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Modern Indian History

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1. 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






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






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






4. Badaruddin Tyabji






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






6. Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. '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.






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






19. The 'call of deliverance day






20. Kunwar Singh






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






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






23. Begum Hazrat Mahal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. On 23rd






35. 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






36. Lahore session of Congress - 1929






37. George Yule






38. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936






39. members of the Cabinet Mission?






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






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






42. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain






43. '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.






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






45. 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?






46. Megasthenese States






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






48. Chittagong Armory raid was organized by...






49. 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.






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