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41 Which Indian mass movement began with the famous ‘Dandi March’ of Mahatma Gandhi ?
[A] Civil Disobedience Movement
[B] Quit India Movement
[C] Non-Cooperation Movement
[D] Khilafat Movement
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
42 Who planted the ‘Tree of Liberty’ at Srirangapatnam?
[A] Tipu Sultan
[B] Murshid Quli Khan
[C] Chin Quilich Khan
[D] Hyder Ali
Answer: Tipu Sultan

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43 The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at :
[A] Surat
[B] Bombay
[C] Bengal
[D] Madras
Answer: Surat
44 Neel-Darpan’ by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of :
[A] Indigo Planters
[B] Landless Labourers
[C] Bengali Artisans
[D] All of the above
Answer: Indigo Planters
45 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great 19th Century Social Reformer who waged a struggle for/against which of the following social cause?
[A] Widow Remarriage
[B] Untouchability
[C] Abolition of Sati
[D] Education of Women
Answer: Widow Remarriage
46 Who among the following was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
[A] Iqbal Khan
[B] Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
[C] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[D] Hasrat Mohani
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
47 The revolutionary organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by:
[A] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
[B] Pulin Behari Das
[C] Barindra Kumar Ghosh
[D] Bhagat Singh
Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
48 Which among the following great revolutionaries was the brain behind the ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’?
[A] Lala Hardayal
[B] Surya Sen
[C] Ganesh Ghosh
[D] Chandrashekhar Azad
Answer: Surya Sen
49 Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Quit India Movement?

1. It was a leaderless movement, with the reigns of the movement in the hands of the masses.

2. It was also characterized by the outbreak of violence though Gandhi had given a call for a determined, but passive resistance, ‘do or die’.

3. The movement failed in terms of achieving immediate objective

[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 and 3
[D] 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
50 Which of the following personalities were the founders of the ‘Home Rule Movement’ ?

1.Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2.Annie Besant

3.Mohammad Ali Jinnah

4.Mahatma Gandhi

[A] 1 and 2
[B] 1, 2 and 3
[C] 1, 3 and 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1 and 2

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