan
Satyameva Jayate
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Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya is credited with popularising the slogan
Satyameva Jayate
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Ancient Indian manuscripts were usually written on palm leaves or the bark of the tree, which grows in the Himalayas.
birch
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Whose proclamation of November 1, 1858 declared that thereafter India would be governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State?
Queen Victoria's
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Moved by the Swadeshi Movement, painted his famous image of Bharat Mata portraying her as an ascetic figure.
Abanindranath Tagore
60
Where was the first jute mill set up at Kolkata in 1859?
Rishra
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Which of the following princely states was annexed by the British under the pretext of 'misgovernment of the Nawab'?
Awadh
62
Which of the following books was written by James Mill, a Scottish economist, in 1817?
The History of British in India
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In which year was the National Archives of India established?
1891
64
Who emerged victorious in 'The Siege of Arcot' in 1751 AD?
British
65
In the context of Sufi traditions, the term 'sama' stood for:
recital of holy songs
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popularly known as 'Master Da'
Surya Sen
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Which place had water harvesting system channeling the flood water of the Ganga river in the first century B.C?
Sringaverapura
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In the context of Gupta administration, the term 'vithi' referred to a/an:
administrative unit
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was one of the first Indian rulers to lead an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824 against the implementation of the Doctrine of Lapse.
Kittur Chennamma
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When did the Indian Army liberate Goa from the Portuguese and declare it a Union Territory?
1824
71
The Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up in the year
1920
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In which of the following states is Bishnupur, famous for terracotta temples, located?
West Bengal
73
Which of the following cities became the capital of Bahamani sultanate immediately after its foundation?
Ahsanabad
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was the Mughal emperor during the revolt of 1857.
Bahadur Shah II
75
Which monument was built in 1924 to welcome King George V and Queen Mary?
Gateway of India
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Who among the following sultans of the Delhi Sultanate appointed Ghiyasuddin Balban as his/her Prime Minister?
Nasiruddin Mahmud

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