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Q. Naga Khasi and Garo hills are located in
1 Purvanchal Ranges
2 Karakoram Ranges
3 Zaskar Ranges
4 Himalaya Ranges
D
Q. Who has written "Two Lives"?
1 Kiran Desai
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Vikram Seth
4 Amitabh Gosh
A
Q. The National Conference in Calcutta was held to raise National Fund in the year
1 1884
2 1885
3 1905
4 1883
B
Q. With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated?
1 Chambal
2 Narmada
3 Tapi
4 Bhima
B
Q. The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile
USSR, is at
1 Minsk in Byelorussia
2 Moscow in Russia
3 Kiev in Ukraine
4 Kistiner in Moldavia
A
Q. Which place did the Santhal call Daman-i-Koh ?
1 Dhalbhum
2 Palamau
3 Rajmahal hills
4 Hazaribag
C
Q. When were blue jeans invented?
1 1900s
2 1860s
3 1870s
4 1850s
D
Q. "Liberty is the positive power or capacity of doing or enjoying". Who said this?
1 Socrates
2 Plato
3 Kant
4 Green
D
Q. Laura Chin Chilla is the First Woman President of
1 Argentina

2 Costa Rica
3 Brazil
4 Chilie
B
Q. Alberuni was the historian during the period of
1 Mahmud of Ghazni
2 Balban
3 Akbar
4 Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
A
Q. Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Annie Besant
3 Nellie Sengupta
4 Kamala Nehru
B
Q. Relative humidity
1 Is lowest at the equator increasing towards the poles
2 is maximum in sub-tropical anticyclones
3 is maximum with latitudes seasonally
4 is lower in winter than in higher latitudes
C
Q. Who authored Sanskrit play the 'Mudrarakshasa' ?
1 Kalidas
2 Banabhatta
3 Vishakhadatta
4 Bhavabhuti
BT I think ans c
Q. Which Governor-General abolished slavery?
1 Sir John shore
2 Lord William Bentick
3 Lord Ellenborough
4 Lord Cornwallis
C
Q. Another word for 'Graphics for a word processor'?
1 Peripheral
2 Clip art
3 Highlight
4 Execute
B
Q. True desert in Rajasthan is known as
1 Bagar
2 Rohilkhand
3 Khadar
4 Marusthali
D
Q. Which industries are common in Andhra Pradesh?
1 Cement and paper
2 Asbestos and units of HMT, BHEL
3 Hindustan Shipyard and Bharat Dynamics Limited
4 All of the above
D

Q. The Kalahari Desert is in

1 South-West Africa
2 North Africa
3 North-West Mexico
4 South-West Asia
A
Q. Which of the following Indian cities does not have metro train
1 Kolkata
2 Mumbai
3 Banglore
4 Bhubaneswar
D
Q. Man in the life cycle of plasmodium is
1 Primary host
2 Secondary host
3 Intermediate host
4 None of these
B
Q. Shanthi Swaroop Bhatnagar awards are given for
1 exploring new dimensions in creative writing in Indian languages
2 outstanding contribution to science
3 creating mass awareness on environmental issues
4 excellence in film direction
B
Q. Indian Financial Sector is made up of both the organised as well as the the unorganised
segments. Which of the following belongs to the unorganised segments?
1 Money lenders
2 Chit Fund
3 Micro Finance Companies
4 Cooperative Credit Societies
A
Q. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to
1 step on the moon
2 circle the moon
3 walk in space
4 journey into space
A
Q. Who is the famous Sarod player?
1 Hari Prasad
2 Zakir Hussain
3 Ram Narain
4 Amjad Ali Khan
D
Q. Nitric oxide pollution can lead to all of the following, except
1 leaf spotting in plants
2 bronchitis-related respiratory problems in human
3 production of corrosive gases through photochemical reaction
4 silicosis in human
D
Q. National Food for Work Programme was launched on
1 November 20,2004
2 December 1, 2005

