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1. Which of the following events occurred earlier — 'Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas' or 'Swami Vivekananda's address at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago'?

  1. AThird Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas
  2. BSwami Vivekananda's address at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago
  3. CAnnexation of Punjab by the British after the Second Anglo-Sikh War
  4. DFoundation of the Hindu College in Calcutta
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Answer: A

'Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas' occurred in 1761 and 'Swami Vivekananda's address at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago' occurred in 1893. The earlier event is 'Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas'.

2. Which of the following events occurred earlier — 'Delhi Durbar; the capital is shifted from Calcutta to Delhi; Partition of Bengal annulled' or 'The Kakori Conspiracy'?

  1. ADelhi Durbar; the capital is shifted from Calcutta to Delhi; Partition of Bengal annulled
  2. BThe Kakori Conspiracy
  3. CThe Cabinet Mission Plan arrives in India
  4. DBattle of Buxar: British forces defeat the combined armies of Bengal, Awadh and the Mughal emperor
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Answer: A

'Delhi Durbar; the capital is shifted from Calcutta to Delhi; Partition of Bengal annulled' occurred in 1911 and 'The Kakori Conspiracy' occurred in 1925. The earlier event is 'Delhi Durbar; the capital is shifted from Calcutta to Delhi; Partition of Bengal annulled'.

3. Which of the following events occurred earlier — 'The Great Bengal Famine' or 'The Kakori Conspiracy'?

  1. AThe Great Bengal Famine
  2. BThe Kakori Conspiracy
  3. CThe Gandhi-Irwin Pact; execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev
  4. DThe Permanent Settlement of Bengal is introduced by Lord Cornwallis
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Answer: A

'The Great Bengal Famine' occurred in 1770 and 'The Kakori Conspiracy' occurred in 1925. The earlier event is 'The Great Bengal Famine'.

4. Which of the following events occurred earlier — 'Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas' or 'The Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) and the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement'?

  1. AThird Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas
  2. BThe Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) and the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. CThe Indian Councils Act; Indians are inducted into the Viceroy's legislative council
  4. DWilliam Hawkins arrives at the Mughal court of Jahangir
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Answer: A

'Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas' occurred in 1761 and 'The Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) and the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement' occurred in 1930. The earlier event is 'Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas'.

5. Which of the following events occurred earlier — 'Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon' or 'The Poona Pact and the Communal Award'?

  1. APartition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
  2. BThe Poona Pact and the Communal Award
  3. CSubhas Chandra Bose resigns as Congress President and forms the Forward Bloc
  4. DBirth of Mahatma Gandhi
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Answer: A

'Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon' occurred in 1905 and 'The Poona Pact and the Communal Award' occurred in 1932. The earlier event is 'Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon'.

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