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### Ancient India * **Largest Belt of Painted Rock Shelters:** Bhimbetka * **Kharosthi Script derived from:** Aramaic * **Megasthenes' excluded class:** Traders (included Philosophers, Cultivators, Herdsmen/Hunters, Artisans/Traders, Soldiers, Overseers, Councilors) * **Rig Vedic God upholder of Rita/Cosmic Order:** Varun * **Tribal Assembly for Chief Election:** Samiti * **Archaeologist claiming Indus Script decipherment:** S. R. Rao * **Northernmost IVC site:** Manda (Jammu & Kashmir) * *Furthest South:* Daimabad (Maharashtra) * *Furthest East:* Alamgirpur (Uttar Pradesh) * *Furthest West:* Sutkagendor (Balochistan) * **Earliest Harappan Pottery:** Glazed * **Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic cultures in sequence:** Bolan Valley * **Not a principal tool of Early Stone Age:** Chopper * **Kalidas' works:** Includes *Abhigyan Sakuntalam, Raghubangsam, Meghdootam, Malavikagnimitram, Vikramorvashiyam,* and *Ritusamhara*. * **Main reason for Harappan towns development:** Increase in Agrarian surplus * **'Asineva' in Asokan inscription does NOT mention:** Envy and Revenge (mentions cruelty, anger, pride, fury, and envy) * **Bactrian king in 182 BC wrested part of North West:** Demetrius * **Started general use of stone for Monuments:** Ashoka * **Kalinga Inscription (of Ashoka) states:** "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 favourite deity (according to Rajtarangini):** Shiva * **Incorrect statement about Chandragupta:** Was known as Amritracottus (Amritracottus was Bindusara, Chandragupta was Sandrocottus) * **Sources describing Mauryans as Sudra Verna:** Puranas * **Sources stating Srinagar built by Ashoka:** Rajtarangini (written by Kalhan) * **Not a Greek Ambassador at Mauryan Court:** Dionisius (was an Egyptian ambassador) * **'Kontakasodhans' of Mauryan Period:** Criminal courts * **Hereditary soldiers of Mauryan Period:** Maula * **Author of 'Siyar ul Mutakherin':** Gulam Hossain * **Haribhadra, famous Buddhist author, at court of:** Dharmapala * **Founder of Chalukyas of Badami:** Pulkeshin I * **Kingdom referred to as "Ruhma" by Arab Merchant Sulaiman:** Pala * **Ancient geographical Epithets of India:** Both A and B (Saptavipa and Bharatbarsha) * **Earliest use of 'Hindusthan' in inscription of Sasanid Ruler Shahpur I:** Naqsh - e - Rustam * **Romila Thapar's "Threshold Time" period:** 300 to 600 CE * **Not a regional headquarters in Maurya Empire:** Tambaparini * **Lomas Rishi cave donated by Ashoka to:** Ajivika monks * **Ancient Indian trade begins from the:** Harappan period * **Ports with sizable Roman settlement and factory:** Arikamedu * **Seaborne trade between India and Rome received impetus during reign of Roman emperor:** Augustus * **Significant commentary on Rigveda in Vijaynagar Empire:** Sayana * **Chief of Rigvedic Bharat tribe fought 'Battle of Ten Kings':** Sudas * **Rigvedic river known as Ravi/Iravati:** Poursini * **Earliest reference to society division into four strata:** Purushukta of the Rigvedic Samhita (10th Mandal) * **Prominent monarchical Mahajanapadas during Buddha's age:** B and C (Avanti and Magadha, Koshol and Batsya) * **Elaborate Vedic sacrificial rituals performed in post-Mauryan Period:** Both A and B (North India and The Deccan) * **School of art flourished between Krishna and Godavari valleys (2nd BC - 3rd CE):** Amravati School * **First dynasty to transfer all revenue to Brahmins:** Vakataks * **Mandasore Pillar Inscription (early 6th CE) belongs to:** Yasodharman * **Magadhan ruler launched “Rathamusala” and “Mahasilakantaka":** Ajatshatru * **Incorrectly matched:** Zia Uddin Barani - Rehla (Rehla by Ibn Battuta, Tarik-i-Firoz Shahi by Zia Uddin Barani) * **Earliest known stone tools discovered from:** Potwar Plateau of Pakistan * **Oldest deciphered script of India:** Brahmi * **Buddhist text supposed to contain Buddha's words:** Sutta * **Number of parts per Veda:** Two * **Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka marks Buddha's:** Birth * **Author of “Pancharatha” and “Swapnavasdatta":** Bhasa * **Vesara style of Architecture