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Modern Indian History

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






2. 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?






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






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






5. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






6. Kunwar Singh






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






8. '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






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






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






11. Badaruddin Tyabji






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that






24. 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






25. W C Bannerjee






26. The word 'Congress






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






28. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement - a great national leader died. He was_________






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






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






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






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






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






34. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






35. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of






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






37. What did the Mountbatten plan relate to?






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






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






40. 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






41. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers?






42. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






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






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






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






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






47. '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.






48. Khan Bahadur Khan






49. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?






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