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The Indian Freedom Movement
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Question No.: 1
• Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
4. Jayaprakash Narayan
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Question No.: 2
• Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. New India - M.K. Gandhi
2. Young India - Annie Besant
3. Yugantar - Aurobindo Ghosh
4. Kesari - B.G. Tilak
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Question No.: 3
• Who was called by the British rulers as the
leader of Indian unrest?
1. Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. M.K. Gandhi
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Question No.: 4
• Who gave the motto Back to the Vedas?
1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2. Ramkrishna Paramhansa
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Question No.: 5
• The most effective contribution made by
Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of Indian National
Movement was that he
1. Brought the problems of Indians to the notice of
the British
2. Stressed the need for eradication of all the social
evils before anything else.
3. Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and
restored the self - confidence of Indians.
4. Exposed the economic exploitation of India by
the British
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Question No.: 6
• Muslim League first demanded partition of
India in
1. 1916
2. 1940
3. 1946
4. 1906
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Question No.: 7
• Which of the following was not founded by Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar?
1. Samaj Samata Sangh
2. Peoples Education Society
3. Depressed Classes Institute
4. Deccan Education Society
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Question No.: 8
• Which of the following was a
recommendation of Hunter's Commission ?
1. Women's education
2. Introduction of civic education at college
university level
3. New regulation for the organized senates
system
4. Gradual withdrawal of state support from
higher education
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Question No.: 9
• Who amongst the following is associated with
the Local Self-Government Act?
1. William Bentick
2. Ripon
3. Dalhousie
4. Cornwallis
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Question No.: 10
• Who advocated the policy of abolishing
princely states in free India?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. C.Rajagopalachari
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Vallabhbhai Patel
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Question No.: 11
• Which of the following was a continous
movement based on the philosophy of
Gandhiji, and not a specific movement?
1. Quit India Movement
2. Swadeshi Movement
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Non-Cooperation Movement
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Question No.: 12
• Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was
passed during the Viceroyalty of
1. Lansdowne
2. Ripon
3. Curzon
4. Minto
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Question No.: 13
• Who was the Chairman of Boundary
Commission to define the boundaries of the
dominions under the Indian Independence Act
of 1947?
1. Stafford Cripps
2. Cyril Radcliffe
3. Lord Mountbatten
4. Lord Wavell
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Question No.: 14
• Which of the following is the most significant
contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to
modern India?
1. His Presidentship of Indian National Congress
2. His participating in Quit India Movement
3. His role in Non-Cooperation Movement
4. His achievement of integration of princely
states
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Question No.: 15
• The Chauri-Chaura incident (during NonCooperation Movement) relates to
1. Large scale looting of government property
by Congress workers
2. A major offensive by underground
revolutionaries
3. Massive police firing on unarmed Satyagrahis
4. The burning of a police post by a mob
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Question No.: 16
• Who among the following is known as the
Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement?
1. Suchitra Kriplani
2. Aruna Asaf Ali
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Dr. Annie Besant
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Question No.: 17
• Who amongst the following was involved in
the Alipore Bomb case?
1. S.N. Banerjea
2. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Aurobindo Ghosh
4. Jatin Das
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Question No.: 18
• Who was the first European to translate the
Bhagwad Gita into English ?
1. Sir Alexander Cunningham
2. William Jones
3. Charles Wilkins
4. James Prinsep
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Question No.: 19
• Which of the following universities was not
established by Lord Dalhousie?
1. Calcutta
2. Bombay
3. Delhi
4. Madras
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Question No.: 20
• Who said, I therefore want freedom
immediately, this very night, before dawn if it
can be had?
1. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3. Annie Besant
4. Mahatma Gandhi
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Question No.: 21
• Who was the first Indian to pass the Indian
Civil Service?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. D.N. Wacha
4. Dadabhai Naoroji
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Question No.: 22
• The title Punjab Kesari was conferred on
1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2. Ranjit Singh
3. Sardar Baldev Singh
4. Bhagat Singh
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Question No.: 23
• Seeds of Indian participating in the Legislative
Council of the Governor General of India are
embodied in the
1. Indian Councils Act, 1892
2. Indian Councils Act, 1861
3. Government of India Act, 1919
4. Indian Councils Act, 1909
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• The theory of economic drain of India during
British imperialism was propounded by
1. R.C. Dutt
2. M.K. Gandhi
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Question No.: 25
• Which one of the following upheavals took
place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt
of 1857?
