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Modern Indian History
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1. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Belgaum 1924
Surya Sen
2. 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
Sudra Varna
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Balagangadhar Tilak
3. '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.
Harijan Yatra
Belgaum 1924
1st English President of INC
Alberuni
4. 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
2nd in 193l A.D.
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Ibn Batuta
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
5. After the partition of Bengal - two new provinces which came into existence were?
1906A.D.
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
East Bengal & Bengal
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
6. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Lahore session
Tantia Tope
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Gen Bakth Khan
7. 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
1940A.D.
Kotah
Dr. R C Majumdar
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
8. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
The Landholders Society
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Kabir
9. Megasthenese States
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Valentine Chirol
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
10. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Full Democracy
Alauddin Khilji
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
11. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Swadeshi
1906A.D.
The Buddha
12. 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
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
1954A.D.
1940A.D.
13. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Gen Bakth Khan
Harijan Yatra
1906A.D.
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
14. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Increased
Balagangadhar Tilak
Full Democracy
15. 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 Russo-Japanese War 1905
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Alberuni
Kabir
16. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
Kabir
Ambika Charan Majumdar
World peace and International Co-operation
The leaders were arrested
17. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
There was merger of INC and National Conference
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
1930
18. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain
Mirza Galib
Depressed classes
Kabir
Alberuni
19. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
9 December - 1946
Rash Bihari Bose
East Bengal & Bengal
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
20. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Telengana
Chandrashekhar Azad
1st Parsi President of INC
21. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Narayan Guru
Bina Das
Ambika Charan Majumdar
1906A.D.
22. On 23rd
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Dr. R C Majumdar
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Lahore session
23. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Surya Sen
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
24. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Ambika Charan Majumdar
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
The leaders were arrested
Lahore session
25. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
No one
Women
Sudra Varna
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
26. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Telengana
1st English President of INC
27. George Yule
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
1st English President of INC
Alauddin Khilji
Harijan Yatra
28. W C Bannerjee
Lahore session
Full Democracy
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Bernier
29. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
1st Muslim President of INC
Chandrashekhar Azad
1906A.D.
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
30. 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
Lahore session
Delhi Darbar 1911
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
31. Dadabhai Naoroji
Vishnuvardhana
Kabir
1st Parsi President of INC
Monserrate
32. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Bihar (1857 revolution)
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Increased
33. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Kotah
Chandrashekhar Azad
Women
72
34. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Kotah
Narayan Guru
Delhi Darbar 1911
35. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Govt of India Act 1935
Mirza Galib
Bardolli Satyagraha
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
36. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
9 December - 1946
Govt of India Act 1935
37. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of
1946A.D.
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Subhas Chandra Bose
Women
38. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
The Muslim League
Bernier
Telengana
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
39. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
9 December - 1946
Kanpur
Home rule movement
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
40. '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
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
There was merger of INC and National Conference
To wreck the reform from within by
41. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
East Bengal & Bengal
Swadeshi
Nabagopal mitra
42. 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
Jawahar Lal Nehru
1st Muslim President of INC
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
43. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
East Bengal & Bengal
World peace and International Co-operation
1954A.D.
44. Dhondu Pant
World peace and International Co-operation
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Harijan Yatra
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
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.
1946A.D.
Vishnuvardhana
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
46. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Vishnuvardhana
72
47. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
Belgaum 1924
Kanpur
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Monserrate
48. Kunwar Singh
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Lahore session
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
49. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
The Muslim League
The Buddha
Kaiser-e-Hind
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
50. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
11
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Bina Das
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands