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1
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who was appointed as bengal’s subedar

A

murshid quil khan

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2
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battle of plassey

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1757

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3
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battle of buxar

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1764

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4
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who ended dual system of government

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warren hastings

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5
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first anglo mysore war

A

1766
haider ali defeated british
result- treaty of madras 1769

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6
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haidar ali was succeeded by

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tipu sultan

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7
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which treaty ended the 2nd ango mysore war

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treaty of manglore 1784

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8
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10th and last guru

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guru gobind singh

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9
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who founded sikh rule in india

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ranjit singh

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10
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which treaty ended anglo sikh war

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treaty of lahore

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11
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first chief commissioner of punjab

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john lawerence

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12
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when were railways intro in india

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1853
mumbai to thane

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13
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first banking system in india

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awadh commercial bank 1881

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14
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post and telegraph was founded in

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1853

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15
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drain of wealth

A

dadabhai naoroji
poverty and un brit rule in india

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16
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who intro perm settlement

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cornwallis

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17
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ryotwari system

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intro in bombay and madras
thomas munro and charles reed

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18
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first peasant movement

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indigo revolt 1859

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19
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atmiya sabha

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ram roy

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20
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brahmo samaj

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r roy

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21
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tattvabodhini sabha

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debendranath tagore

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22
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arya samaj

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dayandand saraswati

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23
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ramkrishna mission

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swami vivekanada

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24
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servants of indian society

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gokhale

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25
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who took over the leadership of brahmo samaj after r roy

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debendranath tagore

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26
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og name of swami vivekananda

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narendranath dutta

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27
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satya shodhak samaj

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jyotiba phule

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28
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depressed class welfare institute

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br ambedkar

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29
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harijan sevak sangh

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gandhi

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30
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1857 mutiny started in

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merrut

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31
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emperor of india

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bahadur shah zafar

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32
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who wrote first indian war of independence

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karl marx

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33
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british india association

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devendranath tagore

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34
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east india association

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dadabhai naoroji

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35
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indian national congress

A

1885
ao hume
pres wc bannerji

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36
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who found kesari, maratha, home rule league and gita rahasya

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tilak

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37
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who founded national school at lajore

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lala lajpat rai

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38
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who found new india and vande matram

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bipin chandra pal

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39
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who started jugantar

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aurobind ghosh

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40
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partition ofbengal

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1905

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41
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muslim league set by

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nawab salimullah

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42
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leadership at calcutta session of inc 1906

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dadabhai naoroji

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43
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surat split

A

1907
extremists and moderates

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44
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morely minto reforms

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1909

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45
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all india home rule league changed its name to

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swarajya sabha

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46
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who founded natal indian congress
indian ambulance core
indian opinion
pheonix
tolstoy farm

A

gandhi

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47
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satyagraha ashram is along the river of

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sabarmati

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48
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first non cooperation movement

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kheda satyagraha

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49
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wife of gandhi

A

kasturbais

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50
Q

sec of gandhi

A

mhadev desai

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51
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when did gandhi die

A

1948

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52
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where was gandhi born

A

porbander

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53
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mother of gandhi

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putali bai

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54
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political guru of gandhi

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gokhale

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55
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who gave the title of mahatma to gandhi

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tagore

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56
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rashtrapita title given to gandhi

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bose

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57
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ina was the brain child of

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mohan singh

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58
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ina was formed by

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ras bihari bose

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59
Q

moutbattens earlier plan

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plan balkan

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60
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city found by akbar

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fqatehpur sikhri

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61
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city of festivals

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madhurai

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62
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one of the sacred cities also called avanti

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ujjain

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63
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baba saheb
badshah khan
beacon of light of asia
chacha
cr
tathaggat
father of indian unrest
father of local self govern
frontier gandhi
gurudev
indian bismarck
indian einstein
mahamana
martin luther of india
patriot of patriots

A

ambedkar
gaffar
bose
neru
gopalachari
buddha
tilak
lord rippon
gaffar
tagore
sv patel
nagarjuna
madan malviya
dayanand saraswati
bose

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64
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who took peackock throne to iran

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nader shah

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65
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which diamond was embedded in peacock throne

A

kohinoor

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66
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father of shivaji

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shahaji

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67
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which maratha was kept in mughal captivity and later released

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shahu

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68
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balaji baji rao was also known as

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nana saheb

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69
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first nawab of bengal

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murshid quil khan
he turned jagirdari system into mal jasmani system

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70
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mongols declined due to which pandemic

A

black death pandemic

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71
Q

who started the modern credit system

A

medici bankers

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72
Q

who roundec cape of good hope

A

bartholomew dias

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73
Q

who found an alternate sea route to india

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columbus

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74
Q

who dicovered india

A

vasco da gama

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75
Q

battle of diu

A

1509
battle against portugese

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76
Q

first people to try stopping sati

A

portugese

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77
Q

first dutch factory in india

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masulipatnam
andhra pradesh

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78
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richest pvt company in world history till then

