WBCS Indian History Q&A

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### Pre-Historic Period - **Largest Belt of Painted Rock Shelter:** Bhimbetka - **Harappan Pottery:** Earliest example is Glazed - **Three Phases of Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Cultures:** Bolan Valley - **Not a Principal Tool of Early Stone Age:** Chopper - **Earliest Evidence of Settled Agriculture:** Mehergarh - **Earliest Known Stone Tools:** Potwar Plateau, Pakistan - **Domestication of Animals (Earliest):** Dog - **Microliths:** Typical of Mesolithic ### Ancient India - **Kharosthi Script Derived From:** Aramaic - **Megasthenes' Seven Classes (Absent Class):** Traders - **Rig Vedic Gods (Upholder of Rita/Cosmic Order):** Varun - **Tribal Assembly for Election of Chief:** Samiti - **Archeologist Claiming Indus Script Decipherment:** S. R. Rao - **Manda (IVC Site Location):** Northernmost (Jammu & Kashmir) - *Other IVC sites:* - Furthest South: Daimabad (Maharashtra) - Furthest East: Alamgirpur (Uttar Pradesh) - Furthest West: Sutkagendor (Balochistan) - **Development of Towns in Harappan Period:** Increase in Agrarian surplus - **Asokan Inscription (Asineva):** Excludes 'Envy and Revenge' - *Ashokan Pillar Edict III lists:* Cruelty, anger, pride, fury, envy - **Bactrian King (182 BC):** Demetrius - **General Use of Stone for Monuments:** Ashoka - **Kalinga Inscription (Ashoka):** "Just as for my children, I desire that they should enjoy all happiness and prosperity both in this world and the next. So for all men I desire happiness and prosperity." - **Ashoka's Favorite Deity (Rajtarangini):** Shiva - **Amritracottus:** Bindusara (Chandragupta was Sandrocottus) - **Mauryans as Sudra Verna:** Puranas - **Srinagar Built by Ashoka:** Rajtarangini (by Kalhan) - **Dionisius:** Egyptian ambassador to Mauryan court (not Greek) - **Kontaksodhans (Mauryan Period):** Criminal courts - **Hereditary Soldiers (Mauryan Period):** Maula - **Sea-borne Trade with Rome (Augustus):** Received great impetus - **Rigveda Commentary (Medieval Vijayanagar Empire):** Sayana - **Rigvedic Bharat Tribe (Confederacy of Ten Tribes):** Sudas - **Battle of Ten Kings (Dasarajna Yuddha):** Described in 7th Mandala of Rigveda - **Rigvedic River (Ravi):** Poursini - **Societal Division into Four Strata (Earliest Reference):** Purushukta of Rigvedic Samhita (10th Mandal) - **Prominent Monarchical Mahajanapadas (Buddha Age):** Avanti, Magadha, Koshol, Batsya - **Vedic Sacrificial Rituals (Post Mauryan Period):** Vajapeya, Ashwamedha, Rajsuya - **Art School (Krishna and Godavari Valleys, 2nd-3rd Century CE):** Amravati School - **Dynasty Transferring Revenue to Brahmins:** Vakataks - **Mandasore Pillar Inscription (Early 6th century CE):** Yasodharman - **Magadhan Ruler ("Rathamusala" and "Mahasilakantaka"):** Ajatshatru - **Harappan Pottery (Earliest Example):** Glazed - **Harappan Sites (Trading Outpost for Lapis Lazuli):** Shortughai - **Kandahar Edict of Asoka:** Written in Aramaic and Greek - **Center of Sangam Literature and Patrons:** Cheras of Vanji, Cholas of Uraiyur, Pandyas of Madurai - **Uttaramerur Inscription:** Parantaka I - **Famous Vijaynagar Coins:** Pagoda (originally Varaha) - **Author of Siyar ul Mutakherin:** Gulam Hossain - **Earliest Use of "Hindusthan":** Sasanid Ruler Shahpur I's inscription, Naqsh-e-Rustam - **Romila Thapar's "Threshold Time":** 300 to 600 CE - **Not Regional Headquarters in Maurya Empire:** Tambaparini - **Lomas Rishi Cave (Barabar Hills) Donation (Ashoka):** Ajivika monks - **Ancient Indian Trade (Rightly Begins From):** Harappan period - **Roman Settlement/Factory (Sizable Discovery):** Arikamedu - **Saka Era Started By:** Kanishka - **Magadhan Empire Capital (Bimbisara):** Girivraja - **Importance of Lothal:** Port (dockyard, tidal port) - **First Ruler of Pala Dynasty:** Gopal - **"Three Jewels" Found In:** Buddhism - **Karshapan:** Type of Currency - **Maurya Empire (Proponent of "Dhamma"):** Ashoka - **Last Buddhist Council:** Kundavalan - **Twenty Third Tirthankara:** Parshvanath - **Vedas:** Sacred book of the Aryans - **Bimbisara Dynasty:** Haryanka Dynasty - **Dancing Girl Figure Found In:** Indus Valley - **Indian Napoleon:** Samudra Gupta - **Nine Jewels in Royal Court:** Chandragupta II - **Nasik Inscription Information:** Satavahans - **"Buddhacharita" Composer:** Ashwaghosh - **Mahajanapadas (6th Century BCE Aristocratic-Oligarchic Republic):** Vajji - **"Nagananda" and "Ratnabali" Composer:** Harsha Vardhan - **"Parrot of India":** Amir Khusrau - **Famous Artist of Akbar's Court:** Basawan - **Tripartite Struggle Duration:** 200 years - **First Battle of Tarain Winner:** Prithviraj Chauhan - **Last Ruler of Delhi Sultanate:** Ibrahim Lodi - **Revenue System Reformer (Akbar):** Todarmal - **First Battle of Panipat:** 1526 - **"Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh" Author:** Badauni - **"Rajatarangini" Composer:** Kalhana - **"Khaza’in-ul-Futooh" Composer:** Amir Khusrau - **"Akbarnama" Composer:** Abul Fazl - **Ibadatkhana Founder:** Akbar - **Treaty of Purandar (1665):** Shivaji and Jai Singh - **General and Successor of Muhammad Ghori:** Qutub-ud-din Aibak - **"Kabuliyat" and "Patta" Introducer:** Sher Shah - **"Mandalam" and "Nadu" Institutions:** Cholas - **Vasco-da-Gama Arrival in Kallikat:** 1498 #### Early Medieval Period - **Grand Trunk Road Constructor:** Sher Shah - **Silver "Tanka" and Copper "Jital" Introduced By:** Iltutmish - **Defeated in Battle of Chandawar:** Jaichand - **Lodi Dynasty Founder:** Bohulul Lodi - **Father of Sultan Mahmud:** Sabuktagin - **Member of Din-i-llahi:** Birbal - **Hindu King (Muhammad Bin Qasim's Invasion of Sind):** Dahir - **Actual Name