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Modern Indian History

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






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






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






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






5. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating






6. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...






7. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






8. 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






9. 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






10. W C Bannerjee






11. The word 'Congress






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






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






14. Badaruddin Tyabji






15. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...






16. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days






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






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






19. 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






20. members of the Cabinet Mission?






21. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?






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






23. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?






24. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was






25. George Yule






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






27. '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






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






29. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?






30. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






31. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was






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






33. The 'call of deliverance day






34. 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?






35. Khan Bahadur Khan






36. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909






37. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






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






39. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?






40. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






41. On 23rd






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






43. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...






44. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as






45. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________






46. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by






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






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






49. Dadabhai Naoroji






50. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society