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Q.1
Which of the following European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ?
French
Portuguese
Dutch
Danish
Q.2
Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Khan Saheb
Chaudhary Shaukatullah
Liaquat Ali Khan
Q.3
When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
1795
1797
1894
1897
Q.4
Who wrote the song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara'?
Ashafaqullah Khan
Sahir Ludhianvi
Mohammad Iqbal
Ramprasad Bisrnil
Q.5
Which of the following was not to be ceded by Mir Kasim to the Company as per the treaty signed between Mir Kasim and Calcutta Council?
Burdwan
Midnapur
Chittagong
Monghyr
Q.6
__________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State
Gandhi
Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gokhale
Q.7
One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
Kalpana Dutt
Surya Sen
Pritialata Woddekar
Dinesh Gupta
Q.8
The most Important feature of the Government of India Act of 1919 was
enlargement of Indian Councils
provision for direct election
dyarchy in the Provinces
All the above
Q.9
Muslim communalism was lent an impetus by the activities of
Ashfaqullah
Liaqat Hussain
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Q.10
The Portuguese built their first fort on India soil in the territory of the Raja of
Calicut
Cochin
Daman
Bijapur
Q.11
Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
Clive
Hastings
Wellesley
Cornwallis
Q.12
Who among the following from the first cabinet of indepenent India was responsible of mass religious conversion?
Dr. S. P. Mukherjee
Dr. John Mathai
Sardar Baldeve Singh
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Q.13
Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
Pitts India Act, 1784
Educational Despatch, 1854
Macaulay Minute, 1835
Regulating Act, 1773
Q.14
The 'Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College' later became the
Osmania University
JamiaMilia Muslim University
Baraktullah University
Aligarh Muslim University
Q.15
India is in favour of __________ in the economic field
Public Sector
Private Sector
Mixed Economy
Capitalistic Economy
Q.16
Arrange in chronological order:
1. Cabinet Mission
2. Cripps Mission
3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
4. Minto-Morley Reforms
3, 2, 4, 1
1, 2, 3, 4
4, 3, 2, 1
2, 3, 4, 1
Q.17
When did M. K. Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table Conference?
Signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March, 1931
Getting assurance from the Muslim League that it would not oppose his claim to represent the whole of India
Fruitful talks with Sapru
Receiving assurances that independence was fast coming
Q.18
The Minto Morley reforms was in the year __________
1906
1907
1909
1919
Q.19
Who threw two bombs on the Door of the Central Assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929?
Bhagat Singh
Batukeshwar Dutt
Raj Guru
Both A and B above
Q.20
Noakhali is situated in
West Bengal
Bangladesh
Tripura
Bihar
Q.21
In 1905 __________ laid the foundation of the 'servants of India society', with a view to the training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by all constitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people
Gokhale
Dadabai Naoroji
R. C. Dutt
Ranade
Q.22
Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
common electorate for all Hindus
reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
All the above
Q.23
As per the Regulating Act a Supreme Court was established in
Bengal
Bombay
Delhi
Madras
Q.24
The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because
The Marathas did not fight bravely
The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
The Maratha army was short of food supplies
The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
Q.25
Which of the following was not a common social reform attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th century
emancipation of women
monogamy
female education
untouchability
Q.26
Dandi March started on __________ 1930
12th March
12th April
12th February
12th May
Q.27
Which nationalist had stoutly preached "Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian"?
MK Gandhi
Lala Lajpat Rai
Swami Vivekanand
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.28
Which of the following was a leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army founded in 1928?
Khudiram Bose
Bhagat Singh
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Subhash Chandra Bose
Q.29
During the first Carnatic War, the French Governor-General of Pondicherry was
La Bourdonnais
Captain Paradise
Dupleix
Count-de-Lally
Q.30
Wavell Plan was announced in the year
1945
1942
1946
1940
Q.31
The Constitution drawn by the Constituent Assembly (provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan) would be implemented by
Parliament
The British Government
Viceroy
Indian National Congress
Q.32
Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as__________
Narendra Nath Datta
Vishwanath Datta
Upendranath Datta
Vasava Datta
Q.33
When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
Chamberlain
Baldwin
Churchill
Asquith
Q.34
Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
Act of 1909
Act of 1919
Act of 1935
Act of 1947
Q.35
The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on
August 16, 1946
September 2, 1946
October 15, 1946
July 29, 1946
Q.36
Mahatma Gandhi's remark, "A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank" is regarding the proposals of
Simmon Commission
Cripps Mission
Cabinet Mission
Wavel Plan
Q.37
Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
Q.38
Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
Alamgir-I
Muhammad Shah
Jahadar Shah
Shah Alam-II
Q.39
At Jallianwala Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire
Benn
Irwin
Dyer
Montagu
Q.40
Which of the following statements is not correct?
According to Pitt's India Act the Board of Control would consist of
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of State for India
Four Privy Councillors
The Governor-General
Q.41
The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
Lord Hastings
Lord Minto
Lord metcalfe
Lord Macaulay
Q.42
The Peasant and the Raj is the work of __________
Eric Stokes
A. R. Desai
D. N. Dhanagare
Shirin Mehta
Q.43
Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems?
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Lord Bentinck
Q.44
The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the princely State of
Satara
Jhansi
Avadh
Jaunpur
Q.45
Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?
There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it
To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
Q.46
The Hindu Pioneer started in __________
1827
1831
1834
1838
Q.47
Who had strongly advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
C Rajagopalachari
Vallabhbhai Patel
Q.48
In which year was the partition of Bengal scrapped?
1908
1911
1923
1931
Q.49
PIassey is located near
Murshidabad in West Bengal
Rajashahi in Bangladesh
Calcutta
Monghyr in Bihar
Q.50
What was the basis of transfer of power to India on 15th August?
On this day the Indian National Congress had demanded "Poorna Swaraj"
On this day Mahatma Gandhi started 'Quit India Movement'
Anniversary of formation of Interim Government
Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten
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