Practice Test

Consider the following statements-
1. Of all the provincial styles that developed in architecture in the mid-14th century, the Gujarat style is the most elegant.
2. The Gujarat rulers evolved a synthesis of Islamic and Jain styles.
3. The characteristic features of this style include extensive use of pillar-and¬lintel system, device (a clerestory or wall with series of windows) to admit light into the central pan of the hall¬type mosque, semi-circular engrailed arch on two pillars, systematic use of graceful minarets and heavily sculpted buttresses, rich and delicate jali in arches, windows, etc. and frequent use of balconied windows.
4. Some fine examples of this style are the Rani Rupmati (c. 1460) mosque and the tomb and mosque of Rani Sabrai or Rani Sarai (1514).
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At which one of the following Congress sessions did Dadabhai Naoroji announce the Swaraj was the goal of India's political efforts?

Consider the following statements:
1. In July 1905, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy and Governor-General (1899–1905), ordered the partition of the province of Bengal supposedly for improvements in administrative efficiency in the huge and populous region.
2. It also had justifications due to increasing conflicts between Muslims and dominant Hindu regimes in Bengal.
3. the Indians viewed the partition as an attempt by the British to disrupt the growing national movement in Bengal and divide the Hindus and Muslims of the region
4. Brahmabhandav Upadhyay, a Hindu newspaper editor who helped Tagore establish his school at Shantiniketan, was imprisoned and the first martyr to die in British custody in the 20th century struggle for independence.
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