of Ghazi Malik:** Giyasuddin Tughluq - **Persian Poet Firdausi (Associated with):** Sultan Mahmud - **Major Crops Introduced in India (Mughal Period):** Tobacco & Maize - **Somnath Temple Destroyed By (Year):** Sultan Mahmud (1025) - **Dilwara Temples at Mount Abu Construction:** Solankis - **Russian Merchant (Nikitin) Visited South India (Year):** 15th Century - **Backbones of Vijaynagar Administration:** Nayankara & Ayagar - **"Diwan-i-Khairat":** Ministry of Charity (Firoz Shah) - **Mughals Imported Fruits From:** Samarkhand - **Mughal Ruler Transferred Capital (Agra to Delhi):** Shah Jahan - **History of Sind and its Conquest by Muslims:** Chach-Namah - **"Tabqat-i-Nasiri" Author:** Minhas uj Siraj - **Jizya Abolished By:** Akbar - **King Jaypala (Faced Sultan Mahmud's Invasion):** Hindu Shahi Dynasty - **Mughal Prince (Versed in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit):** Dara Shikho - **Aurangzeb Sent Against Mukaraab Khan:** Shivaji - **Ramchandra Yadav (Faced Alauddin's Invasion):** Devgiri - **Mughal Emperor ("Rangila"):** Mahammad Shah - **Peshwa Accepted Subsidiary Alliance (Year):** 1802 - **Mughal Emperor Born At:** Amarkot - **Autobiography of Babur:** Babur Namah - **Court Customs of Sijda and Poibos Introduction:** Giyasuddin Balban - **First Battle of Tarain Took Place In:** 1191 - **Delhi Sultanate Established in India In:** 1206 - **Sadak-i-Azam Constructor:** Sher Shah - **"Padshahnama" Author:** Abdul Hamid Lahori - **Qadri Order of Sufis Founder:** Shah Niamahtullah Qadri - **"Boro Sona Masjid" Built By:** Nusrat Shah - **"Alai Darwaza" Built By:** Alauddin Khilji - **"Akbar of Kashmir":** Zain ul Abedin - **Capital Shifted (Delhi to Daulatabad):** Md. Bin Tughluq - **Vijaynagar Empire Established By:** Harihar and Bukka - **Sufi Order:** Auliya - **Market Control Policy Introducer:** Alauddin Khilji - **Sufi Orders:** Silsilah - **Abul Fazal (Court Poet of):** Akbar - **Thomas Roe Visited Court of:** Jahangir - **"Lakh Baksh":** Qutubuddin Aibak - **"Tarik-i-Firoz Shahi" Work Of:** Ziauddin Barani - **Taj Mahal (Built in Memory of):** Arjumand Banu Begum - **Land Revenue System (Akbar) Systematised By:** Todarmal - **Farman of 1717 Issued By:** Farukhsiyar - **Book Written by Ibon Botutah:** Rehala - **Original Name of Nurjahan:** Mehrunnisa - **Afflicted by “Deccan Ulcer”:** Aurangzeb - **First Woman Ruler of Delhi Sultanate:** Raziya - **Akbar Defeated Hemu in:** Second Battle of Panipat - **"Chandi Mangal" Author:** Mukundaram - **"Tabaqat-i-Nasri" Author:** Minhaj-uj-Siraj - **Hindu College Founded In:** 1818 - **Nawab Alivardi Khan (Grandfather of):** Siraj Ud Daulah - **Battle of Plassey Fought In:** 1757 - **Tattwabodhini Patrika Founded By:** Debendranath Tagore - **Permanent Settlement Passed In:** 1793 - **Raja Rammohan Roy (Founder of):** Brahmo Sabha - **Battle of Buxar Took Place In:** 1764 - **Hindoo Patriot Edited By:** Harish Chandra Mukherjee - **Satidaha Bill Passed In:** 1829 - **First Passenger Train in India Between:** Bombay and Thane - **Indian Association Established In:** 1876 - **Surat Split in Congress Party Happened In:** 1907 - **"Neel Darpan" Context:** Indigo Revolt - **First Partition of Bengal Took Place In:** 1905 - **Mahatma Gandhi's Political Guru:** Gopal Krishna Gokhale - **Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Editor of):** Kesari - **Indian National Congress Founded By:** Allan Octavian Hume - **"Anandamath" Written By:** Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - **All India Muslim League Founded In:** 1906 - **"Jahangir" Granted Trading Rights (Year):** 1613 - **Henry Vivian Derozio (Incorrect Statement):** Taught at Sanskrit College - **Asiatic Society of Bengal Founded By (Year):** William Jones (1784) - **Tobacco Introduced into India By:** Portuguese - **Modern Iron and Steel Industry (First Established In):** Kulti - **Treaty of Seringapatam (End of):** Third Anglo-Mysore War - **Vasco da Gama Nationality:** Portuguese - **Universities in Presidency Towns Established In:** 1857 - **Administrative Consequence of 1857 Revolt:** Transfer of Power to British Crown - **East India Company Ceased Trading By:** Charter Act of 1833 - **Khasis Revolt Leader:** Birsa Munda - **First Reform Movement (19th Century):** Brahmo Samaj - **Last European Power to Reach India:** French - **"Indian War of Independence 1857" Author:** V.D. Savarkar - **Original Homeland of Aryans (Arctic Region):** Bal Gangadhar Tilak - **Ghadar Party Founded In (Location, Year, Founder):** San Francisco, 1913, Lala Har Dayal - **Not Involved with Anushilan Samiti Foundation:** Jotindra Nath Banerjee - **National Council for Education Set Up In:** 1906 - **Second Muslim President of INC:** Rahimtullah M. Sayani - **Vande Mataram (First Sung Date/Location):** 1896, Calcutta Session - **First Organized Labour Movement Leader in India:** N. M. Lokhande - **Not a Literary Work of Mahatma Gandhi:** 'Yugantar' - **Dadabhai Naoroji ("Indian Unrest"):** Correctly matched - **Prarthana Samaj Founder (Year):** Atmaram Pandurang (1867) - **Lala Lajpat Rai Deported to Mandalay (Year):** 1907 - **Indian National Movement (Correct Sequence):** INC Foundation (1885), Home Rule Movement (1916), Simon Commission (1927), Cabinet Mission (1946) - **Kuka Movement (Started In):** Western Punjab - **Secret Society Abhinava Bharat Founder:** Ganesh Savarkar - **Jallianwala Bagh Massacre City:** Amritsar - **August Offer (1940) Proposal:** Dominion status - **First Chief Justice of India after Independence:** Hiralal J Kania - **Montague Chelmsford Reforms (Introduced In):** Diarchy - **Indian Independence League (Tokyo) Founder:** Taraknath Das - **First Indian Commander