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Modern Indian History

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1. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






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






3. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________






4. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






5. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?






6. Kunwar Singh






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






8. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that






9. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was






10. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of INC for only once at






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






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






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






14. George Yule






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






16. 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






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






18. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






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. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...






21. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...






22. Khan Bahadur Khan






23. The 'call of deliverance day






24. '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.






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






26. Dhondu Pant






27. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings






28. 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






29. Badaruddin Tyabji






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






31. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?






32. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry






33. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






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






35. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?






36. 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






37. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






38. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was






39. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






40. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?






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






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






43. 'Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to vender it fruitful ? We may be deprived of it in a single moment - and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our ch






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






45. members of the Cabinet Mission?






46. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by






47. W C Bannerjee






48. Who of the following founded a National society - a national paper - a national school and a national Gymnasium and made the word ' National ' popular in the later half of 19th century?






49. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?






50. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were