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By whom was the Dual Government system implemented in Bengal?
- a)Warren Hastings
- b)William Bentinck
- c)Robert Clive
- d)Lord Curzon
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q2.Social and Religious Reform Movements
Who among these participated in the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893?
- a)Dayanand Saraswati
- b)Swami Vivekananda
- c)Mahatma Gandhi
- d)Raja Rammohan Roy
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q3.Indian National Movement
Who formed the Swaraj Party in 1923?
- a)Mahatma Gandhi
- b)Vallabhbhai Patel
- c)C.R. Das & Motilal Nehru
- d)B.R. Ambedkar
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q4.Peasant Movements
Who wrote the famous play 'Neel Darpan', which depicts the oppression of indigo cultivators?
- a)Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay
- b)Rabindranath Tagore
- c)Barindra Ghosh
- d)Dinabandhu Mitra
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q5.Anglo-French Wars / Carnatic Wars
The famous Battle of Wandiwash in 1760 was fought by the British against whom?
- a)French
- b)Spain
- c)Mysore
- d)Carnatic
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q6.Constitutional Development
Which of the following acts introduced the separate electorate system in India?
- a)Regulating Act, 1773
- b)Charter Act, 1833
- c)Pitt's India Act, 1784
- d)Indian Councils Act, 1909
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q7.Tribal Movements
In 1831, under the leadership of Budhu Bhagat, the Kol rebellion took place in which region?
- a)Kutch
- b)Singhbhum
- c)Western Ghats
- d)Satara
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q8.1857 Revolt — Bihar leaders Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh
Who led the 1857 revolt in Bihar?
- a)Nana Saheb
- b)Tantia Tope
- c)Kunwar Singh
- d)Maulvi Ahmadullah
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q9.Champaran Satyagraha 1917 — Tinkathia abolition
Who drew Gandhiji's attention to the plight of indigo farmers in Champaran?
- a)Rajendra Prasad
- b)Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- c)Acharya Kripalani
- d)Rajkumar Shukla
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q10.Peasant Movements
Swami Sahajanand was associated with which of the following?
- a)Tribal movement in Bihar
- b)Labour movement in Bihar
- c)Peasant movement in Bihar
- d)Caste movement in Bihar
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q11.Champaran Satyagraha 1917 — Tinkathia abolition
Which of the following was Gandhiji's first Satyagraha movement in India, in which he used civil disobedience?
- a)Champaran
- b)Kheda
- c)Ahmedabad
- d)Rowlatt Satyagraha
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q12.European trading companies in India
In the year 1632, which company established its factory in Patna city of Bihar?
- a)British East India Company
- b)Dutch East India Company
- c)Portuguese East India Company
- d)French East India Company
- Q13.Constitutional Development
Which law was NOT historical in the development of the constitution during the British rule?
- a)Regulating Act, 1773
- b)Charter Act, 1833
- c)Government of India Act, 1919
- d)Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
- Q14.Indian National Congress
Where was the first session of Congress held in Bihar?
- a)Patna
- b)Gaya
- c)Muzaffarpur
- d)Darbhanga
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q15.JP Narayan + Total Revolution 1974
What title was given to Jayaprakash Narayan?
- a)Praja Hitechhu
- b)Loknayak
- c)Lokmanya
- d)Rashtranayak
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q16.Gandhi, Tagore, Nehru — thought & contributions
In which of the following colleges did Gandhiji study?
- a)Samaldas College, Bhavnagar
- b)Dharmendra Singhji College, Rajkot
- c)Gujarat College, Ahmedabad
- d)Bahauddin College, Junagadh
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q17.1857 Revolt — Bihar leaders Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh
Who among these actively participated in the Revolt of 1857?
- a)Nana Saheb (Kanpur)
- b)Begum Hazrat Mahal (Lucknow)
- c)Maulvi Ahmadullah (Faizabad)
- d)Begum Zeenat Mahal (Delhi)
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q18.Constitutional Development
About which act did Jawaharlal Nehru say that "we were given a car with all brakes but no engine"?
- a)Act of 1858
- b)Act of 1909
- c)Act of 1919
- d)Act of 1935
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
- Q19.Civil Disobedience Movement
How many days did the Dandi March last?
- a)10 days
- b)20 days
- c)24 days
- d)30 days
- e)None of the above / More than one of the above
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