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1. Who discovered Balgangadhar Tilak as the Father of Indian Unrest?
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Valentine Chirol
Delhi Darbar 1911
Mahatma Gandhi
2. 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.
Kabir
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Dr. R C Majumdar
Vishnuvardhana
3. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
1930
Harijan Yatra
4. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
Alauddin Khilji
Balagangadhar Tilak
1940A.D.
Bihar (1857 revolution)
5. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Vishnuvardhana
The Landholders Society
Kaiser-e-Hind
6. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919
To wreck the reform from within by
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Mirza Galib
7. '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.
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Balagangadhar Tilak
Alberuni
Vishnuvardhana
8. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
1st Parsi President of INC
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
9. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
The Buddha
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Chandrashekhar Azad
10. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Chandrashekhar Azad
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Sudra Varna
Tantia Tope
11. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
Meerut
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Chandrashekhar Azad
1940A.D.
12. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
Bardolli Satyagraha
1946A.D.
Surya Sen
Bihar (1857 revolution)
13. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Kotah
The Landholders Society
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
14. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
1954A.D.
Harijan Yatra
Tantia Tope
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
15. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?
Sudra Varna
2nd in 193l A.D.
Surya Sen
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
16. After the partition of Bengal - two new provinces which came into existence were?
East Bengal & Bengal
9 December - 1946
Delhi Darbar 1911
Telengana
17. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
The Muslim League
Nana Saheb
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
9 December - 1946
18. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?
Diwan Maniram Putti
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Kabir
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
19. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
1st Parsi President of INC
Congress-League Pact
Kotah
Tantia Tope
20. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Jawahar Lal Nehru
1930
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
21. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Harijan Yatra
Depressed classes
22. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
World peace and International Co-operation
23. '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
72
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Alauddin Khilji
Chandrashekhar Azad
24. W C Bannerjee
To wreck the reform from within by
Lahore session
Chandrashekhar Azad
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
25. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
Delhi Darbar 1911
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Chandrashekhar Azad
Govt of India Act 1935
26. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Nana Saheb
Rash Bihari Bose
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Kabir
27. George Yule
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
1st English President of INC
Depressed classes
Gen Bakth Khan
28. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
1954A.D.
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Meerut
29. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Bardolli Satyagraha
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
30. Partitioning of Bengal & Punjab - Acceptance of Governor Generalship of Independent India Union - Advancing the date of transfer of power from June 1948 to August 1947 - Holding referendum in NWFP
Bardolli Satyagraha
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Lahore session
31. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
32. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of
World peace and International Co-operation
Alberuni
Women
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
33. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Lahore session
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
34. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
1946A.D.
Bina Das
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Depressed classes
35. '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
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Badruddin Tyaibji
1906A.D.
Monserrate
36. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Meerut
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Women
37. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Mirza Galib
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Full Democracy
Govt of India Act 1935
38. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
9 December - 1946
World peace and International Co-operation
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Belgaum 1924
39. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
No one
The Muslim League
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Gen Bakth Khan
40. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
To wreck the reform from within by
Telengana
The leaders were arrested
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
41. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Govt of India Act 1935
Nana Saheb
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
42. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
9 December - 1946
Women
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
43. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Meerut
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
44. Begum Hazrat Mahal
East Bengal & Bengal
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
45. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?
East Bengal & Bengal
1946A.D.
Telengana
1906A.D.
46. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Alberuni
47. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?
Vishnuvardhana
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Prajamandals
48. Dadabhai Naoroji
Telengana
72
1st Parsi President of INC
Ambika Charan Majumdar
49. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Sudra Varna
1954A.D.
Lahore session
50. Kunwar Singh
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Alauddin Khilji
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Bihar (1857 revolution)
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