developed by:** Chalukyas of Badami * **Dynasty described as “Brahma Kshatriya":** Senas * **Dynasty Harsha belonged to:** Pushyabhutis * **Started Kulinism in Bengal:** Ballalsena * **Gupta era started by:** Chandra Gupta I in 319-320 CE * **First to describe Shudras as agriculturist:** Manu * **Nalanda University founded by:** Kumargupta * **Chalukya ruler credited with repelling Arab Invasion of South India:** Vikramaditya II * **Not situated in Ganga Plain:** Asmaka * **Incorrectly matched:** Bilhan - Prithvirajcharita * **“Harappan” as period for ancient Indian trade:** Harappan * **First Indian rulers to issue gold coins on Roman pattern:** Kushans * **Propounder of Ajivika Sect:** Makkali Gosala * **Spies during Sangam Age:** Orrars * **Lands classified during post Gupta Period based on:** All of the above * **Pallava Chola style of Architecture known as:** Dravida * **Largest standing army of Sultanate, paid directly by state, created by:** Alauddin Khilji * **Muslim kingdom of Golconda grew on ruins of:** Warangal * **Known as Plato of Jat tribes:** Surajmal * **Nawab of Awadh, appointed Wazir of Mughal Empire:** Safdar Jung * **Chief Dutch export from Coromandel Ports:** Textiles * **Not an English arrangement after defeating Marathas in 3rd Anglo-Maratha war:** Gaekwar entered into a subsidiary alliance * **English secured rights of duty free trade in dominions of:** Nawab of Awadh * **Remarkable feature of growth of landlordism:** Sub-infeudation * **Company lost monopoly of Indian trade (thrown open to all Britons):** 1813 * **Hymnodist of Tamil devotional cult:** Alvar (Vaishnavite) * **Harappan site, trading outpost for lapis lazuli:** Shortughai * **Kandahar Edict of Asoka written in:** Both A and B (Aramaic and Greek) * **Centre of Sangam Literature and Patrons of Sangam Poets:** All of the above (The Cheras of Vanji, The Cholas of Uraiyur, The Pandyas of Madurai) * **Uttaramerur inscription belongs to reign of:** Parantaka I * **Delhi Sultan represented himself as “Sikandar-Sani":** Alauddin Khilji * **Famous Vijaynagar coin, Pagoda, originally:** Varaha * **Hindu lady debated with Yajnavalkya:** Gargi * **River Chenab in Vedic period:** Asikni * **"Araghatta" refers to:** A device to lift water * **Incorrect statement about women in Buddha's age:** Education was denied to women * **Basic unit of Vedic Society:** Jana * **Most important God in Rig Veda:** Indra * **Scholar 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 * **Unique feature of Lothal:** Dockyard (world's first tidal port) * **"Veda" derived from "Vid" refers to:** Knowledge * **Dynasty ruled Magadha after Maurya Dynasty:** Sunga * **Vedic literature also known as:** Shruti * **Indian involved in Harappa and Mohenjodaro excavations:** R. D. Banerjee * **Kalibangan located at:** Rajasthan * **Ashokan inscription deciphered for first time by:** 1837 - James Prinsep * **Only woman historian to write Mughal historical account:** Gulbadam Begum * **Incorrect fact about Taj Mahal:** It is situated outside of the Agra fort * **Persian Ruler besieged Qandahar in Jahangir's reign:** Shah Abbas * **Popular name of Muizuddin Mahammad Bin Sam:** Muhammad Ghuri * **Kamban's Ramayan (Tamil) written during reign of:** Cholas * **Constructed Grand Trunk Road:** Sher Shah * **Introduced Silver “Tanka” and Copper “Jital”:** Iltutmish * **Jharokha Darshan introduced by:** Akbar * **"Jagirs” of Mughals equal to Sultanate unit:** Iqta * **Type of painting made remarkable progress during Jahangir's reign:** Portrait painting * **Known as Lakh Baksh:** Aibak * **Jijya collected from Brahmins in reign of Delhi Sultanate:** Firoz Tughluq * **Policemen of VijayNagar Empire paid out of taxes collected from:** Prostitutes * **Jaydev's Geet Govinda deals with cult of:** Krishna * **Iqtadars during Sultan period also known as:** Muqtis * **Term “Malaimandalam" refers to:** Malabar Coast * **Bahmani Ruler shifted capital from Gulbarga to Bidar:** Ahmad Shah Ali * **Greatly influenced by Islam:** Namdeva * **Mughal Emperor credited with prohibiting “Sati” unless widow desired it:** Akbar * **Mughal reign tobacco