in Chief of Indian Army:** K. M. Cariappa - **Khilafat Movement Organized By:** Ali Brothers - **All India Communist Party (1924) Founder:** M. N. Roy - **Constituent Assembly Set Up Under:** Cabinet Mission - **Not Established by B. R. Ambedkar:** Zero Club - **"The Story of My experiments with truth" Translator (Gujarati to English):** Mahadev Desai ### Modern India - **Peshwa (Became Powerful and Hereditary):** Shahuji - **"Sena Karte" Title Holder:** Balaji Biswanath - **Mughal Emperor (Composition of Hindi Songs):** Akbar - **Hamzanama Subject:** Painting - **Jagir Type (Cannot be Transferred):** Watan - **Tobacco Introduced (Mughal Emperor):** Akbar (specifically 1604-1605) - **"Pearl Mosque" (Masjid of Mughals):** Moti Masjid, Agra - **Mughal Minister ("Paymaster General"):** Mir Bakshi - **Akbar Noble Killed by Arab Rebels:** Birbal - **Persian Festival of Nauroz Introducer:** Balban - **Jain Temples at Dilwara Built By:** Solankis - **"Khan" Title Given to Englishman (Jahangir):** Hawkins (arrived 1608) - **Founder of Gajapati Dynasty:** Kapilendra - **Founder of Sultanate of Madurai:** Jalauddin Ahsan - **Gol Gombuz Builder:** Mahammad Adil Shah - **Sufi Saint (Yogic Breathing, "Sidh"/"Perfect"):** Nijamuddin Aulia - **Gitawali, Kabitawali, Vinay Patrika Author:** Tulsi Das - **"Asthavan":** Land Revenue department (Vijaynagar Empire) - **City of Nagalpura Builder:** Krishnadev Ray - **Lord Macaulay Associated With:** Codification of Laws - **Zamindari System (Not an Advantage to British):** Provision of financial security - **Jhansi - Sir Hugh Rose:** Correctly matched - **Khatbandi:** Indenture regulations binding Eastern Indian artisans to sell to English company - **Mahalwari System Introducer:** R. M. Bird (North-Western Provinces, Central India, Punjab) - **Rise of Money Lenders (Not a Cause):** New educational system - **Portuguese Driven Out of Hugli (Year, By whom):** 1631, Qasim Khan (Shah Jahan's forces) - **Early Capital of Portuguese in India:** Cochin (Goa permanent capital from 1530) - **Portfolio System Introduced By:** British Government (1861, Indian Councils Act) - **Indian Association Role:** Arousing national consciousness via Indian National Conference - **"Bharata Mata" - Ajit Singh:** Correctly paired - *Panjabee newspaper:* Lala Lajpat Rai (1904) - *Quarterly Journal (edited by M.G. Ranade):* Official for Poona Sarvajanik Sabha - *Krishna Patrika:* Mutanuri Krishna Rao (1902) - **"Congress Movement (Not Inspired/Devised by People)":** Sir Syed Ahmad Khan - **Bengali Monthly (Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, 1873):** Bangadarshana - **Theosophical Society Founders (1875):** Madam H. P. Blavatsky and Colonel H. S. Alcott (Adyar HQ) - **Keshab Chandra Sen:** Adopted social reforms, infused Bhakti into Brahmoism, influenced reformers - *Did not oppose Western education* - **Swami Dayanand Saraswati's Work:** Satyartha Prakash - **Secret Society Abhinava Bharat Founder:** Ganesh Savarkar (initially Mitra Mela) - **Congress Session with 1889 Delegates:** Fifth Session at Bombay (1889) - **Indian Reforms Association (1870) Founder:** Keshab Chandra Sen - **European Soldiers "White Mutiny" During:** Canning - **Pioneer of Local Self-Government:** Ripon (Resolution of 1882) - **First to Attempt Decentralization of Financial Administration:** Mayo - **Bal Gangadhar Tilak ("Father of Indian Unrest"):** Valentine Chirol - **Tamil Journal Kudi Arasu (1925) Founder:** E.V. Ramaswamy Periyar - **"Muslims are fools to ask for safeguard and Hindus are greater fools to refuse them":** Abul Kalam Azad - **"Diwali Declaration" (1929):** Lord Irwin - **Capitalist (AICC Treasurer, Jailed 1930):** Jamunalal Bajaj - **Newspaper of Indian Muslim League:** Dawn - **FICCI Founded (Year):** 1927 - **"This orderly disciplined anarchy should go...":** Mahatma Gandhi - **Events in Chronological Order (1916-1920):** Reunion of Congress (1916), Champaran Satyagraha (1917), Nagpur Session (1920), Khilafat Movement (1919) - **Newspapers/Journals from Maharashtra (1927):** Kranti - **Boycotted Simon Commission (Except):** Muslim League and Punjab Unionists - **Foundation of Congress Socialist Party - 1934:** Correctly matched - *Congress Socialist Party Leaders:* Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev - *All India Kisan Sabha:* Founded April 1936 (Lucknow session) - *Forward Bloc:* Subhas Chandra Bose (1939) - *Communist Party:* Formed 1925 - **National Flag of India Designer (Adopted July 21, 1947):** Pingali Venkaiah - **Rowlatt Act - Lord Chelmsford:** Correctly paired - *Anti-partition and Swadeshi Movements:* Lord Curzon - **Factory Act of 1891:** Lord Lansdowne - **Agricultural Research Institution at Pusa:** Lord Curzon - **Gandhi-Irwin Pact (Important Role):** Tej Bahadur Sapru, Jayakar - **Act of 1935 (No Separate Electorates):** Depressed Classes - **Subhas Chandra Bose (1939 Presidential Election Theme):** Aggressive policy opposed by Congress Leaders - **"Sanskritisation" (Lower Castes Imitating Upper Castes):** M. N. Srinivas - **Not a Member of Congress Socialist Party (Encouraged Formation):** Jawaharlal Nehru - **Chronological Sequence (1916-1919):** Lucknow Pact (1916), August Declaration (1917), Khaira Satyagraha (1918), Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919) - **Events in Chronological Order (1916-1919):** Reunion of Congress (1916), Champaran Satyagraha (1917), Nagpur Session of Congress (1920), Khilafat Movement (1919) - **Congress President (Cripps 1942, Wavell Simla):** Abul Kalam Azad - **Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Principles:** Lucknow Pact - **Whitley Commission (1929) Concern:** Labour - **Congress President Negotiating with Cripps (1942) and Wavell (Simla):** Abul Kalam Azad - **Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Principles:** Lucknow Pact - **Whitley Commission (1929) Concerned With:** Labour - **Partition of Bengal (New Provinces):** East Bengal and Assam - **Agitation Against Ilbert Bill:** European Defence Association - **Great Indian Revolutionary (Berkeley/Stanford Professor, Died as Sanyasi):** Lala Hardayal - **Bengali Weekly Editor ('Jugantor' and 'Basumati'):** Barindra Ghosh - **Madan Lal Dhingra (Murdered Curzon Wyllie who was):** Adviser to the Secretary of State for India - **Gopal Hari Deshmukh ('Lokhitwadi') Known For:** Promoting social reform, advocating for education, critiquing traditional practices - **First Indian National Flag Unfurler (Stuttgart, Germany - 1907):** Madam Vikaiji Cama - **Dadabhai Naoroji (Elected to British House of Commons):** Liberal Party - **Social Reformers and Contributions:** - Raja Rammohan: Abolition of Sati - Keshab Chandra Sen: Intercaste marriage, widow remarriage, emancipation of women - Jyotiba Phule: Removal of untouchability - Dayanand Saraswati: Shuddhi movement, rejection of hereditary caste system - **Precursor of Indian National Congress (1883):** Indian Association of Calcutta - **"Indian National Congress" Name Given By:** Dadabhai Naoroji - **First President of Indian National Congress:** W. C. Bonerjee - **"Congress is tottering to its fall...":** Lord Curzon - **Events in Chronological Order (1905-1906):** Varanasi Session (1905), Partition of Bengal (1905), Calcutta Session (1906), Muslim League Foundation (1906) - **Immediate Cause of Surat Split (1907):** Election of President of INC - **Calcutta Session of INC (1906) Turning Point:** Adopted resolutions on Boycott, Swadeshi, National Education, Self-Government - **Neo Nationalists:** Extremists - **Papers/Periodicals and National Leaders:** - Abul Kalam Azad: Al Hilal - Pheroze Shah Mehta: Bombay Chronicle - Mrs Annie Besant: New India - M K Gandhi: Young India - **Events in Chronological Order (1911-1915):** Transfer of Capital (Calcutta to Delhi - 1911), Bombing on Lord Hardinge (1912), First World War Outbreak (1914), Gandhiji's Arrival (1915) - **Revolutionary Organisations and Founders:** - Anushilan Samiti: Barindra Kumar Ghosh - Abhinava Bharata: V D Saarkar - Ghadar Party: Lala Hardayal - HSRA: Sachindra Nath Sanyal and Bhagat Singh - **"Mother of Indian Revolution":** Madam Bhikaiji Rustom Cama - **"Only mad men outside lunatic asylums...":** Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1903) - **British King to Visit India and Hold Durbar:** George V (1911) - **Subhas Chandra Bose (Organisation after Leaving Congress):** Forward Block (1939) - **M K. Gandhi's Basic Education System/Wardha Scheme (1937):** Learning through activity - **Events and Occurrences:** - August Offer: August 8, 1940 - Cripps Mission Arrival: March 23, 1942 - Quit India Resolution: July 14, 1942 - Great August Uprising: August 9-11, 1942 - **INA Brigades Named:** Gandhi, Azad, Nehru, Subhas - **Authors and Works:** - Dr. Rajendra Prasad: India Divided - Abul Kalam Azad: The Nations Voice - V D. Savarkar: Indian War of Independence - C Rajagopalachari: India Wins Freedom - **"Movements from Below" (Early 20th Century):** Peasant and tribal movements - **New Party (Gaya Session, Dec 1922):** Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party (Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das) - **Meerut Conspiracy Case (27 Accused Members Associated With):** Communist Party of India - **Congress Demand (Not Made):** Communal Problem - **Subhas Chandra Basu vs. Gandhi-Nehru Group (Fundamental Difference):** Basu wanted to exploit war between Germany and Britain - **Tripuri Session of I.N.C. (March, 1939) Historic Because:** Victory of Subhas Chandra Basu as President against Pattabhi Sitaramayya - **Not Hanged in Kakori Train Dacoity:** Ramprasad Bismil - **Chittagong Armoury Raid Planner:** Surya Sen - **Greatest Women Revolutionaries (Co-workers of Surya Sen):** Pritilata Wadedar and Kal Dutta - **Jatin Das (Died after Fast of):** Sixty-three days - **Subhas Chandra Basu (Unanimously Elected President of I.N.C. Haripur Session):** February 1938 - **Authors and Works (Match):** - Sarojini Naidu: Sceptred Flute - Aurobindo Ghosh: Savitri - Jawaharlal Nehru: India and the world - M K. Gandhi: Conquest of Self - **Princely States Legally Independent (August 15, 1947):** 600 - **First Provisional Government of Free India Inaugurated By:** Subhas Chandra Basu (Singapore) - **British PM Attlee (Historic Announcement on End of British Rule):** February 20, 1947 - **Lord Mountbatten's Declaration (Freedom of India and Partition):** The June 3rd Plan - **Murdered Sunders (ASP, Lahore):** Bhagat Singh - **Bhagat Singh/Batukeswar Dutt Bombing (Reason):** To create sensation and remove political lethargy - **Revolutionary/Terrorist Organizations (Women Revolutionized):** Anushilan Samiti - **Nehru Committee Report (Burial By Congress):** Lahore - **Rani Title Given to Naga Woman Leader Gaidinliu By:** Jawaharlal Nehru - **Greatest Merit of Gandhi-Irwin Pact:** INC treated equally as political opponent - **Opposition to Gandhi-Irwin Pact (Reason):** Execution of Bhagat Singh, Sh Dev, Raj Guru - **Mahatma Gandhi (First Satyagraha Experiment):** Champaran - **Senior Congress Leader (Quit India Movement Misguided):** Tej Bahadur Sapru - **INC Both 'Indian' and 'National' In Reality:** Calcutta Session (1906) - **Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Epithet "Lokmanya"):** Home Rule Movement - **National Leaders Epithets:** - B G Tilak: Lokmanya - Andrews: Dinabandhu - Madan Mohan: Mahamanya