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Q.1
The idea of starting a Home Rule League in 1915 was first propounded by
B G Tilak
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Annie Besant
Both A and B above
Q.2
The Simon Commission was formed to review
Legislatures in India
Fitness of India for further reforms
The position of the viceroy
A constitution for India
Q.3
Assertion (A): English was taken as the medium of instruction in India by the William Bentinck.
Reason (R): William Bentinck wanted to promote western culture in India
Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Q.4
Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Ghandhi
Pingali Venkaiya
Q.5
In 1946, the Interim Government was formed under
Patel
Mahatma Gandhi
Rajaji
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.6
A focal point of all revolutionary activities in London was
India House
Kaiser House
Singh Sabha Building
Dadabhai Naoroji's House
Q.7
The last of the Charter Act concerning India was the Act of
1773
1813
1853
1793
Q.8
Which day was declared as the 'Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League?
3rd September, 1946
16th August, 1946
16th May, 1946
4th Decembar, 1946
Q.9
Who among the following had been a high court judge, an economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC, besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru?
Surendranath Banerjee
Pheroze Shah Mehta
Mahadev Gobind Ranade
Dadabhai Naoroji
Q.10
__________co-edited 'the National Reformer' with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
W. T. Stead
S. N. Banerjee
H. P. Blavatsky
Annie Besant
Q.11
Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
Justice
General
Member of Parliament
Secretary of State for India
Q.12
In which of the following system of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the interest of farmers?
Permanent Settlement of Bengal
Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
Zamindari Settlement of Central States
Malgujari (land revenue) Settlement of United State
Q.13
Who among the following has been given honorary status among the seven wonders of the modern world?
Taj Mahal
Great Pyramid of Giza
Petra
Colosseum
Q.14
Whose speeches at the World's Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an 'orator by divine right' and as a 'Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world'
Swami Vivekananda
Sri Ramakrishna
Chandra Sekhar Deb
Shyama Charan Sen
Q.15
The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State
At its birth in 1906
During the Khilafat Movement
In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement
At the Lahore Session of 1940
Q.16
Which among the following is correctly matched?
Non-Cooperation Movement - Surendra Nath Banerjee
Swadeshi Movement - Rabindra Nath Tagore
Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi
Q.17
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
Regulating Act: 1773
Pitt's India Act: 1761
Treaty of Allahabad: 1784
Q.18
Who was given the title of "The Ambassador of Hindu - Muslim Unity" for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Fazl-ul-Haq
Sayyid Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Q.19
The main founder (s) of the Swaraj Party was/were
CR Das
Motilal Nehru
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Only A and B above
Q.20
Swami Vivekananda was born in an affluent family in __________ on 12 January 1863
Bombay
Ajmer
Kolkata
Orrisa
Q.21
In 1907, after the passing of Col. H. S. Olcott, __________ became the second International President of the Theosophical Society
Annie Besant
Sarojini Naidu
Ahalya Rangnekar
Bhabani Charan Mitra
Q.22
The Congress ministries gave up office in October 1939 over the issue of
constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration
propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress
India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War
failure of the British to define their war aims
Q.23
What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?
Social reforms
Administrative reforms
Educational reforms
Political consolidation
Q.24
The Home Rule League was started by
M. K. Gandhi
B. G. Tilak
Ranade
K. T. Telang
Q.25
As per Pitt's India Act the Committee of Secrecy would consist of three members of __________
The Board of Control
The Court of Directors
The House of Commons
The House of Lords
Q.26
The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on May 10, 1857 at __________
Meerut
Gwalior
Jhansi
Agra
Q.27
To campaign for Home Rule, Mrs Annie Besant published the newspaper (s)
New India and Commonweal
Young India and Home Rule News
Mahratta and Kesari
Home Rule Courier
Q.28
Which of the following libraries has the largest collection of manuscripts of historical value?
Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Library
Asiatic Society Library
Rampur Raza Library
Q.29
Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
Macaulay's Minute
Hunter Commission
Charter Act
Wood's Despatch
Q.30
The battle of Plassey was fought between
East India Company and Ahmad Shah
East India Company and Tipu Sultan
East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
East India Company and Anwaruddin
Q.31
Jyotiba Phule was one of the prominent __________ of the 19th century India
Scientists
Politicians
Economists
Social reformers
Q.32
The first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature was
G. K. Gokhale
M. K. Gandhi
J. L. Nehru
Netaji S C Bose
Q.33
Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in 1926 to
consolidate Khadi programme
work for harijan welfare
cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence
write his autobiography
Q.34
When was the office of District Collector created?
1786
1772
1771
1773
Q.35
Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Badruddin Tyabji
Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Q.36
__________ started The Adyar Bulletin, which continued until 1929
Annie Besant
J. Krishnamurti
Durgabai Deshmukh
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Q.37
Who was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?
Nandalal Bose
Ambedkar
Vir Savarkar
Jyotiba Phule
Q.38
Who designated the administrative head of the district as Collector?
Warren Hastings
Cornwallis
MacPherson
Clive
Q.39
Assertion (A): Provincial autonomy was introduced in the Government of India Act, 1935.
Reason (R): The Act itself made a clear-cut division of powers between the Centre and the Provinces
Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Q.40
A resolution declaring 'Purna Swaraj' was passed in the Congress Session held at
Lahore
Calcutta
Gaya
Haripura
Q.41
Who said that 'the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind.'?
Aurobindo Ghosh
Mahatma Gandhi
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Swami Vivekananda
Q.42
Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
He wanted to join the Congress
Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Q.43
Communal Representation was for the first time given in the interest of Muslims by
The Indian Council Act of 1909
The Government of India Act of 1919
The Government of India Act of 1935
The Act of 1858
Q.44
The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against
Germany
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
Q.45
Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gandhiji
Bal Gangadhar
Sardar Patel
Q.46
Which Directive Principal bears the direct impact of Gandhi's moral philosophy?
Equal pay for equal work
Provision of free legal aid and advice
Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
Protection of the mounments of historical importance
Q.47
The idea of incorporating, safeguards in the Indian Constitution was inspired by the
Third Round Table Conference
Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Visit of Simon Commission
Poona Pact
Q.48
Sir Saiyad breathed his last on Sunday, 27th March__________
1878
1898
1901
1906
Q.49
Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the eradication of the evil of untouchability?
Jagjivan Ram
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Acharya Kripalani
Mahatma Gandhi
Q.50
Who among the following leader made the famous 'Objectives Resolution', in the Constituent Assembly?
Vallabhbhai Patel
C. Rajagopalachari
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. John Mathai
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