introduced in India:** Jahangir * **Sikandar Lodi tried to kill:** Kabir * **Sultan known as “Second Alexander":** Alauddin Khilji * **Battle of Panipat (1761) resulted in defeat of:** The Marathas * **Gave official sanction to education of girls in India:** Lord Dalhousie * **Tip Sultan sought help to expel British from:** All of the above (France, Turkey, Arabia and Afghanistan) * **Calcutta (Shibpur) Engineering College established in:** 1855 * **Not a storm-center of Revolt of 1857:** Madras * **Governor General created Covenanted Civil Service of India:** Lord Cornwallis * **Mughal ruler became unifying symbol of Revolt of 1857:** Bahadur Shah Zafar * **'Drain Theory' first propounded by:** Dadabhai Naoroji * **First Muslim President of Indian National Congress:** Badruddin Toyabji * **7th Century Chinese travellers lived in Nalanda:** Huen Tsang * **Oldest text on music:** Sama Veda * **Nalanda University founded by:** Kumargupta * **Mughal building equal in length and breadth:** Taj Mahal * **Mughal Ruler gave title “Raja” to Rammohon Roy:** Akbar II * **Mughal Provinces under Akbar and Aurangzeb respectively:** 15 & 21 * **Elite group of slave officers of Delhi Sultanate, "Cop of Forty":** Iltutmish * **Mughal Emperor first divided Empire into provinces:** Akbar * **Court customs Sijda and Poibos introduced by:** Giyasuddin Balban * **First Battle of Tarain took place in:** 1191 * **Delhi Sultanate established in India in:** 1206 * **Sadak-i-Azam constructed by:** Sher Shah * **Abdul Hamid Lahori author of:** Padshahnama * **Qadri Order of Sufis founded by:** Shah Niamahtullah Qadri * **“Boro Sona Masjid" built by:** Nusrat Shah * **"Alai Darwaza" built by:** Alauddin Khilji * **Known as “Akbar of Kashmir":** Zain ul Abedin * **Capital shifted from Delhi to Daulatabad by:** Md. Bin Tughluq * **Vijaynagar Empire established by:** Harihar and Bukka * **Sufi order:** Auliya * **Market control policy introduced by:** Alauddin Khilji * **Sufi orders generally known as:** Silsilah * **Abul Fazal court poet of:** Akbar * **Thomas Roe visited court of:** Jahangir * **Known as "Lakh Baksh":** Qutubuddin Aibak * **Arab conquest of Sindh depicted in:** Chach Namah * **“Tarik-i-Firoz Shahi" work of:** Ziauddin Barani * **First Battle of Panipat fought in:** 1526 * **Zabti was:** Land Revenue System * **Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in memory of:** Arjumand Banu Begum * **Land Revenue System under Akbar systematised by:** Todarmal * **Farman of 1717 issued by:** Farukhsiyar * **Book written by Ibn Bottutah:** Rehala * **Original name of Nurjahan:** Mehrunnisa * **"Deccan ULcer" afflicted:** Aurangzeb * **First woman ruler of Delhi Sultanate:** Raziya * **Akbar defeated Hemu in:** Second Battle of Panipat * **Mukundaram author of:** Chandi Mangal * **Tabaqat-i-Nasri written by:** 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 fought in:** 1764 * **Hindoo Patriot edited by:** Harish Chandra Mukherjee * **Satidaha Bill passed in:** 1829 * **First passenger train in India ran between:** Bombay and Thane * **All India Muslim League founded in:** 1906 * **Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in:** 1919 * **Gandhi Irwin Pact concluded in:** 1931 * **Chandragupta Maurya follower of:** Jainism * **Ancient Indian ruler, chief patron of 4th Buddhist council:** Kanishka * **Milindpanho composed by:** Nagsena * **Ruler of Magadha during Alexander's invasion:** Dhanananda * **Gupta ruler saved Gupta Empire from Hunas invasion:** Skanda Gupta * **School of Gandhar Art flourished during reign of:** Kushana dynasty * **Capital of Pallava rulers:** Kanchipuram * **Dynasty ruled Magadh before Mauryan dynasty:** Nanda * **'Artha Sastra' composed by:** Kautilya * **Gupta ruler took title of 'Vikramaditya':** Chandragupta II * **Kailashnath temple in Kanchipuram built by:** Pallavas * **God known as 'Purandar' to Vedic people:** Indra * **Lothal located at:** Gujarat * **Battle of Ten Kings described in:** The Rig Veda * **Capital City of Magadha during Chandragupta Maurya's reign:** Patliputra * **Nine jewels in royal court of:** Chandragupta II * **Nasik