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Modern Indian History

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1. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?






2. members of the Cabinet Mission?






3. The 'call of deliverance day






4. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days






5. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during






6. 'Service was his portion in life






7. Kunwar Singh






8. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?






9. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was






10. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919






11. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?






12. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?






13. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?






14. George Yule






15. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?






16. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of






17. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement






18. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that






19. Consider the following passage : 'His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara III. He was his capitals at Talakad in the South and Bankpura in the North. It was in A. D. 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapurusha.






20. Madan lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London - who was a ____________






21. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






22. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Act?






23. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because






24. Badaruddin Tyabji






25. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






26. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.






27. Dhondu Pant






28. Dadabhai Naoroji






29. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






30. 'I issue such order to the people as I consider to be beneficial for them and the State. I do not know whether they are permitted by the Shariat or not






31. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






32. The most important international event which influenced the course of the Indian National Movement during the early 20th century was:a) The Russian Revolution 1917






33. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?






34. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were






35. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating






36. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________






37. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?






38. Every pearl in the Royal crown is but the crystallized drop of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the Poor Peasant. The above remark about the poverty of the Indian Peasants during the Delhi sultanate was made by






39. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?






40. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






41. Who discovered Balgangadhar Tilak as the Father of Indian Unrest?






42. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its






43. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society






44. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death






45. '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.






46. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was






47. 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






48. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?






49. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as






50. 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