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Modern Indian History
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1. 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
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
The Muslim League
Harijan Yatra
2. Dhondu Pant
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Kabir
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Swadeshi
3. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
1st Parsi President of INC
The Landholders Society
Subhas Chandra Bose
Tantia Tope
4. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
The Muslim League
Ibn Batuta
The Landholders Society
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
5. The title given by British govt to the Mahatma Gandhiji which he surrendere during the Non-Cooperation Mov was
Diwan Maniram Putti
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Kabir
Kaiser-e-Hind
6. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
31st December - 1929
The leaders were arrested
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
7. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
Surya Sen
1930
Lahore session
Telengana
8. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?
Nabagopal mitra
Depressed classes
Diwan Maniram Putti
Balagangadhar Tilak
9. '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.
Nana Saheb
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
1954A.D.
Jawahar Lal Nehru
10. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?
Badruddin Tyaibji
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Mirza Galib
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
11. 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
Dr. R C Majumdar
The leaders were arrested
The Buddha
12. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...
Women
Surya Sen
72
The Landholders Society
13. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Kotah
The Landholders Society
Increased
To wreck the reform from within by
14. Kunwar Singh
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Kabir
Delhi Darbar 1911
15. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Monserrate
Kaiser-e-Hind
Depressed classes
16. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain
Bernier
1930
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Kabir
17. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
Ibn Batuta
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
1st Parsi President of INC
Bina Das
18. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Home rule movement
2nd in 193l A.D.
19. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
The Muslim League
Meerut
Lahore session
Kanpur
20. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement
Surya Sen
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Kotah
Swadeshi
21. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
Swadeshi
To wreck the reform from within by
1930
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
22. After the partition of Bengal - two new provinces which came into existence were?
Home rule movement
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
East Bengal & Bengal
2nd in 193l A.D.
23. Dadabhai Naoroji
1st Parsi President of INC
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Increased
24. George Yule
1st English President of INC
The Muslim League
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
25. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
1st Parsi President of INC
Nana Saheb
Belgaum 1924
Valentine Chirol
26. 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
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
1940A.D.
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Tantia Tope
27. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Valentine Chirol
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
The Muslim League
28. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Sudra Varna
Congress-League Pact
Kabir
29. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
30. '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
Gen Bakth Khan
Prajamandals
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
31. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Full Democracy
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
9 December - 1946
32. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
2nd in 193l A.D.
Prajamandals
Bernier
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
33. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
To wreck the reform from within by
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Tantia Tope
34. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
1st English President of INC
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
35. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
Telengana
Ibn Batuta
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Surya Sen
36. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
9 December - 1946
The leaders were arrested
Ambika Charan Majumdar
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
37. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
1946A.D.
Women
Mahatma Gandhi
The leaders were arrested
38. Badaruddin Tyabji
Mahatma Gandhi
Nana Saheb
1st Muslim President of INC
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
39. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Narayan Guru
1946A.D.
40. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?
Kabir
Mahatma Gandhi
Meerut
Bardolli Satyagraha
41. Lahore session of Congress - 1929
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
11
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
42. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
1930
Govt of India Act 1935
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Telengana
43. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Alberuni
There was merger of INC and National Conference
44. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?
Kaiser-e-Hind
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Nana Saheb
45. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Delhi Darbar 1911
Alauddin Khilji
46. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
Delhi Darbar 1911
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Chandrashekhar Azad
Sudra Varna
47. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
31st December - 1929
The Buddha
Nana Saheb
48. The word 'Congress
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Alberuni
1940A.D.
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
49. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Bardolli Satyagraha
Kotah
Increased
50. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Gen Bakth Khan
Bardolli Satyagraha
1940A.D.
Ambika Charan Majumdar