Malviya - Laja Lajpai Rai: Punjab Kesari - **Not a Result of Home Rule Movement:** INC and Muslim League thought of passive resistance - **Jatin Das (Died 1929, Hunger Strike, Arrested Connection):** Lahore Conspiracy case - **Lahore Session of I.N.C. (Dec 1929, Purna Swaraj Resolution):** Jawaharlal Nehru - **"Purna Swaraj Declaration" Preparer:** Jawaharlal Nehru - **Social Organization ("Jat Pat Torak Mandal" 1922) Founder:** Dr. B.R. Ambedkar - **Not a Leader of All India Hindu Mahasabha:** M.R. Jayakar - **Indian Prince (Revolutionary Movement In/Outside India):** Raja Mahendra Pratap - **M.K. Gandhi Launched Non Co-operation Movement (Leader Died):** Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Aug 1, 1920) - **Public Service Commission Established In India (First Time):** The Government of India Act, 1919 - **Second Split in Congress (1918) Issue:** Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of INC - **Vaikom Satyagraha (1924) For:** Opening temples to lower caste Hindus - **President of Indian National Congress (Six Consecutive Years):** Abul Kalam Azad - **Michael O' Dyer Killer:** Sardar Udham Singh - **Harijan Sevak Sangha Founder (M.K. Gandhi):** Amrit Lal Thakkar - **Congress Leaders (Partition as Lesser Evil Than Civil War):** Accepted partition - **Swaraj Fund (One Crore Rupees) For:** Memorial of Bal Gangadhar Tilak - **Historic Lucknow Session of Congress (1916) Presided By:** Ambika Charan Majumdar - **First Session of All India Trade Union Congress (Bombay 1920) Presided By:** Lala Lajpat Rai - **B. R. Ambedkar (Later Solution for Scheduled Class People):** Embracing Buddhism - **Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (Ended with Death of):** Chandra Sekhar Azad - **Meaning of "Sangam" in Sangam Age:** Assembly of poets - **Sanskrit Kavya 'Saundarananda' Composer:** Ashvaghosha - **Dynasty Patronized Jainism:** Chalukya - **Learned Lady Debated with Yajnavalkya:** Gargi - **River Chenab Name (Vedic Period):** Asikni - **'Araghatta':** Device to lift water - **Women's Position (Buddha Age - Incorrect):** Education was denied to women - **Basic Unit of Vedic Society:** Jana - **Most Important God (Rig Veda):** Indra - **Scholars Declared 'Saptasindhu' Homeland of Aryans:** A. C. Das - **'Nayanar' Group of Saints (North India) Devotees of:** Shiva - **Biggest Harappan Site:** Rakhigarhi - **River Most Mentioned in Rigveda:** Saraswati - **Most Unique Feature of Lothal:** Dockyard (tidal port) - **"Veda" From "Vid" Refers To:** Knowledge - **Dynasty Ruled Magadha After Maurya:** Sunga - **Vedic Literature Known As:** Shruti - **Indian Involved in Harappa/Mohenjodaro Excavations:** R. D. Banerjee - **Kalibangan Location:** Rajasthan - **Ashokan Inscription Deciphered (Year/By Whom):** 1837, James Prinsep - **Only Woman Historian (Mughal Period):** Gulbadam Begum - **Taj Mahal (Incorrect Fact):** It is situated outside of the Agra fort - **Persian Ruler Besieged Qandahar (Jahangir's Reign):** Shah Abbas - **Popular Name of Muizuddin Mahammad Bin Sam:** Muhammad Ghuri - **Kamban's Ramayan (Tamil) Written During Reign of:** Cholas - **River Most Frequently Mentioned in Rig Vedic Hymns:** Saraswati - **Indian Geographer (Solar and Lunar Eclipses):** Aryabhatta - **Magadha Ruler ("Amitrochates"):** Bindusara - **Main Sources of Ancient Indian Geographical Concepts:** All of the above - **Ancient Indian Geography Hinges On:** Observation - **Harappan Civilization (True Statements):** Urban constellations, flourishing trade with Sumeria/Egypt, seals linked to trade, overland trade on bullock/horse, deities like Mother Goddess/Pashupati - **Earliest Source for Untouchables:** Panini's Astadhyayi - **Villages Granted to Brahmins (Inhabited by Brahmins):** Bramhadeya - **Foreign Merchants (Chola Documents):** Pattinam - **Break Between Mughals and Rajputs (Occasioned By):** Succession crisis of Marwar after Jashwant Singh - **"Prabandha Chintamani" Author:** Merutunga - **"Rajtarangini" Author:** Kalhan - **Mansabdari System (Not True):** Remuneration only in grants of jagir - **Permanent Settlement (Not True):** None of the above - **Tipu's Child Held in Calcutta (Security):** Treaty of Seringapattanam - **Treaty Brought Second Anglo-Mysore War to Close:** Seringapattanam - **Ryotwari System (Reassessment of Revenue Demand After):** 30 years - **Maratha Leader (Nana Fadnavis) Death Quote:** "with him departed all the wisdom in the Maratha State" - **Not Benefited Territorially from Treaty of Seringapatam:** Marathas - **Settlements (Holt Mackenzie Surveys 1820s):** Mahalwari system - **Satara Annexed By British (Year):** 1848 - **Governor-General of Bengal Appointed Twice:** Lord Cornwallis - **Governor-General Impeached By British Parliament:** Warren Hastings - **Treaty of Salbai Signed (Year):** 1782 - **Mir Qasim Shifted Capital (Reason):** Easier to receive military support from Awadh and North India - **Treaty of Surat (Not True):** Company received revenue from Surat and Broach - **Governor-General Set Up General Committee of Public Instruction:** Lord Amherst (1923) - **Permanent Settlement Not Introduced In:** Punjab - **Treaty Gulab Singh Given Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir:** Treaty of Lahore (1846) - **Revenue Settlement (Montsaur Elphinstone Associated):** Bombay (1818) - **British Victory in Bengal (Help vs. French in Carnatic):** Both (A) and (B) - **Treaty of Madras, 1769 (Not True):** Company exempted from defensive alliance if Mysore went to war with Hyderabad - **Editor of Rast Goftar:** Dadabhai Naoroji - **Not Coveted by Tipu Sultan:** Calicut and Travancore - **Not Associated with Partition of Bengal:** Lord Hardinge - **Komagata Maru (Not