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Sl. No. | Question - First in India and First In World | Answer |
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81. | Who was the founder of Indian National Congress? | A. O. Hume. in the year 1885. |
82. | Who was the founder of Muslim League? | Aga Khan, in the year 1906. |
83. | Which movement of started by Annie Besant in the year 1916? | Home Rule movement. |
84. | Which Act gave unstoppable powers to the Government to arrest and imprison suspects without even having a trial? | Rowlatt Act, in the year 1919. |
85. | Which Act was responsible for the partition of India? | Indian Independence Act, 1947. |
86. | In which year Indian Constitution came into force? | 26 January 1950. |
87. | `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity' was the motto of which revolution? | French Revolution. |
88. | Who was the first Indian woman president of Indian National Congress? | Sarojini Naidu. |
89. | Who wrote Bangladesh's national anthem 'Amar Shonar Bangla'? | Rabindranath Tagore. |
90. | In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award? | Devika Rani Roerich. |
91. | 'Akbarnama', a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by? | Abul Fazl. |
92. | On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement? | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. |
93. | Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India's wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' in 1901? | Dadabhai Naoroji. |
94. | Which associate of Mahatma Gandhi founded Paunar Ashram near Wardha in Maharashtra? | Vinoba Bhave. |
95. | In which battle Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of Delhi, was decisively defeated by Afghan ruler Muhammad Ghori? | Second Battle of Tarain (1192). |
96. | What was the original name of writer Munshi Premchand? | Dhanpatrai Srivastava. |
97. | Who wrote 'Ashtadhyayi', the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit? | Panini. |
98. | On the banks of river Ganga, which ruler of Magadh founded the city of Patliputra? | Ajatashatru. |
99. | In which city is the tomb of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located? | Ajmer. |
100. | In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)? | Vijay Laxmi Pandit. |