Inscription gives information about:** Satavahans * **'Buddhacharita' composed by:** Ashwaghosh * **Mahajanapada of 6th BCE, aristocratic-oligarchic republic:** Vajji * **'Nagananda' and 'Ratnabali' composed by:** Harsha Vardhan * **Known as ‘Parrot of India':** Amir Khusrau * **Famous artist of Akbar's Court:** Basawan * **Duration of Tripartite Struggle:** 200 years * **Won first battle of Tarain:** Prithviraj Chauhan * **Last ruler of Delhi Sultanate:** Ibrahim Lodi * **Reformed revenue system during Akbar's rule:** Todarmal * **First battle of Panipat took place in:** 1526 * **Author of ‘Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh':** Badauni * **‘Rajatarangini' composed by:** Kalhana * **'Khazaʼin-ul-Futooh' composed by:** Amir Khusrau * **‘Akbarnama' composed by:** Abul Fazl * **Ibadatkhana founded by:** Akbar * **Treaty of Purandar (1665) concluded between:** Shivaji and Jai Singh * **General and successor of Muhammad Ghori:** Qutub-ud-din Aibak * **Introduced ‘Kabuliyat' and 'Patta':** Sher Shah ### Medieval India * **Peshwa post powerful and hereditary during reign of:** Shahuji * **Title of "Sena Karte" held by:** Balaji Biswanath * **Mughal Emperor credited with Hindi songs:** Akbar * **Subject of Hamzanama:** Painting * **Type of Jagir cannot be transferred:** Watan * **Tobacco introduced in India during reign of:** Akbar (around 1604–1605) * **Mughal Masjid known as “Pearl Mosque":** Moti Masjid, Agra * **Mughal Minister was “pay master general":** Mir Bakshi * **Nobles of Akbar killed by Arab rebels:** Birbal * **Introduced Persian Festival of Nauroz:** Balban * **Famous Jain temples at Dilwara built by:** Solankis * **Englishman given title “Khan" by Jahangir:** Hawkins (arrived 1608) * **Founder of Gajapati dynasty:** Kapilendra * **Founder of Sultanate of Madurai:** Jalauddin Ahsan * **Built Gol Gombuz:** Mahammad Adil Shah * **Sufi saint adopted yogic breathing and called “Sidh”/”Perfect":** Nijamuddin Aulia * **Author of Gitawali, Kabitawali, Vinay Patrika:** Tulsi Das * **"Asthavan" refers to:** Land Revenue department (Vijaynagar Empire) * **City of Nagalpura built by:** Krishnadev Ray ### Modern India * **Lord Macaulay associated with:** Codification of Laws * **Not an advantage of Zamindari System to British:** Provision of financial security * **Correctly matched pair:** Jhansi - Sir Hugh Rose * **"Khatbandi" system:** Indenture regulations binding artisans to sell products exclusively to English Company (Late 18th Century) * **Britishers associated with Mahalwari System:** R. M. Bird (implemented in North-Western Provinces, Central India, Punjab) * **Not a cause for rise of money lenders in British India:** New educational system * **Portuguese driven out of Hugli by:** 1631 - Qasim Khan (Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's forces, led by Qasim Khan Juwayni, Subahdar of Bengal, 1632) * **Early capital of Portuguese in India:** Cochin (permanent capital Goa from 1530) * **British Govt. introduced portfolio system in:** 1861 (Indian Councils Act of 1861) * **Indian Association aroused national consciousness through:** Indian National Conference * **Correctly paired:** Bharata Mata - Ajit singh * *Note:* Panjabee newspaper founded by Lala Lajpat Rai (1904). M. G. Ranade edited Quarterly Journal. Mutanuri Krishna Rao editor of Krishna Patrika (1902). * **Said 'congress movement neither inspired nor planned by people':** Sir Syed Ahmad Khan * **Bengali monthly founded and edited by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1873):** Bangadarshana * **Original founders of Theosophical society (1875):** Madam H. P. Blavatsky and Colonel H. S. Alcott (Madame Annie Besant with Adyar as headquarters) * **Keshab Chandra Sen:** Adopted radical social reforms, infused Bhakti into Brahmoism, influenced Bombay and Madras reformers. * **Swami Dayanand Saraswati associated with:** Satyartha Prakash * **Founder of secret society Abhinava Bharat:** Ganesh Savarkar (founded 1904, initially Mitra Mela, renamed 1906) * **Congress session with 1889 Delegates:** Fifth Session at Bombay (1889) * **Founded Indian Reforms Association (1870):** Keshab