1. India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on :
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(A) 15th January, 1947
(B) 15th August, 1947
(C) 15th August, 1950
(D) 15th October, 1947
2. Which ‘Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
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(A) Lord Ripon
(B) Lord Dalhouste
(C) Lord Bentinck
(D) Lord Curzon
3. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
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(A) Bernard Shaw
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Lenin
(D) Leo Tolstoy
4. Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society’?
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(A) G.K. Gokhale
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
5. Which Governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
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(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Ripon
(C) Lord William Bentinck
(D) Lord Dalhousie
6. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
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(A) George Yule
(B) William Wedderburn
(C) A.O. Hume
(D) Henry Cotton
7. The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of
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(A) January
(B) March
(C) August
(D) December
8. Which scripture was called his ‘mother’ by Gandhiji?
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(A) Ramayana
(B) The New Testament
(C) Bhagwat Gita
(D) The Holy Quran
9. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
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(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(B) R.G. Bhandarkar
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) B.G. Tilak
10. According to Dadabhai Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ meant
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(A) Complete independence
(B) Self government
(C) Economic independence
(D) Political independence
