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Modern Indian History
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1. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
31st December - 1929
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
9 December - 1946
Swadeshi
2. Khan Bahadur Khan
Home rule movement
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
There was merger of INC and National Conference
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
3. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Surya Sen
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
No one
4. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Delhi Darbar 1911
To wreck the reform from within by
72
5. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
Kanpur
Tantia Tope
1st Muslim President of INC
Alauddin Khilji
6. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
11
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Meerut
7. 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?
Mirza Galib
Nabagopal mitra
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Chandrashekhar Azad
8. George Yule
Kanpur
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Tantia Tope
1st English President of INC
9. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
Delhi Darbar 1911
Mahatma Gandhi
Mirza Galib
11
10. 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
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
2nd in 193l A.D.
Alauddin Khilji
11. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
1954A.D.
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Alauddin Khilji
12. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of
Kotah
Women
Bina Das
Kaiser-e-Hind
13. The word 'Congress
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Lahore session
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
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
Valentine Chirol
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
There was merger of INC and National Conference
15. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
1st Parsi President of INC
East Bengal & Bengal
16. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Meerut
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Govt of India Act 1935
Bernier
17. '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
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Alauddin Khilji
Home rule movement
Bihar (1857 revolution)
18. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Bardolli Satyagraha
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
19. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
Harijan Yatra
Chandrashekhar Azad
Gen Bakth Khan
The Landholders Society
20. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
Dr. R C Majumdar
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Delhi Darbar 1911
21. '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
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Monserrate
Bardolli Satyagraha
Belgaum 1924
22. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
72
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Increased
23. Kunwar Singh
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Bernier
1930
Bihar (1857 revolution)
24. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
Surya Sen
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Mirza Galib
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
25. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Ambika Charan Majumdar
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Ibn Batuta
26. Badaruddin Tyabji
1st Muslim President of INC
31st December - 1929
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Alberuni
27. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Valentine Chirol
Telengana
28. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
The leaders were arrested
Tantia Tope
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
11
29. Megasthenese States
Nabagopal mitra
1946A.D.
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
30. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
World peace and International Co-operation
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Full Democracy
Monserrate
31. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death
To wreck the reform from within by
Depressed classes
Sudra Varna
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
32. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
Govt of India Act 1935
Sudra Varna
Rash Bihari Bose
Lahore session
33. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?
Meerut
Badruddin Tyaibji
World peace and International Co-operation
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
34. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
Swadeshi
Ibn Batuta
Bardolli Satyagraha
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
35. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
The Buddha
Prajamandals
Surya Sen
Rash Bihari Bose
36. '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
Swadeshi
The Muslim League
Bernier
Alberuni
37. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
Belgaum 1924
Alauddin Khilji
1930
There was merger of INC and National Conference
38. Lahore session of Congress - 1929
Subhas Chandra Bose
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
The Muslim League
39. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Subhas Chandra Bose
Badruddin Tyaibji
40. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
1st Parsi President of INC
Surya Sen
Sudra Varna
There was merger of INC and National Conference
41. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Women
Swadeshi
42. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
Subhas Chandra Bose
Meerut
Badruddin Tyaibji
Women
43. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
2nd in 193l A.D.
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
The leaders were arrested
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
44. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Bardolli Satyagraha
Kotah
Home rule movement
11
45. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
Nana Saheb
Alberuni
11
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
46. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
Congress-League Pact
Balagangadhar Tilak
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
31st December - 1929
47. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Surya Sen
1954A.D.
Tantia Tope
48. '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.
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Women
Alberuni
1930
49. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
To wreck the reform from within by
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
50. 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
Harijan Yatra
Bardolli Satyagraha
Ibn Batuta
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece