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Modern Indian History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 'call of deliverance day
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Vishnuvardhana
The Muslim League
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
2. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
Ambika Charan Majumdar
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Delhi Darbar 1911
3. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Full Democracy
1st Muslim President of INC
1940A.D.
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
4. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
1946A.D.
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
1954A.D.
5. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
6. 'Service was his portion in life
Home rule movement
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Sudra Varna
Lahore session
7. 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
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Full Democracy
Belgaum 1924
8. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Mirza Galib
1st English President of INC
Swadeshi
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
9. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
9 December - 1946
The leaders were arrested
Swadeshi
Dr. R C Majumdar
10. 'There was little sympathy in spite of loud professions of loyalty. Moderate and extremist alike learnt with satisfaction of German Victories. There was no love for Germany of course - only the desire to see our rulers humbled.
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Tantia Tope
The Muslim League
1940A.D.
11. Who discovered Balgangadhar Tilak as the Father of Indian Unrest?
Meerut
The Buddha
Valentine Chirol
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
12. Khan Bahadur Khan
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
72
No one
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
13. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
The leaders were arrested
To wreck the reform from within by
Kabir
14. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
1930
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Rash Bihari Bose
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
15. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?
Depressed classes
Dr. R C Majumdar
2nd in 193l A.D.
Tantia Tope
16. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Lahore session
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
17. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
Bardolli Satyagraha
Alauddin Khilji
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
18. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
11
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Telengana
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
19. 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 Muslim President of INC
Dr. R C Majumdar
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
The Landholders Society
20. 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
Depressed classes
Nana Saheb
1940A.D.
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
21. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
No one
Kotah
The Landholders Society
Ambika Charan Majumdar
22. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
1st Parsi President of INC
Balagangadhar Tilak
Gen Bakth Khan
The Muslim League
23. '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.
Sudra Varna
Alberuni
World peace and International Co-operation
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
24. 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
Kaiser-e-Hind
Ibn Batuta
Sudra Varna
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
25. '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
Bernier
The Landholders Society
Bina Das
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
26. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
1906A.D.
East Bengal & Bengal
Prajamandals
27. Dhondu Pant
Narayan Guru
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Delhi Darbar 1911
28. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Increased
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Kotah
29. Kunwar Singh
Govt of India Act 1935
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Prajamandals
30. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Gen Bakth Khan
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Swadeshi
31. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
9 December - 1946
Meerut
Narayan Guru
32. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
1st Parsi President of INC
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Delhi Darbar 1911
Depressed classes
33. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Tantia Tope
Subhas Chandra Bose
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
34. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
1st English President of INC
Kanpur
Congress-League Pact
35. Quit India Movement was carried on the overall leadership of
No one
Depressed classes
Monserrate
Dr. R C Majumdar
36. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
Valentine Chirol
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
37. Begum Hazrat Mahal
1930
Tantia Tope
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
38. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Kabir
Nana Saheb
Increased
Rash Bihari Bose
39. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
31st December - 1929
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
72
Nabagopal mitra
40. 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
Narayan Guru
1st Muslim President of INC
1940A.D.
East Bengal & Bengal
41. Dadabhai Naoroji
Full Democracy
1st Parsi President of INC
Ibn Batuta
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
42. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
1st Parsi President of INC
There was merger of INC and National Conference
43. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
Telengana
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Kotah
Kabir
44. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Surya Sen
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Belgaum 1924
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
45. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Home rule movement
Prajamandals
46. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...
Alauddin Khilji
31st December - 1929
Govt of India Act 1935
East Bengal & Bengal
47. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?
1906A.D.
The Landholders Society
The leaders were arrested
1st Muslim President of INC
48. On the suggestion of Ravindranath Tagore The date of partition of Bengal oct 16 - 1905 was celebrated as
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
The leaders were arrested
The Muslim League
49. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
Bernier
The Landholders Society
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Mirza Galib
50. George Yule
1st English President of INC
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
1906A.D.
The leaders were arrested