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Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India’s direct representation in the British Parliament?

(a) The Deccan Association
(b) The Indian Association
(c) The Madras Mahajan Sabha
(d) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
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Answer: (d) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of the partition of India was

(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) J. B. Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Answer: (b) J. B. Kripalani

With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
(b) In 1989, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principal
(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic regeneration of the villages
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Answer: (a) Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations