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Class 8 General Knowledge
Modern Indian History
Quiz 19
Which of the following acts led to an end to the dual government system in British India?
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Pitt's India Act of 1773
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Charter Act of 1833
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Government of India Act of 1858
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Indian Councils Act of 1861
Explanation
Government of India Act of 1858 ended the dual government system by abolishing Board of Control and Court of
Directors.
A new office of Secretary of State was created. The designation of Governor General was now called Viceroy (Lord Canning was the first
viceroy) who was the direct representative of British crown.
Annie Besant was British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist. What was the name of newspaper she started?
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The Hindu
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New Delhi Times
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New India
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Indian Express
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New India was the name of the newspaper published in India by Annie Besant to highlight the issues related to the Indian freedom struggle. The newspaper was founded as a means vocalist the views of it's founder, the freedom fighter Dr. Annie Besant.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1881 founded a newspaper named kesari which was used as a mouthpiece for the Indian national freedom movement. In which language was it published?
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Hindi
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Marathi
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Gujarati
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English
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian social reformer and freedom activist. He was one of the prime architects of modern India and probably the strongest advocates of Swaraj or Self Rule for India.
Towards his nationalistic goals, Bal Gangadhar Tilak published two newspapers viz. 'Mahratta' in English and 'Kesari' in Marathi. Both the newspapers stressed on making the Indians aware of the glorious past and encouraged the masses to be self reliant.
In other words, the newspaper actively propagated the cause of national freedom.
He was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and a folk hero. His portrait hangs in the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament, the only tribal leader to have been so honoured. Name him.
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Nana Saheb
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Birsa Munda
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Karmi Hatu
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Pasna Munda
Every year in India, $$26^{th}$$ January is celebrated as ________________.
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Independence Day
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Gandhi Jayanti
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Republic Day
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None of these
The first woman President of Indian National Congress was _______________.
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Clara Barton
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Annie Besant
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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Pearl S. Buck
Explanation
Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress. She was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationalist, and philanthropist. In late 1917 she was elected as the President of INC.
Which of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?
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Lala Lajpat Rai
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A.O. Hume
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Bipin Chandra Pal
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Allan Octavian Hume was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress. He was a member of the Imperial Civil Service, a political reformer, ornithologist and botanist who worked in British India. He was one of the founders of Indian National Congress.
Mahatma Gandhi was a role model not only to those who fought for India's freedom but also people fighting for freedom the world over. What profession did he practise before he struggled for India's freedom?
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Barrister
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Doctor
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Engineer
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Accountant
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M K Gandhi matriculated at the age of 18. He had left India for the first time on September 4, 1888, to get enrolled in the centuries-old law institute Inner Temple in London.
Having become a barrister, M.K. Gandhi returned to his homeland in June 1891 and shifted from Rajkot to Mumbai after having decided to practice in the Bombay High Court.
He was a competent, honorable and farsighted administrator whose policies decisively shaped and stabilized future Anglo-Indian relations. He was the first governor general of India. Name him.
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Warren Hasting the first governor general of India, in the year 1772. He carried out aggressive policies to reform the administrative, judicial and financial system in order to make improvement in the government. He brought the dual system of government to an end in 1772.
However, Lord Curzon was the governor general and viceroy of India. Lord Dalhousie came to India as it's Governor General in the year 1848. His main purpose was the expansion of British export to India. Sir John Macpherson was an Scottish administrator in India. He was the governor-general of India from 1785-1786.
Lewis E. Waterman invented _______.
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Elevator
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Generator
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Helicopter
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Fountain Pen
On April 22 of every year people all over the Earth switch off all electrical appliances, including lights, for an hour. Which day is celebrated on this date?
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Save Electricity Day
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Earth Day
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Environment Day
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Yoga Day
Who was the last Mughal emperor deposed by the British and exiled to Burma after the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
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Shah Alam II
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Akbar Shah II
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Bahadur Shah II
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Aurangzeb
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Bahadur Shah was the last Mughal emperor in India. He ruled over a Mughal Empire that barely extended beyond Delhi's Red Fort and had no real power in India.
