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Q. Pitt’s India Act brought the company in direct subordination to a body representing __________

A
The English Merchants in India
B
The Parliament of Britain
C
The Indian Merchants
D
Princely States

Correct Answer

The Parliament of Britain

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    A)Akbar
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    C)Shah Jahan
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    B)Sukh Dev
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    B)Farmers and depressed class upliftment
    C)Uplifting downtrodden women, abolishing child marriage , widow re marriage
    D)Both B and C
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    B)Buddhism
    C)Vaishnavism
    D)Tantra
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    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
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    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. The upliftment of the backward classes had been the prime concern of the
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    B)Buddha was born
    C)Buddha died
    D)All of the above
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    C)Guptas
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  • Q. Waterloo is located in
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  • Q. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
    A)Aurangzeb
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  • Q. “The word impossible is found, in the dictionary of fools” was the famous quote of
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    B)Hitler
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    A)465 BC
    B)469 BC
    C)460 BC
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