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What is the meaning of the word 'Taraf' under the Bahmani Sultanate?

A
Merchant
B
Horse
C
Province
D
Tax

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

For administrative efficiency, the Bahmani Sultanate was divided into primary provinces called 'Tarafs', each governed by a noble known as a Tarafdar.
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Which of the following princely states was annexed by the East India Company in the year 1852 AD under the Doctrine of Lapse?

A
Nagpur
B
Sambalpur
C
Satara
D
Udaipur

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

Using Lord Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse, the British annexed the princely state of Udaipur in 1852 because its ruler died without a recognized natural heir.
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Who among the following was forced to leave his ancestral throne due to the invasion of the Uzbeks?

A
Babur
B
Shershah Suri
C
Daulat Khan Lodi
D
Genghis Khan

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

In his early life, Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur was driven out of his ancestral kingdom of Ferghana in Central Asia by the invading Uzbek forces.
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The Parsi reform movement Rahnumai Mazdayasna Sabha was founded in which year?

A
1841
B
1851
C
1849
D
1855

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

The Rahnumai Mazdayasna Sabha (Parsi Reform Society) was founded in Bombay in 1851 by prominent leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji to restore the purity of the Zoroastrian religion.
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Sachindra Nath Sanyal established a branch of Anushilan Samiti at Patna in which of the following years?

A
1913
B
1925
C
1920
D
1929

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Correct Option: A

As part of the spread of revolutionary activities beyond Bengal, Sachindra Nath Sanyal successfully established a branch of the secret Anushilan Samiti in Patna in 1913.
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Limitations Law of 1859 is related to which of the following?

A
Indigo cultivation
B
Loan bonds
C
Social reform
D
Arms

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Passed by the British, the Limitation Law of 1859 decreed that loan bonds signed between moneylenders and peasants were legally valid for only three years, though moneylenders often manipulated this.
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Who among the following wrote 'Stripurushtulna' (A Comparison between Women and Men), one of India's earliest modern feminist texts?

A
Savitribai Phule
B
Kadambini Devi
C
Tarabai Shinde
D
Pandita Ramabai

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

In 1882, the Maharashtrian social activist Tarabai Shinde published 'Stripurushtulna', a groundbreaking critique of the double standards and patriarchal oppression faced by women in society.
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Who said, "Literacy in itself is not Education"?

A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
BR Ambedkar
C
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Mahatma Gandhi emphasized holistic learning, believing that mere reading and writing did not constitute true education unless it developed the mind, body, and spirit.
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