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Modern Indian History
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1. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Tantia Tope
Surya Sen
Dr. R C Majumdar
Gen Bakth Khan
2. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
Kanpur
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Prajamandals
3. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
East Bengal & Bengal
31st December - 1929
Mirza Galib
4. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Women
1954A.D.
72
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
5. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
Monserrate
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Bina Das
6. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Balagangadhar Tilak
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
There was merger of INC and National Conference
7. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
Dr. R C Majumdar
Swadeshi
Diwan Maniram Putti
Narayan Guru
8. In 1934 - Gandhi withdrew from all political activities and made a country wide tour covering a distance of 12 -504 miles. This tour is known as
Meerut
Balagangadhar Tilak
Alberuni
Harijan Yatra
9. Kunwar Singh
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Mahatma Gandhi
Prajamandals
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
10. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Prajamandals
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
11. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Full Democracy
Kabir
Subhas Chandra Bose
12. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
The Landholders Society
31st December - 1929
Ibn Batuta
13. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during
Home rule movement
1st Muslim President of INC
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Kabir
14. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
Bardolli Satyagraha
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
1954A.D.
To wreck the reform from within by
15. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Chandrashekhar Azad
East Bengal & Bengal
16. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Narayan Guru
The Landholders Society
The leaders were arrested
17. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
Delhi Darbar 1911
Nabagopal mitra
Congress-League Pact
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
18. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
Tantia Tope
11
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
19. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...
1954A.D.
1st Muslim President of INC
Lahore session
Home rule movement
20. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
Kaiser-e-Hind
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Valentine Chirol
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
21. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
Badruddin Tyaibji
Chandrashekhar Azad
Alberuni
The Landholders Society
22. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
The Buddha
Narayan Guru
31st December - 1929
Bihar (1857 revolution)
23. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
The leaders were arrested
Bernier
Tantia Tope
24. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
The Landholders Society
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Lahore session
25. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
1946A.D.
Badruddin Tyaibji
Gen Bakth Khan
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
26. Madan lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London - who was a ____________
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
The Muslim League
1946A.D.
27. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?
Monserrate
9 December - 1946
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
28. The title given by British govt to the Mahatma Gandhiji which he surrendere during the Non-Cooperation Mov was
Bardolli Satyagraha
Vishnuvardhana
Ibn Batuta
Kaiser-e-Hind
29. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
No one
30. The modern Indian historian who has written 'it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the so called First National war of Independence was neither first nor national nor a war of independence
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Dr. R C Majumdar
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
1st English President of INC
31. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?
Subhas Chandra Bose
Sudra Varna
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Telengana
32. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?
Meerut
Depressed classes
Harijan Yatra
9 December - 1946
33. The word 'Congress
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Gen Bakth Khan
Bina Das
1st English President of INC
34. Badaruddin Tyabji
9 December - 1946
The Muslim League
Telengana
1st Muslim President of INC
35. 'Amongst his great nobles he (the king) was so predominant that none dare lift his head too high but with the humble classes he was benevolent and debonair - willingly giving them audience and hearing their petitions. He was pleased to accept their p
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Monserrate
1st Parsi President of INC
Swadeshi
36. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Act?
72
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Mahatma Gandhi
Kaiser-e-Hind
37. Partitioning of Bengal & Punjab - Acceptance of Governor Generalship of Independent India Union - Advancing the date of transfer of power from June 1948 to August 1947 - Holding referendum in NWFP
To wreck the reform from within by
Increased
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Prajamandals
38. Megasthenese States
Harijan Yatra
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Full Democracy
39. The Muslim league demanded a separate home land for the Indian Muslims openly for the first time at its annual session held in Lahore in the year
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Prajamandals
1940A.D.
Depressed classes
40. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Harijan Yatra
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
No one
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
41. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Diwan Maniram Putti
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
42. On the suggestion of Ravindranath Tagore The date of partition of Bengal oct 16 - 1905 was celebrated as
Bina Das
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
72
43. 'No one is allowed to marry outside his own caste - or to exchange are profession or trade for another or to follow more than business.
Alberuni
The leaders were arrested
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Full Democracy
44. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?
World peace and International Co-operation
Telengana
Kaiser-e-Hind
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
45. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
There was merger of INC and National Conference
72
2nd in 193l A.D.
Alauddin Khilji
46. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Women
Vishnuvardhana
Lahore session
47. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Alberuni
The Muslim League
48. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
31st December - 1929
Delhi Darbar 1911
Govt of India Act 1935
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
49. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?
2nd in 193l A.D.
Subhas Chandra Bose
1906A.D.
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
50. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
9 December - 1946
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Badruddin Tyaibji
Diwan Maniram Putti