True):** Vessel had set sail from Canada - **First ICS Examination Held in London:** 1855 - **Satyasodhak Samaj Founder (1873):** Jyotiba Phule - **Indian National Congress (First Demand):** Simultaneous examinations in India and England for ICS - **Bengali Radical Spearheaded Amritabazar Patrika:** Motilal Ghosh - **Indian Council's Act of 1861 (True):** Provincial Legislative Council with non-official majority - **Journal Mahratta (1881) Editor:** B. B. G. Tilak - **Not a Protagonist of Extremist Position in Congress:** Jyotiba Phule - **Not Associated with Economic Critique of British Rule:** Gokhale - **Ulgulan:** Munda uprising, 1899-1900 - **Not Associated with Aligarh Movement:** Raja of Banaras - **Indian Penal Code (Came Into Effect):** 1860 - **"Indian University Commission" (1902) During Tenure of:** Lord Curzon - **Not Contributing to Hindu-Muslim Cleavage:** Cow-Protection Movement - **Statutory Civil Services (Started/When):** Lord Lytton-1879 - **Aurobindo Ghosh (Critique of INC, New Lamps for Old) Journal:** Induprakash - **Indian Councils Act of 1892 (True):** Allowed Indian members right of interpellation - **Servants of India Society Associated With:** G. K. Gokhale (1905) - **Right of Discussion of Budget (Councilors of Imperial Legislative Council):** Indian Council's Act, 1892 - **First Factory Act Passed in India (Lord Ripon):** 1881 - **Electoral Principle for Selection of Indian Members in ILC:** Indian Council's Act, 1909 - **First British National President of INC:** W. Wedderburn - **Associated with Viceroyalty of Lord Hardinge:** All of the above - **Principal Architect of British India's Policy Towards Tibet:** Lord Curzon - **Madras Session of INC (1887) Presided By:** Badruddin Tyabji - **Cotton and Tariff Duties Act (Passed During Viceroy):** Lord Elgin (1894) - **First Indian Law Member to Viceroy's Executive Council:** Lord Sinha - **Swadeshi Movement in Bengal (1905-09):** All of the above - **Simultaneous ICS Exams in England and India (Parliament Legislated):** 1894 - **INC as 'Microscopic Minority' of People:** Lord Dufferin - **Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements (Not True):** Punjab in forefront of both - **Congress Session (Peasant Agenda):** Calcutta (Faizpur - 1936) - **Boycott of British Educational Institutions (Gandhi's 'Tyranny'):** Tagore - **Direct Elections for Viceroy's Legislative Council Introducer:** India Council's Act, 1909 - **Organisation Set Up (1927) for Indian Industrialists:** FICCI - **Congress Session (Movement Turned Mass-Based, 1920):** Nagpur - **Communal Electorates (Introduced To):** Divide Hindus and Muslims - **President of INC (Quit India Movement):** Maulana Azad - **Ministry (Indian Members Imperial Legislative Council, Mont-Ford Act):** Agriculture - **Congress Acceptance of Irwin's Offer (Reason):** All of the above - **Lahore Resolution (Muslim League, 1940 - Neither Moved Nor Seconded By):** Khizr Hayat Khan - **Voted Against INC Participation in Khilafat Movement:** M. M. Malaviya and M. A. Jinnah - **Lucknow Pact of 1916 (Not Associated):** League undertook to struggle against Colonial rule - **Strategy of Economic Planning (Congress) Proposer:** Subhas Bose - **Strategy of General Electorate with Reserved Muslim Seats Favored By:** Muhammad Ali (Aug 1928, Nehru Report) - **Founder of Khudai Khidmatgar (1929):** Abdul Gaffar Khan - **Congress Leader Favored India's Support for Raj Against Nazis:** Nehru - **University Foundation Associated with Khilafat Agitation:** Jamia Millia Islamia - **Congress Wreck Provincial Councils from Within (1922):** C. R. Das - **Simon Commission Appointed (Reason):** To evaluate Indian performance under Dyarchy and fitness for self-government - **All India Trade Union Congress Established (Year):** 1920 - **"No-Changer" Position in INC (1922):** D. Gandhi - **Not a Paper Edited by M. K. Gandhi:** None of the above - **Party Fought 1937 Bengal Elections (Land Reform Agenda):** Kisan Sabha - **Air India Founded (Nationalized 1953):** 1932 - **Gandhi's "Delightfully Vague" Swaraj Definition (1921 Ahmedabad):** Subhas Bose - **Home Rule Demand Conceded By:** Government of India Act, 1919 - **British Viceroy Opposed Partition of India:** Wavell (Shimla Conference, 1945) - **Not Among Participants at Round Table Conference:** None of them - **"Indian Struggle" Autobiography Of:** Subhas Chandra Bose - **Not Supported Quit India Movement (1942):** Hindu Mahasabha, Communist Party of India, R.S.S - **Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party (1922) President C.R. Das:** Formed in 1922 - **Objections on Nehru Report (All Party Convention, Calcutta 1928):** Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, Sikh League - **All-India Trade Congress (1920) Inaugural Session Presided By:** Lala Lajpat Rai - **Mohammad Ali Jinnah Left India for Karachi (Pakistan) On:** August 11, 1947 - **Movement Suspended by Gandhiji (Chauri Chaura Incident):** Non-cooperation movement - **Open Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Took Place In:** February, 1946 - **Muslim League Resolution (Indian Muslims as a Nation):** Lahore Resolution (1940) - **Gandhiji Associated with Struggles (1916-1918):** Champaran struggle and Kheda struggle - **Fund Started to Finance Non-cooperation Movement:** Tilak Swaraj fund - **Dandi March of Gandhi Began On:** March 12, 1930 - **Total Provinces in British India (After Sind and Orissa Creation):** 11 - **Educational Institutions (Jamia Millia Islamia, Bihar/Kashi Vidyapith, Gujarat Vidyapith) Period:** Non-cooperation Movement, 1921-1922 - **Alvar:** Vaishnavite hymnodist - **Harappan Site (Trading Outpost for Lapis Lazuli):** Shortughai - **Kandahar