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Mahatma Gandhi was born in which year?

A) 1869 B) 1879
C) 1889 D) 1899
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1869

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East India Company was established in ________.

A) 1400 B) 1500
C) 1600 D) 1700
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1600

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After the defeat at Plassey, Sirajuddaullah was assassinated and ________ was made the nawab.

A) Mir Jafar B) Mir Qasim
C) Haider Ali D) Tipu Sultan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mir Jafar

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Which   one   of   the   following   statements about   the   All India   Depressed   Classes Association is not correct?

A) The    All    India    Depressed    Classes Association was formed in Nagpur with M.   C.   Rajah   as   its   first   elected President. B) The    All    India    Depressed    Classes Association was not attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 1926
C) Ambedkar  resigned  from  the  All  India Depressed   Classes   Association   and formed  his  own  All  India  Depressed Classes Congress in 1930. D) The    All    India    Depressed    Classes association   favoured   Ambedkar’s demand for separate electorate for the depressed classes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ambedkar  resigned  from  the  All  India Depressed   Classes   Association   and formed  his  own  All  India  Depressed Classes Congress in 1930.

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Dr. B. R. Ambedkar never resigned from All India Depressed class association.
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Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India?

A) Babur B) Ibrahim Lodi
C) Sher Shah Suri D) Akbar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Babur

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Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of ___________?

A) Lucknow B) Varanasi
C) Hyderabad D) Bengal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bengal

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Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?

A) Robert Clive B) William Bentick
C) Warren Hastings D) Charles Cornawallis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Warren Hastings

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Humayun was born in the year ___________.

A) 1508 B) 1608
C) 1708 D) 1808
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1508

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