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At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 percent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

At the end of the nineteenth century, less than 20 percent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors. 

The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
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Before the age of machine industries, silk and cotton goods from India dominated the international market in textiles. Coarser cottons were produced in many countries, but the finer varieties often came from India.

Which freedom fighter of Madhya Pradesh had the honour of becoming the President of India?

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  1. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

  2. Pt. Sunder Lal

  3. Pt. Dwarika Prasad Mishra

  4. Pt. Sambhu Nath Shukla

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Shankar Dayal Sharma became the eighth vice-president of India and ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha from September 3, 1987, till he assumed the office of the president in 1992. He served in this vaunted position till 1997. In 1940, he began his legal practice in Lucknow and soon after joined the Indian National Congress. Sharma's involvement in the national movement for independence led to his arrest, and he was imprisoned for eight months. Hence, Option A is correct.

From which of the following city of Madhya Pradesh the Jhanda Satyagraha was started?

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  1. Indore

  2. Sagar

  3. Jabalpur

  4. Bhopal

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Correct Option: C

Bhopal University has been named after the freedom fighter _______. 

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  1. Seth Govind Das

  2. Barkatullah

  3. Hari Singh Gour

  4. Shakir Ali

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Correct Option: B

Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetji Tata who were two important industrialists in India built huge industrial empires in

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  1. Bengal

  2. Bombay

  3. Kanpur

  4. Madras

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Correct Option: B

Which industrialist had set up a steel factory in Jamshedpur?

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  1. Jamshedji Tata

  2. Dwarkanath Tagore

  3. Dinshaw Petit

  4. G.D. Birla

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following developments resulted in shifting of leading sector from cotton to steel?

history contribution of madhya pradesh in freedom struggle the age of industrialisation emerging from the shadow of china the nationalist movement in indo-china

  1. Invention of steam engine.

  2. Discovery of iron metal.

  3. Expansion of railways.

  4. Establishment of cotton mills.

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Correct Option: C
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With the expansion of railways, in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s, the demand for iron and steel increased rapidly. By 1873 Britain was exporting iron and steel worth about £ 77 million, double the value of its cotton export.

In 1918 the convention of 'Hindi Sahitya Sammelan' was organized in ______ which was presided by Gandhiji.

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  1. Bhopal

  2. Indore

  3. Jabalpur

  4. Rewa

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Correct Option: B

When 'Jnyan Prakash Mandal' was set up?

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  1. 1900

  2. 1904

  3. 1907

  4. 1913

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Correct Option: C