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in:","choices":[{"text":"1927","value":"A"},{"text":"1939","value":"B"},{"text":"1942","value":"C"},{"text":"1947","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":3},{"id":22964,"question":"The distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth is:","choices":[{"text":"3 light-years","value":"A"},{"text":"4 light-years","value":"B"},{"text":"5 light-years","value":"C"},{"text":"6 light-years","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":22962,"question":"Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India?","choices":[{"text":"M.A. Jinnah","value":"A"},{"text":"Muhammad Iqbal","value":"B"},{"text":"Sir Syed Ahmed Khan","value":"C"},{"text":"None of these.","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":22960,"question":"The strategy of \"Divide and Rule\" was adopted by:","choices":[{"text":"Lord Curzon&nbsp;","value":"A"},{"text":"Lord Minto","value":"B"},{"text":"Lord Canning","value":"C"},{"text":"Lord 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cause:","choices":[{"text":"Aurora australis and aurora borealis","value":"A"},{"text":"Magnetic storms on the surface of the sun","value":"B"},{"text":"Polar auroras","value":"C"},{"text":"All of these","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":4},{"id":22942,"question":"The main purpose of Home Rule Movement was:","choices":[{"text":"To harass the British","value":"A"},{"text":"To attain self-government within the British Empire","value":"B"},{"text":"To attain self-government and turn out British&nbsp;","value":"C"},{"text":"None of these","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":22939,"question":"The Non-Cooperation movement was launched by:","choices":[{"text":"Jawaharlal Nehru","value":"A"},{"text":"Mahatma Gandhi&nbsp;","value":"B"},{"text":"Dadabhai Naoroji","value":"C"},{"text":"Quaid-e-Azam","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":22936,"question":"Sir Charles Wood dispatch of 1854 dealt primarily with:","choices":[{"text":"Educational 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their:","choices":[{"text":"Size&nbsp;","value":"A"},{"text":"Rotational speed","value":"B"},{"text":"Mass","value":"C"},{"text":"Density","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":22923,"question":"The same side of the moon always faces the earth because:","choices":[{"text":"Moon and earth have gravitational force","value":"A"},{"text":"Moon cannot change its position","value":"B"},{"text":"The period of rotation of the moon on its axis and period of revolution around the earth is almost the same","value":"C"},{"text":"None of these","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":3},{"id":22910,"question":"Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe?","choices":[{"text":"Cosmology","value":"A"},{"text":"Cosmography","value":"B"},{"text":"Astronomy","value":"C"},{"text":"None of these","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":22906,"question":"The period of one revolution of sun around the centre of 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