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Administration exiled him from Delhi. He was sent to a prison in Rangoon, Burma and eventually died there.
'Doctrine of Lapse' was the policy devised by the Governor General of the East India company in India. This doctrine was based on the idea that in case a ruler of dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the state reverted or lapsed to the sovereign. Who among the following devised this 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
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Lord Dalhousie
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Lord Ripon
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Lord Canning
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Lord Hastings
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The Doctrine of Lapse was implemented by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
As per the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’, if any ruler of a princely state died without a natural heir, the states’ authority will pass to the British East India Company.
Under the terms of the doctrine of lapse, the Company annexed many princely states viz. Satara (1848), Jaipur and Sambalpur (Odisha) (1849), Nagpur and Jhansi (1854), Tanjore and Arcot (1855), Udaipur (Chhattisgarh) and Oudh (1856).
"Khilafat" movement subsided because of the ___________________.
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Concessions given to Muslims by the British
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Amity achieved between Congress and Muslim League
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Accession of Kamal Pasha on the throne of Turkey
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None of the above
The cause for the immediate precipitation of the Sepoy Mutiny was _____________________.
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Use of cartridges greased with cow fat
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Doctrine of Lapse
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The disparity between salaries of Native Sepoys and the British Soldiers
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The Spread of Christianity
The Lucknow Congress Session of 1916 refers to _____________________.
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Concession of separate electorates for the Muslims by the Congress Party
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Merger of Muslim League into Congress
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Selection of Muslim leader as the Congress President
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None of the above
The aim of the Cripps Mission to India was to ___________________.
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Appease the Indian public opinion
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Appease the American people
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Decentralise the power to States
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None of the above
Who led the extremists before the arrival of Gandhiji on the political scene for freedom struggle?
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Subhash Bose
In which year capital of India was shifted from Kolkata to Delhi?
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$$1947$$
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$$1922$$
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$$1908$$
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$$1911$$
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Before New Delhi became the capital of India, Kolkata had the privilege of being the country’s capital till 1911.
One of the main reasons that were cited for the capital shift was the location of Delhi. Calcutta was situated in the eastern coastal part of the country, while Delhi was located in the northern part.
The British government of India felt that ruling India from Delhi was easier and more convenient. Finally, the proposal was heartily accepted by the British Raj.
Indian National Congress took the stand during Second World War that _________________.
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It would support axis powers
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It would support allied powers
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It would cooperate with the British if India is promised dominion status after the war
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It would cooperate with the British if India is granted complete Independence
The Home Rule movement was launched by _____________.
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Annie Besant
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Lala Lajpat Rai
Swadeshi movement started during _______________.
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Anti-Bengal partition movement
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Non-Cooperation Movement
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Civil Disobedience Movement
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None of the above
The first stage that existed in Pre-British era was when civil society existed in the form of ____________.
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NGOs
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Beradaries
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Rural Noteables
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Both b and c
Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended in 1921 because ________________.
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Violence broke out at Chauri Chaura
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Gandhiji was arrested for five years
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Government accepted the demands of Indian leaders
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People were not supporting this movement
"Chipko movement" in Uttar Pradesh relates to _______________.
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Prevention of felling green trees
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Prevention of felling of old trees by unauthorised persons
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Prevention of felling of dead trees by governmental agencies
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Planting frees on private plots
Which of the following was the main feature of the policy of Dual Government of British rulers in India ?
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The English collected the revenues with the help of Indian Officials and they became virtually the head of the civil and military administration
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The general administrative body consisted of two categories of rulers
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Main items of administration were in the hands of local kings and rest were in the hands of British rulers
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Some portions of land were ruled by the local kings and rest by the British rulers
Which of the following was not the outcome of Jallianwalah Bagh massacre?
