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Modern Indian History
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1. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Lahore session
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
2. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
1st Muslim President of INC
The Muslim League
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
3. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Meerut
Balagangadhar Tilak
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Full Democracy
4. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
2nd in 193l A.D.
Badruddin Tyaibji
Full Democracy
Bina Das
5. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
To wreck the reform from within by
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Balagangadhar Tilak
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
6. Who was instrumental in founding the National Committee in 1938 for drawing up a plan for economic development on the basis of industrialization?
Badruddin Tyaibji
Govt of India Act 1935
Subhas Chandra Bose
Vishnuvardhana
7. Kunwar Singh
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Rash Bihari Bose
Bihar (1857 revolution)
There was merger of INC and National Conference
8. The word 'Congress
Bardolli Satyagraha
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Gen Bakth Khan
Bina Das
9. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Valentine Chirol
Lahore session
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
10. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
The Muslim League
Chandrashekhar Azad
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
11. '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.
The leaders were arrested
Depressed classes
Badruddin Tyaibji
Jawahar Lal Nehru
12. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
1954A.D.
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
13. Khan Bahadur Khan
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Mahatma Gandhi
14. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Prajamandals
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Rash Bihari Bose
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
15. Megasthenese States
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Depressed classes
Bihar (1857 revolution)
16. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
1st Parsi President of INC
1906A.D.
9 December - 1946
Nabagopal mitra
17. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
No one
Congress-League Pact
1954A.D.
18. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
72
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
1906A.D.
Home rule movement
19. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Lahore session
1st English President of INC
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
20. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Vishnuvardhana
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
1st Parsi President of INC
21. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Rash Bihari Bose
Women
22. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Ambika Charan Majumdar
East Bengal & Bengal
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
31st December - 1929
23. Dadabhai Naoroji
Surya Sen
1st Muslim President of INC
9 December - 1946
1st Parsi President of INC
24. 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?
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Nabagopal mitra
Chandrashekhar Azad
Telengana
25. Every pearl in the Royal crown is but the crystallized drop of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the Poor Peasant. The above remark about the poverty of the Indian Peasants during the Delhi sultanate was made by
Alberuni
Full Democracy
Valentine Chirol
Ibn Batuta
26. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Badruddin Tyaibji
27. Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
World peace and International Co-operation
Bina Das
Meerut
28. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Telengana
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
29. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
1954A.D.
1946A.D.
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
2nd in 193l A.D.
30. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
The leaders were arrested
1954A.D.
31. Madan lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London - who was a ____________
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Kaiser-e-Hind
Kanpur
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
32. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by
Surya Sen
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Rash Bihari Bose
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
33. The title given by British govt to the Mahatma Gandhiji which he surrendere during the Non-Cooperation Mov was
Mirza Galib
Kaiser-e-Hind
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
34. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Lahore session
35. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
The leaders were arrested
Kotah
Prajamandals
36. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
72
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
37. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Nana Saheb
38. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History
Telengana
31st December - 1929
Bernier
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
39. 'Service was his portion in life
Sudra Varna
Badruddin Tyaibji
No one
Alberuni
40. '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
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
The leaders were arrested
Alauddin Khilji
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
41. '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
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Kanpur
Monserrate
Increased
42. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Bina Das
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Subhas Chandra Bose
Surya Sen
43. The 'call of deliverance day
Increased
Balagangadhar Tilak
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
The Muslim League
44. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
Full Democracy
Subhas Chandra Bose
1930
Bardolli Satyagraha
45. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
World peace and International Co-operation
Congress-League Pact
Bina Das
46. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
Gen Bakth Khan
East Bengal & Bengal
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
47. After the partition of Bengal - two new provinces which came into existence were?
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
East Bengal & Bengal
Narayan Guru
Congress-League Pact
48. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
Kabir
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
The Landholders Society
The Muslim League
49. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
72
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Alberuni
50. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Bina Das
31st December - 1929
Kanpur
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