1. Indigo Disturbances
2. Sanyasi Rebellion
3. Patna Disturbances
4. Santal Rebellion
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Question No.: 26
• The affairs of East India Company came into
the hands of the British Crown under
1. Regulating Act
2. Pitt's India Act
3. Govt. of India Act
4. Cabinet Mission Plan
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Question No.: 27
• Theosophist, educationist and Indian national
leader. This description fits
1. Srinivasa Shastri
2. Annie Besant
3. Shyama Prasad Mookherji
4. Madan Mohan Malviya
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Question No.: 28
• Who was the leader of Poona Sarvajanik
Sabha founded in 1870?
1. Justice Ranade
2. S.N. Banerjee
3. Ferozeshah Mehta
4. K.T. Telang
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Question No.: 29
• The Forward Bloc was formed by
1. B.R. Ambedkar
2. P.C. Joshi
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Acharya Narendra Dev
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Question No.: 30
• The Supreme court in British India was
established under
1. The Charter Act of 1813
2. Regulating Act of 1773
3. The Charter Act of 1833
4. Pitt's India Act of 1784
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Question No.: 31
• Arya Samaj was started by
1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Swami Vivekananda
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Question No.: 32
• The first to start a joint stock company trade
with India were the
1. Danish
2. Dutch
3. Portuguese
4. French
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Question No.: 33
• Who among the following was associated with
the Home Rule Movement from Madras in
1922?
1. C. Rajagopalachari
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. T. Prakasham
4. Annie Besant
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Question No.: 34
• Non Cooperation Movement started in :
1. 1870
2. 1921
3. 1942
4. 1920
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Question No.: 35
• The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was made between
1. The Hindus and the Muslims
2. The Congress and the Muslim League
3. The moderates and extremists
4. The British and the Indians
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Question No.: 36
• The year 1943 is important because
1. World War II ended.
2. Quit India Resolution was passed.
3. Azad Hind Fauj was formed.
4. Dandi March was organised by Mahatma
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Question No.: 37
• Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India?
1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. C. Rajagopalachari
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Question No.: 38
• Which one of the following is not correctly
matched?
1. Lord Rippon-Local Self Government
2. Thomas Munro-Ryotwari System
3. Holt Mackenzie-Mahalwari Settlement in
Northern India
4. Lord Cornwallis-Subsidiary System
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Question No.: 39
• Legalisation of widow remarriage in India was
first secured by
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2. Pandit Ramabai
3. Maharishi Karve
4. K. Natarajan
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Question No.: 40
• In 1917, at Champaran, the government
forced farmers to undertake
1. Opium cultivation
2. Indigo cultivation
3. Land ceiling
4. Hallow cultivation
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Question No.: 41
• The Simon Commission was concerned with
1. Famines
2. Higher education
3. Constitutional reforms
4. Reforms in princely states
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Question No.: 42
• The first national leader to attack the Salt Tax
in Indian Legislature was
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Pherozeshah Mehta
4. G.K. Gokhale
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Question No.: 43
• From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his
historic Dandi March?
1. Chauri Chaura
2. Sabarmati Ashram
3. Dandi
4. Champaran
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Question No.: 44
• The first railway started in India under the
Governor-Generalship of
1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Canning
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. Lord Hastings
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Question No.: 45
• Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in
1919 in protest against the
1. Simon Commission
2. Champaran wrongs
3. Colonial exploitation of India
4. Enactment of Rowlatt Act
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Question No.: 46
• The English Weekly edited by Mahatma
Gandhi was
1. Young India
2. Kesari
3. Bombay Chronicle
4. Comrade
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Question No.: 47
• Indian sepoys in the Bengal army revolted
because
1. The British tried to make them use the
greased catridges
2. The British passed the General Service
Enlistment Act.
3. The British officers ill-treated them.
4. The British discontinued the payment of field
allowance.
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Question No.: 48
• Who was the founder of the Muslim League in
India?
1. Nawab Salimulla
2. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
3. None of these
4. M.A. Jinnah
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Question No.: 49
• Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the
weapon of Satyagraha?
