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Q201
Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India?
  • A Lord Cornwallis
  • B Pitt
  • C Lord Canning
  • D Robert Clive
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Canning was the first Viceroy after British Crown took over.
Q202
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
  • A Sabarmati Ashram
  • B Ahmedabad
  • C Porbandar
  • D Dandi
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Civil Disobedience was launched from Sabarmati Ashram.
Q203
Kesari the newspaper was started by
  • A G.K. Gokhale
  • B B.G. Tilak
  • C Sardar Patel
  • D Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Tilak started Kesari to promote nationalistic ideas.
Q204
The Purna Swaraj resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at
  • A Bombay
  • B Lahore
  • C Calcutta
  • D Madras
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Lahore session in 1929 adopted Purna Swaraj.
Q205
Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
  • A Swami Vivekananda
  • B Ram Mohan Roy
  • C Sisir Kumar Ghosh
  • D Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Tilak considered Swami Vivekananda his political mentor.
Q206
Who introduced the doctrine of lapse?
  • A Lord Wellesley
  • B Lord Curzon
  • C Lord Dalhousie
  • D Lord Lytton
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Lord Dalhousie implemented the doctrine of lapse.
Q207
The Lahore Conspiracy Case was registered against whom?
  • A V.D. Savarkar
  • B Bhagat Singh
  • C Chandrashekhar Azad
  • D Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Bhagat Singh was a major defendant in Lahore Conspiracy.
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