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Modern Indian History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Lahore session
Belgaum 1924
2. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Diwan Maniram Putti
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Full Democracy
3. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Act?
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Bernier
Mahatma Gandhi
4. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
5. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
Swadeshi
Govt of India Act 1935
Vishnuvardhana
Surya Sen
6. Kunwar Singh
Delhi Darbar 1911
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Bihar (1857 revolution)
7. '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
Nabagopal mitra
Alauddin Khilji
Nana Saheb
East Bengal & Bengal
8. 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
Subhas Chandra Bose
Govt of India Act 1935
Rash Bihari Bose
Dr. R C Majumdar
9. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
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To wreck the reform from within by
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Prajamandals
10. Dhondu Pant
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
East Bengal & Bengal
The Buddha
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
11. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Govt of India Act 1935
Gen Bakth Khan
12. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
1st Parsi President of INC
Harijan Yatra
Bardolli Satyagraha
Increased
13. The 'call of deliverance day
1940A.D.
Swadeshi
Kanpur
The Muslim League
14. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?
Kotah
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Diwan Maniram Putti
15. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
Harijan Yatra
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Nana Saheb
16. 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
1906A.D.
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Tantia Tope
1940A.D.
17. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
9 December - 1946
31st December - 1929
Narayan Guru
Increased
18. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Sudra Varna
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
19. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
1906A.D.
Ibn Batuta
20. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
To wreck the reform from within by
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Alauddin Khilji
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
21. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of
Women
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
22. The word 'Congress
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
23. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?
Badruddin Tyaibji
Surya Sen
1954A.D.
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
24. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
1st Parsi President of INC
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
1940A.D.
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
25. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
Kaiser-e-Hind
The Landholders Society
Lahore session
1st English President of INC
26. 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
Subhas Chandra Bose
31st December - 1929
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
27. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
28. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Monserrate
The Landholders Society
Mahatma Gandhi
Increased
29. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
Govt of India Act 1935
Mahatma Gandhi
Bernier
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
30. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
Alberuni
Lahore session
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
31. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
1st Parsi President of INC
Swadeshi
9 December - 1946
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32. The title given by British govt to the Mahatma Gandhiji which he surrendere during the Non-Cooperation Mov was
1946A.D.
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Kaiser-e-Hind
The Landholders Society
33. Lahore session of Congress - 1929
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Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
34. 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
Balagangadhar Tilak
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
35. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Kotah
The Landholders Society
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
36. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Alauddin Khilji
1st Parsi President of INC
11
37. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
Bardolli Satyagraha
Congress-League Pact
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Full Democracy
38. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Rash Bihari Bose
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
The Landholders Society
39. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Lahore session
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Subhas Chandra Bose
Mirza Galib
40. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Surya Sen
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Chandrashekhar Azad
No one
41. Khan Bahadur Khan
The leaders were arrested
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Alberuni
Depressed classes
42. 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 Buddha
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Diwan Maniram Putti
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
43. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Bina Das
Depressed classes
Chandrashekhar Azad
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
44. members of the Cabinet Mission?
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
East Bengal & Bengal
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Telengana
45. 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.
Vishnuvardhana
World peace and International Co-operation
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Subhas Chandra Bose
46. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
There was merger of INC and National Conference
1940A.D.
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Kaiser-e-Hind
47. Megasthenese States
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Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Bernier
Kaiser-e-Hind
48. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
1st Muslim President of INC
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
49. W C Bannerjee
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Women
Mirza Galib
World peace and International Co-operation
50. George Yule
1st English President of INC
Diwan Maniram Putti
Lahore session
Narayan Guru