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Q.1
Motilal presided over the Congress Session of 1919 held at
Lahore
Amritsar
Calcutta
Bombay
Q.2
Who had introduced the Indian Universities Act 1904?
Lord Ripon
Lord Hardinge
Lord Curzon
Lord Auckland
Q.3
Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India's constitutional system
Rowaltt Act
Pitt's India Act
Partition of Bengal
Simon Commission
Q.4
Who said that "India's Soul live in villages"?
Vinoba Bhave
Jayaprakash Narayan
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Q.5
Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from
Thoureau
Ruskin
Confucius
Tolstoy
Q.6
Narayana Guru was born on August 22, 1856, in the village of __________ near Thiruvananthapuram
Chempazhanthi
Karunagapally
Kayamkulam
Kannur
Q.7
The First World Conference on Women in __________, generated a new interest in and debate on women's issues
Delhi
Hyderabad
Mexico
Copenhagen
Q.8
Narain Malhar Joshi founded
the Social Service League in Bombay in 1911
All India Trade Union Congress 1920
Both A and B above
The Deccan Education Society 1884
Q.9
The Regulating Act was passed in the year
1793
1773
1763
1783
Q.10
The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
Provision of provincial autonomy
A future administration of India
Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
Q.11
The office of the Secretary of State for India was created by the Act of
1853
1858
1861
1892
Q.12
The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by
Indian Council Act of 1892
Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
Government of India of 1935
Q.13
First Indian Commander-in-Chief was
Gen. K. S. Thimayya
Gen. K. M. Kariappa
S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
None of the above
Q.14
In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered "Guru" and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
Travancore
Malabar
Cochi
Kottayam
Q.15
Who instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to create a scientific temperament among the Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language?
Mohammad Iqbal
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Karim Ali
Inayat Ali
Q.16
Queen Victoria became the Empress of India according to the Act of
1858
1861
1876
1909
Q.17
Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in the year
1960
1966
1970
1950
Q.18
Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India
Clive
Comwallis
Warren Hastings
Wellesley
Q.19
Who of the following has the distinction of having Authored the National Anthems of two countries of the world?
TS Eliot
WB Yeats
Rabindranath Tagore
Mohammad Iqbal
Q.20
The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at __________
Hugli
Kassimbazar
Patna
Calcutta
Q.21
'Swaathanthrya gadha' – was written by the great poet __________
Cherusseri
O. N. V. Kurup
G. Sankara kurup
Kumaranaasan
Q.22
The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into __________ provinces
5
8
11
14
Q.23
Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country's unity?
Sardar Patel
Hume
Subhash Chandra Bose
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q.24
The first political association of India founded in 1891 was the
Landholders Society of Calcutta
Indian Association
British Indian Association
Madras Native Association
Q.25
After the ruin of India's trade, industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
Zamindars
Peasantry
Income-tax payers
All the above
Q.26
My strongest bulwark is gone lamented Mahatma Gandhi on the death of
Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Motilal Nehru
Pheroze Shah Mehta
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q.27
Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?
The Constitution of China
The Constitution of USSR
The Constitution of USA
The Constitution of Japan
Q.28
The Moplahs of Malabar (Kerala) who were largely Muslim leaseholders and cultivators, indulged in a series of rebellions in Kerala between 1836-1919. Which of the following regarding these Moplah uprisings is not true?
They were mainly directed against the upper caste Hindu landlords
These uprisings were a peculiar form of rural terrorism
Most of the Moplah martyrs were poor peasants of landless lobourers
A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
Q.29
The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
Lucknow
Dacca
Lahore
Aligarh
Q.30
The first Famine Commission was constituted under
Sir Richard Strachey
Sir John Strachey
Roberts
Chamberlain
Q.31
After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named
Socialist Bloc
Revolutionary Socialist Bloc
Forward Bloc
Socialist-Congress Bloc
Q.32
Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?
The Government of India Act, 1858
The Ilbert Bill
Indian Councils Act of 1892
Queen Victoria's Proclamation
Q.33
Which town/city in India has got a tower (minar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
Mumbai
Aligarh
Calicut
Guntur
Q.34
Provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813 for the establishment of a Church at __________
Madras
Bombay
Calcutta
Pondicherry
Q.35
The National Anthem was first sung in year 1911 at the Annual session of the India National Congress held at
Pune
Mumbai
Kolkata
Lucknow
Q.36
Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?
M. A. Jinnah
Lord Mountbatten
Jawaharlal Nehru
V. P. Menon
Q.37
The Dandi March undertaken by Gandhi was
A routine March
A part of the Quit India Movement
A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
A demonstration of Congress power
Q.38
Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu's philosophical genius and passion for Yoga, introduced him to__________, a 'Hatha yogi'
Madan Asan
Thycattu Ayyaavu
Krishnan Vaidyan
Kumaran Asan
Q.39
One of the best known tribal rebellions in Bihar, known as Ulgulan (meaning Great Tumult), was launched by the Mundas under the leadership of
Kanhu
Sidhu
Birsa Munda
Rampa Munda
Q.40
According to __________ the Mutiny was a popular rebellion
V D Sarkar
V ASmith
L Mukherjee
Chabbra
Q.41
The number of members in the Simon Commission/was __________
10
20
7
12
Q.42
Who is commonly known as the 'Iron Man'?
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Vittal Bhai Patel
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
Q.43
The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company's monopoly for __________ years
20 years
10 years
30 years
15 years
Q.44
The Diwani Adalat was presided over by
Collector
Governor
Resident
Nawabs
Q.45
An emigre (a person or thing who/which has emigrated) communist journal brought out by M N Roy was
Anushilan
The Worker
Kisan Sabha
Vanguard
Q.46
In which state was the first non-Congress Government set up in independent India?
Punjab
Bihar
Maharashtra
Kerala
Q.47
Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?
Haider Ali
Tipu Sultan
Murshid Quli Khan
Malhar Rao Holkar
Q.48
Azad Hind Fauz or the Indian National Army (INA) was founded by
Subhash Bose
Rash Behari Bose
General Mohan Singh
Shah Nawaz
Q.49
Madam Bhikaji Cama unfolded the National Flag of India in 1907 at
India House, London
International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
Vande Mataram Office at San Francisco
Indian Workers Meet Vancouver
Q.50
As per the Act of 1919, the Council of India would consist of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of __________ members
15
12
10
20
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