3 November 14, 2004

4 October 5,2007
C
Q. The chemical, which attracts opposite sex insects of a species, is known as
1 Hormones
2 Allomones
3 Kairomones
4 Pheromones
D
Q. Which media have the ability to have data/information stored (written) on them by users more
than once?
1 CD-R disks
2 CD-RW disks
3 Zip disks
4 Optical Disks
B
Q. Which is/are the important raw material(s) required in cement industry?
1 Gypsum and Clay
2 Clay
3 Limestone and Clay
4 Limestone
Q. `Ra
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1 An ice-cream
2 Prasar Bharti's FM Channel
3 A suitcase
4 A musical group
C
B
Q. ___ are devices used to transmit data over telecommunications lines.
1 Drives
2 Drive bays
3 Modems
4 Platforms
Clast one
Q. With reference to the river Luni, which one of the following statements is correct?
1 It flows into Gulf of Khambhat.
2 It flows into Gulf of Kuchchh.
3 It flows into Pakistan and merges with a tributary of Indus.
4 It is lost in the marshy land of the Rann of Kuchchh.
Dimp
Q. 'Mrichchhakatika' an ancient Indian book written by Shudraka deals with
1 The love affair of a rich merchant with the daughter of a courtesan
2 The victory of Chandragupta II over the Shaka Kshatrapas of western India
3 The military expedition and exploits of Samudragupta
4 The love affair between Gupta King and a princess of Kamarupa
A
Q. Half portion of a rectangular piece of ice is wrapped with a whit piece of cloth while the other
half with a black one. In this context, which one among the following statements is correct?
1 Ice melts more easily under black wrap

2 Ice melts more easily under white wrap

3 No ice melts at all under the black wrap
4 No ice melts at all under white wrap
Ablack warm colour
Q. When was Monopoly created?
1 1940s
2 1930s
3 1920s
4 1950s
B
Q. Recently the RBI enhanced
1 Marginal standing facility
2 Liquidity Adjustment facility
3 Both 1 and 2
4 None of the above
A
Q. A typical black hole is always specified by
1 Radius
2 a horizon
3 either a (curvature) singularity or a horizon
4 a charge
C
Q. ---, architect of Russia's "shock" market reforms in the 1990s, died in Moscow on December 16,
2009.
1 Yuri Sanchez
2 Mikhail Rasputin
3 Alexander Lukhov
4 Yegor Gaidar
D
Q. Which of the following is not a programme to develop infrastructure in India?
1 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
2 National Highway Development Programme
3 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
4 Rajiv Awas Yojana
A
Q. Which of the following has written the book "Between the Lines"?
1 V. S. Naipaul
2 Prem Bhatia
3 Kuldeep Nayyar
4 C. Rangarajan
C
Q. The Territorial Army of India has conferred Honorary Lieutenant Colonel rank on
1 Abhinav Bindra
2 M.S.Dhoni
3 Both of the above
4 None of the above
C
Q. Who is the author of the book 'No Full Stops in India'?
1 Raj Mohan Gandhi
2 Shyam lal
3 E.M. Forster
4 Mark Tully

D
Q. The central point of social contract theory is that the state is
1 A man made institution
2 Sovereign
3 Democratic
4 Absolute
A
Q. Former Australian captain Allan Border was sometimes known as "Captain Grumpy". What was
his other nickname?
1 Abe
2 Captain Junior
3 AB
4 Groucho
C
Q. The gas that usually causes explosion in coal mines is
1 Hydrogen
2 Carbon monoxide
3 Air
4 Methane
D
Q. Kanchenjunga is situated in
1 West Bengal
2 Nepal
3 Sikkim
4 Himachal Pradesh
C
Q. A presentation means
1 Display of products
2 Explaining the utility of products or plan
3 A gift
4 Display of Communication skils
B
Q. Who is Liu Xiaobo?
1 Chinese citizen, who has been awarded Nobel Peace prize
2 North Korean dissident, who has been awarded Nobel Literature Prize
3 Sportsman who was awarded maximum 8 Gold medals in Commonwealth
4 None of these
A
Q. Emomali Rahmon recently visited India is the president of
1 Turkmenistan
2 Russia
3 Republic of Tajikistan
4 Turkey
C
Q. Misha Grewal is associated with which games/sports?
1 Badminton
2 Chess
3 Football
4 Squash
D
Q. Which is the associated sport of Bombay Gold Cup?
1 Basketball

