SAT (Stage-1) Mock Test - 5

Robert Owen purchased a town in 1852 with the intention of creating a new utopian community. He renamed it as the New Harmony. New Harmony became known as a centre for advances in education and scientific research.

Peasant Movement of Awadh was against talukdars and landlords. The peasants demanded reduction in revenues, redistribution of land, abolition of beggary and the social boycott of oppressive landlords. Nai-dhobi bandhs were organised by panchayats to deprive landlords of the services of barbers, cobblers, washermen etc.

Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the first head of the Soviet State.

The main event that sparked the Second World War was Germany's invasion of Poland in September, 1939. When the countries realised that Hitler was setting his sights on Poland in his plight to expand his empire, this acted as the last straw. As soon as Hitler attacked Poland, Britain and France declared war against Germany.

Hoa Hao was a Vietnamese Buddhist religious movement that was formed in 1939 by the Buddhist reformer Huynh Phun So. Hoa Hao, along with the syncretic religious group Cao Dai, was one of the first groups to initiate armed hostilities against the French and later the Japanese colonialists.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sandhawalia, also known as "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of Punjab"), became the first Sikh Emperor after uniting the 11 Sikh Kingdoms of Punjab on the foundations of the Khalsa and under the banner of Sarkar-i-Khalsa.

The Jallianwala Bagh tragedy took place on 13 April, 1919, when a crowd of non-violent protesters, along with Baishakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer.

The Simla conference was convened by Viceroy Wavell. The conference broke down on the insistence of Jinnah that his party should have an exclusive right to nominate Muslim members of Viceroy's Executive Council. This was something which the Congress could not concede without repudiating its national composition.

In the start of 16^th century, Punjab was ruled by Lodhis. Sikander Lodhi ruled from 1500 to 1517. He was later followed by Ibrahim Lodhi (1517 - 1526)

Manu was known as the great law giver. He gave to the tradition a general form, which finally crystallised later in Kautilya's work. Manu-smriti is the popular name of the work, which is officially known as Manava-dharma-shastra.