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Q21.Which one of the following is correct about Assam in British India?

AIt was a part of the North-East Frontier Agency. BIt was made a province in 1865. CIt was separated from Bengal in 1874, and along with Sylhet made into a Chief Commissioner's province. DIt was a Princely State ruled by Ahom kings.

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Q22.In the context of international affairs, which one of the following is correct about Lord Curzon?

AHe advocated a pacifist policy. BHe wanted to establish a British sphere of influence over the Persian Gulf and Seistan. CHe wanted England and Russia to become friends against China. DHe wanted to lead a flag-waving mission to the USA.

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Q23.Who is the author of the work, The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India: A Study in the Provincial Decentralisation of Imperial Finance?

ADadabhai Naoroji BDr. B. R. Ambedkar CM. N. Roy DJawaharlal Nehru

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Q24.Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?

APethick-Lawrence BStafford Cripps CA.V. Alexander DLord Wavell

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Q25.Who among the following was not part of the group of 'no-changers' in the Congress Party?

ASardar Vallabhbhai Patel BDr. Ansari CBabu Rajendra Prasad DMotilal Nehru

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Q26.In the year 1911, who among the following formed the Social Service League in Bombay?

AG.K. Gokhale BS.A. Dange CN.M. Joshi DM.R. Jayakar

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Q27.Which one of the following statements about the situation in the Ryotwari areas is correct?

AA large amount of land passed into the hands of the money lenders, merchants and rich peasants, who usually utilised the services of the tenants. BLandless labourers became the land owner CIt stopped the practice of leasing out land to tenants at high prices. DLandlordism was totally destroyed.

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Q28.Who among the following did not represent the militant nationalist school of thought in India?

AAshwini Kumar Dutt BVishnushastri Chiplunkar CKrishna Kumar Mitra DLala Lajpat Rai

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Q29.Which one of the following was not recommended in Macaulay's 1835 Minute on Education?

ATeaching in the English medium BLiberal literary training CTeaching of Western texts alone at higher levels of education DTeaching of both Western and Oriental texts at higher levels of education

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Q30.Who among the following was not a member of the Socialist group in the Congress Party?

AJayaprakash Narayan BRajendra Prasad CN.G. Ranga DNarendra Dev

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Q31.Gandhiji's Salt March to Dandi was started from which one of the following places?

AKochrab Ashram BSabarmati Ashram CAhmedabad Textile Mill DAhmedabad Jail

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Q32.What did Ain-i-Akbari seek to promote within the frontiers of the Mughal State?

ASocial disharmony influenced by the whims of the nobility BCessation of the provincial units from central rule CSocial harmony with the support of a strong ruling class DEstablishment of a rule of rural republics by overthrowing the Mughal suzerainty

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Q33.Who among the following was the founder of Swatantra Party?

AC. Rajagopalachari BDeen Dayal Upadhyaya CShyama Prasad Mukherjee DAcharya Narendra Dev

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Q34.Who produced the Pirpur Report (1938)?

AMuslim League BUnionist Party CAhrar Party DIndian National Congress

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Q35.During 1931, under whose leadership, did a strong Kisan Sabha Movement develop in the Gaya District of Bihar?

AYadunandan Sharma BSahajanand CSheetla Sahai DTilka Manjhi

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Q36.Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence of India?

APattabhi Sitaramayya BJawaharlal Nehru CAbul Kalam Azad DJ.B. Kripalani

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Q37.Who among the following is the author of 'Gandhi as Mahatma'?

AMahadev Desai BShahid Amin CLouis Fischer DDavid Arnold

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Q38.Where did Gandhiji put in his first major public appearance after returning from South Africa in 1915?

ABombay University BKheda CChamparan DBanaras Hindu University

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Q39.Which of the following statements are correct? 1. Under the Cornwallis System, the districts were divided into thanas or police jurisdictions of 20-30 miles square. 2. Each of them was placed under an officer of government, under the denomination of daroga. 3. The daroga system was introduced in Madras in 1812. 4. The daroga was nominated by the district magistrate. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A1 and 2 only B2, 3 and 4 C1, 3 and 4 D1, 2 and 4

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Q40.In 1927, Lord Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India, appointed a Committee of three members to enquire into the relationship between the Indian States and the British Government and to make suggestions for more satisfactory adjustment of the existing economic relations between the Indian States and British India. Who among the following was not a member of the Committee?

AHarcourt Butler BA. J. Wilson CW.S. Holdsworth DS.C. Peel

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