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Modern Indian History
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1. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Dr. R C Majumdar
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Kotah
2. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Chandrashekhar Azad
Kanpur
3. Badaruddin Tyabji
1st Muslim President of INC
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
The leaders were arrested
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
4. The 'call of deliverance day
World peace and International Co-operation
Prajamandals
The Muslim League
To wreck the reform from within by
5. The title given by British govt to the Mahatma Gandhiji which he surrendere during the Non-Cooperation Mov was
Kaiser-e-Hind
1st Muslim President of INC
Lahore session
1st Parsi President of INC
6. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Govt of India Act 1935
Bardolli Satyagraha
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Monserrate
7. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Kanpur
Lahore session
8. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?
Vishnuvardhana
Badruddin Tyaibji
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Valentine Chirol
9. '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
31st December - 1929
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Bernier
Harijan Yatra
10. After the partition of Bengal - two new provinces which came into existence were?
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
2nd in 193l A.D.
East Bengal & Bengal
Gen Bakth Khan
11. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Bardolli Satyagraha
Lahore session
12. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
East Bengal & Bengal
Subhas Chandra Bose
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
13. 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
Swadeshi
Meerut
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
14. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
1940A.D.
Kaiser-e-Hind
Narayan Guru
15. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Telengana
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Chandrashekhar Azad
16. 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?
Nana Saheb
Depressed classes
Nabagopal mitra
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
17. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?
Mahatma Gandhi
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Nabagopal mitra
Alberuni
18. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
No one
Surya Sen
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Kotah
19. 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
Harijan Yatra
Ibn Batuta
Women
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
20. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
To wreck the reform from within by
Rash Bihari Bose
Tantia Tope
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
21. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
Ibn Batuta
Kaiser-e-Hind
The Landholders Society
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
22. '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.
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Badruddin Tyaibji
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Alberuni
23. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Balagangadhar Tilak
Govt of India Act 1935
31st December - 1929
24. '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
Delhi Darbar 1911
Tantia Tope
Monserrate
Dr. R C Majumdar
25. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Balagangadhar Tilak
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
26. 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
No one
Ibn Batuta
11
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
27. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?
1906A.D.
Prajamandals
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
9 December - 1946
28. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...
Balagangadhar Tilak
1954A.D.
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
29. 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
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Dr. R C Majumdar
31st December - 1929
Balagangadhar Tilak
30. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Bina Das
The leaders were arrested
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
31. George Yule
1st English President of INC
Kabir
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Depressed classes
32. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Nana Saheb
33. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
No one
34. '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
The Muslim League
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Lahore session
Alauddin Khilji
35. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Alauddin Khilji
Sudra Varna
Lahore session
Balagangadhar Tilak
36. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
Vishnuvardhana
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Mahatma Gandhi
1930
37. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Mirza Galib
World peace and International Co-operation
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Diwan Maniram Putti
38. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
To wreck the reform from within by
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Prajamandals
39. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Mirza Galib
40. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
31st December - 1929
9 December - 1946
41. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Gen Bakth Khan
Kabir
42. '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.
Kaiser-e-Hind
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Surya Sen
Dr. R C Majumdar
43. Khan Bahadur Khan
Delhi Darbar 1911
To wreck the reform from within by
Monserrate
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
44. Megasthenese States
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Valentine Chirol
The leaders were arrested
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
45. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Increased
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Kotah
46. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
Gen Bakth Khan
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Kanpur
47. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
1st Parsi President of INC
Nana Saheb
The leaders were arrested
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
48. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
Tantia Tope
Delhi Darbar 1911
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Monserrate
49. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
Congress-League Pact
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Prajamandals
50. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
Lahore session
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
The Muslim League
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?