Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the India Civil Service?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) R.C. Dutt
(c) Surendra Banerji
(d) Satyendranath Tagore
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'The King was freed from his people and they from their king'. On whose death did Badauni comment thus?
(a) Feroze Shah Tughlaq
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(c) Ala-ud-Din Khalji
(d) Balban
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Hoysala monuments are found in
(a) Mysore and Bangalor
(c) Sringeri and Dharwar
(c) Hampi and Hosper
(d) Halebid and Belur
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At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?
(a) Bihar
(b) Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Assam
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In which one of the following cities is the Lingaraja Temple located?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Shravananbelagola
(c) Bhubaneswar
(d) Bijapur
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The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was
(a) J.B. Kripalani
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
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The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of
(a) Wavell Plan
(b) Cabinet Mission
(c) Rajagopalachari Formula
(d) Cripps Mission
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The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was
(a) Mahadev Desai
(b) Vithabhai J. Patel
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel
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In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at
(a) Cochin
(b) Cassimbazar
(c) Surat
(d) Pulicat
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One astronomical unit is the average distance between
(a) Jupiter and the Sun
(b) Pluto and the Sun
(c) Earth and the Sun
(d) Earth and the Moon
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