Chandra Sen * **European soldiers' 'White-Mutiny' in India during period of:** Canning (Lord Canning suppressed Revolt of 1857) * **Pioneer of local self-Government in modern India:** Ripon (recognized for 1882 resolution) * **First to attempt decentralization of financial administration:** Mayo * **Described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as ‘Father of Indian unrest':** Valentine Chirol * **Tamil journal Kudi Arasu founded by (1925):** E.V. Ramaswamy Periyar * **Said: 'Muslims fools to ask for safeguard, Hindus greater fools to refuse':** Abul Kalam Azad * **Made 'Diwali Declaration' and when:** Lord Irwin in 1929 * **Capitalist served as AICC treasurer and jailed (1930):** Jamunalal Bajaj * **Newspaper published by 'Indian Muslim League':** Dawn * **FICCI founded in:** 1927 * **Said: ‘This orderly disciplined anarchy should go...I would risk it':** Mahatma Gandhi * **Chronological order of events:** (iii) Reunion of Congress (1916), (i) Champaran Satyagraha (1917), (iv) Nagpur session of Congress (1920), (ii) Launching of Khilafat Movement (1919) * *Corrected order II, i, iv, iii:* Reunion of Congress (1916), Champaran (1917), Nagpur (1920), Khilafat (1919) - *Based on provided source order.* * **Newspapers/journals from Maharashtra (1927):** Kranti * **Political parties/groups boycotted Simon commission:** III and IV (Muslim League, Punjab Unionists) * **Correctly matched:** Foundation of Congress Socialist party - 1934 (by Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Dev) * **Designed National Flag of India (adopted July 21, 1947):** Pingali Venkaiah * **Correctly paired:** Rowlatt Act - Lord Chelmsford * **Played important role in signing Gandhi-Irwin pact:** ii and iv (Tej Bahadur Sapru, Jayakar) * **Group NOT getting separate electorates by Act of 1935:** Depressed Classes * **Subhas Chandra Bose favored aggressive policy opposed by Congress Leaders:** He favored aggression * **Sanskritisation (lower castes imitating upper caste customs) by:** M. N. Srinivas * **Not a member of Congress Socialist Party, but encouraged it:** Jawaharlal Nehru * **Chronological sequence:** ii, i, iv, iii (Lucknow Pact (1916), August Declaration (1917), Khaira Satyagraha (1918), Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919)) * *Note:* The provided answer C (ii, iv, i, iii) has August Declaration after Khaira, which is chronologically incorrect. Let's assume the question expects the sequence with provided options. * **Congress president negotiated with Cripps (1942) and Wavell (1945):** Abul Kalam Azad * **Phase considered liberal in Indian National Congress history:** 1885-1905 * **Leader ridiculed Swaraj as "only mad men" (1903):** Gopal Krishna Gokhale * **Founder president of Gadar Party in USA:** Lala Hardayal * **'Safety Valve' theory related to:** The Indian National Congress * **D. D. Kosambi pioneer of:** Marxist historiography * **Education officially under Indian control by Act of:** Govt. of India Act of 1919 * **Mahatma Gandhi's 12504 mile tour (1934) known as:** Harijan Yatra * **British PM Attlee announcement of end of British rule in India:** February 20, 1947 * **Said to Constituent Assembly of Pakistan (1947): "You may belong to any religion...that has nothing to do with state":** Mohammad Ali Jinnah * **Provinces Congress Ministries formed in (1937):** 08 * **Society of ‘Khudai Khidmatgars' known as:** Red Shirts * **Wrote to Governor from prison: “The individuals must die so that the nation may live..." (1940):** Subhas Bose * **Lord Mountbatten's Declaration on Freedom of India and partition:** The June 3rd Plan * **Lahore Session of INC (1929) adopted 'Poorna Swaraj' resolution, presided by:** Jawahar Lal Nehru * **Overall leadership of ‘Quit India Movement':** Mahatma Gandhi * **RIN mutiny did NOT start in:** Calcutta * **Last event towards end of British rule:** The Ratings Mutiny (RIN mutiny) * **Worst communal carnage due to Muslim League's 'Direct Action Day':** Calcutta * **"The Indian Struggle" autobiography of:** Subhas Chandra Bose * **Parties/organizations NOT supported Quit India Movement (1942):** All of the above (The Hindu Mahasabha, The Communist Party of India, The R.S.S) * **Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party formed in:** 1922 (with C.R. Das as President) * **Leaders raised objections on Nehru Report at All Party Convention (1928):** All of the above (Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, Sikh League) * **Inaugural session of All-India Trade Congress (1920) presided by:** Lala Lajpat Rai * **Mohammad Ali Jinnah left India for Karachi (Pakistan) on:** August 11, 1947 * **Movement suspended by Gandhiji after Chauri Chaura incident:** Non-cooperation movement * **Open mutiny in Royal Indian Navy (RIN) took place in:** February, 1946 * **Resolution of Muslim league formally proclaimed Indian Muslims as a nation:** Lahore Resolution (1940) * **Struggles Gandhiji associated with (1916-1918):** Both (A) and (B) (Champaran struggle and Kheda struggle) * **Fund started to finance Non-cooperation Movement:** Tilak Swaraj fund * **Historic Dandi March of Gandhi began on:** March 12, 1930 * **After creation of Sind and Orissa (Govt. of India Act, 1935), total British Indian provinces:** 11 * **Jamia Millia Islamia, Bihar Vidyapith, Kashi Vidyapith, Gujarat Vidyapith came into existence during:** Non-cooperation Movement, 1921-1922 * **Extension of cultivation benefited:** Both (A) and (B) (The Zamindars and The small merchants) * **Reason for Mahalwari Settlement failure:** Several defects and lacunae in implementation * **Chief organizer of Revolt of 1857 in Bihar:** Kunwar Singh * **Not a consequence of British rule affecting Muslim middle classes:** The tyranny of British Indigo Planters * **Dadabhai Naoroji acted as president of Congress thrice (first 20 yrs):** Dadabhai Naoroji (1886, 1893, 1906) * **Aurobindo Ghosh brilliantly defended by:** Chittaranjan Das * **Brain behind bomb attack on Viceroy Lord Hardinge (1912):** Rasbehari Basu * **Two new provinces after Partition of Bengal:** East Bengal and Assam * **European organization launched agitation against Ilbert Bill:** European Defence Association * **Great Indian revolutionary, Professor of Sanskrit/Philosophy, died as sanyasi:** Lala Hardayal * **Edited Bengali weekly 'Jugantor' and 'Basumati':** Barindra Ghosh * **Madan Lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie: a/an:** Adviser to Secretary of State for India * **Gopal Hari Deshmukh known as 'Lokhitwadi' because:** All of the above * **First to unfurl first Indian National Flag (Stuttgart, 1907):** Madam Vikaiji Cama * **Dadabhai Naoroji elected to British House of Commons as a member of the:** Liberal party * **Match social reformers with contributions:** (a) Raja Rammohan - (i) Abolition of Sati, (b) Keshab Chandra Sen - (ii) Intercaste marriage, widow remarriage & emancipation of women, (c) Jyotiba Phule - (iii) Removal of untouchability, (d) Dayanand Saraswati - (iv) Shuddhi movement and rejection of hereditary caste system * **Precursor of Indian National Congress (1883):** Indian Association of Calcutta * **Name ‘Indian National Congress' given by:** Dadabhai Naoroji * **First president of Indian National Congress:** W. C. Bonerjee * **Said “Congress is tottering to its fall..." :** Lord Curzon * **Chronological order of events:** Partition of Bengal (1905), Varanasi Session of INC (1905), Calcutta Session of INC (1906), Foundation of Muslim League (1906) * *Note:* The provided answer A (I II III IV) is incorrect based on strict chronology, but follows the given question's likely intended order. * **Immediate cause of Surat Split (1907):** Election of President of I. N. C. * **Calcutta session of I. N. C. (1906) marks turning point because:** Adopted resolutions regarding Boycott, Swadeshi, National Education and Self Government * **Designated as Neo Nationalists:** Extremists * **Match papers/periodicals with national leaders:** (a) Abul Kalam Azad - (ii) Al Hilal, (b) Pheroze Shah Mehta - (i) Bombay Chronicle, (c) Mrs Annie Besant - (iv) New India, (d) M K Gandhi - (iii) Young India * **Chronological order events:** (ii) Wood's Despatch (1854), (iii) Hunter Commission (1882), (iv) Raleigh Commission (1902), (i) Sadler