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Modern Indian History
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1. Which - among the following - Round Table Conferences held in London - was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?
East Bengal & Bengal
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
2nd in 193l A.D.
2. The leaders of the 1857 revolt who sent 3 letters to King Napolean III of France during the rebellion was
Tantia Tope
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Nana Saheb
Sudra Varna
3. The popular movements in various princely states were launched by the local organizations known as
Prajamandals
Rohilkhand (1857 revolution)
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Monserrate
4. The provision for separate electorate for which of the following communities ' in the communal Award<1932> made Gandhiji undertake a fast unto death
1st English President of INC
1954A.D.
Sudra Varna
Depressed classes
5. Which of the following leaders of 1857 revolt escaped to Nepal and whose subsequent movements were never known thereafter?
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
Harijan Yatra
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
6. 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
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
Lahore session
Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
7. The most important centre of Revolt of 1857 in Rajasthan was
Prajamandals
Ibn Batuta
Kotah
Mohd. Ali - Shaukat Ali
8. Lucknow session of Congress - 1916
Kanpur
Swadeshi
1946A.D.
Congress-League Pact
9. Which of the following were the main objectives for the Khilafath Movement?
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
72
2nd in 193l A.D.
10. The unique contribution of Rani Gaidinlu's Naga movement was that
The Muslim League
1930
She integrated the Tribal movement with civil disobedience movement
Alauddin Khilji
11. Gandhiji gave the title of 'SARDAR
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Bardolli Satyagraha
12. 'Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence.
The Buddha
Dr. R C Majumdar
Bernier
Surya Sen
13. The earliest public association to be formed in modern India in 1837 was:a) The Bengal British Indian Society
Meerut
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
The Landholders Society
Diwan Maniram Putti
14. How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?
Mahatma Gandhi
Kanpur
The leaders were arrested
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
15. Begum Hazrat Mahal
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Mirza Galib
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
16. The brain behind the bomb attack an Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni chowk - Delhi in Dec 1912 was
Ambika Charan Majumdar
There was merger of INC and National Conference
Rash Bihari Bose
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
17. Where did the sepoys break out in revolt on 10th May - 1857?
Narayan Guru
Dr. R C Majumdar
Meerut
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
18. George Yule
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Prajamandals
1st English President of INC
19. W C Bannerjee
1st Anglo-Christian INC president
1st Parsi President of INC
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Sudra Varna
20. The word 'Congress
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
North American History - to connote an assembly of people
Diwan Maniram Putti
a) Nana Saheb b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
21. Fueled the intensity of the labour movements in India in the Frist Quarter of the 20th Centuary
1st Parsi President of INC
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
1906A.D.
Tantia Tope
22. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Advisor to the Sec of State for India
1930
Bardolli Satyagraha
23. 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?
Valentine Chirol
Govt of India Act 1935
Nabagopal mitra
Swadeshi
24. Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?
Alberuni
1st Parsi President of INC
Narayan Guru
Controversial measures of Viceroy Lord Mountbatten:
25. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected president of INC at the Tripuri session in 1939 by defeating
The Muslim League
Lucknow (1857 revolution)
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
To wreck the reform from within by
26. As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed classes out of general electorate seats were
Increased
Vishnuvardhana
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Belgaum 1924
27. 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
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders - Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal
Gen Bakth Khan
28. '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.
Belgaum 1924
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
Jawahar Lal Nehru
1954A.D.
29. Which of the following was responsible for the large scale communal riots during and after August 1946 especially ' Great Calcutta Killings
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
To wreck the reform from within by
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Sudra Varna
30. The army of emperor Bahadur Shah in Delhi was commanded by...
Balagangadhar Tilak
Gen Bakth Khan
Nabagopal mitra
Diwan Maniram Putti
31. The statement that 'If by worshipping stones one can find God - I shall worship a mountain
Prajamandals
Kabir
Bihar (1857 revolution)
No one
32. Kunwar Singh
Kabir
Bihar (1857 revolution)
Shooting down the sons of Bahadur Shah
Full Democracy
33. The historic Lucknow session of INC in 1916 was presided over by_________
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
Surya Sen
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Ambika Charan Majumdar
34. With the capture of which of the following rebels in April 1858 - could be said as the end of 1857 revolt?
Tantia Tope
Harijan Yatra
Bihar (1857 revolution)
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
35. '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
Full Democracy
Women
Alauddin Khilji
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
36. Badaruddin Tyabji
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
1st Muslim President of INC
The Landholders Society
No one
37. The INC gave upits ideal of united India & accepted partition - because
Tantia Tope
The INC leaders felt that -partition is a lesser evil than civil war
Alauddin Khilji
To wreck the reform from within by
38. '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
Bernier
Rash Bihari Bose
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Women
39. Faizpur session of Congress - 1936
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
Full Democracy
Congress-League Pact
Rakhsha Bandhan Day
40. members of the Cabinet Mission?
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Harijan Yatra
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
Balagangadhar Tilak
41. The objective of the new policy of 'Council Entry
Badruddin Tyaibji
To wreck the reform from within by
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Sir Stafford Cripps - Lord Pethic-Lowrence - A.V. Alexander
42. Lahore session of Congress - 1929
Govt of India Act 1935
Purna Swaraj Resolutions
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
43. The historic importance of the second session of INC held in Calcutta 1886 was that
1st Parsi President of INC
Asking him to vacate the Red Fort and move to a humber place
Telengana
There was merger of INC and National Conference
44. The Indian Association and National Conference both were founded by...
1954A.D.
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Russian Revolution of 1917 - Rise in cost of living
Kotah
45. Dhondu Pant
Kanpur (1857 revolution)
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. R C Majumdar
To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the Khalifate
46. In the interim govt formed in 1946 - the vice-president of executive council was
Surendranath Bannerjee and Ananda Mohana Bose
Radha Krishan Commission - 1948
Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
47. 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
31st December - 1929
The observance of Direct Action Day by Muslim League
Dr. RadhaKrishnan
The Russo-Japanese War 1905
48. The HSRA movement ended with the death of...
The Buddha
Chandrashekhar Azad
Rash Bihari Bose
Prajamandals
49. '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
Belgaum 1924
The correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Gandhiji?
Monserrate
Full Democracy
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
1940A.D.
1st English President of INC
Ibn Batuta