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321. Who was known by the nickname ‘Lokahitavadi’?

  • A
  • Gopal Hari Deshmukh

  • B
  • Mahadev Govind Ranade

  • C
  • Jyotiba Phule

  • D
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Correct Answer : A [Gopal Hari Deshmukh]

322. What was ‘Kamagata Maru’?

  • A
  • An industrial centre

  • B
  • A harbour

  • C
  • A ship

  • D
  • An army unit

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Correct Answer : C [A ship]

323. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by

  • A
  • Sir Pethick Lawrence

  • B
  • Lord Linlithgow

  • C
  • Lord Wavell

  • D
  • Sir John Simon

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Correct Answer : A [Sir Pethick Lawrence]

324. The Tarkeshwar Movement of 1924 in Bengal was against

  • A
  • corruption in temples

  • B
  • violence

  • C
  • arrest of political leaders

  • D
  • communalism

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Correct Answer : A [corruption in temples]

325. The ‘Deepavali Declaration’ issued in the year 1929  was related to the

  • A
  • communal problem

  • B
  • dominion status

  • C
  • labour leaders

  • D
  • untouchability

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Correct Answer : B [dominion status]

326. Who addressed Gandhiji as ‘one-man boundary force’? 

  • A
  • Churchill

  • B
  • Attlee

  • C
  • Mountbatten

  • D
  • Simon

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Correct Answer : C [Mountbatten ]

327. The Gandhian Plan was expounded in 1944 by

  • A
  • N.R. Sarkar

  • B
  • Kasturi Bhai Lal Bhai

  • C
  • Jai Prakash Narayan

  • D
  • Shriman Narayan Agarwal

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Correct Answer : D [Shriman Narayan Agarwal]

328. Sir Thomas Munro was the Governor of Madras during  the years

  • A
  • 1820-1827 A.D.

  • B
  • 1819-1826 A.D.

  • C
  • 1822-1829 A.D.

  • D
  • 1818-1825 A.D.

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Correct Answer : A [1820-1827 A.D.]

329. ‘The Roots of Ancient India’ was written by

  • A
  • D.K. Chakravarti

  • B
  • D.P. Agrawal

  • C
  • W.A. Fairservis

  • D
  • A. Ghosh

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Correct Answer : C [W.A. Fairservis ]

330. The name of D.K. Karve of Western India figures in the  context of which of the following? 

  • A
  • Sati Pratha

  • B
  • Infanticide

  • C
  • Women Education

  • D
  • Widow Remarriage

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Correct Answer : C [Women Education]

331. ‘The last Sun of Indian glory’ has been used for 

  • A
  • Shivaji

  • B
  • Prithviraj

  • C
  • Raja Pratap

  • D
  • Hemu

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Correct Answer : B [Prithviraj]

332. Who among the following were the prominent leaders  of the ‘Khilafat Movement’? 

  • A
  • Maulana Mohammad Ali and Saukat Ali

  • B
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Saukat Ali

  • C
  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and RafiAhmed Kidwai

  • D
  • RafiAhmed Kidwai and Saukat Ali

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Correct Answer : A [Maulana Mohammad Ali and Saukat Ali ]

333. What was the name of the party formed by Motilal  Nehru and C.R. Das in 1923 A.D.?

  • A
  • Independence Party

  • B
  • Ghadar Party

  • C
  • Swaraj Party

  • D
  • Indian National Party

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Correct Answer : C [Swaraj Party]

334. Which of the following was the first victim of Lord  Dalhousie’s ‘policy of doctrine of lapse’?

  • A
  • Jhansi

  • B
  • Satara

  • C
  • Karauli

  • D
  • Sambalpur

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Correct Answer : B [Satara]

335. Match List–I with List–II and select the correct answer  using the codes given below the lists:  List–I                                 List–II  A. First Carnatic War      1. Ended by Treaty of Paris         B. Third Carnatic War    2. Britishers Lost  C. Second Carnatic War 3. Inconclusive War  D. First Mysore War       4. Ended by Treaty of  Aix-la-Chapelle    Codes:  A B C D

  • A
  • 1 3 4 2

  • B
  • 2 4 1 3

  • C
  • 4 1 3 2

  • D
  • 3 1 4 2

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Correct Answer : C [4 1 3 2]

336. What was the name of the movement started by Khan  Abdul Ghaffar Khan against the British?

  • A
  • Red shirt

  • B
  • Quit India

  • C
  • Khilafat

  • D
  • None of these

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Correct Answer : A [Red shirt]

337. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his ‘Knighthood’ in  protest to which one of the following?        

  • A
  • Rowlatt Act

  • B
  • Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh

  • C
  • Simon Commission

  • D
  • Cripps Mission

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Correct Answer : B [Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh]

338. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?    

  • A
  • Hector Munro – Battle of Buxar

  • B
  • Lord Hastings – Anglo-Nepal War

  • C
  • Lord Wellesley – Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

  • D
  • Lord Cornwallis – Third Anglo-Maratha War

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Correct Answer : D [Lord Cornwallis – Third Anglo-Maratha War]

339. Which of the following trials attracted worldwide  publicity and drew sympathetic comments from Albert  Einstein, H.G. Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in  favour of the convicts?

  • A
  • INA trial

  • B
  • Lahore conspiracy case

  • C
  • Meerut conspiracy case

  • D
  • None of these

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Correct Answer : C [Meerut conspiracy case]

340. Who remarked about the East India Company that “The  Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where  everything is an anomaly”?

  • A
  • Warren Hastings

  • B
  • G.B. Macaulay

  • C
  • Lord Clive

  • D
  • Henry Dundas

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Correct Answer : B [G.B. Macaulay]
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