Commission (1917) * **P. Ramabai Saraswati & Ramabai Ranade helped uplift women, set up:** Arya Mahila Samaj * **Mahakali Pathshala founded by (1893, Kolkata) by:** Mataji Tapaswini * **Kesari mouthpiece of:** Sarbajanik Sabha * **Dayanand's pamphlet on cow protection 'Gaukarunanidhi' published in:** 1879 * **Demand for Devanagari script granted in:** 1898 * **Muslim league initially floated in December, 1906 by:** Aga Khan * **Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) founded by (1903):** Sri Narayana Guru * **Calcutta Science College established in:** 1905 * **First newspaper published by M K Gandhi:** Indian Opinion (1903) * **Founder of Swadesh Bandhab Samity:** Aswini Kumar Dutta * **'Anti-Circular Society' established by:** Sachindra Prasad Basu * **Periodical Sandhya published by (1906):** Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay * **Andher Nagari written by (1881):** Bharatendu Harish Chandra * **Guruvayur temple entry movement took place (Malabar district):** 1931 * **All India Conference of Depressed classes formed in:** 1920 * **Mahad Satyagraha took place in:** 1927 * **All India Women's Conference founded by (1927):** Margaret Cousins * **Kudi Arasu published by (1925):** EV Ramaswami Naicker * **Not 'Transferred Subjects' as per Act of 1919:** Public Works * **'Child Marriage Restraint Act' (Sarda Act) passed in:** 1929 * **Groups not associated with formation of Communist Party of India (1920):** Hindu Radicals * **Basu Vigyan Mandir (Bose Institute) established on:** 1917 * **Not a member of Constituent Assembly:** M K Gandhi * **Tebhaga Movement launched to force implementation of Floud Commission:** Floud Commission * **Mahatma Gandhi President of INC in:** 1924, Belgaum * **First all India movement launched by M K Gandhi:** Rowlatt Satyagraha * **Sarojini Naidu founded Women's organization named as:** Mahila Rashtriya Sangha * **First provinces to extend franchise to women (1919):** Bombay * **First woman legislator (Madras Legislative Council, 1927):** Muthulaxmi Reddy * **11 point ultimatum by Mahatma Gandhi to Irwin included:** All of the above * **Non Co-operation movement launched on issues of:** (i), (ii), (iv) (Remedy of Punjab wrong, Remedy of Khilafat wrong, Attainment of Swaraj) * **Indian Sociologist published by (1905):** Shyamji Krishnavarma * **Prominent role in smuggling arms, attack on Bengal Governor (1934):** Ujjwala Majumdar * **First women state prisoner under Regulation III of 1818:** Nanibala Devi * **Genesis of demand for Pakistan as separate state (1933):** Chowdhury Rahamat Ali * **Song "Sarfaroshi ki tamanna..." composed by:** Hasrat Mohani * **Prominent leader of Justice Movement:** E V Ramaswami Naicker * **Subhash Chandra Bose supreme leader of Indian National Army in:** 1940 * **Quit India Movement immediate response to failure of:** Cripps Mission * **Viceroy at time of Quit India Movement:** Lord Linlithgow * **First Provisional Government of Free India inaugurated by Subhas Chandra Basu at:** Singapore * **Murdered Sunders (ASSP, Lahore) for assaulting Lala Lajpat Rai:** Bhagat Singh * **Bhagat Singh and Batukeswar Dutt threw bombs in Central Assembly to:** Create a sensation to remove political lethargy * **Revolutionary organizations with large number of young women revolutionized:** Anushilan Samiti * **Nehru Committee Report got decent burial at Congress Session (1929):** Lahore * **Title of Rani given to Naga woman leader Gaidinliu by:** Jawaharlal Nehru * **Greatest merit of Gandhi-Irwin Pact:** INC treated on footing of equality as political opponent * **Opposition to Gandhi-Irwin pact mainly due to:** Execution of Bhagat Singh, Sh Dev and Raj Guru * **Mahatma Gandhi first experimented with Satyagraha technique in:** Champaran * **Senior congress leader held Quit India Movement misguided:** Tej Bahadur Sapru * **I. N. C. became both 'Indian' and 'National' at:** Calcutta Session (1906) * **Bal Gangadhar Tilak given epithet of Lokmanya during:** Home Rule Movement * **Match epithets of National Leaders:** (a) B G Tilak - (i) Lokmanya, (b) Andrews - (ii) Dinabandhu, (c) Madan Mohan - (iii) Mahamanya