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Modern Indian History
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1. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?
Congress-League Pact
Belgaum 1924
To wreck the reform from within by
Meerut
2. Badaruddin Tyabji
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
1st Muslim President of INC
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Diwan Maniram Putti
3. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Monserrate
Gen Bakth Khan
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
4. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
1954A.D.
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
To wreck the reform from within by
Kanpur
5. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
To wreck the reform from within by
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Mirza Galib
6. 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
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Kaiser-e-Hind
Rash Bihari Bose
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
7. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
The Landholders Society
1940A.D.
1st English President of INC
8. 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
Govt of India Act 1935
Congress-League Pact
The Buddha
Ibn Batuta
9. Kunwar Singh
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Prajamandals
Mirza Galib
Bernier
10. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Belgaum 1924
World peace and International Co-operation
There was merger of INC and National Conference
11. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
Nana Saheb
To wreck the reform from within by
Kanpur
Alauddin Khilji
12. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
The leaders were arrested
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Lahore session
Ambika Charan Majumdar
13. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Lahore session
Rash Bihari Bose
14. Dadabhai Naoroji
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
1st Parsi President of INC
15. 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
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Bina Das
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
1940A.D.
16. Quit India Movement was carried on the overall leadership of
Gen Bakth Khan
No one
1954A.D.
Kabir
17. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
Diwan Maniram Putti
Home rule movement
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Subhas Chandra Bose
18. The word 'Congress
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Diwan Maniram Putti
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
19. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Prajamandals
20. W C Bannerjee
Bihar (1857 revolution)
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
1930
Bardolli Satyagraha
21. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Bernier
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
72
22. 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?
Nabagopal mitra
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Belgaum 1924
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
23. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
Meerut
Balagangadhar Tilak
Govt of India Act 1935
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
24. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Chandrashekhar Azad
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
The Landholders Society
Alberuni
25. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
Women
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Prajamandals
26. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Increased
2nd in 193l A.D.
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
27. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Kabir
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Mirza Galib
28. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?
Belgaum 1924
1st Muslim President of INC
The Landholders Society
World peace and International Co-operation
29. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
1st Parsi President of INC
1954A.D.
Mahatma Gandhi
Congress-League Pact
30. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Women
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Increased
31. '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
1946A.D.
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Alauddin Khilji
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
32. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
1906A.D.
Valentine Chirol
33. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?
Swadeshi
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Bardolli Satyagraha
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
34. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
Tantia Tope
Gen Bakth Khan
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
1946A.D.
35. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of INC for only once at
Nana Saheb
The Muslim League
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Belgaum 1924
36. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
World peace and International Co-operation
Diwan Maniram Putti
Balagangadhar Tilak
37. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
1st Parsi President of INC
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Sudra Varna
38. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Surya Sen
11
Rash Bihari Bose
Gen Bakth Khan
39. members of the Cabinet Mission?
Kabir
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
40. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?
Alauddin Khilji
1st Parsi President of INC
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
2nd in 193l A.D.
41. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
Balagangadhar Tilak
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Women
Jawahar Lal Nehru
42. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
Harijan Yatra
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
East Bengal & Bengal
Bina Das
43. 'Service was his portion in life
1946A.D.
Subhas Chandra Bose
World peace and International Co-operation
Sudra Varna
44. 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
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Alauddin Khilji
Dr. R C Majumdar
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
45. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
46. The 'call of deliverance day
The Landholders Society
Chandrashekhar Azad
Badruddin Tyaibji
The Muslim League
47. Dhondu Pant
Valentine Chirol
1st Parsi President of INC
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
48. 'There was little sympathy in spite of loud professions of loyalty. Moderate and extremist alike learnt with satisfaction of German Victories. There was no love for Germany of course - only the desire to see our rulers humbled.
Sudra Varna
Surya Sen
1st English President of INC
Jawahar Lal Nehru
49. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
31st December - 1929
Bernier
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
50. 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
Diwan Maniram Putti
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Surya Sen
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living