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Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857?
- a) Lord Dalhousie
- b) Lord Canning
- c) Lord Hastings
- d) Lord Cornwallis
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Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885?
- a) Mahatma Gandhi
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Dadabhai Naoroji
- d) Allan Octavian Hume
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What was the main objective of the Swadeshi Movement?
- a) Boycott of British goods
- b) Promotion of Indian art and culture
- c) Demand for separate electorates
- d) Advocacy for religious reforms
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Who was known as the "Grand Old Man of India"?
- a) Mahatma Gandhi
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Dadabhai Naoroji
- d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Which Indian leader was instrumental in the formation of the All India Muslim League in 1906?
- a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- b) Syed Ahmed Khan
- c) Liaquat Ali Khan
- d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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What event led to the partition of Bengal in 1905?
- a) The Bengal Famine
- b) The Bengal Partition Act
- c) The Swadeshi Movement
- d) The British policy of Divide and Rule
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Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
- a) Lord Mountbatten
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Lord Canning
- d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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Which Indian leader coined the term "Quit India" during the freedom struggle?
- a) Mahatma Gandhi
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- d) Bhagat Singh
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Which Indian state was the first to be formed on linguistic basis in 1953?
- a) Kerala
- b) Tamil Nadu
- c) Andhra Pradesh
- d) Karnataka
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Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
- a) Mahatma Gandhi
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
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Which act led to the partition of India in 1947?
- a) Indian Independence Act
- b) Rowlatt Act
- c) Government of India Act 1935
- d) Simon Commission
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Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948?
- a) Nathuram Godse
- b) Udham Singh
- c) Bhagat Singh
- d) Chandrashekhar Azad
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Who was the first woman to become the Prime Minister of India?
- a) Indira Gandhi
- b) Sarojini Naidu
- c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- d) Sucheta Kripalani
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Which Indian city was the capital of British India until 1911?
- a) Kolkata
- b) Mumbai
- c) New Delhi
- d) Chennai
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Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party, a revolutionary organization during the freedom struggle?
- a) Lala Lajpat Rai
- b) Bhagat Singh
- c) Udham Singh
- d) Sohan Singh Bhakna
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Which Indian leader is known as the "Iron Man of India"?
- a) Mahatma Gandhi
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Who was the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post in independent India?
- a) Indira Gandhi
- b) Sarojini Naidu
- c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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Which commission was appointed to inquire into the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919?
- a) Hunter Commission
- b) Simon Commission
- c) Montague-Chelmsford Commission
- d) Rowlatt Commission
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Which Indian leader founded the Forward Bloc, a nationalist political party?
- a) Mahatma Gandhi
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- d) Bhagat Singh
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Which event marked the formal end of British rule in India?
- a) The Quit India Movement
- b) The Partition of India
- c) The Indian Independence Act
- d) The Dandi March
