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Q61
The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in
  • A 1852
  • B 1853
  • C 1854
  • D 1855
Answer: Option B
Explanation: The Calcutta-Agra telegraph line started functioning in 1853.
Q62
When was the first passenger train run in India?
  • A January 1848
  • B April 1853
  • C May 1857
  • D April 1852
Answer: Option B
Explanation: The historic Bombay-Thane train journey was in April 1853.
Q63
In which session of the Indian National Congress was the tricolour flag unfurled for the first time?
  • A Calcutta Session 1920
  • B Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur 1920
  • C Lahore Congress 1929
  • D Haripura Congress Conference 1938
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The tricolour was first unfurled at the 1920 Calcutta session.
Q64
Which among the following regulations made English as medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
  • A Pitts India Act 1784
  • B Educational Despatch 1854
  • C Macaulay Minute 1835
  • D Regulating Act 1773
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Macaulay's Minute advocated English as medium of education in 1835.
Q65
Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
  • A Battle of Buxar 1764
  • B Battle of Plassey 1757
  • C Farrukh Siyar's Farman 1717
  • D Ibrahim Khan's Farman 1690
Answer: Option B
Explanation: The Battle of Plassey established Company control over Bengal.
Q66
In which of the following years 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?
  • A 1930
  • B 1929
  • C 1942
  • D 1946
Answer: Option A
Explanation: January 26, 1930 was declared Purna Swaraj Day by the Indian National Congress.
Q67
Which of the following Acts gave representation to Indians for the first time in legislation?
  • A Indian Councils Act 1909
  • B Indian Councils Act 1919
  • C Government of India Act 1919
  • D Government of India Act 1935
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The 1909 Act allowed limited Indian representation in councils.
Q68
Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay write Anand Math?
  • A 1858
  • B 1892
  • C 1882
  • D None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Anand Math was published in 1882.
Q69
In which year Salt Satyagraha took place?
  • A 1929
  • B 1930
  • C 1931
  • D 1932
Answer: Option B
Explanation: The Salt Satyagraha started in 1930.
Q70
Cabinet Mission came to India in the year
  • A 1946
  • B 1945
  • C 1942
  • D 1940
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The Cabinet Mission arrived in 1946 to discuss India's independence.
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