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Modern Indian History

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1. 1951 - Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History






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






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






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






5. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR






6. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June - 1948 in...






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






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






16. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916






17. Kunwar Singh






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






19. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






20. W C Bannerjee






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






22. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as






23. Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annualled?a) Minto-Morley Reforms 1909






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






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






26. Dadabhai Naoroji






27. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?






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






29. On 23rd






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






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






32. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?






33. Begum Hazrat Mahal






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






35. Quit India Movement was carried on the overall leadership of






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






43. A women revolutionary - who while receiving her degree at the convocation of the university of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal was






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






45. Karachi session of Congress - 1931






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






47. members of the Cabinet Mission?






48. 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






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






50. 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