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Modern Indian History

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1. '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






2. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






3. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?






4. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?






5. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919






6. Dadabhai Naoroji






7. Kunwar Singh






8. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?






9. 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






10. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Act?






11. 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?






12. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings






13. members of the Cabinet Mission?






14. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?






15. On the suggestion of Ravindranath Tagore The date of partition of Bengal oct 16 - 1905 was celebrated as






16. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was






17. 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






18. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?






19. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






20. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?






21. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry






22. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________






23. Dhondu Pant






24. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






25. 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






26. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society






27. 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.






28. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






29. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...






30. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were






31. Who discovered Balgangadhar Tilak as the Father of Indian Unrest?






32. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days






33. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its






34. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during






35. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?






36. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by






37. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were






38. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of






39. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?






40. Megasthenese States






41. The word 'Congress






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






43. Khan Bahadur Khan






44. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?






45. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that






46. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as






47. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain






48. W C Bannerjee






49. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became






50. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR