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Modern Indian History
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1. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
To wreck the reform from within by
1st English President of INC
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Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
2. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Kotah
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
1st Muslim President of INC
3. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
Delhi Darbar 1911
The Landholders Society
1906A.D.
Congress-League Pact
4. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
1954A.D.
5. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
Nana Saheb
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Swadeshi
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
6. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
1930
Kotah
Telengana
Subhas Chandra Bose
7. The title given by British govt to the Mahatma Gandhiji which he surrendere during the Non-Cooperation Mov was
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Kaiser-e-Hind
Bardolli Satyagraha
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
8. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
The Landholders Society
Kanpur
Gen Bakth Khan
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
9. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
World peace and International Co-operation
The leaders were arrested
Depressed classes
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
10. '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.
Surya Sen
Ibn Batuta
Alberuni
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
11. Megasthenese States
Alauddin Khilji
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Meerut
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
12. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
Swadeshi
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
11
13. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Kabir
Depressed classes
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
14. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
Gen Bakth Khan
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Monserrate
Valentine Chirol
15. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
Bina Das
Belgaum 1924
Subhas Chandra Bose
There was merger of INC and National Conference
16. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Ambika Charan Majumdar
17. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Kotah
Full Democracy
Kabir
Kaiser-e-Hind
18. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
World peace and International Co-operation
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Balagangadhar Tilak
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
19. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Full Democracy
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
20. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Lahore session
Valentine Chirol
The Landholders Society
21. members of the Cabinet Mission?
1954A.D.
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
East Bengal & Bengal
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22. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Chandrashekhar Azad
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Nana Saheb
23. On 23rd
Lahore session
Surya Sen
Valentine Chirol
Depressed classes
24. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
Increased
Bardolli Satyagraha
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
25. 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
Alberuni
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
1946A.D.
26. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Kabir
27. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
2nd in 193l A.D.
Sudra Varna
28. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Increased
Rash Bihari Bose
1st English President of INC
Subhas Chandra Bose
29. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
The leaders were arrested
Gen Bakth Khan
The Landholders Society
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
30. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
Home rule movement
Chandrashekhar Azad
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
31. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Rash Bihari Bose
Kabir
Belgaum 1924
32. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
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Ibn Batuta
Surya Sen
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
33. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
Bardolli Satyagraha
Harijan Yatra
Congress-League Pact
1906A.D.
34. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during
Lahore session
Home rule movement
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
35. '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
Bardolli Satyagraha
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Bernier
36. '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 INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Home rule movement
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Alauddin Khilji
37. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of
Dr. R C Majumdar
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Harijan Yatra
Women
38. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Act?
Women
Mahatma Gandhi
Nana Saheb
Kanpur
39. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
1940A.D.
Chandrashekhar Azad
40. Dhondu Pant
Swadeshi
To wreck the reform from within by
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Narayan Guru
41. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
To wreck the reform from within by
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Swadeshi
1906A.D.
42. 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
1st Parsi President of INC
Subhas Chandra Bose
Kaiser-e-Hind
Dr. R C Majumdar
43. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
Congress-League Pact
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Swadeshi
The leaders were arrested
44. Who discovered Balgangadhar Tilak as the Father of Indian Unrest?
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Chandrashekhar Azad
Harijan Yatra
Valentine Chirol
45. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
Diwan Maniram Putti
The Muslim League
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
The Landholders Society
46. Khan Bahadur Khan
Belgaum 1924
The Buddha
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
47. 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.
Vishnuvardhana
Kaiser-e-Hind
The leaders were arrested
48. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Valentine Chirol
Subhas Chandra Bose
The Buddha
49. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Kotah
Congress-League Pact
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Bihar (1857 revolution)
50. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
Kaiser-e-Hind
Belgaum 1924
Women
Govt of India Act 1935