A

VOC-dutch

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79
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worlds first joint stock company

A

muscovy company

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80
Q

first to circumnavigate the world

A

francis drake

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81
Q

who undertook the first brit sea voyage to indian ocean

A

james lancaster

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82
Q

east india house in

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london

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83
Q

who was sent to the court of jahangir

A

william hawkins

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84
Q

british’s first factory at

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surat

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85
Q

brit first trading post at

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andhra pradesh

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86
Q

who got permission to set up factoies in india

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thomas roe

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87
Q

chennia municpial hq

A

st george

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88
Q

portugal hands over whuch city as dowry to princess catherine

A

bombay

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89
Q

hq of wesern pres

A

bombay
before-surat

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90
Q

first governor of eic in bengal

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william hedges

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91
Q

first factory of french

A

surat

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92
Q

carnatic wars were against

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france

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93
Q

battle of plassey

A

1757
siraj was defeated

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94
Q

battle of buxar

A

1764

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95
Q

offensive and defensive treaty signed by

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robert clive

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96
Q

master stroke by robert clive

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treaty of allahabad

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97
Q

bengal famine

A

1769-72

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98
Q

who stopped dual system in india

A

warren hastings

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99
Q

3rd battle of panipat

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1761

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100
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treaty of allahbad

A

1765

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101
Q

first governor of bengal

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robert clive

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102
Q

first governor gen of india

A

warren hastings

103
Q

mysore dynasty

A

haider ali

104
Q

who wrote fathul majhahidin

A

tipu sultan

105
Q

who planted tree of liberty in their capital

A

tipu sultan
capital-srirangapattnam

106
Q

first ever large scale sepoy mutiny under company rule

A

vellore mutiny

107
Q

who was known as maratha machiavelli

A

nana phadanvis

108
Q

treaty of surat

109
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treaty of purandar

A

between nana phadanvis and warren hastings
1776

110
Q

last peshwa

A

peshwa baji rao 2

111
Q

anglo maratha war is also called

A

pindari war

112
Q

policy of ring fence

A

warren hastings

113
Q

subsidiary allimace

114
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doctrine of lapse

115
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first subs alliance with

A

nizam of hyderabad

116
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warren hastings regulating act

117
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who found the asiatic society of bengal

A

william jones
1784

118
Q

who translated gita in english

A

charles wilkins

119
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pitt’s act

120
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charter’s act

A

cornwallis
1793

121
Q

hindu college at calcutta in 1817

A

by r roy and david hare

122
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first british who enacted reforms for the social welfare of indian subjects

A

william bentick

123
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william bentick replaced which language as the official language in courts

124
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first governor general of india

A

william bentick

125
Q

slavery was abolished from india in

126
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who gave the doctrine of sepeartion of powers

A

montesquieu

127
Q

youngest governor gen

A

james broun ramsay / lord dalhousie

128
Q

maker of modern india
father of indian telegraph
father of indian postal system
father of indian engineering services
widow remarriage act

129
Q

first telegraph line in india

A

agra to calcutta

130
Q

who played a major role in enforcing widow remarriage act

A

ishwarchandra vidyasagar

131
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summer capital

132
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dalhousie annexed which state

133
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first viceroy of india

134
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bengal famine

135
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idea of perm settlement

A

john shore

136
Q

who intro ryotwari system

A

thomas munro

137
Q

who intro mahalwari system

A

holt mackenzie

138
Q

the wealth of nations written by

A

adam smith

139
Q

who wrote anand math

A

bankim chandra c

140
Q

first captain of indian team

141
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first crickter to be knighted during an active test career

A

maharajkumar of vizianagram [vizzy]

142
Q

paika rebellion

A

1817
orissa

143
Q

ahom revolt

144
Q

which language was used as the court language after replacing persian

145
Q

mangal pandey was part of which infantry

A

34th native infantry

146
Q

where did mangal pandey refuse to use new rifle cartridges

A

barrackpore, bengal

147
Q

where did the revolt begin

148
Q

eic shifted the capital from delhi to

149
Q

liyaqat ali was the leader of

150
Q

who annouched queen’s proclamation at allahabad durbar in 1858

A

lord canning

151
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licensing act

152
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first viceroy of india

153
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first sec of state for india

A

charles wood

154
Q

white mutiny happened during the reign of

155
Q

who intro crpc and ipc

156
Q

indian councils act

157
Q

kaiser-i-hind

A

queen victoria

158
Q

who was the famine commissioner

A

richard strachey

159
Q

vernacular press act

160
Q

arms act

161
Q

indian factory act

A

by lord rippon

162
Q

first indian journalisst to be arrested

A

surendranath bannerjee

163
Q

durand line

A

india and afghanistan

164
Q

give gave r roy the title of raja

A

akbar shah 2

165
Q

who was a polyglot

166
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who established atmiya sabha and wrote tahfat ul muwahiddin and precepts of jesus

167
Q

who found hindu clg

A

r roy and david hare

168
Q

who translated vedas to bengali

169
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who started samwad kaumudi