2 Weightlifting
3 Hockey
4 Football
C
Q. Which one of the following governments launched Kishori scheme for adolescent girls?
1 Delhi state government
2 Odisha state government
3 Bihar state government
4 Haryana state government
A
Q. The planets with no natural satellites (reported so far) are
1 Mercury and Venus
2 Earth and Pluto
3 Mars and Neptune
4 Jupiter and Saturn
A

Q. If signal distorts on increasing the volume, where is the fault?

1 A
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2 Loud Speaker
3 Volume control
4 Audio stage
C
Q. First Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr. The country referred to here is
1 North Korea
2 Kazakhstan
3 Iran
4 Argentina
C
Q. Which one of the following countries does NOT border the Caspian Sea?
1 Armenia
2 Azerbaijan
3 Kazakistan
4 Turkmenistan
A
Q. In a telescope of magnification power 10, the focal length of the objective lens is 60 cm, what
will be the total length of eyepiece
1 6 cm
2 25 cm
3 30 cm
4 50 cm
A
Q. Diu is an island off
1 Gujarat
2 Maharashtra
3 Goa
4 Daman
A
Q. "My Unforgettable Memories" is the autobiography of

1 Mayawati
2 Pratibha Patil
3 Mamata Bannerjee
4 Suu Kyi
C
Q. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story
1 Chamber of secrets
2 The philosopher's stone
3 Half blood prince
4 Naked Truth
D
Q. The Nagaland State of India cannot be termed as a state because it lacks
1 sovereignty
2 bicameral legislature
3 a high court exclusively of its own
4 None of the above
A
Q. Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?
1 Kiran Bedi
2 Jawaharlal Nahru
3 Sheikh Abdullah
4 Nelson Mandela
A
Q. Punjab, in December 2009, proposed to develop the Asal-Uttar in - district as a tribute to the
soldiers who repulsed the Pakistani Army attack during the 1965 war.
1 Bhatinda
2 Ludhiana
3 Tarn Taran
4 Kapurthala
C
Q. The central banking functions in India are performed by the Central Bank of India Reserve
Bank of India State Bank of India Punjab National Bank
1 I, II
2 II
3 I
4 II, III
B
Q. The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for
1 Continuity of British rule
2 Transfer of power
3 Partition of the country
4 Solution of communal problems
C
Q. O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comes from
1 CO2
2 Water
3 Sogar
4 Pyruvic
B
Q. The International Day for Elimination of Racial discrimination is observed on
1 20th February
2 21st February

3 20th March
4 21st March
D
Q. Union Cabinet recently cleared the Bill to protect
1 Minorities
2 Scheduled Castes
3 Whistle Blowers
4 None of the above
C
Q. Which was the last version of MS-DOS that was released separately?
1 5.0
2 6.0
3 6.11
4 6.22
D
Q. Which one among the following has the maximum nu of National Parks?
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Assam
4 Meghalaya
C
Q. 'CEPI' stands for
1 Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index
2 Council of Environmental Pollution of India
3 Centre of Environmental Pollution Indiana
4 Centre of Environmental Pollution and Industries
A
Q. Noted Hindi novelist who wrote "Tamas" is
1 Shivani
2 Shobha De
3 Munshi Premchand
4 Bhishma Sahni
D
Q. The Rupee coins were first minted in India during the rule of
1 Shahjahan
2 Shershah Suri
3 East India Company
4 Razia Begum
B
Q. The playground of lawn tennis is called
1 court
2 ring
3 arena
4 rink
A
Q. Which of the following pairs is correct?
1 Lord Hardinge: II Round Table Conference
2 Lord Willington: Arriving of Prince of Wales in India
3 Chelmsford: Rowlatt Act
4 Lord Reading: Delhi Darbar
C
Q. On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?

