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Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
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Answer: Option A
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In 1913 Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad started Al-Balagh. He was an Indian scholar and the senior Muslim leader of the Indian National Congress during Indian Independence Movement. He became the first minister of Education in the Indian Government.
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My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in
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Answer: Option C
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My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in 1906. The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921.
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The battle of Balakot was in __________
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Answer: Option C
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Sikh Army tried to penetrate from the Garhi Habibullah (15 km downstream) with armies from Kashmir but were put to hold till the reinforcement arrived from Lahore via Timri near Shinkiari. On a little mound in the north of the city, by the Rou Nala, the Battle of Balakot was fought on May 6, 1831. Sikhs became victorious and all the Mujahideens including Syed Ahmad and Shah Ismail were killed.
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The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was
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Answer: Option D
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The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta.
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In 1916 Mahatma Gandhi travelled to__________ to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system
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Answer: Option C
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Mahatma Gandhi travelled to Champaran in 1916 to opposed the "Teen Kathiya" system related to the Indigo farmers.
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Madame HP Blavatsky had laid the foundation of the Theosophical Society in the year
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Answer: Option C
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It was in the United States of America in 1875 that Madame H. P. Blavatsky, a Russian lady, and a Colonel H. S. Olcott, a former army officer of England laid the foundation of the modern Theosophical Society.
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The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of __________
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The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of Dadabhai Naoroji.
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The Interim Government which took office on September 2, 1946 was headed by
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Answer: Option B
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The Viceroy's Executive Council became the executive branch of the interim government. Originally headed by the Viceroy of India, it was transformed into a council of ministers, with the powers of a prime minister bestowed on the vice-president of the Council, a position held by the Congress leader Jawaharlal Nehru.
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The National Liberal Federation was founded by
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Banerjee later became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Surendranath welcomed Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, unlike congress, and with many liberal leaders he left congress and founded a new organisation named Indian National Liberation Federation in 1919.
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The Pitt's India Act empowered the Governor-General with
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Answer: Option B
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The Pitt's India Act empowered the Governor-General with a casting vote.