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Modern Indian History

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






2. 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






3. Megasthenese States






4. 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?






5. Khan Bahadur Khan






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






7. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






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






9. 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






10. George Yule






11. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement






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






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






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






15. W C Bannerjee






16. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






17. '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






18. '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






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






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






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






22. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






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






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






25. Begum Hazrat Mahal






26. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because






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






35. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






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






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






38. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






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






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






41. The 'call of deliverance day






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






43. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?






44. Dadabhai Naoroji






45. 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






46. 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






47. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?






48. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.






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






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