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Modern Indian History
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1. Where did the rebels of 1857 revolt massacre alarge number of Englishmen and women after promising them safe conduct?
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Kanpur
Kotah
9 December - 1946
2. Madan lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London - who was a ____________
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Swadeshi
Delhi Darbar 1911
Dr. R C Majumdar
3. What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Depressed classes
The Muslim League
Alauddin Khilji
4. On the suggestion of Ravindranath Tagore The date of partition of Bengal oct 16 - 1905 was celebrated as
31st December - 1929
Narayan Guru
Lahore session
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
5. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
Govt of India Act 1935
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Prajamandals
Ibn Batuta
6. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Delhi Darbar 1911
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Full Democracy
7. Khan Bahadur Khan
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
The Buddha
Alberuni
Narayan Guru
8. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
Narayan Guru
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Dr. R C Majumdar
9. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?
72
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
2nd in 193l A.D.
The Buddha
10. 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
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Balagangadhar Tilak
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
11. '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.
1954A.D.
Alberuni
Tantia Tope
Women
12. 'Service was his portion in life
Monserrate
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Harijan Yatra
Sudra Varna
13. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
9 December - 1946
Increased
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
14. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
1930
Sudra Varna
Gen Bakth Khan
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
15. '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
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Alberuni
Narayan Guru
Monserrate
16. '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
Govt of India Act 1935
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Ibn Batuta
Bernier
17. After the passing of Govt of India Act 1935 -the total number of provinces in British India became
Alberuni
No one
11
Subhas Chandra Bose
18. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Vishnuvardhana
Bina Das
1954A.D.
Lahore session
19. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Home rule movement
Swadeshi
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
20. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
The Buddha
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
21. Balagangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ' LOKMANYA ' during
Increased
Kanpur
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Home rule movement
22. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
1906A.D.
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
23. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Govt of India Act 1935
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Ambika Charan Majumdar
24. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
The leaders were arrested
31st December - 1929
Alberuni
Gen Bakth Khan
25. '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
Alauddin Khilji
Mirza Galib
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Women
26. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
72
Lahore session
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Kotah
27. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Vishnuvardhana
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
There was merger of INC and National Conference
28. The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on...
Monserrate
Kanpur
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
31st December - 1929
29. According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Centre and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on...
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Bernier
9 December - 1946
Nana Saheb
30. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
Bina Das
31. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
No one
Gen Bakth Khan
Dr. R C Majumdar
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
32. In which year All India Muslim League was founded?
1906A.D.
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Nabagopal mitra
33. On 23rd
The Landholders Society
Narayan Guru
East Bengal & Bengal
Lahore session
34. According to the provisions of which of the following acts - Burma was separated from the British Indian Administration?
Ibn Batuta
Subhas Chandra Bose
Govt of India Act 1935
Nana Saheb
35. Dadabhai Naoroji
1954A.D.
Telengana
1st Parsi President of INC
2nd in 193l A.D.
36. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
Sudra Varna
Rash Bihari Bose
1940A.D.
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
37. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain
Depressed classes
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Kabir
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
38. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death
Depressed classes
Dr. R C Majumdar
9 December - 1946
Meerut
39. Quit India Movement was carried on the overall leadership of
No one
Sudra Varna
Tantia Tope
Jawahar Lal Nehru
40. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Women
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
41. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
The leaders were arrested
1954A.D.
42. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
1946A.D.
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Surya Sen
Alberuni
43. members of the Cabinet Mission?
Full Democracy
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Belgaum 1924
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
44. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?
The leaders were arrested
Dr. R C Majumdar
Diwan Maniram Putti
Kanpur
45. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
9 December - 1946
Rash Bihari Bose
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
2nd in 193l A.D.
46. The 'call of deliverance day
The Muslim League
Lahore session
1930
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
47. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Depressed classes
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Jawahar Lal Nehru
48. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
9 December - 1946
World peace and International Co-operation
Mahatma Gandhi
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
49. After the partition of Bengal - two new provinces which came into existence were?
Balagangadhar Tilak
East Bengal & Bengal
No one
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
50. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
Tantia Tope
Valentine Chirol
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living