Malviya, (d) Laja Lajpai Rai - (iv) Punjab Kesari * **Not a result/outcome of Home Rule movement:** I. N. C. and Muslim League both thought of starting passive resistance movement * **Jatin Das arrested in connection with:** Lahore Conspiracy case * **President of Lahore Session of I.N.C. (1929) passed Purna Swaraj resolution:** Jawaharlal Nehru * **'Purna Swaraj Declaration' prepared by:** Jawaharlal Nehru * **Founded Social Organization ‘Jat Pat Torak Mandal' (1922):** Dr. B.R. Ambedkar * **Not a leader of All India Hindu Mahasabha:** M.R. Jayakar * **Only Indian prince actively participated in revolutionary movement:** Raja Mahendra Pratap * **M. K. Gandhi launched Non Co- operation Movement, great national leader died:** Bal Gangadhar Tilak * **Public Service Commission established in India by:** The Government of India Act, 1919 * **Second Split in Congress (1918) on issue of:** Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of INC (1917) * **Vaikom Satyagraha launched (1924) for:** Opening temples for lower castes * **President of Indian National Congress for six Consecutive years:** Abul Kalam Azad * **Killed Michael O' Dyer (Gov. of Punjab, ordered firing at Jallianwala Bag):** Sardar Udham Singh * **Founder President of Harijan Sevak Sangha:** Amrit Lal Thakkar * **Congress accepted partition because:** Leaders felt partition was lesser evil than civil war * **Congress decided to raise Swaraj Fund 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 (1920) presided by:** Lala Lajpat Rai * **Solution by B. R. Ambedkar to end hardship of scheduled class people:** Embracing Buddhism * **Hindustan Socialist Republican Association movement ended with death of:** Chandra Sekhar Azad * **Congress movement provided with peasant agenda (Faizpur - 1936) in session of:** Calcutta * **Believed boycotting British education during Non Co-operation movement was Gandhi's 'tyranny':** Tagore * **Introduced direct elections for Viceroy's Legislative Council:** India Council's Act, 1909 * **Organization set up (1927) to represent Indian industrialists:** FICCI * **Congress movement turned into mass-based party (1920) in session of:** Nagpur * **Introduction of communal electorates was to:** Divide Hindus and Muslims * **President of INC during launch of Quit India Movement:** Maulana Azad * **Only ministry made over for Indian members of Imperial Legislative Council under Mont-Ford Act:** Agriculture * **Reason for Congress's acceptance of Irwin's offer to attend Second Round Table Conference:** All of the above * **Neither moved nor seconded Lahore Resolution of Muslim League (1940):** Khizr Hayat Khan * **Voted against INC participation in Khilafat Movement (1919):** Both (A) and (B) (M. M. Malaviya and M. A. Jinnah) * **Not associated with Lucknow Pact of 1916:** League undertook to struggle against Colonial rule * **Proposed economic planning strategy in Congress for first time:** Subhas Bose * **Favoured general electorate with reserved seats for Muslims:** Muhammad Ali * **Founder of Khudai Khidmatgar (1929):** Abdul Gaffar Khan * **Congress leader favoured India's support for Raj against Nazis:** Nehru * **Foundation of university associated with Khilafat agitation:** Jamia Millia Islamia * **Suggested Congress wreck provincial councils from within (1922):** C. R. Das * **Simon Commission appointed (1927) to:** Evaluate Indian performance under Dyarchy and fitness for self-government * **All India Trade Union Congress established in:** 1920 * **'No-changer' position in INC (1922) votary:** Gandhi * **Not a paper edited by M. K. Gandhi:** None of them (implies all papers listed are by him) * **Party fought 1937 elections in Bengal with land reform agenda:** Kisan Sabha * **Air India founded in (Nationalized 1953):** 1932 * **Prominent nationalist leader found Gandhi's definition of Swaraj 'delightfully vague':** Subhas Bose * **Demand for Home Rule conceded by:** Government of India Act, 1919 * **British Viceroy steadfastly opposed to Partition of India (Shimla, 1945):** Wavell * **Not a participant at Round Table Conference:** None of them (implies all participated)