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Modern Indian History
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1. Who discovered Balgangadhar Tilak as the Father of Indian Unrest?
Valentine Chirol
Bina Das
31st December - 1929
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
2. Both the transfer of power and the partition of India were hurled through in____days
East Bengal & Bengal
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Govt of India Act 1935
72
3. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Dr. R C Majumdar
4. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
Ambika Charan Majumdar
To wreck the reform from within by
1930
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
5. Dadabhai Naoroji
1st Parsi President of INC
Bardolli Satyagraha
Congress-League Pact
Women
6. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Prajamandals
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
7. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
The Muslim League
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
8. Karachi session of Congress - 1931
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
11
Vishnuvardhana
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
9. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Monserrate
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
10. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Kotah
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Bernier
9 December - 1946
11. The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Sudra Varna
East Bengal & Bengal
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
12. Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining geory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah-II by
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Bina Das
1st Parsi President of INC
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
13. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death
Valentine Chirol
Depressed classes
To wreck the reform from within by
Dr. R C Majumdar
14. The 'call of deliverance day
1940A.D.
1st Muslim President of INC
Balagangadhar Tilak
The Muslim League
15. Megasthenese States
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
Belgaum 1924
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
16. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?
1st Parsi President of INC
Telengana
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Narayan Guru
17. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
1930
Chandrashekhar Azad
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Congress-League Pact
18. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?
World peace and International Co-operation
The leaders were arrested
Meerut
Lahore session
19. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Bina Das
11
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
20. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
1st Parsi President of INC
Chandrashekhar Azad
World peace and International Co-operation
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
21. '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
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Kotah
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Monserrate
22. Why did the crowd had gathered at JallianwalahBagh - Amritsar on Apr 13 - 1919
Tantia Tope
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
1930
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
23. 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
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Telengana
11
24. On 23rd March 1940 - the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its
Alberuni
Lahore session
11
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
25. 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
Dr. R C Majumdar
Valentine Chirol
Surya Sen
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
26. members of the Cabinet Mission?
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Meerut
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
27. Champaran -Kheda - Ahmedabad mill strike - Non-Cooperation Movement
1946A.D.
Delhi Darbar 1911
World peace and International Co-operation
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
28. The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were
Mahatma Gandhi
Depressed classes
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
9 December - 1946
29. Dhondu Pant
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
2nd in 193l A.D.
Alberuni
Kabir
30. Panchsheel was declared by India and China in...
Congress-League Pact
1954A.D.
Chandrashekhar Azad
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
31. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
Badruddin Tyaibji
1940A.D.
1906A.D.
32. The leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam was?
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Meerut
Diwan Maniram Putti
Kanpur
33. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...
1946A.D.
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Delhi Darbar 1911
Valentine Chirol
34. Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?
East Bengal & Bengal
Badruddin Tyaibji
Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Kaiser-e-Hind
35. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
Govt of India Act 1935
1st Parsi President of INC
Tantia Tope
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
36. Who organized the Satyagraha Sabha whose members took a pledge to disobey the Rowlatt Act?
Kotah
Govt of India Act 1935
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Mahatma Gandhi
37. 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
1st English President of INC
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Lahore session
38. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Full Democracy
1946A.D.
Depressed classes
39. 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
11
Harijan Yatra
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Full Democracy
40. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Rash Bihari Bose
1906A.D.
9 December - 1946
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
41. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
Bardolli Satyagraha
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
Kaiser-e-Hind
42. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Full Democracy
The Landholders Society
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
43. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
Sudra Varna
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Ibn Batuta
There was merger of INC and National Conference
44. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Balagangadhar Tilak
Narayan Guru
Delhi Darbar 1911
45. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
Ambika Charan Majumdar
Nabagopal mitra
Delhi Darbar 1911
No one
46. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
Nabagopal mitra
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
The Buddha
47. On 23rd
Mirza Galib
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Lahore session
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
48. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Home rule movement
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Mirza Galib
49. '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
Monserrate
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Nana Saheb
Alauddin Khilji
50. 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
Balagangadhar Tilak
Ibn Batuta
To wreck the reform from within by
North American History - to connote an assembly of people