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On whose advice President’s Rule is imposed in a State?

  1. Governor
  2. Chief Minister
  3. Chief Justice of High Court
  4. Legislative Assembly

Correct Answer : 1

Who said that – India is an indestructible Union of destructible states?

  1. B N Rao
  2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  3. B R Ambedkar
  4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer : 3

In which of the following languages was the Ghadar Journal first published?

  1. Sanskrit
  2. English
  3. Urdu
  4. Punjabi

Correct Answer : 3

Who among the following is known as the “Saint of Dakhineshwar”?

  1. Saint Tikaram
  2. Ramkrishna Paramahansa
  3. Swami Vivekananda
  4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Correct Answer : 2

Who among the following started the newspaper “Amrit Bazar Patrika”?

  1. Lala Jagat Narayan
  2. Dayanand Saraswati
  3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  4. Shishir Kumar Ghosh

Correct Answer : 4

What was the key objective of Gandhiji’s Champaran movement?

  1. Solving the problem of the indigo workers
  2. Maintaining the unity of Hindu society
  3. The security of rights of Harijans
  4. Civil disobedience movement

Correct Answer : 1

Tinkathia System is associated to:

  1. Bardoli Satyagraha
  2. Moplah Rebellion
  3. Champaran Satyagraha
  4. Kheda Satyagraha

Correct Answer : 3

In which of the following years did Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India?

  1. 1498
  2. 1494
  3. 1496
  4. 1490

Correct Answer : 1

The Portuguese build their first fortress in India at which of the following places?

  1. Cannanore
  2. Anjidiv
  3. Goa
  4. Cochin

Correct Answer : 4

Which of the following European power was the first to arrive in India to establish trade relations?

  1. Portuguese
  2. British
  3. Dutch
  4. French

Correct Answer : 1

Which of the following was the first Governor-General of Bengal?

  1. Lord Wellesley
  2. Lord Hastings
  3. Lord Clive
  4. Warren Hastings

Correct Answer : 4

Who among the following formulated and implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

  1. Lord Dalhousie
  2. Lord Hastings
  3. Lord Wellesley
  4. Lord Clive

Correct Answer : 1

Morley-Minto Reforms was passed on which year?

  1. 1909
  2. 1908
  3. 1910
  4. 1906

Correct Answer : 1

Which of the following is not a variety of mango?

  1. Red Dacca
  2. Sindhoora
  3. Alphonso
  4. Banganapalle

Correct Answer : 1

Opium is obtained from the dry latex from which part of the Papaver somniferum Plant?

  1. Stem joints
  2. Poppy
  3. Stem
  4. Leaves

Correct Answer : 2