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First education minister of independent India?

A) Indira Gandhi B) Durba Banerjee
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad D) Sucheta Kripalani
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India, who served from 15 August 1947 until 2 February 1958.

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Indira Gandhi - First Women Prime minister of India

 

Durba Banerjee - The first woman Airline Pilot

 

Sucheta Kripalani - The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State.

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Who of the following Portuguese is regarded as a 'monster in human disguise' and the one who had no bowels of compassion?

A) Vasco da Gama B) Albuquerque
C) Almeida D) Joao de Castro
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vasco da Gama

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Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?

A) C.R.Das B) Motilal Nehru
C) Lala Lajpat Rai D) Lokmanya Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lokmanya Tilak

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Syadvad is a doctrine of

A) Lokayatism B) Saivism
C) Jainism D) Vaishnavism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jainism

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The Programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by

A) Surendra Nath Bennerjee B) BC Pal
C) Aurobindo Ghose D) Ras Behari Bosh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Surendra Nath Bennerjee

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All of the following were Contemporaries of Emperor Akbar, except

A) Abbas the Great of persia B) Henry VIII of England
C) Elizabeth I of England D) Henry IV of France
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Henry VIII of England

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The panchatantra was written during the

A) Maurya period B) Gupta period
C) Sultanate period D) Kushana period
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gupta period

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The panchatantra was written by Vishnu sharma, an Indian scholar during the period of Gupta rule. It is during 3rd Century BCE.

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The Act constituting the first legislative interference by the British Parliament in the affairs of India was the 

A) Fox's India Act, 1783 B) Pitti's India Act, 1784
C) Regulating Act, 1773 D) Declaratory Act, 1781
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Regulating Act, 1773

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