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9721
Who led the 'Salt March' to Dandi?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Sardar Patel
D. Vinoba Bhave
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Gandhi led the 24-day march in 1930 to protest the British salt tax, a pivotal moment in the independence movement.
9722
Which group fought a long civil war for a separate state in Sri Lanka?
A. JVP
B. LTTE (Tamil Tigers)
C. Khmer Rouge
D. Taliban
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought the Sri Lankan government for an independent Tamil state from 1983 to 2009.
9723
When did Pakistan conduct its first nuclear tests (Chagai-I)?
A. 1974
B. 1998
C. 1999
D. 2001
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Pakistan conducted nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, in response to India's nuclear tests earlier that month.
9724
The 'Salt March' was a protest led by Gandhi against:
A. British Textile Tax
B. British Salt Monopoly
C. The Rowlatt Act
D. World War II
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Gandhi marched to the sea to produce salt from seawater, defying the British law that made salt production a government monopoly.
9725
The 'Partition of Bengal' (1905) was implemented by:
A. Lord Mountbatten
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Canning
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Viceroy Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal into East and West for administrative reasons, which sparked massive nationalist protests.
9726
The 'Tiananmen Square Protests' occurred in:
A. 1976
B. 1989
C. 1997
D. 2008
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Student-led demonstrations in Beijing were forcibly suppressed by the Chinese military on June 4, 1989.
9727
The 'May Fourth Movement' (1919) in China was a protest against:
A. The Qing Dynasty
B. The Treaty of Versailles
C. Communist Rule
D. The Cultural Revolution
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Students gathered in Beijing to protest the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred German concessions in Shandong to Japan instead of returning them to China.
9728
The 'Partition of Bengal' (1905) was later annulled in:
A. 1906
B. 1911
C. 1919
D. 1947
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Due to widespread protests, the partition of Bengal was annulled by King George V at the Delhi Durbar in 1911.
9729
The 'Salt March' (1930) was a protest led by Gandhi against:
A. The tax on textiles
B. The British salt monopoly
C. The partition of Bengal
D. World War II
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Gandhi marched 240 miles to the sea to make his own salt, defying the British law that made it illegal for Indians to collect or sell salt.
9730
The 'Partition of Bengal' in 1905 was implemented by which British Viceroy?
A. Lord Mountbatten
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Irwin
D. Lord Ripon
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Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal for administrative efficiency (and divide-and-rule tactics), creating a Muslim-majority East and Hindu-majority West, sparking massive protests.