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Suspension of Gen. Dyer
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Change in Gandhiji's outlook towards Britishers
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Temporary peace in Punjab
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Renunciation of British titles and positions by many Indians
Who participated the least in the Indian National Movement?
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Capitalists
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Landlords and Merchants
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Princes of States
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Government officials
The DYARCHY as introduced by the Government of India Act, 1919 postulated which of the following ?
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A system of dual government in Bengal
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Backward classes were entitled to vote
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A few subjects were transferred to the Provincial Ministries and the rest retained by the Executive Council
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Hindus and Muslims could vote separately
In which of the following years was the first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid?
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1853
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1854
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1856
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1858
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The country's first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR), opened in 1853 between Bombay and Thane.
Aim of Swaraj Parly was to __________________.
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Enter the Legislative Councils by contesting elections in order to wreck the legislatures from within
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Boycott the foreign goods
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Launch a non-cooperation movement against the British
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Adopt Swadeshi in piece goods on a vast scale
Two charges $$3\times 10^{-5}C$$ and $$5\times 10^{4}C$$ are placed at a distance $$10\ cm$$ form each other. Find the value of electrostatic force acting between them.
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$$13.5\times 10^{11}N$$
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$$40\times 10^{11}N$$
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$$180\times 10^{9}N$$
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$$13.5\times 10^{10}N$$
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$$q_{1}=3\times 10^{-5}$$ $$q_{2}=5\times 10^{4}$$
$$r=10\times 10^{-2}m$$
$$F_{e}=\dfrac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_{0}}\dfrac{q_{1}q_{2}}{r^{2}}$$
$$\dfrac{9\times 10^{9}\times 3\times 10^{-5}\times 5\times 10^{4}}{(10\times 10^{-2})^{2}}$$
$$\dfrac{9\times 15\times 10}{100\times 10^{-4}}$$
$$\dfrac{135}{100}\times 10^{12}$$
$$=1.35\times 10^{12}$$
$$=13.5\times 10^{11}$$
Consider the following statements regarding religion in the Indus Valley civilisation:
Worship of male deity is identified through the Pashupati seal.
Pipal is said to have been worshipped.
Large temples are found where daily rituals were practiced.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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All of the above
Explanation
The male deity during the Indus Valley Civilization is represented on a seal. This god has three-horned heads and is represented in the sitting posture
of a yogi, with one leg placed above the other. It is identified as Pashupati seal.
The people of the Indus region also worshipped trees. The depiction of a deity is represented on a seal amidst
branches of the Pipal.
The 19th Century Faraizi Movement in eastern Bengal developed under the leadership of ____________.
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Titu Rai
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Haji Shariatullah
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Shah Sayyid Ahmad
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Dudu Miyan
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Shariatullah founded the
Faraizi movement
which was a religious reform
movement
in the 19th century for Bengali Muslims. The objective was
to revive Islam and to improve the condition of Muslim peasants who were opposed by Hindu and British landlords.
to revive Islam and to improve the condition of Muslim peasants who were opposed by Hindu and British landlords.
Consider the following statements regarding All India Trade Union Congress:
It was established in 1920 by M G Ranade.
Its first session was presided over by Lala Lajpat Rai.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Neither 1 nor 2
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All India Trade Union Congress was India’s second largest trade union federation after the Indian National Trade Union Congress. The AITUC was formed by the Narayan Malhar Joshi and Lala Lajpat Rai in 1920 to represent India at the International Labour Organisation of the League of Nations. The first session of the All India Trade Union Congress was held at Bombay under Lala Lajpat Rai.
In which commodity was long distance trade carried out during Indus Valley civilisation?
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Cotton
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Gold
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Lapis lazuli
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Bronze
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The Harappans had commercial links with Afghanistan and Iran. They set up a trading colony in northern
Afghanistan which evidently facilitated trade with Central Asia.
The Harappans carried on long-distance trade in lapis lazuli, lapis objects may have contributed to the social
prestige of the ruling class.
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