170
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first newspaper to be published edited and mangaed by an indian

A

samwad kaumudi- r roy

171
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weekly- mirat ul akbar published by
also vedanta college

172
Q

widown remarriage movement

A

dhondo karve

173
Q

first nationalist poet of modern india

A

henry derozio

174
Q

widown remarriage act

175
Q

who opened sanksrit college to non brahmins

A

vidyasagar

176
Q

ladies social conference

A

ramabai ranade

177
Q

first women medical college in india

A

lady dufferin college

178
Q

first major womens org set up by indian women

A

bharat stree mahamandal
by sarla chaudhurani

179
Q

father of marathi journalist

A

balshastri jambhekar

180
Q

title of mahatma given in maharashtra

A

jyotiba phule

181
Q

satyashodhak samaj

A

jyotiba phule

182
Q

ramkrishna mission was found in and at

A

belur, bengal in 1897

183
Q

who gave a speech on hinduism at parliament of world religions at chicago

A

vivekananda

184
Q

og name of dayanand sarsawati

A

moolshanker

185
Q

who said go back to the vedas

A

dayanand saraswati

186
Q

india for indians

A

dayanand saraswati

187
Q

bharat dharma mahamandal

188
Q

landholders society

A

dwarakanath tagore

189
Q

brit india society

A

william adam

190
Q

brit india association

A

debendranath tagore

191
Q

east india assoc

A

dadabhai naoroji

192
Q

indian national congress

A

anand mohan bose and sn banerjee

193
Q

radical democratic party

194
Q

who called inc a safety valve

A

lala lajpat rai

195
Q

gandhian era

A

1917 to 47

196
Q

he was also called indian
burke

A

surendranath banerjee
newspaper: bangalee
founded indian association

197
Q

grand old man of south india

A

subramanya aiyar
he founded THE HINDU - 1878

198
Q

who published voice of india

A

dadabhai naoroji

199
Q

india’s unofficial ambassador to uk

A

dadabhai naoroji
1st indian to become mem of brit house of commons

also part of welby commission

200
Q

who published sudharak

201
Q

indian councisl act

202
Q

first inc session

A

1885
wc bonnerjee

203
Q

first muslim pres to appeal muslims to join inc

A

syed tyabji

204
Q

first eng pres of inc

A

george yule

205
Q

indian universities act

206
Q

where is curzon gate

A

bardhaman west bengal

207
Q

who announced partition of bengal

208
Q

real founder of anti brit movement in india

209
Q

who wrote arctic home of vedas and gita rahasya

210
Q

who founded indian home rule league in us

A

lala lajpat rai

211
Q

university of calcutta came to be known as

A

ghulam khana

212
Q

who intro rakhi bandhan day

A

tagore
16th oct

213
Q

who sung vande matram for the first time

214
Q

all india muslim league

A

1906
hq-lucknow
first pres- aga khan 3

215
Q

who started the policy of proud reserve

216
Q

graveyard of empires

A

afganistan

217
Q

who set up the ghadar party

A

lala hardayal
in us

218
Q

defence of india act

219
Q

delhi durbar 1911

A

george 5 and queen mary

220
Q

what was the summer cap since 1863

221
Q

devil’s dye

A

bengal indigo

222
Q

first civil disobedience movement

A

champaran satyagraha

223
Q

gaya session of congress

A

1922
pres cr das

224
Q

kakori conspiracy

A

1925
train robbery

225
Q

lahore conspiracy case

A

for the murder of saunders

226
Q

maxwell-broomfied commission

227
Q

initially which date was fixed as the first indep da

A

jan 26 1930

228
Q

first round table comference headed by

A

ramsay macdonald

229
Q

gandhi irwin pact

230
Q

karachi comgress session headed by

A

sardar v patel

231
Q

fundamnetal rights were adopted at

A

karachi session

232
Q

act between gandhi and ambedkar

A

poona pact

233
Q

lucknow session 1936

A

pres-nehru

234
Q

national plannimg committe apointed and headed by

A

bose and nehru

235
Q

an indian pilgirm written by

236
Q

day of deliverance

A

dec 22 1939

237
Q

who coined the term pakistan

A

rehmat ali

238
Q

who published now or never also called pak declaration

A

rehmat ali

239
Q

who was expelled from pak

A

rehmat ali

240
Q

pres of ramgarh session of congress 1940

A

maulana abul kalam azad

241
Q

first to offer satyagrapaha

A

acharya bhave

242
Q

quit india movement

243
Q

quit india slogan

A

yusuf mehrally

244
Q

pak day

A

23rd march

245
Q

anti comrpomise conference

246
Q

ina all women’s regiment was led by

A

lakshmi sahgal

247
Q

gandhi was given the title of father of the nation

248
Q

food and agri min

A

rajendra prasad

249
Q

finance min

A

liaquat ali khan

250
Q

works mine and power min

251
Q

external affairs and commonwealth relations

252
Q

edu and arts min

253
Q

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