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Modern Indian History

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1. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?






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






3. Badaruddin Tyabji






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






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






6. '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






7. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






8. 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.






9. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






10. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






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






12. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






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






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






15. After the partition of Bengal - two new provinces which came into existence were?






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






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






18. Dhondu Pant






19. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






20. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...






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






22. W C Bannerjee






23. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...






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






25. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?






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






27. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






28. Kunwar Singh






29. 'Amongst his great nobles he (the king) was so predominant that none dare lift his head too high but with the humble classes he was benevolent and debonair - willingly giving them audience and hearing their petitions. He was pleased to accept their p






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






31. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?






32. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain






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






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






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






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






37. '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.






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






39. Khan Bahadur Khan






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






41. The title given by British govt to the Mahatma Gandhiji which he surrendere during the Non-Cooperation Mov was






42. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of






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






44. 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?






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






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






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






48. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?






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






50. Megasthenese States