Edict of Asoka:** Written in Aramaic and Greek - **Sangam Literature Center/Patrons:** Cheras of Vanji, Cholas of Uraiyur, Pandyas of Madurai - **Uttaramerur Inscription:** Parantaka I - **Delhi Sultan (Represented Himself as "Sikandar-Sani"):** Alauddin Khilji - **Foreign Traveller Named Vijaynagar Coins as Pagoda (Originally):** Varaha - **Farukhsiyar Farman of 1717 (Effects):** Company officials extended privileges to private trade - **Author of Siyar ul Mutakherin:** Gulam Hossain - **Landholders' Association Founded (Year):** 1838 - **Rast Goftar (Newspaper, 1851):** Dadabhai Naoroji - **British Fortifications of Calcutta (Plausible Reason):** Protect themselves from French ("Seven Years War") - **Conspirator Against Siraj ud Daulah (Duped by Clive's Forged Paper):** Umi Chand - **Anglo-Mysore War Events (Chronological Order):** Treaty of Madras (1769), Battle of Porto Novo (1781), Treaty of Mangalore (1784), Treaty of Seringapatam (1792) - **Carnatic War (Assertion/Reason):** Assertion and Reason are both correct and Reason explains Assertion - **Regulating Act, 1773 (True Statements):** Introduced Parliamentary supervision, modified Board of Directors, vested Bengal Government with GG and 4-member council, GG council controlled subordinate Presidencies - **Not Promote Mahalwari Settlement:** Protecting rights of present proprietors - **"Restorative Rebellions" (Chronological Order):** Poligar Rebellion (1799-1801), Travancore Revolt (1808-1809), Paika Rebellion (1817), Kittur Uprising (1824-1829) - **Peasant Rebellions (Tribal Population - Chronological Order):** Kol Rebellion (1831-32), Hul Rebellion (Santhal) (1855-56), Thadoe Kuki Movement (1917-19), Gudem Rampa Rebellion (1922-24) - **Ho and Munda Tribesmen From:** Chotanagpur - **Armed Resistance (19th Century - Chronological Order):** Revolt of Rao Bharamal (1819), Rebellion of Birabhadra Raju (1827), Gadkari Rebellion (1844), Satara disturbance (1844) - **Leader of Fakirs (Sannyasi-Fakir Uprising in Bengal):** Majanu Shah - **Match Lists (Pagalpanthi, Tanqah-i-Muhammadiyaii, Faraiji, Shah-i-Madar):** Karam Shah, Mir Nisar, Haji Shariatullah, Chirag Au - **Wahabi Movement in India Founder:** Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly - **Titu Mir Defeated:** Indigo Planter - **Leader of Faraijis:** Duddu Miyan - **First Sign of Revolt by Titu Mir:** Raid on zamindar (Krishnadeva Roy) - **First Indian Ruler Joined Subsidiary Alliance (1798):** Nizam of Hyderabad - **Kingdoms Annexed by Dalhousie ('Doctrine of Lapse' - Chronological):** Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Jhansi (1853) - **Vellore Mutiny (Year):** 1806 - **Sepoy Mutinies (Chronological Order):** Vellore Mutiny (1806), Sindh 34th Native Infantry Mutiny (1844), 47 Native Infantry Mutiny (1849), Sholapur Mutiny (1857) - **Mangal Pandey (Mutinied On):** March 29, 1857 - **Revolt of 1857 in Bareilly Led By:** Khan Bahadur Khan - **British Officers Died (Siege of Residency at Lucknow):** Havelock - **Henry Vivian Derozeo (Founder of):** The Young Bengal Movement - **"Indian Musalmans" (British Policy 'Divide and Rule') Author:** Sir William Wilson Hunter - **Tribal Leader ("Father of the World/Dharti Aba"):** Birsa Munda - **First Schism Within Brahma Samaj (Year):** 1866 - **Gram Barta Prokashika (1863) Founder:** Harinath Majumder - **Sanjivani (Newspaper, 1883) Publisher:** Krishna Kumar Mitra - **Dramatic Performances Act (DPA) Brought Into Force (1876):** Lord Lytton - **Bartaman Bharat (Written By):** Swami Vivekananda - **Jyotirao Phule Started Satyasodhak Samaj In:** 1873 - **Bharat Shramajivi (News Magazine) Published By:** Sashipada Bannerjee - **Nair Service Society (Founded By):** Mannath Padmanava Pillai - **Ramakrishna Mission Established (Year):** 1897 - **Commissions (Chronological Order):** Wood's Despatch (1854), Hunter Commission (1882), Raleigh Commission (1902), Sadler Commission (1917) - **Pandita Ramabai Saraswati (Set Up):** Arya Mahila Samaj - **Mahakali Pathshala (1893, Kolkata) Founded By:** Mataji Tapaswini - **Kesari (Mouthpiece Of):** Sarbajanik Sabha - **Dayanand's Pamphlet on Cow Protection (1879):** Gaukarunanidhi - **Devanagari Script (Demand Granted In):** 1898 - **Muslim League Floated By (Dec 1906):** Aga Khan - **Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) (1903) Founded By:** Sri Narayana Guru - **Calcutta Science College (Established In):** 1905 - **First Newspaper Published By M K Gandhi:** Indian Opinion (1903) - **Swadesh Bandhab Samity Founder:** Aswini Kumar Dutta - **'Anti-Circular Society' Established By:** Sachindra Prasad Basu - **Sandhya (Periodical, 1906) Published By:** Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay - **Andher Nagari (1881) Written By:** Bharatendu Harish Chandra - **Guruvayur Temple Entry Movement (Malabar District) Took Place In:** 1931 - **All India Conference of Depressed Classes Formed In:** 1920 - **Mahad Satyagraha (B. R. Ambedkar) Took Place In:** 1927 - **All India Women's Conference (1927) Founded By:** Margaret Cousins - **Kudi Arasu (1925) Published By:** EV Ramaswami Naicker - **'Transferred Subjects' (Act of 1919 - Not Belong To):** Public Works - **'Child Marriage Restraint Act' / Sarda Act Passed In:** 1929 - **Not Associated with Communist Party of India Formation:** Hindu Radicals - **Basu Vigyan Mandir (Bose Institute) Established On:** 1917 - **Not a Member of Constituent Assembly:** M K Gandhi - **Tebhaga Movement (Launched By):** Benga Provincial Kisan Sabha - **Mahatma Gandhi Became President of INC (When/Where):** 1924, Belgaum - **First All India Movement Launched by M K Gandhi:** Rowlatt Satyagraha - **Sarojini Naidu Founded Women's Organization:** Mahila