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Modern Indian History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. '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
Ibn Batuta
Alauddin Khilji
No one
1st Muslim President of INC
2. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
The leaders were arrested
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Dr. R C Majumdar
3. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
9 December - 1946
Badruddin Tyaibji
1946A.D.
4. 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.
Vishnuvardhana
Delhi Darbar 1911
1930
1946A.D.
5. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Narayan Guru
Kaiser-e-Hind
Subhas Chandra Bose
6. 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
Monserrate
Balagangadhar Tilak
1946A.D.
7. The 'call of deliverance day
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
The Muslim League
Jawahar Lal Nehru
8. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
Gen Bakth Khan
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
31st December - 1929
9. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
72
1st Parsi President of INC
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
10. 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
1st Parsi President of INC
East Bengal & Bengal
1946A.D.
Harijan Yatra
11. Lahore session of Congress - 1929
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
1st Parsi President of INC
Dr. R C Majumdar
Lahore session
12. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Tantia Tope
13. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
31st December - 1929
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Alauddin Khilji
14. The word 'Congress
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
To wreck the reform from within by
1946A.D.
Bina Das
15. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Kanpur
Chandrashekhar Azad
Diwan Maniram Putti
No one
16. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
The Buddha
Nabagopal mitra
Gen Bakth Khan
Kanpur
17. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
Bardolli Satyagraha
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Badruddin Tyaibji
Bernier
18. W C Bannerjee
31st December - 1929
World peace and International Co-operation
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
19. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
Valentine Chirol
Bina Das
Congress-League Pact
Home rule movement
20. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
1906A.D.
Vishnuvardhana
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Gen Bakth Khan
21. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Lahore session
Full Democracy
9 December - 1946
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
22. 'Service was his portion in life
Alauddin Khilji
Narayan Guru
31st December - 1929
Sudra Varna
23. Begum Hazrat Mahal
The leaders were arrested
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
24. 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
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Bina Das
25. On 23rd
1st Muslim President of INC
Alauddin Khilji
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Lahore session
26. Quit India Movement was carried on the overall leadership of
Alauddin Khilji
Meerut
Women
No one
27. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
31st December - 1929
Balagangadhar Tilak
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
28. 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
1940A.D.
To wreck the reform from within by
Home rule movement
Gen Bakth Khan
29. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Meerut
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
30. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
Narayan Guru
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
11
Gen Bakth Khan
31. Badaruddin Tyabji
Valentine Chirol
11
1st Muslim President of INC
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
32. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Ibn Batuta
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
The leaders were arrested
33. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
72
No one
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
1st Parsi President of INC
34. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
To wreck the reform from within by
Prajamandals
Ibn Batuta
Lahore session
35. '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.
Alberuni
Surya Sen
Congress-League Pact
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
36. Dhondu Pant
Kotah
1st Muslim President of INC
1906A.D.
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
37. 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
Diwan Maniram Putti
To wreck the reform from within by
Nana Saheb
38. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
Mirza Galib
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Bina Das
1946A.D.
39. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of INC for only once at
Nabagopal mitra
Ambika Charan Majumdar
1st Parsi President of INC
Belgaum 1924
40. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Kabir
Lahore session
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
41. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Surya Sen
Mirza Galib
Dr. R C Majumdar
Belgaum 1924
42. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
Tantia Tope
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
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
43. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
Full Democracy
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
The leaders were arrested
Gen Bakth Khan
44. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
Mahatma Gandhi
Delhi Darbar 1911
Bina Das
1st Parsi President of INC
45. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
1946A.D.
Lahore session
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Mirza Galib
46. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were
1940A.D.
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Subhas Chandra Bose
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
47. 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
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Dr. R C Majumdar
Narayan Guru
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
48. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
9 December - 1946
Lahore session
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
49. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
Tantia Tope
Valentine Chirol
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
50. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
Congress-League Pact
Govt of India Act 1935
31st December - 1929
Women