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1. Who among the following brought the first Printing Machine in India?
A. Portuguese
B. French
C. Dutch
D. British
Answer: Option A
2. Ruler of which among the following for the fist time signed “Subsidiary Alliance Treaty” with the British in which the Company kept its army inside th
A. Hyderabad
B. Awadh
C. Poona
D. Mysore
Answer: Option A
3. The Treaty of Amiens finally made Ceylon as _________?
A. A Dutch colony
B. A French Colony
C. A British Colony
D. A Portuguese Colony
Answer: Option C
4. Which among the following was the source of money for “Clive Fund“?
A. His salary and emoluments in the East India Company
B. Money earned by him as gifts and bribes from the Indians
C. Money left by Mir Jafar for him as Gift
D. Money confiscated from the Beghum of Nawab of Awadh
Answer: Option C
5. The term “Bleeding Madras” is related to which among the following?
A. An event during the First war of Independence
B. A Newspaper published in British Era
C. A type of Cloth
D. A type of Plant
6. In which of the following cases, VD Savarkar was sentenced to transportation for life to the infamous Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
A. Alipore Bomb Case
B. Nasik Conspiracy Case
C. Delhi conspiracy case
D. Lahore Conspiracy Case
Answer: Option B
7. Satya Shodhak Samaj” was founded by whom among the following?
A. Raja Rammohan Roy
B. Sant Tukaram
C. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
D. None of them
Answer: Option C
8. ”Faith is a Battle” is the biographical work on which of the following personalities?
A. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. None of them
Answer: Option B
9. The Jakarta History Museum located in old Jakarta, Indonesia was once used as the headquarters of which of the following?
A. British East India Company
B. Dutch East India Company
C. Portuguese East India Company
D. Danish East India Company
Answer: Option B
10. Lalita Mahal that was specially built as a residence of Viceroy of British India is located in which of the following city?
11. Mahatma Ghandhi’s remarks, “A Post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” was regarding the proposals of which of the following? [A] Government of India Ac
A. Government of India Act 1935
B. Wavel Plan
C. Cripps Mission
D. Simon Commission
Answer: Option C
12. Which among the following was the work field of Jibanananda Das , a Bengal Icon?
A. Social Service
B. Literature
C. Science and Technology
D. Journalism
Answer: Option B
13. The Woods dispatch of 1854 is related to which of the following?
A. Setting up of some universities in India
B. Introduction of the India Post
C. Abolition of the Sati
D. Establishment of Administration Services in India
Answer: Option A
14. Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme was started for which among the following?
A. Ex-Andaman political prisoners, freedom fighters and their dependents
B. Freedom fighters under Goa Liberation Movement
C. Strugglers for merger of erstwhile Nizam State of Hyderabad with Union of India
D. All the above
Answer: Option D
15. From which of the following, East India Company aquired Bombay on a lease on 27 March 1668?