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Q :  

Which one of the following acts abolished the monopoly of tea trade and trade with China by the East India Company?

(A) Regulating Act of 1773

(B) Pitts India Act 1784

(C) The Charter Act of 1813

(D) The Charter Act of 1833

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

The plan to transfer power to the Indians and partition of the country was laid down in the?

(A) Cabinet Mission Plan

(B) Simon Commission

(C) Cripps Mission

(D) The Mountbatten Plan

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

(A) Lord Wavell

(B) Lord Lin Lithgow

(C) Lord Irwin

(D) Lord Mountbatten

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Multi-purpose river valley projects are the "New temples of modern India" the above statement is made by - 

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Rajiv Gandhi

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Motilal Nehru

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

'Deshbandhu' is the title of–

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) C. R. Das

(C) B. C. Pal

(D) B. R. Ambedkar

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Who gave the title of ‘Mahamana’ to Madan Mohan Malaviya ?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Dadabhai Nauroji

(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?

(A) B. R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Rajendra Prasad

(D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

In the excavations of Harappan sites, bones of camels have been found at:

(A) Harappa

(B) Mohenjodaro

(C) Kalibangan

(D) Lothal

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

A clay model of plough has been found from:

(A) Rakhigarhi

(B) Mitathal

(C) Banawali

(D) Kalibangan

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

First Jain council was held in _______. 

(A) Kushinagar

(B) Ballabhi

(C) Pataliputra

(D) None of these

Correct Answer : C

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