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Modern Indian History

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1. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was






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






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






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






5. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain






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






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






8. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909






9. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






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






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






12. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






13. Dadabhai Naoroji






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






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






16. Begum Hazrat Mahal






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?






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






25. 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?






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






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






28. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






29. 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






30. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






31. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...






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






33. On 23rd






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






35. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary






36. Megasthenese States






37. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






38. Kunwar Singh






39. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...






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






41. '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






42. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...






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






44. '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.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?