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Modern Indian History
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1. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
Govt of India Act 1935
Bihar (1857 revolution)
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Prajamandals
2. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Belgaum 1924
Sudra Varna
3. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Diwan Maniram Putti
Increased
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
4. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
1940A.D.
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
5. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
The Buddha
Home rule movement
Belgaum 1924
Delhi Darbar 1911
6. '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
Monserrate
Telengana
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
7. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
The Muslim League
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
There was merger of INC and National Conference
To wreck the reform from within by
8. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?
1906A.D.
Kabir
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
9 December - 1946
9. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Bardolli Satyagraha
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
10. 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
1st Parsi President of INC
Bernier
Surya Sen
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
11. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
Nana Saheb
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
The leaders were arrested
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
12. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
Bina Das
Diwan Maniram Putti
Kaiser-e-Hind
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
13. 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.
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
14. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Women
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Subhas Chandra Bose
15. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Subhas Chandra Bose
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Nabagopal mitra
16. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
72
Diwan Maniram Putti
The Muslim League
17. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Diwan Maniram Putti
Full Democracy
11
Balagangadhar Tilak
18. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
1906A.D.
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
1946A.D.
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
19. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Kotah
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
20. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Chandrashekhar Azad
Mirza Galib
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Monserrate
21. Dadabhai Naoroji
Surya Sen
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
1st Parsi President of INC
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
22. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Surya Sen
The Muslim League
Increased
72
23. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Nana Saheb
World peace and International Co-operation
Alauddin Khilji
24. Madan lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London - who was a ____________
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
31st December - 1929
Lahore session
No one
25. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919
Surya Sen
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Lahore session
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
26. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
Kanpur
Lahore session
Delhi Darbar 1911
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
27. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
To wreck the reform from within by
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
1st Muslim President of INC
28. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
The Landholders Society
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
1st Parsi President of INC
Swadeshi
29. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
1946A.D.
Badruddin Tyaibji
Swadeshi
30. On 23rd
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Lahore session
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
2nd in 193l A.D.
31. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
1906A.D.
Sudra Varna
1st Muslim President of INC
32. George Yule
Congress-League Pact
1st English President of INC
72
World peace and International Co-operation
33. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
Tantia Tope
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Depressed classes
Badruddin Tyaibji
34. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
To wreck the reform from within by
Congress-League Pact
Sudra Varna
Depressed classes
35. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
72
The leaders were arrested
1906A.D.
1st English President of INC
36. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
Telengana
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Mirza Galib
Surya Sen
37. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?
World peace and International Co-operation
1940A.D.
1st Muslim President of INC
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
38. Khan Bahadur Khan
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Swadeshi
Vishnuvardhana
39. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
Swadeshi
1st Muslim President of INC
72
There was merger of INC and National Conference
40. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
Valentine Chirol
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
41. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
Bardolli Satyagraha
1906A.D.
1930
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
42. '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.
31st December - 1929
Govt of India Act 1935
The Muslim League
Alberuni
43. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
Badruddin Tyaibji
The leaders were arrested
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
44. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain
Women
Kaiser-e-Hind
Kabir
Narayan Guru
45. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
The Landholders Society
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Mirza Galib
Meerut
46. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by
Lahore session
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Nana Saheb
47. '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.
Jawahar Lal Nehru
The Muslim League
1st English President of INC
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
48. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
Bina Das
Prajamandals
Belgaum 1924
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
49. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Dr. R C Majumdar
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Ibn Batuta
Govt of India Act 1935
50. Lahore session of Congress - 1929
To wreck the reform from within by
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Harijan Yatra
Rakhsha Bandhan Day