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The fall of the Czar in Russia is known as _______

A) March Revolution B) October Revolution
C) February Revolution D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) February Revolution

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The fall of the Czar is known as February Revolution because, according to the old Russian calender, it occured on 27 February 1917.

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USA suggested a policy, according to which all countries would have equal rights to trade anywhere in China,was known as_______

A) open Door Policy B) Me Too Policy
C) Both (a) and (b) D) Universal Policy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both (a) and (b)

Explanation:

After the defeat of china by Japan in a war over Korea in 1894,France, Russia, Britain and Germany gave loan to china to help it to the payment of 150 million dollors demanded by japan. These western countries the divided china into spheres of influence, which meant that each country had certain regions of china reserved exclusively for its purposes.

          The united states feared that china would be completely parcelled out in exclusive 'spheres of influence' and that its trade with china would be shut off. The USA, therefore, suggested the policy known as the "Open Door". This policy is also described as "Mee too Policy".

          The division of China into "spheres of influence' has often been described as the "cutting of the Chinese melon".

 

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Who was the man to attend the Imperial Durbar in 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi and was one of the founders of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha in 1807?

A) M.G.Ranade B) S.N. Banerjee
C) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi

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The first newspaper published in India in 1780 was

A) The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser B) The Calcutta Chronicle
C) The Madras Courier D) The Bombay Herald
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser

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The Battle of Buxar (October 22, 1764), which confirmed the decisions of Plassey, was fought between the English and

A) Mir Kasim,Nawab of Bengal B) Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh
C) Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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Nawab Siraj -ud-daulah of Bengal was defeated by the English in the battle of Plassey, mainly

A) because the English Forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab B) because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commander-in-Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
C) because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield D) because of the capture of a band of frenchmen under the Nawab's service by the English
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commander-in-Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal

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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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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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