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Q.1
Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided 'a machine with strong brakes but no engine'?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
Mahatma Gandhi
Vallabhbhai Patel
Q.2
Which of the following according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world?
Non-violence of the brave
Non-violence of the weak
Non-violence of the coward
Non-violence of the down-trodden
Q.3
__________ is remembered as the 'Grand old man of India'
Ranade
Dadabhai Naoroji
Pulinbehari Sarkar
Amaresh Chakravarty
Q.4
One Caste One Religion, One God for Man is the teaching of __________
Rajaram Mohan Roy
Chattambi Swamikal
C. Kesavan
Sree Narayana Guru
Q.5
Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao-II?
The Treaty of Purandhar
Convention of Wadgaon
Treaty of Bassein
Treaty of Salbai
Q.6
Who started the first English newspaper in India?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Raja Rammohan Roy
J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
Lord William Bentinck
Q.7
The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India was
Nandini Satpathy
Dr. J. Jayalalitha
Sucheta Kripalani
Ms. Mayawati
Q.8
Gandhi wanted to realise 'truth' through
Ahimsa (Non-violence)
Dharma (Religion)
Karma (Service)
Dhyana (Meditation)
Q.9
Which of the following leader was associated with the Home Rule League?
B. G. Tilak
G. K. Gokhale
M. G. Ranade
M. K. Gandhi
Q.10
In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
the poverty of the Indian people
the ruin of India's handloom textiles
his identification with the Indian people
his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
Q.11
Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
Sukhdev
Bhagat Singh
Surya Sen
Rajguru
Q.12
What was the name of the Sabha started by Debendranath Tagore?
Arya Samaj
Dharma Sabha
Tattvabodhini Sabha
Tattvabodhini Samaj
Q.13
The formation of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) at the initiative of __________ in 1972
Ela Bhat
Roop Kanwar
Raja radhakant dev
Dwarkanath Tagore
Q.14
Name the 'Political Guru' of Mahatma Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Gokhle
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Aurobindo Ghosh
Lala Lajpat Rai
Q.15
When was the first train steamed off in India?
1848
1853
1875
1880
Q.16
Of the following, which country's constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
The USA
The USSR
Canada
Ireland
Q.17
What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
Rowlatta Act
Minto-Morley Reforms
Simon Commission
Pitts India Act
Q.18
The passage of the Rowlatt Act had been almost immediately followed by the
Minto-Morley Reforms
Khilafat Movement
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Chauri-Chaura Incident
Q.19
In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
Kannur
Thalassery
Travancore
Cochi
Q.20
All are of one Self-fraternity such being the dictum to avow, in such a light how can we take life and devoid of least pity go on to eat. Who said this?
Tilak
Chattambi Swamikal
Rajaram Mohan Roy
Sree Narayana Guru
Q.21
Who is the author of Vande Mataram?
Mahatma Gandhi
Rabindranath Tagore
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
Q.22
Who is regarded as as the 'father of modern India'
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Sri Aurobindo
Bhagat Singh
Q.23
Which of the following reason compel the leaders of Muslim League to enter in the Interim Government?
The Congress accepted their demand that it would not nominate a non-Muslim League Muslim to the Interim Government
The Viceroy accepted its stand that it would not join the Constituent Assembly
The Viceroy had accepted its stand that it would not take steps to rescind the League Council's resolution of July 29
The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan
Q.24
Dandi March started from __________ in 1930
Surat
Sabarmati Ashram
Delhi Durbar Hall
Vedaranyan
Q.25
On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in
Dacca
Calcutta
Delhi
Meerut and Karachi
Q.26
In which session of India National Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time?
Calcutta Session, 1920
Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
Lahore Congress, 1929
Haripura congress conference, 1938
Q.27
Who among the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa?
B. G. Tilak
Vallabhbhai Patel
G. K. Gokhale
J. L. Nehru
Q.28
In 1920 under her leadership the__________, the Ahmedabad textile mill workers union was established
Majoor Mahajan
Ushabai Dange
Parvati Bhore
Maniben Kara
Q.29
Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
General Dyer
Arthur Wellesly
General Harris
Colonel Wellesly
Q.30
Tilak called him the 'Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers'. Who is referred in these words
Lajpat Rai
Shivaji
Gokhale
Madhava Rao
Q.31
Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?
Shyamji Krishna Varma
Ashfaqullah
Lala Hardayal
V D Savarkar
Q.32
During the Dandi March the song 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram' had been sung by the renowned musician
Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
Onkar Nath Thakur
Mallikarjun Mansur
Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
Q.33
The Swaraj Party was organised by
Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
CR Das and Motilal Nehru
C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Q.34
In 1942, Europe had witnessed a great war between
Sweden and Russia
France and Germany
France and England
Germany and Russia
Q.35
Jyotirao's family belonged to __________ caste
Mali
Thiyya
Pulaya
Mahar
Q.36
Who were called "Kukas"?
Namdhari
Nirankari
Tilak
Sri Aurobindo
Q.37
Who was not among the three revolutionaries who were hanged on March 23, 1931?
Bhagat Singh
Azad
Rajguru
Sukhdev
Q.38
The Theosophical Society was officially formed in . . . . ., United States, in November 1875 by Helena Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others
Madras
Calcutta
Bombay
New York City
Q.39
Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in
1916
1917
1918
1920
Q.40
August Offer' was issued on __________ 1940
08 August.
15 August.
20 August.
30 August.
Q.41
"India for the Indians" was the political message of
D E Wacha
Vivekanand
Dayanand
Hume
Q.42
The Presidents of early English Settlements (Madras, Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to __________
The House of Common
The House of Lords
The Home Government of the Company
The Council of Senior Merchants
Q.43
The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of
unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
both A and B above
the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
Q.44
In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi's proposals for 'basic education' through the vernacular medium was held at
Surat
Bombay
Ahmedabad
Wardha
Q.45
Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
Lord Mayo
Lord Hardinge
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Lytton
Q.46
Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya – "India for Indians"?
Dayanand Saraswati
Lokmanya Tilak
Sri Aurobindo
Bhagat Singh
Q.47
The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan' was
Nehru
Ambedkar
Mahatma Gandhi
Subhash Chandra bose
Q.48
Baba Ram Singh passed away on November 29, __________
1885
1887
1889
1923
Q.49
Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?
Lucknow
Varanasi
Hyderabad
Bengal
Q.50
By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors were transferred to __________
The Secretary of State
Parliament
Viceroy
Commander-in-Chief
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