1. The ‘Blue Water Policy’ was introduced by the Portuguese leader
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(A) Franscisco-de-Almeida
(B) Alfonso de Albuquerque
(C) Francis Caron
(D) Francis Martin
2. Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance?
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(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Mahatma Phule
(D) M.G. Ranade
3. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
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(A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(B) Sharda Mukherjee
(C) Fathima Beevi
(D) Sarojini Naidu
4. The Kakori conspiracy was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Lucknow in
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(A) 1931
(B) 1919
(C) 1925
(D) 1929
5. “Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman’s need but not everyman’s greed”. Who said this?
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(A) Guru Nanak Dev
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Pope Paul VI
(D) Smt. Indira Gandhi
6. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?
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(A) Justice Ranade
(B) Madam Blavatsky
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
7. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
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(A) Lord Harding
(B) Lord Northbrook
(C) Lord Ellenborough
(D) Lord Mayo
8. Who was the founder of Kolkata’s first “Atmiya Sabha” (philosophical discussion circle) held in 1815?
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(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru
9. In which pact, warm relations were established between “Garam dal”and “Naram dal”, the two groups of the Indian National Congress?
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(A) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(B) Lucknow Pact
(C) Karachi agreement
(D) Lahore declaration
10. The quintessence of Gandhian thought is
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(A) Satyagraha
(B) Metaphysics
(C) Spiritualism
(D) Moksha