Rashtriya Sangha - **Franchises for Women (First Provinces to Extend):** Bombay (1919) - **First Woman Legislator (Madras Legislative Council, 1927):** Muthulaxmi Reddy - **Mahatma Gandhi's 11 Point Ultimatum to Irwin:** All of the above - **Non Co-operation Movement Issues:** Remedy of Punjab wrong, Khilafat wrong, Attainment of Swaraj - **Indian Sociologist (1905) Published By:** Shyamji Krishnavarma - **Prominent Role in Smuggling Arms (Lebong Race Course Attack):** Ujjwala Majumdar - **First Women State Prisoner (Regulation III of 1818):** Nanibala Devi - **Demand for Pakistan as Separate State (Traced To):** 1933 (Chowdhury Rahamat Ali) - **"Sarfaroshi ki tamanna..." Composer:** Hasrat Mohani - **Prominent Leader of Justice Movement:** E V Ramaswami Naicker - **Subhash Chandra Bose Became Supreme Leader of INA In:** 1940 - **Quit India Movement (Immediate Response To):** Cripps Mission failure - **Viceroy at Time of Quit India Movement:** Lord Linlithgow - **Jawaharlal Nehru (Events):** Admitted unified sentiments during Quit India Movement - **Quit India Movement (1942) Not Approved By:** Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, B. R. Ambedkar - **Second Split in Congress (1918) Issue:** Lucknow Pact and Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of INC (1917) - **Vaikom Satyagraha (Kerala - 1924) Purpose:** Open temples for lower castes - **Resolution at Congress Session (1918) Demanding Equal Voting Rights:** Sarojini Naidu - **Historic Lucknow Session (1916) Presided By:** Ambika Charan Mozumdar - **Muslim League Resolution (Muslims of India as a Nation):** Lahore Resolution of 1940 - **Govt. of India Act 1935 Quote ("...best way to hold India to the empire"):** Viceroy Lord Linlithgow - **Chittagong Armory Raid (Movement):** Civil Disobedience Movement - **Most Widespread/Intense Peasant Movement (Colonial India):** Tebhaga Movement - **Prominent Women Leaders (Quit India Movement):** Sucheta Kripalani, Aruna Asaf Ali - **Union Movement (Communist Ideology Influence):** 1924-1934 - **First National Planning Committee (1938) Presidency:** Jawahar Lal Nehru - **Cabinet Mission (March-June 1946) Headed By:** Lord Pethick-Lawrence - **Gandhiji Aloof from Direct Politics (1924-1927):** Constructive programmes - **Civil Disobedience Movement (Correct Statements):** Absence of Hindu-Muslim unity, large women's participation, massive business support, decline from Sep 1930 - **'Temple Entry' Movements (Early 20th Century):** All of the above (Vaikkam, Guruvayur, Munshiganj Kali temple) - **Subhas Chandra Bose ("my son" but "spoilt child") (1940 Letter to C. F. Andrews):** Description by Gandhi - **Gandhiji's Proposal (April 1944) for talks with Jinnah:** Rajaji formula - **Labour Movement in India (Origin):** General awakening following First World War - **"Ashoka and Decline of the Mauryans" Author:** Romila Thapar - **"Aihole Inscription" Composer:** Ravikirti - **King "Chandra" of Mehrauli Iron Pillar (Identified With):** Chandra Gupta II - **Harappa Ruins (First Noticed By):** Charles Mason - **Lord Buddha and Mahavira Died During Reign Of:** Ajatshatru - **"Ajivika Sect" Founder:** Makkali Gosala - **Not a Representative of "Buddhist Art":** Gopuram - **Gordon Childe ("Period Revolution"):** Neolithic - **Bronze Age Civilizations (Largest in Extent):** Harappan - **Harappan Civilization (Faded Out Around):** 1800-1750 BC - **Most Prominent Deity in Rigveda:** Indra - **Areas Viewed as Impure (Later Vedic Authors):** Anga, Banga, Magadha - **Most Celebrated River in Rigveda:** Saraswati - **Maximum Concentration of Mahajanapadas (6th Century BC):** North India - **Event of Buddha's Life (Not on Full Moon Day):** Renunciation - **The Maratha:** Refers to the Marathas - **Transfer of Capital from Kolkata to Delhi (Year):** 1911 - **Indian Association Founder:** Surendranath Banerjee - **'Servants of India Society' Founder:** Gopal Krishna Gokhale - **Theosophical Society of India Associated With:** Annie Besant - **Third Annual Conference of Indian National Congress Held In:** Calcutta - **'Black Act' by Gandhiji:** Rowlatt Act of 1919 - **Nerve Center of Quit India Movement (Medinipur, Bengal):** Tamluk - **Home Rule Movement In India Associated With:** Bal Gangadhar Tilak - **Poona Pact (Not True):** Separate electorate for Hindus and Muslims accepted - **'Khudai Khidmatgar' Founder:** Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - **'All White Commission':** The Simon Commission - **Gandhiji's "Do or Die" Slogan:** On the eve of Quit India Movement - **Lucknow Pact (1916) Agreement Between:** Indian National Congress and Muslim League - **'Gadar' Meaning:** Revolt - **Swaraj Party Founder:** C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru - **'Frontier Gandhi':** Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - **Montague Chelmsford Reform Introduced In:** 1919 - **Incorrect Pair:** Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - Ghore Baire (Written by Rabindranath Tagore) - **Simon Commission Visited India In:** 1928 - **Not a Member of Cabinet Mission (1946):** Sir Henry Lawrence - **Not a Member of Congress Socialist Party:** Firoz Shah Mehta - **President of Lahore Congress (1929):** Jawaharlal Nehru - **Gandhi-Irwin Pact Signed (Year):** 1931 - **South India Invader:** Alauddin Khilji - **Ridiculed INC as Microscopic Minority:** Dufferin - **Inscription (Saka ruler Rudradaman):** Junagarh inscription - **Yusufzai Revolt (Reign Of):** Aurangzeb - **Arab Invasion (712 AD, Sindh Ruler Defeated):** Muhammad-bin-Qasim - **Mughal Ruler ('Alamgir' Title):** Aurangzeb - **Mughal Ruler Granted Diwani Rights of Bengal:** Shah Alam II - **"Tahqiq-i-Hind" Composer:** Al Beruni