1. South Africa
2. Champaran
3. Dandi
4. Bardoli
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Question No.: 50
• Uplift of the backward classes was the main
programme of the
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Arya Samaj
3. Ramakrishna Mission
4. Satyashodhak Samaj
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Question No.: 51
• The first main British Parliament Act regarding
East India Company's administration in India
was
1. Rowlatt Act
2. Charter Act of 1913
3. Pitts India Act
4. Regulation Act
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Question No.: 52
• The British Governor General, who formulated
the policy of Subsidiary Alliance with regard to
Indian powers was
1. Lord Wellesley
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord William Bentick
4. Lord Dalhousie
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Question No.: 53
• The Indian states that were annexed by
invoking the Doctrine of Lapse included
1. Mysore, Satara and Bhavnagar
2. Jhansi, Nagpur and Travancore
3. Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara
4. Jhansi, Satara and Mysore
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Question No.: 54
• The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides
Movement in India was
1. Robert Montgomery
2. Charles Andrews
3. Baden Powell
4. Richard Temple
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Question No.: 55
• Who among the following could not be
captured by the British in 1857?
1. Nana Saheb
2. Bahadur Shah II
3. Tantia Tope
4. Mangal Pandey
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Question No.: 56
• The British law which provoked Mahatma
Gandhi to crusade for the Asians in South
Africa was called
1. The Apartheid Act
2. The Blacks Registration Act
3. The Asiatic Registration Act
4. The Coloured's Licence Act
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Question No.: 57
• The practice of Sati was declared illegal by
1. Lord Ripon
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Raja Rammohan Roy
4. Lord William Bentick
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Question No.: 58
• The Congress split into moderates and
extremists in the session at
1. Surat
2. Ahmedabad
3. Lucknow
4. Madras
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Question No.: 59
• Permanent Revenue System of Lord Cornwallis
proved oppressive to the tenants because
they were
1. Asked to pay under military pressure
2. Exploited by the zamindars
3. Forced to produce more
4. Asked to pay yearly revenue in advance
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Question No.: 60
• The Rowlatt Act led to
1. Economic reforms in U.P.
2. Communal riots in Bengal
3. Massacre at Amritsar
4. Social legislation in Madras
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Question No.: 61
• The first session of Indian National Congress
was held at
1. Surat
2. Calcutta
3. Lahore
4. Bombay
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Question No.: 62
• Quit India Movement started after the failure
of
1. Cripps proposal
2. None of these
3. Simon recommendation
4. Cabinet Mission
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Question No.: 63
• During the British rule, first partition of Bengal
was done in
1. 1903
2. 1905
3. 1908
4. 1885
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Question No.: 64
• Who was the first Indian to become the
member of British Parliament?
1. D.N. Wacha
2. Badruddin Tyabji
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. W.C. Banerjee
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Question No.: 65
• Who was the Governor General of India when
the Indian National Congress was formed?
1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord Mountbatten
4. Lord Dufferin
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Question No.: 66
• Vallabhbhai Patel was born at
1. Borsad
2. Ahmedabad
3. Nadiad
4. Baroda
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Question No.: 67
• Satyagraha Ashram was established by who
among the following?
1. Lokanayak Jayaprakash Narayan
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
4. Acharya Kripalani
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Question No.: 68
• Which was the first newspaper to be
published in India?
1. Bengal Chronicle
2. Bengal Gazette
3. The Hindu
4. Bombay Samachar
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Question No.: 69
• Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?
1. Mohd. Ali Jinnah
2. Chowdhary Rahmat Ali
3. H.S. Suharwardhy
4. Asaf Ali
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Question No.: 70
• The Gandhi - Irwin Pact proclaimed the
suspension of
1. Dandi March
2. None of these
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Non Cooperation Movement
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• The importance of Gandhiji's NonCooperation Movement was that
1. It showed the ability and the willingness of
the people in general to endure.
2. None of these
3. Non-violence was employed for the first time
as an effective weapon of mass movement.
4. It was a great movement on a large scale.
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Question No.: 72
• Luckhnow Pact of 1916 is significant in the
history of Indian National Movement because
1. None of these
2. It ended separate electorates for Hindus and
Muslims
3. It decide India's non participating in World
War I.
4. Both the groups of Congress men settled
their disputes
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Question No.: 73
• The title of Governor - General was changed
to that of Viceroy in the year
1. 1905 A.D.
2. 1858 A.D.
3. 1917 A.D.
4. 1885 A.D
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Question No.: 74
• Who among the following first propounded
the idea of basic education?
