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Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization

A) Sir Leonard wooley B) V.S.Agarwal
C) Dayaram Sahni D) A.L.Basham
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dayaram Sahni

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After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministers were 

A) Bengal and Punjab B) Assam and Kerala
C) Bengal and Assam D) Punjab and Kerala
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bengal and Punjab

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Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as 

A) Court of directors B) Board of Directors
C) Board of Control D) Board of Merchants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Board of Control

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Who gave the title Father of The Nation to Mahatma Gandhi? 

A) Rabindra Nath Tagore B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) G.K. Gokel D) None of above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Subhas Chandra Bose

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The title of Father of the Nation was given to Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi known as Mahathma Gandhi by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

He was the first who addressed Mahatma Gandhi as Father of the Nation on Singapore Radio on July 6, 1944.

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Guwahati High Court is the Judicature of

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Nagaland
C) Assam D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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Which one of the following was not authorised by Annie Besant?

A) The future of Indian politics B) How India fought for freedom
C) The case for India D) India Old and New
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) India Old and New

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Except option D all the other were posted by Annie Besent

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A resolution declaring Purna Swaraj (complete independence) as Indian's political goal was passed in the ..........Congress of 1929

A) Simla B) Lahore
C) Madras D) Calcutta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lahore

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The idea of ‘Farr-i Izadi’, on which the Mughal kingship was based, was first developed by which one of the following Sufi saints?

A) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi B) Nizamuddin Auliya
C) Ibn al-Arabi D) Bayazid Bistami
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

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Abul Fazl placed Mughal kingship as the highest station in the hierarchy of objects receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi). Abul Fazl was inspired by a famous Iranian Sufi, Shihabuddin Suhrawardi who first developed this idea. According to this idea, there was a hierarchy in which the Divine Light was transmitted to the king who then became the source of spiritual guidance for his subjects.

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