16 SSC CGL General Knowledge previous year questions on Important Personalities — options free on every question; 2 include the answer & explanation free, the rest unlock with PYQ Pass.
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"All India Muslim League" was formed at Dacca in _____ .
a1900
b1904
c1902
d1906
✓ Correct answer: d) 1906
ExplanationThe All-India Muslim League (AIML) was established on the 30th of December in 1906 in Dhaka, which is currently located in Bangladesh.This city was a part of British India at the time.The founders include Khwaja Salimullah, Vikar-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, Syed Nabiullah, Khan Bahadur Ghulam and Mustafa Chowdhury.Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, also known as Aga Khan III, was the first person to hold the position of Honorary President of the League.Hence, the correct answer is "D) 1906."
Q2 · 1905 FREE PREVIEW
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In which year was India House established by Shyamji Verma?
a(1905)
b(1899)
c(1902)
d(1909)
✓ Correct answer: a) (1905)
ExplanationThe correct answer is A. 1905. India House was established by Shyamji Krishna Varma in London in 1905. It was a student residence and a meeting place for Indian revolutionaries.Varma was a lawyer and a nationalist who had been forced to flee India after being accused of sedition.He established the India House to promote the cause of Indian independence.
Q3
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Which of the following revolutionaries stated during his trial that "he did not wish to glorify the cult of the bomb and pistol but wanted a revolution in society"?
aBhagat Singh
bSurya Sen
cSachindra Nath Sanyal
dBarindra Kumar Ghosh
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Wood's Despatch is related with ______.
aEducation
bFamine
cTrade
dMilitary
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In which of the following years, did Subhas Chandra Bose refer to Mahatma Gandhi as the "Father of the Nation"?
a1942
b1944
c1939
d1941
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Q6
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Chittaranjan Das was the political guru of which of the following personalities?
aSubhash Chandra Bose
bMahatma Gandhi
cJawaharlal Nehru
dBhagat Singh
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The person known as the 'Father of Modern Dance in India" is:
aUday Shankar
bBirju Maharaj
cGopi Krishna
dGuru Bipin Singh
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The famous scientist, Albert Einstein, was inspired by whose idea of non-violence?
aMahatma Gandhi
bVardhaman Mahavira
cGautam Buddha
dBR Ambedkar
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Who was the first social reformer to view modern education as a vehicle for the spread of modern ideas in the country?
aRaja Ram Mohan Roy
bD.K. Karve
cSavitribai Phule
dSwami Vivekananda
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Where did Vivekananda participate at the World's Parliament of Religions?
aSan Francisco
bNew York
cWashington
dChicago
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Who among the following was one of the founders of Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha or Religious Reform Association?
aKesub Chandra Sen
bDadabhai Naoroji
cMuhammad lqbal
dAatmarang Pandurang
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Q12
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Chittaranjan Das along with ________ set up the Swaraj Party in 1923 to contest the elections.
aVallabhbhai Patel
bRajendra Prasad
cMotilal Nehru
dJawahar Lal Nehru
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Q13
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Who was the first nationalist to give the theory of the drain of wealth from India to England?
aMahatma Gandhi
bRC Dutt
cSN Banerjee
dDadabhai Naoroji
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Primarily under whose persuasion did Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran to understand the problems of peasants?
aJaiprakash Narayan
bMaulana Mazharul Haque
cVallabhbhai Patel
dRajkumar Shukla
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Who among the following was the founder of ‘Tiger Legion' or ‘Free India Legion'?
aVinayak Damodar Savarkar
bSubhas Chandra Bose
cSohan Singh Bhakhna
dLala Hardayal
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Q16
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Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in
aJanuary 1915
bJanuary 1912
cJanuary 1914
dJanuary 1913
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