Who among the following Viceroys made an offer to the Indians in August 1940 known as the "August offer"?
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Lord Minto
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Who started the Kuka Movement in about 1840?
(a) Dadu Mian
(b) Guru Ram Singh
(c) Hari Singh Nalwa
(d) Bhagat Jawahar Mal
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Who was shot at by Mangal Pandey?
(a) Mitchell
(b) Baugh
(c) Finnis
(d) Hearsey
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The author who described the Revolt of 1857 as 'The First War of Indpendence' was
(a) V.D. Savarkar
(b) Ashok Mehta
(c) R.C. Majumdar
(d) S.N. Sen
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When did Tilak declare "Swaraj is my birth right, and I will have it"?
(a) 1915
(b) 1916
(c) 1917
(d) 1918
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Who was of the view that Arctic Region was the original home of the Aryans
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Max Muller
(c) A.C. Das
(d) B.G. Tilak
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In the Mauryan Empire who was the head of the commerce department:
(a) Lohadhyaksha
(b) Sulkashyaksha
(c) Panyadhyaksha
(d) Akaredhyaksha
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Assertion (A): Mahayan form of Buddhism dominated in first century AD.
Reason (R): Kanishka extended his wholehearted patronage to Buddhism.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
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The first Tirthankara and the founder of Jainism, Rishabdev was born in
(a) Ayodhya
(b) Ujjain
(c) Varanasi
(d) Kashi
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Which of the following deities was called Purandra, the breaker of forts.
(a) Vayu
(b) Varun
(c) Agni
(d) Indra
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