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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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Who among the following was the first grammarian of the Sanskrit language?

A) Kalhana B) Maitreyi
C) Kalidasa D) Panini
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Panini

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Who were the patrons of Sangama Literature?

A) Nayakas B) Chandellas
C) Pandyas D) Solankis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pandyas

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 Damdama lake is in which state? 

A) Punjab B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Haryana

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Damdamaa reservoir in Sohna, district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the biggest lakes in Haryana and with an area of 3,000 acres. Damdama Lake was formed when a stone and earthen dam constructed by the British was commissioned for rain water harvesting in 1947. 

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Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?

A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq D) Mahmud Tughlaq
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

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In which year (in AD) was the East India Company established?

A) 1664 B) 1632
C) 1600 D) 1608
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1600

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Big landlords or warrior chiefs in the seventh century were acknowledged as _________ by the existing kings?

A) Rashtrakutas B) Chalukya
C) Samantas D) Brahmanas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Samantas

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When was India's capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

A) 1911 B) 1905
C) 1910 D) 1912
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1911

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