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Modern Indian History
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1. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
1954A.D.
To wreck the reform from within by
The Buddha
Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
1906A.D.
Prajamandals
Nabagopal mitra
3. '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
Alauddin Khilji
Gen Bakth Khan
11
1940A.D.
4. 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
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
1940A.D.
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
5. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
Sudra Varna
Women
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
6. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
1946A.D.
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Congress-League Pact
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
7. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?
Mahatma Gandhi
Vishnuvardhana
Diwan Maniram Putti
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
8. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
1946A.D.
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Vishnuvardhana
Lahore session
9. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
Dr. R C Majumdar
Badruddin Tyaibji
Telengana
Kotah
10. 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
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Ibn Batuta
1940A.D.
Bihar (1857 revolution)
11. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Gen Bakth Khan
Home rule movement
1906A.D.
12. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
The Muslim League
The leaders were arrested
World peace and International Co-operation
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
13. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...
31st December - 1929
Diwan Maniram Putti
To wreck the reform from within by
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
14. 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
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Kotah
Monserrate
15. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
Prajamandals
1930
1940A.D.
Bardolli Satyagraha
16. members of the Cabinet Mission?
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
The Landholders Society
The leaders were arrested
Bardolli Satyagraha
17. 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
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
1st English President of INC
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Increased
18. On 23rd
Lahore session
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Belgaum 1924
19. On the suggestion of Ravindranath Tagore The date of partition of Bengal oct 16 - 1905 was celebrated as
Mirza Galib
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Sudra Varna
20. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Depressed classes
Narayan Guru
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
21. 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.
Sudra Varna
Vishnuvardhana
Harijan Yatra
Home rule movement
22. Dadabhai Naoroji
2nd in 193l A.D.
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
9 December - 1946
1st Parsi President of INC
23. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
Balagangadhar Tilak
Diwan Maniram Putti
The Buddha
Telengana
24. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Home rule movement
Bihar (1857 revolution)
25. In 1934 - Gandhi withdrew from all political activities and made a country wide tour covering a distance of 12 -504 miles. This tour is known as
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Rash Bihari Bose
Harijan Yatra
Depressed classes
26. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
72
1946A.D.
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
27. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
To wreck the reform from within by
Bernier
Balagangadhar Tilak
Congress-League Pact
28. 'Service was his portion in life
Sudra Varna
1940A.D.
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Increased
29. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
To wreck the reform from within by
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Kanpur
Govt of India Act 1935
30. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
72
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
31. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Increased
Kabir
Ibn Batuta
Rash Bihari Bose
32. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Bernier
Mirza Galib
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
The Muslim League
33. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
31st December - 1929
Kaiser-e-Hind
34. 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?
Valentine Chirol
Balagangadhar Tilak
Nabagopal mitra
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
35. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Increased
1st Parsi President of INC
36. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Monserrate
Women
37. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
Monserrate
Nabagopal mitra
Nana Saheb
2nd in 193l A.D.
38. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Dr. R C Majumdar
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
39. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?
Alauddin Khilji
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
1906A.D.
40. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
Kabir
Govt of India Act 1935
Mahatma Gandhi
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
41. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain
Kabir
31st December - 1929
Alauddin Khilji
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
42. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
9 December - 1946
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
43. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?
World peace and International Co-operation
Belgaum 1924
There was merger of INC and National Conference
The Landholders Society
44. Madan lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London - who was a ____________
Gen Bakth Khan
Swadeshi
Diwan Maniram Putti
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
45. Kunwar Singh
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Home rule movement
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
46. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919
Full Democracy
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Diwan Maniram Putti
East Bengal & Bengal
47. Dhondu Pant
Belgaum 1924
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
9 December - 1946
Jawahar Lal Nehru
48. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were
The Landholders Society
World peace and International Co-operation
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Rash Bihari Bose
49. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
11
Subhas Chandra Bose
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
50. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Home rule movement
Harijan Yatra
Full Democracy
Alauddin Khilji