1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Dayanand Saraswati
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Question No.: 75
• General Dyer who was responsible for
Jallianwala Bagh massacre was shot dead by
1. Udham Singh
2. Sohan Singh Bhakna
3. Hasrat Mohani
4. V.V.S. Iyer
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Question No.: 76
• In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil
Disobedience Movement from
1. Sabarmati
2. Wardha
3. Dandi
4. Sevagram
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Question No.: 77
• The immediate cause for precipitation of the
Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was
1. Disparity in salaries of native sepoys and
British soldiers
2. The rumour of use of catridges greased with
cow fat
3. Spread of Christianity
4. Doctrine of Lapse
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Question No.: 78
• Before Delhi, where was the capital of India
during the British India?
1. Lucknow
2. Bombay
3. Patna
4. Calcutta
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Question No.: 79
• What did Gandhiji do to practise the ideals of
truth and non-violence in 1916 ?
1. He started an all-India Satyagrahs.
2. He founded Sabarmati Ashram near
Ahmedabad
3. He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeeth
4. He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeeth
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Question No.: 80
• The Indian National Congress adopted the
resolution of Poorna Swaraj (complete
independence) at its session held at
1. Calcutta
2. Karachi
3. Allahabad
4. Lahore
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Question No.:81
• Who among the following was a prominent
officer of the Azad Hind Fauj?
1. Shah Nawaz Khan
2. Aruna Asaf Ali
3. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4. DR. M.A. Ansari
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Question No.: 82
• Which of the following statements is not
correct?
1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the
Arya Samaj.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhinagar.
3. Dr. Annie Besant was a theosophist
4. The international headquarter of the
Theosophical Society is in Madras.
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Question No.: 83
• After 1853, a very large amount of the British
capital was invested in
1. Coal mining
2. Railways
3. Tea plantation
4. Jute mills
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Question No.: 84
• Which of the following was written by Raja
Rammohan Roy?
1. Tuhfatul Muwahiddin
2. Mother India
3. Kiratarjuniya
4. Brahma Samhita
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Question No.: 85
• The split between the extremists and the
moderates took places in the sessions Indian
National Congress held at
1. Bombay
2. Calcutta
3. Surat
4. Lahore
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Question No.: 86
• The Viceroy upon whom a bomb was thrown
but he did not change his attitude towards the
Indians, was
1. Lord Chelmsford
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Curzon
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Question No.: 87
• Vande Mataram was first published in
1. Anand Math
2. Gitanjali
3. Kesari
4. Harijan
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Question No.: 88
• What was the name of the periodical
published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay
in South Africa?
1. Afrikaner
2. Indian Opinion
3. Lord Indian Opinion
4. Navjivan
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Question No.: 89
• The Home Rule Movement in India was
started by
1. S.N. Banerjee and W.C. Banerjee
2. Annie Besant and Gokhale
3. Mahatma Gandhi and Motilal Nehru
4. Annie Besant and Tilak
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Question No.: 90
• Which of the following was an empire
Communist journal of M.N. Roy?
1. Kishan Sabha
2. Vanguard
3. The Worker
4. Anushilan
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Question No.: 91
• Who among the following was the leader of
the moderates?
1. B.G. Tilak
2. Annie Besant
3. C.F. Andrews
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Question No.: 92
• The office of the Secretary of State for India
was created by the
1. Morley - Minto Reforms, 1908
2. Montague- Chelmsford Reforms
3. Indian Councils Act, 1861
4. Government of India Act, 1858
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Question No.: 93
• What was the chief characteristic of
Government of India Act, 1935?
1. Unitary Government at Centre
2. None of these
3. Interim Indian Government at Centre
4. Federal Government at Centre
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Question No.: 94
• Whom did Mahatma Gandhi describe as pure
as crystal, as brave as a lion and the most
perfect man in the political field?
1. B.G. Tilak
2. Motilal Nehru
3. C.R. Das
4. G.K. Gokhale
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Question No.: 95
• Which of the following statements regarding
Quit India Movement is correct?
1. The movement paved the way for British
seriously considering granting freedom to
India.
2. The Muslims did not participate in the
movement.
3. It was entirely a non-violent movement.
4. The upper middle class did not show interest
in this movement.
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Question No.: 96
• The greatest evil that arose out of British
policies with regard to Indian agriculture, was
the
1. Emergence of the money lenders
2. None of these
3. Transformation of the peasant cultivators
into tenants at will.
4. Improverishment of the peasantry
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Question No.: 97
• Which Governor General abolished the system
of dual government established by Robert
Clive and established the Company's control
over Bengal?
