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Modern Indian History

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1. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death






2. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because






3. The word 'Congress






4. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?






5. Quit India Movement was carried on the overall leadership of






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






7. Madan lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London - who was a ____________






8. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary






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






10. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?






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






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






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






14. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________






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






16. 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






17. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Khan Bahadur Khan






23. Begum Hazrat Mahal






24. Dadabhai Naoroji






25. Dhondu Pant






26. 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?






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






28. George Yule






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






30. 'Service was his portion in life






31. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was






32. Megasthenese States






33. 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






34. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






35. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was






36. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of INC for only once at






37. '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.






38. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year






39. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?






40. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






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






42. '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






43. Kunwar Singh






44. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.






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.






46. Badaruddin Tyabji






47. '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






48. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...






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






50. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that






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