1 Gram
2 Maize
3 Pea
4 Wheat
C
Q. The creator of 'Sherlock Holmes' was
1 Arthur Conan Doyle
2 Ian Fleming
3 Dr.Watson
4 Shakespeare
A
Q. Which of the following countries has the largest cheques truncation facility in Asia?
1 China
2 India
3 Myanmar
4 None of these
B
Q. Which one of the following Articles Provide "Right to Equality"?
1 Article-14
2 Article-19
3 Article-20
4 Article-18
A
Q. Who is the head of the panel on Energy Security constituted by Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas?
1 C. Ranjarajan
2 Montek Singh Ahluwalia
3 Vijay Kelkar
4 Kaushik Basu
C
Q. Cyclones of Bay of Bengal are studied with the help of
1 GIS
2 Oxford Atlas
3 Satellite Imageries
4 Topographical Maps
D
Q. Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?
1 Himalayan expeditions
2 Historical monuments in India
3 Regional dances in India
4 Wildli
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A
Q. When Indian National Congress was founded?
1 1885 A.D.
2 1875 A.D.
3 1858 A.D.
4 1883 A.D.
A
Q. Which one among the following statements is not true about Bahadur Shah Zafar II?

1 The rebels of 1857 proclaimed their loyalty to him

2 He was killed by Lt. Hodson, a cavalry officer in Delhi
3 He was reluctant to lead the Revolt of 1857 in beginning
4 He was a poet
Q. The time difference between I.S.T and G.M.T. is
1 5 n half hrs
2 8 n half hrs
3 12 n half hrs
4 9 hrs
B
A
Q. Who is the Author of the book,Amitabh- the Making of the Superstar?
1 Tushar Raheja
2 Vijay Singhvi
3 Susmita Das Gupta
4 Raj Kamal Jha
C
Q. The device used for locating submerged object sunder sea is
1 Sonar
2 Radar
3 Laser
4 Maser
A
Q. The hottest part of the gas flame is known as
1 luminous zone
2 dark zone
3 blue zone
4 non-luminous zone
D
Q. Noted Hindi novelist who wrote "Tamas" is
1 Shivani
2 Shobha De
3 Munshi Premchand
4 Bhishma Sahni
D
Q. Due to Which reason the peasantry suffered during Alauddin Khalji's reign?
1 Burden of large number of taxes
2 Irrigation taxes
3 Land acquisition
4 Atrocities of Zamindars
A
Q. The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to the
1 Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
2 Minto-Morley Reforms
3 Simon Commission
4 First Round Table Conference
C
Q. Which of the following groups of rivers have their source of origin in Tibet?
1 Brahmaputra, Ganges and Sutlej
2 Ganges, Sutlej and Yamuna
3 Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
4 Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej

C
Q. Philology is the
1 study of bones
2 study of muscles
3 study of architecture
4 science of languages
D
Q. Missile 'prithivi' aims
1 to test the performance of an indigenously built heat-shield
2 to hit target without the help of the Air Forces
3 to defend a large installations like oil-fields etc. against enemy attacks
4 None of the above
B
Q. Who started the "Khudai Khidmatgars" movement?
1 Abdul Ghaffar Khan
2 Abul Kalam Azad
3 Maulana Mohammad Ali
4 None of these
A
Q. Who wrote Mitakshara, a book on Hindu law?
1 Nayachandra
2 Amoghvarsa
3 Vijnaneswara
4 Kumban
C
Q. Which one is the first state in India built on the linguistic basis
1 Haryana
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Assam
B
Q. Unique Identification Authority is headed by
1 Nandan Neilkani
2 Kaushik Basu
3 Parthasarthi Som
4 Dr. Rakesh Mohan
A
Q. Which one is the original source from where the Indian national motto Satyameva jayate is
adopted
1 Mundak Upanishad
2 Prashna Upanishad
3 Samaveda
4 Yajurveda
A
Q. The planets called the inner planets, are
1 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
2 Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
3 Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
4 Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
D
Q. Who invented the telescope?
1 Galileo

2 Edison
3 Copernicus
4 Newton
A
Q. Angular momentum is equal to
1 moment of inertia x angular velocity
2 mass x angular velocity
3 linear velocity x angular velocity
4 mass x linear velocity
A
Q. Magnets attract magnetic substances such as iron, nickel, cobalt etc. They can also repel:
1 paramagnetic substances
2 ferromagnetic substances
3 diamagnetic substances
4 non-magnetic substances
C
Q. After Jawaharlal Nehru, who amongst the following was / is the other Prime Minister who
completed his/ her first term and immediately came of the second term?
1 Mrs. Indira Gandhi
2 Dr. Manmohan Singh
3 Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
4 Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
B
Q. Soil factors are otherwise known as
1 Climatic factors
2 Edaphic factors
3 Biotic factors
4 Physiographic factors
B
Q. When the difference in electronegativity is large, the resulting bond is
1 Metallic bond
2 Covalent bond
3 Ionic bond
4 Non-polar bond
C
Q. During the Sultanate period the Zakat Tax was levied on which of the following?
1 Hindus
2 Muslims
3 Brahmans
4 Travellers
B
Q. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on November 26 launched the construction of the
country's biggest nuclear power project called Karachi Coastal Power Project. This project is
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1 US
2 Japan
3 China
4 France
C
Q. In which of the following countries High Yield Variety seed develop for the first time ?

1 Argentina
2 China
3 Mexico
4 India
C
Q. Who has written "Two Lives"?
1 Kiran Desai
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Vikram Seth
4 Amitabh Gosh
Q. Small-pox is a deadly and highly contagious
1 bacterial disease
2 viral disease
3 fungal disease
4 vitamin deficiency disease
B
C
Q. Fruit most suitable for making jelly is
1 Papaya
2 Karunda
3 Mango
4 Banana
C
Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the "Tana Bhagat" movement?
1 Uraon
2 Munda
3 Santhal
4 Konda dora
A
Q. The rate constant for a first order reaction depends on
1 Initial concentration of reactants
2 Time of reaction
3 Extent of reaction
4 Temperature
D
Q. Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river
1 Brahmaputra
2 Teesta
3 Sone
4 Hooghly
A
Q. RV Sindhu Sadhana built at ABG Shipyard in Gujarat and equipped with ultra modern research
facilities, used for
1 For underwater exploration to carry out monsoon experiments
2 Naval research
3 Defense Research
4 Coastguard Research
A
Q. For the same Kinetic energy, the momentum shall be maximum for
1 Electron
2 Proton
3 Deuteron

4 Alpha Particle
D
Q. The first village in India, where Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh launched the AADHAR
project in September 2010, is
1 Rohtak
2 Misamari
3 Nandurbar
4 Tembhli
D
Q. Hamas is a militant organization fighting against which of the following countries ?
1 Israel
2 Brazil
3 Syria
4 Sudan
A
Q. Which one of the following statements about Arthashastra is not true?
1 It prescribes the duty of a king.
2 It describes the then economic life of the country
3 It lays down the principles of politics
4 It highlights the need for financial reforms
D
Q. Which one of the following was the chief exponent of the pluralistic theory of Sovereignty?
1 Bentham
2 Bodin
3 Austin
4 Laski
D
Q. Major steel plants in India have been established with the financial technological collaborations
with developed countries. Match the list I and II and choose the correct code List-I
(a)Bhilai
(b)Rourkela
(c)Durgapur
(d)Bokaro
List II
1.USSR
2.UK
3.Germany
1 a-1, b-3, c-2,d-1
2 a-2, b-3, c-1, d-3
3 a-3, b-3, c-2, d-1
4 a-2, b-1,c-3,d-2
A
Q. Among the various allotropes of carbon,
1 coke is the hardest, graphite is the softest
2 diamond is the hardest, coke is the softest
3 diamond is the hardest, graphite is the softest
4 diamond is the hardest, lamp black is the softest
C
Q. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalapakkam is located in
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Karnataka