1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord Wellesley
3. Sir Charles Metacalfe
4. Lord Cornwallis
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Question No.: 98
• Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. Pararthana Samaj : Dayanand Saraswati
2. Brahmo Samaj : Jyotiba Phule
3. Satya Shodhak Mandal : Keshab Chandra Sen
4. Sri Narayan Dharma Paripalana Yogam :
Narayana Guru
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Question No.: 99
• Lala Lajpat Rai was assulted by the British
during
1. The protest against the Simon Commision
2. The First war of Indian Independence
3. The salt Satyagraha
4. The Civil Disobedience Movement
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• The song Jana-Gana-Mana composed by
Rabindranath Tagore, was first published in
January 1912 under the title of
1. None of these
2. Rashtra Jagrati
3. Bharat Vidhata
4. Tatva Bodhini
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• Which of the following is not a form of
Gandhian Satyagraha?
1. Civil Disobedience
2. Hijrat
3. Hunger strike
4. Non - Cooperation
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• The famous song Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
was sung during Dandi march by the renowed
musician
1. Mallikarjun Mansur
2. Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
3. Onkar Nath Thakur
4. Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
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• The Home Rule Movement started by Annie
Besant aimed at
1. Boycotting foreign goods
2. Attaining self rule for India
3. Educating the Indian masses
4. Agitating against the British monopoly in
administration
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• Which of the following revolutionary leaders
organised an attack on the armoury of
Chittagong?
1. Surya Sen
2. Jatin Das
3. C.R. Das
4. Chandrashekhar Azad
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• The Prime Minister of Britain at the time of
India's independence was
1. Ramsay Macdonald
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Clement Attlee
4. Wintson Churchill
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• British merchants were willing to invest in
railways and mines but not in cotton textiles
industry. The reason was
1. Competition from the Indians
2. None of these
3. Lack of Technology
4. Lack of raw material
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• Cripps Mission aimed at
1. Giving proportional representation to the
Muslims under the framework of the new
Constitution
2. A compromise between Congress demand of
united India and Muslim League's demand for a
partitioned India.
3. Giving complete independence to united India.
4. Widening the gulf between the Congress and
the Muslim League
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• The Revolt of 1857 affected Several town in
Bihar. Which of the following entries gives the
correct sequence of the outbreak of the revolt
in different towns of Bihar?
1. Jagdishpur, Patna, Rohini, Muzaffarpur
2. Rohini, Patna, Muzaffarpur, Jagdishpur
3. Muzaffarpur, Patna, Jagdishpur, Rohini
4. Patna, Muzaffarpur, Rohini, Jagdishpur
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• The first Governor - General of Bengal was
1. Lord Clive
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord Wellesley
4. Lord Cornwallis
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• Who declared: The only hope for India is from
the masses. The upper classes are physically
and morally dead?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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• Which of the following is not a provision of the
Charter Act of 1853?
1. Governor General was given the power to veto
the bills passed by the Legislative Council.
2. A provision was made for an open competitive
examination for recruitment to Indian Civil
Services
3. None of these
4. Under third Act, a legislative Council for India
was created.
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• Who said the following of the Indian National
Congress:A safety valve for the escape of great
and growing forces generated by our own
actions was urgently needed?
1. A.O. Hume
2. Annie Besant
3. Lord Curzon
4. Lord Rippon
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• Whom did Lord Wavell invite to make
proposal for formation of an interim
government?
1. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. M.A. Jinnah
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• Why were the Indians dissatified with the
Simon Commission?
1. It recommended that Dyarchy in the
provinces should be abolished.
2. There was no Indian member in the
Commission.
3. Indians never wanted the review of the
working of the Act of 1919.
4. None of these
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• Who was responsible for the introduction of
English as the official language in India?
1. Lord William Bentick
2. Marquess of Dalhousie
3. Allan Octavian Hume
4. Sir Charles Wood
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• Which of the following institutions was not
founded by Mahatma Gandhi?
1. Phoenix Ashram
2. Sevagram Ashram
3. Sabarmati Ashram
4. Vishwa Bharati
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• The major difference between the moderates
and the extremists in the Congress session of
1907 was regarding
1. Satyagraha
2. Education
3. Swaraj
4. Boycott
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• Who was known as the Liberator of the Press?
1. Bentick
2. Hastings
3. Macaulay
4. Metcalfe
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• Which school of religion started in 1867, was
basically anti-British?
