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[#381] Infanticide was completely banned by the
Correct Answer

(C) Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795

Explanation

Solution: Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795 completely banned infanticide in India. The Anglicist-Orientalist controversy was related to the education system in India.

[#382] The revolutionary who died of a 64 days hunger strike was
Correct Answer

(C) Jatin Das

Explanation

Solution: Jatindra Nath Das, also known as Jatin Das, was a revolutionary and Independence activist. He embraced death in Lahore jail after fasting for 63 days on this day, September 13, in the year 1929, aged 24 years.

[#383] The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was
Correct Answer

(D) BG Tilak

Explanation

Solution: The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was BG Tilak.

[#384] Identify the body among the following that was not founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
Correct Answer

(C) Deccan Education Society

Explanation

Solution: In 1880 Vishnushastri Chiplunkar and Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak established the New English School, one of the first native-run schools offering Western education in Pune. In 1884 they created the Deccan Education Society with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, V. S. Apte.

[#385] The first Indian national leader who began building, organizing and promoting the freedom struggle was
Correct Answer

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji

Explanation

Solution: Dadabhai Naoroji was belonged to the Moderates of the Indian National Congress. He was a very strong influence for the other freedom fighters of the Indian independence movement and mentored leaders like Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi among the many.