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During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?
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The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:
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Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule:
1. Lord Curzon 2. Lord Chelmsford 3. Lord Hardinge 4. Lord Irwin
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?
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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the:
1. abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provinces
2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own
3. abolition of the principle of communal representation
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Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle:
1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage
2. Minto-Morley Reforms
3. Dandi March
4. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?
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The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of:
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Consider the following statements:
1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.
2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. AD 1767–69 — First Anglo-Maratha War
2. AD 1790–92 — Third Mysore War
3. AD 1824–26 — First Anglo-Burmese War
4. AD 1845–46 — Second Sikh War
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Consider the following statements:
1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
3. Mir Jafar entered into a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India:
1. Jhansi 2. Sambalpur 3. Satara The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is:
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During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?
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The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:
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Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule:
1. Lord Curzon 2. Lord Chelmsford 3. Lord Hardinge 4. Lord Irwin
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?
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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the:
1. abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provinces
2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own
3. abolition of the principle of communal representation
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Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle:
1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage
2. Minto-Morley Reforms
3. Dandi March
4. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?
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The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of:
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