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Modern Indian History

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






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






3. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary






4. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






5. The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement






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






7. members of the Cabinet Mission?






8. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that






9. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during






10. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?






11. Dhondu Pant






12. Badaruddin Tyabji






13. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






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






15. The word 'Congress






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






17. Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?






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






19. Begum Hazrat Mahal






20. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






21. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?






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






33. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became






34. 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






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






36. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






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






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






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






40. Khan Bahadur Khan






41. '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.






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR






47. Kunwar Singh






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






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






50. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916