India's first remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-1A) was launched from
(a) Sri Harikota
(b) French Guiana
(c) Baikonour
(d) Cape Kennedy
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Ibn Batuta, the Moorish raveller, visited India during the reign of
(a) Mahmood Ghazni
(b) Akbar
(c) Babar
(d) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
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The formula for transfer of sovereignty to India in 1947 was known as
(a) Wavell Plan
(b) Mountbatten Plan
(c) Morely-Minto Reforms
(d) Durand Plan
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The main centre of the "Bahai Movement" which started in the nineteenth century was
(a) Pune
(b) Amritsar
(c) Lahore
(d) Patna
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Which of the following books was known as "Bible of Bengali Patriotism"?
(a) Devdas
(b) Gora
(c) Anand Math
(d) Geetanjali
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Which site of Indus Valley Civilization is located in India?
(a) Mohanjodaro
(b) Lothal
(c) Harappa
(d) None of these
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Amir Khusrau was court poet of
(a) Humayun
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Allauddin Khilji
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
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Bacteria can be seen by
(a) Electron microscope
(b) Hand lens
(c) Compound microscope
(d) Naked eye
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Persian translation of the Mahabharata is titled as
(a) Hast Bahist
(b) Ayar Danish
(c) Anwar-i-Suheli
(d) Rajm Nama
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Which one of the following was the first to impose censorship of the Press
(a) John Adams
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Wellesley
(d) Hastings
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