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The treaty of Allahabad took place between ___________.

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  1. Shuja-ud-daulah, Robert Clive and Shah Alam II

  2. Shuja-ud-daulah, Mir jafar and Shah Alam II

  3. Shuja-ud-daulah, Wajid Ali Shah and Shah Alam II

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A

The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was __________.

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  1. The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William

  2. The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah

  3. Misuse of Dastaks(passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials

  4. Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta(Alinagar)

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Correct Option: D

Arrange the following events in the chronological order.
(A) Defeat of Ibrahim Lodhi by Babur
(B) Defeat of Siraj ud-Daulah by East India Company.
(C) Defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan by Muhammad Ghori
(D) Defeat of Mir Qasim by East India Company

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  1. CABD

  2. ACBD

  3. CADB

  4. ACDB

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

C) Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in second battle of Tarain in 1192. 
A)First Battle of Panipat was fought between Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur in 1526.
B) The battle between Siraj ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal and the East India Company happened during the year 1757 and it was known as Battle of Plassey.
D) Battle of Buxar, 1764, was a battle between the British East India Company and combined army of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Awadh and a Mughal King.

Who gave the slogan "Jai Hind"?

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  1. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  2. Jawaharial Nehru

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Ras Behari Bose

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following is correctly matched?

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  1. Do or Die- J.L. Nehru

  2. Swaraj is my birthright- M.K. Gandhi

  3. Give me blood I will give you freedom- SC Bose

  4. Independence through nonviolence should be our aim- B.G. Tilak.

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Correct Option: C

What was the slogan given by Subhash Chandra Bose?

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  1. Britishers Quit India

  2. Do or die

  3. Give me blood, I shall give you freedom

  4. Inquilab Zindabad

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Subhash Chandra Bose was an Indian revolutionary who believed in violent resistance to British rule. He joined the Indian National Army in 1943. One of his most famous declarations was 'Tum mujhe khoon do mai tumhe azadi doonga' (Give me blood, I shall give you freedom). INA played a significant role in the Indian National Movement.

Which one of the following Indian freedom fighters coined the slogan 'Jai Hind'?

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  1. J.L. Nehru

  2. B.G. Tilak

  3. Sardar Patel

  4. S.C. Bose

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

S.C. Bose coined the slogan 'Jai Hind'. he became President of INA in 1943. He wanted INA to be an elite fighting force, trained to the highest standards of the German army fighting for the sole cause of Indian Independence. But the Indian soldiers tended to restrict themselves to clusters of their own ethnicity and religion as they were historically organised in regiments as per religion. To tackle this issue he found the slogan “Jai Hind!”

The Indian National Army was founded by ________________.

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  1. Subhas Chandra Bose

  2. Shah Nawaz Khan

  3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

  4. Bhagat Singh

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Subhas Chandra Bose had escaped from India in 1941 and gone to Germany to work for India’s Independence. In 1943, he came to Singapore to lead the Indian Independence league and rebuild the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) which was initially formed by Rash Behari Bose, to make it an effective instrument for the freedom of India. The Azad Hind Fauj comprised of about 45,000 soldiers, among who were Indian prisoners of war as well as Indians who were settled in various countries of south-east Asia. Hence, Option A is correct.
Among the rest of the options, Shah Nawaz Khan was an Indian politician who served as an officer in the Indian National Army during World War II, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan led his non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement against the British Raj in the 1930s and 1940s, and Bhagat Singh was an Indian socialist revolutionary whose two acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the Indian independence movement. Hence, these options are incorrect. 

The Azad Hind Fauj was organised by _____.

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  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Subhash Chandra Bose

  3. Maharaj Mahendra Pratap

  4. C.R. Das

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Subhash Chandra Bose was an Indian revolutionary who believed in violent resistance to British rule. He joined the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) in 1943. He took formal command of the demoralised and undermanned Indian National Army from Rashbehari Bose and turned it into a professional army with the help of the Japanese. INA played a significant role in the Indian National Movement.

Freedom fighter Capt Lakshmi Sehgal who passed away on 23-7-2012 was associated with_________in the freedom struggle. Fill the blank.

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Subhash Chandra Bose

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lakshmi Sahgal  was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Sahgal is commonly referred to in India as "Captain Lakshmi", a reference to her rank when taken prisoner in Burma during the Second World War.