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Q191
What is the name of the fort built by the English in Calcutta?
  • A Fort St. David
  • B Fort St. Andrew
  • C Fort William
  • D Fort Victoria
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Fort William was the main British fort in Calcutta.
Q192
C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party after
  • A Swadeshi Movement
  • B Non-Cooperation Movement
  • C Civil Disobedience Movement
  • D Quit India Movement
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Swaraj Party formed after the Non-Cooperation Movement ended.
Q193
What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
  • A Rowlatt Act
  • B Minto Morley Reforms
  • C Simon Commission
  • D Pitts India Act
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Lajpat Rai was protesting the Simon Commission boycott.
Q194
The last Governor General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the Crown was
  • A Lord Elgin
  • B Lord Canning
  • C Lord Warren Hastings
  • D Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Lord Canning was the last Company Governor General and first Crown Viceroy.
Q195
The first Governor General of Bengal was
  • A Lord Clive
  • B Lord Warren Hastings
  • C Lord John Shore
  • D Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Clive became the first Governor of Bengal.
Q196
On April 12, 1944, Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA flag in a town. In which State/Union Territory is that town now?
  • A Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • B Tripura
  • C Manipur
  • D Mizoram
Answer: Option C
Explanation: The flag was hoisted in Manipur.
Q197
Name the Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.
  • A Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • B Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • C Aurobindo Ghosh
  • D Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Gokhale was Gandhi’s political mentor.
Q198
Who said that India's soul lives in villages?
  • A Vinoba Bhave
  • B Jayaprakash Narayan
  • C Jawaharlal Nehru
  • D Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Option D
Explanation: Gandhi emphasized village-centric Indian life.
Q199
What was the name of the newspaper edited by Gandhiji till 1933?
  • A Sarvodaya
  • B Alia
  • C Times of India
  • D Young India
Answer: Option D
Explanation: Gandhi edited Young India.
Q200
Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British?
  • A Jatin Das
  • B Chandrashekhar Azad
  • C Rajguru
  • D Kalpana Dutt
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Jatin Das died after a hunger strike in prison.
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