3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Kerala
A
Q. Radio telescopes are better than optical telescopes because
1 they can detect faint galaxies which no optical telescope can
2 they can work even in cloudy conditions
3 they can work during the day and night
4 All of the above
D
Q. The main system board of a computer is called the
1 Integrated Circuit
2 Mother Board
3 Processor
4 Microchip
B
Q. Red Cross was founded by
1 J. H. Durant
2 Baden Powell
3 Trygve Lie
4 Frederick Passey
A
Q. Scientist of which country created the smallest droplets of the world?
1 USA
2 UK
3 Poland
4 Switzerland
D
Q. Ethanol containing 5% water is known as
1 Absolute alcohol
2 Dilute alcohol
3 Power alcohol
4 Rectified spirit
D
Q. The pension of a high court judge is charged to the
1 Consolidated Fund of India
2 Consolidated Fund of the state where he last served
3 Consolidated Funds of the different states where he has served
4 Contingency Fund of India
A
Q. Which of the following feature of Indian constitution was borrowed from U.S.A.?
1 Rule of law
2 Fundamental Right
3 Rigid Constitution
4 Directive principles of state policy
B
Q. Who is known as the founder of BanarasHindu University
1 Motilal Nehru
2 Madan Mohan Malaviya
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Lal Lajpat Rai
B
Q. Who among the following Mughal rulers banned music and dancing?

1 Humayun
2 Jahangir
3 Babar
4 Auran
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Q. One Joule is equal to
1 105 ergs
2 103 ergs
3 107 ergs
4 1011 ergs
C
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A. Consolidated Fund of India
B.
Consolidated Fund of the state where he last served
C.
Consolidated Funds of the different states where he
has served
D. Contingency Fund of India
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Answer : Consolidated Fund of India
A
Q. Who among the following Chinese travellers visited the kingdoms of Harshavardhana and
Kumar Bhaskar Varma?
1 I-tsing
2 Fa-Hien
3 Hiuen Tsang
4 Sun Shuyun
C
Q. Which of the following elements has 92 as the atomic number?
1 Lead
2 Platinum
3 Thorium
4 Uranium
D
Q. Sacrificial anode protects iron of ships, underground pipelines etc., from rusting, a process
known as cathodic protection. Which one of the following metals cannot be used as a sacrificial
anode?
1 Tin
2 Zinc

3 Magnesium
4 Aluminium
B
Q. The term which denotes that each side has made equal point at game point, in Tennis, is referred
to as
1 baseline
2 deuce
3 fault
4 grand slam
B
Q. The first multi-lingual news agency of India was
1 Samachar
2 API
3 Hindustan Samachar
4 Samachar Bharti
C
Q. Which National Highway connects Delhi and Kolkata via Mathura and Varanasi?
1 NH 4
2 NH 2
3 NH 10
4 NH 6
B
Q. Endemic plants are those which grow in
1 Fresh water lakes
2 Shady Places
3 On other Plants
4 Geographically limited areas
D
Q. What is the literacy rate of Maharashtra?
1 77.27 per cent
2 66.26 per cent
3 55.25 per cent
4 44.24 per cent
A
Q. During the Indian freedom Struggle, who of the following founded the Parthana Samaj?
1 Atmaram Pandurang
2 Gopal Hari Deshmukh
3 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4 Keshab Chandra Sen
A
Q. The Battle of Plassey was fought in
1 1757
2 1782
3 1748
4 1764
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