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Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide satyagrah against the proposed ________________.

A) Simon Commission B) Rowlatt Act
C) Salt Act D) Pitt's India Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rowlatt Act

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Chandragupta (322–298 BC) was the ruler of which dynasty?

A) Maurya B) Mewar
C) Mughal D) Peshwas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Maurya

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The birthplace of the tenth and last guru of Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh is: ________________.

A) Guwahati B) Hemkund Sahib
C) Amritsar D) Patna Sahib
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Patna Sahib

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Who advocated the introduction of western education and English language in India?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Dadbhai Naoroji D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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During the period of which Governor General / Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?

A) Dalhousie B) Curzon
C) Bentick D) Cornwallis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cornwallis

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Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India's constitutional system.

A) Rowlatt Act B) Pitt's India Act
C) Partition of Bengal D) Simon Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Simon Commission

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Akbar was born in the year _____.

A) 1542 B) 1642
C) 1742 D) 1842
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1542

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Wall Street collapse led to_____________

A) World War II B) Recession
C) U.S. attack on Iraq D) Great Depression
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Great Depression

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