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Modern Indian History

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






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






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






4. Khan Bahadur Khan






5. '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.






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






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






8. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR






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






10. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?






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






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






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






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






15. Badaruddin Tyabji






16. 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.






17. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






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






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






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






21. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Megasthenese States






30. W C Bannerjee






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






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






33. 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






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






35. During 1857 revolt -the British after capturing Delhi what was their most Brutal act( by General Hudson -commander in chief of the English troops)?






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






37. 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






38. 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?






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






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






41. members of the Cabinet Mission?






42. '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.






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






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






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






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






48. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






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






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







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