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Who founded as Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College (MAO) at Aligarh in 1875?
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Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College was founded in 1875, initially as a primary school, with the intention of taking it to a college level institution, known as Mohammedan Anglo Oriental Collegiate School. Its given Urdu name was Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind. It started operations on Queen Victoria's 56th birthday, 24 May 1875. Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan found it.
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Who founded the Central Hindu School and College in Banaras (now Varanasi)?
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Founded by noted freedom-fighter Annie Besant in July 1898, with Dr. Arthur Richardson, a science graduate from England as the principal, and went on to become the nucleus of Banaras Hindu University, which was established in 1916. Asia's first Educational conference was held in the ground of the CHBS.
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In November 1881, Narendra went to meet __________who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar
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One day in November 1881, Narendra went to meet Sri Ramakrishna who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar. Apart from removing doubts from the mind of Narendra about the existence of God, Sri Ramakrishna won him over through his pure, unselfish love.
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What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?
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Answer: Option A
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Young India was a weekly paper or journal in English published by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from 1919 to 1931.
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Rohelas were of __________ origin
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Answer: Option B
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They belonged to an Afghan Ghilzai tribe. It was first Afghan dynasty which ruled large part of the Indian subcontinent between 1290 and 1320.
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The Home Rule League was formed during the
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Answer: Option A
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Home Rule League, either of two short-lived organizations of the same name in India established in April and September 1916, respectively, by Indian nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak and British social reformer and Indian independence leader Annie Besant during first world war.
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of__________
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Answer: Option C
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The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, in the state of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj, was a major episode of civil disobedience and revolt in the Indian Independence Movement. The movement was eventually led by Vallabhbhai Patel, and its success gave rise to Patel becoming one of the main leaders of the independence movement.
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The immortal national Song 'Vande Mataram' has been written by
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Answer: Option C
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National Song "Vande Mataram" is a part of Anand Math written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya.
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Before the passing of the Act of 1773, each of the three English Settlement in India was governed by
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Answer: Option B
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Before the passing of the Act of 1773, each of the three English Settlement in India was governed by President.
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Which of the following was the most important feature of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms?
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Answer: Option C
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Dyarchy, also spelled diarchy, system of double government introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India. Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917–22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India, 1916–21).