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Modern Indian History

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






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






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






4. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was






5. members of the Cabinet Mission?






6. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...






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






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






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






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






11. The 'call of deliverance day






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






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






14. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






15. Megasthenese States






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






17. Begum Hazrat Mahal






18. 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






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






20. W C Bannerjee






21. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






22. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its






23. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating






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






25. The word 'Congress






26. 'Service was his portion in life






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






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






29. Dadabhai Naoroji






30. In 1934 - Gandhi withdrew from all political activities and made a country wide tour covering a distance of 12 -504 miles. This tour is known as






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?






36. On 23rd






37. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






38. 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






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






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






41. 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?






42. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






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






44. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was






45. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






46. '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






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






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






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






50. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916