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Modern Indian History
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1. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
Surya Sen
Subhas Chandra Bose
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
2. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
Home rule movement
Tantia Tope
Dr. R C Majumdar
Badruddin Tyaibji
3. Khan Bahadur Khan
To wreck the reform from within by
Chandrashekhar Azad
2nd in 193l A.D.
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
4. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
Kaiser-e-Hind
Kabir
1906A.D.
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
5. Badaruddin Tyabji
Mahatma Gandhi
Nana Saheb
1st Muslim President of INC
Bihar (1857 revolution)
6. 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
East Bengal & Bengal
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
7. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Rash Bihari Bose
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Govt of India Act 1935
Lahore session
8. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Prajamandals
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
9. '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
Narayan Guru
Women
East Bengal & Bengal
Monserrate
10. 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
Rash Bihari Bose
The Muslim League
Delhi Darbar 1911
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
11. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Govt of India Act 1935
Kotah
Full Democracy
12. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
1930
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
13. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
11
Kaiser-e-Hind
Kabir
14. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Home rule movement
Nabagopal mitra
Alauddin Khilji
15. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death
Depressed classes
9 December - 1946
Gen Bakth Khan
Diwan Maniram Putti
16. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
Meerut
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Dr. R C Majumdar
Swadeshi
17. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
The Landholders Society
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
18. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Increased
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Vishnuvardhana
Subhas Chandra Bose
19. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Kabir
2nd in 193l A.D.
Surya Sen
72
20. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Nabagopal mitra
Alberuni
Mirza Galib
21. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
Balagangadhar Tilak
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
22. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Nabagopal mitra
Congress-League Pact
World peace and International Co-operation
Lahore session
23. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
The Landholders Society
Monserrate
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
24. 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
Bardolli Satyagraha
Tantia Tope
25. Dhondu Pant
Bina Das
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Diwan Maniram Putti
26. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
27. Kunwar Singh
The Muslim League
Bihar (1857 revolution)
1st Muslim President of INC
Rash Bihari Bose
28. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?
The Landholders Society
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
World peace and International Co-operation
Lahore session
29. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Kabir
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
1906A.D.
30. Megasthenese States
Kanpur
Depressed classes
No one
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
31. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
32. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
Delhi Darbar 1911
Monserrate
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
1940A.D.
33. W C Bannerjee
Bernier
Bina Das
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
The Muslim League
34. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Surya Sen
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Subhas Chandra Bose
Ambika Charan Majumdar
35. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
1930
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
36. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Act?
Govt of India Act 1935
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Mahatma Gandhi
Monserrate
37. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...
31st December - 1929
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Govt of India Act 1935
The Landholders Society
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
Congress-League Pact
Bina Das
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
39. 'Service was his portion in life
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Sudra Varna
40. 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.
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
The leaders were arrested
Govt of India Act 1935
41. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Valentine Chirol
Rash Bihari Bose
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
42. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...
The Landholders Society
Vishnuvardhana
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
1954A.D.
43. The 'call of deliverance day
The Muslim League
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Telengana
44. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Increased
Ibn Batuta
Subhas Chandra Bose
45. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
Swadeshi
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Prajamandals
46. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919
Chandrashekhar Azad
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Balagangadhar Tilak
31st December - 1929
47. Quit India Movement was carried on the overall leadership of
Alberuni
No one
Home rule movement
Mahatma Gandhi
48. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Sudra Varna
Mirza Galib
Lahore session
Kaiser-e-Hind
49. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain
Surya Sen
Kabir
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
50. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
1940A.D.
Kotah
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
The Muslim League