1. Deoband
2. Wahabi
3. Farazi
4. Aligarh
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• According to Mountbatten Plan, which of the
following provinces was not to be included in
the Indian dominion?
1. Bihar
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. Sind
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• The author of Hind Swaraj was
1. M.K. Gandhi
2. V.D. Savarkar
3. Swami Sharddhanand
4. B.G. Tilak
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• King George V visited India during the
viceroyalty of
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Reading
3. Lord Rippon
4. Lord Hardinge
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• Who after the Constitutional deadlock due to
the Quit India Movement, gave the call - Back
of Cripps?
1. C. Rajagopalachari
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Rajendra Prasad
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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• Who founded the Indian National Social
Congress in 1887?
1. B.G. Tilak
2. G.K. Gokhale
3. M.G. Ranade
4. Ram Prasad Bismil
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• Who was named as Mira Behn by Mahatma
Gandhi?
1. Annie Besant
2. Kamla Devi
3. Maria Montessouri
4. Madeline Slade
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• By which law did the British Crown take over
the power to rule over India from the East
India Company?
1. Magna Carta of Rights
2. Indian Councils Act, 1861
3. None of these
4. Ilbert Bill
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• Who among the following was not associated
with Home Rule Movement?
1. Annie Besant
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. M.A. Jinnah
4. Bipin Chandra Pal
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• Who among the following was not one of the
revolutionaries abroad who added a new
dimension to our struggle for freedom?
1. Chidambaran Pillai
2. Raja Mahendra Pratap
3. Raja Mahendra Pratap
4. Maulana Barkatullah
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• Who among the following characterised the
Revolt of 1857 as a conspiracy?
1. G.B. Malleson
2. T.R. Holmes
3. Sir John Kaye
4. Sir Lawrence
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• In whose regime during the British period was
Samachar Darpan the first vernacular paper,
published?
1. Marquess of Hastings
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Minto
4. Lord William Bentick
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• Non-Cooperation Movement was passed in
which session of Indian National Congress?
1. Kanpur
2. Bombay
3. Nagpur
4. Calcutta
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• Who commented that Cripps Mission was a
post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Subhash Chandra Bose
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• Mahatma Gandhi gave the call Do or Die
during the
1. Quit India Movement
2. Khilafat Movement
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Non-cooperation Movement
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• Who introduced the system of Civil Services?
1. Lord Hardinge
2. Warren Hastings
3. William Bentick
4. Lord Dalhousie
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• Lala Lajpat Rai did not write in
1. English
2. Hindi
3. Urdu
4. Punjabi
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• All the three Round Table Conferences were
held in
1. London
2. Calcutta
3. Manchester
4. Bombay
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• According to the Poona Pact signed in 1932,
1. Hindus and Muslims patched up their
differences
2. None of these
3. The strategy for elections was made
4. A joint electorate for the Scheduled castes
with the Hindus was suggested
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• Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during
the Champaran struggle included
1. Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha
2. Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel
3. Vallabh bhai Patel and Vinobha Bhave
4. Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
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• Who amongst the following Englishmen was
fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
1. None of these
2. C.F. Andrews
3. Polak
4. Peterson
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• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the
city of
1. Bombay
2. Lahore
3. Hyderabad
4. Amritsar
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• The first Bengali political drama which
presented the story of the brutality of English
indigo planters was
1. Neel Darpan
2. Rast Goftar
3. Shome Prakash
4. Indian Social Reformer
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• The Dual Government introduced by Robert
Clive in Bengal was a failure because
1. He was not a good administrator
2. Local people rose against Clive
3. Power was divorced from responsibility
4. The home government did not encourage it
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• The first Indian university opened in 1857 was
in
1. Banaras
2. Calcutta
3. Bombay
4. Madras
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• Sharada Act deals with
1. Intercaste marriage
2. Child Marriage
3. Polygamy
4. Widow remarriage
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• Who was the Governor-General when the
Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out?
1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Canning
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Ripon
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• What is not ahimsa according to Gandhiji?
1. It is tolerating the wrong.
2. It is truth.
3. It is a positive state of love.
4. It is doing good even to the evil doer.
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• The Indian National Congress represented the
views of the microscopic minority in India.
This contention was maintained by
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Dufferin
3. Lord Lansdowne
4. Lord Ripon
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• Which one of the following was the most
immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi
and boycott of foreign goods during the first
decade of the present century?
1. Curzon's Partition of Bengal
2. Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity
of the Indian National Congress
3. Curzon's design to curtail the sphere of local
self government
4. Curzon's attempt to control the universities
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• The Quit India Movement started at
1. Lahore on July 7, 1942
2. Bombay on Aug 8, 1942
3. Wardha on Aug 7, 1942
4. Delhi on Aug 15, 1942
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• Who among the following was the leader of a
number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
1. Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
2. Utirat Singh
3. Surendra Sai
4. Kattabomman
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Question No.: 1
• Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
4. Jayaprakash Narayan
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Question No.: 2
• Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. New India - M.K. Gandhi
2. Young India - Annie Besant
3. Yugantar - Aurobindo Ghosh
4. Kesari - B.G. Tilak
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Question No.: 3
• Who was called by the British rulers as the
leader of Indian unrest?
1. Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. M.K. Gandhi
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Question No.: 4
• Who gave the motto Back to the Vedas?
1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2. Ramkrishna Paramhansa
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Question No.: 5
• The most effective contribution made by
Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of Indian National
Movement was that he
1. Brought the problems of Indians to the notice of
the British
2. Stressed the need for eradication of all the social
evils before anything else.
3. Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and
restored the self - confidence of Indians.
4. Exposed the economic exploitation of India by
the British
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Question No.: 6
• Muslim League first demanded partition of
India in
1. 1916
2. 1940
3. 1946
4. 1906
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Question No.: 7
• Which of the following was not founded by Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar?
1. Samaj Samata Sangh
2. Peoples Education Society
3. Depressed Classes Institute
4. Deccan Education Society
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Question No.: 8
• Which of the following was a
recommendation of Hunter's Commission ?
1. Women's education
2. Introduction of civic education at college
university level
3. New regulation for the organized senates
system
4. Gradual withdrawal of state support from
higher education
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Question No.: 9
• Who amongst the following is associated with
the Local Self-Government Act?
1. William Bentick
2. Ripon
3. Dalhousie
4. Cornwallis
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Question No.: 10
• Who advocated the policy of abolishing
princely states in free India?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. C.Rajagopalachari
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Vallabhbhai Patel
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Question No.: 11
• Which of the following was a continous
movement based on the philosophy of
Gandhiji, and not a specific movement?
1. Quit India Movement
2. Swadeshi Movement
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Non-Cooperation Movement
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Question No.: 12
• Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was
passed during the Viceroyalty of
1. Lansdowne
2. Ripon
3. Curzon
4. Minto
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Question No.: 13
• Who was the Chairman of Boundary
Commission to define the boundries of the
dominions under the Indian Independence Act
of 1947?
1. Stafford Cripps
2. Cyril Radcliffe
3. Lord Mountbatten
4. Lord Wavell
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Question No.: 14
• Which of the following is the most significant
contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to
modern India?
1. His Presidentship of Indian National Congress
2. His participating in Quit India Movement
3. His role in Non-Cooperation Movement
4. His achievement of integration of princely
states
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Question No.: 15
• The Chauri-Chaura incident (during NonCooperation Movement) relates to
1. Large scale looting of government property
by Congress workers
2. A major offensive by underground
revolutionaries
3. Massive police firing on unarmed Satyagrahis
4. The burning of a police post by a mob
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Question No.: 16
• Who among the following is known as the
Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement?
1. Suchitra Kriplani
2. Aruna Asaf Ali
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Dr. Annie Besant
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Question No.: 17
• Who amongst the following was involved in
the Alipore Bomb case?
1. S.N. Banerjea
2. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Aurobindo Ghosh
4. Jatin Das
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85
9/5/2014
Question No.: 18
• Who was the first European to translate the
Bhagwad Gita into English ?
1. Sir Alexander Cunningham
2. William Jones
3. Charles Wilkins
4. James Prinsep
9/5/2014
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Question No.: 19
• Which of the following universities was not
established by Lord Dalhousie?
1. Calcutta
2. Bombay
3. Delhi
4. Madras
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86
9/5/2014
Question No.: 20
• Who said, I therefore want freedom
immediately, this very night, before dawn if it
can be had?
1. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3. Annie Besant
4. Mahatma Gandhi
9/5/2014
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Question No.: 21
• Who was the first Indian to pass the Indian
Civil Service?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. D.N. Wacha
4. Dadabhai Naoroji
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87
9/5/2014
Question No.: 22
• The title Punjab Kesari was conferred on
1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2. Ranjit Singh
3. Sardar Baldev Singh
4. Bhagat Singh
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Question No.: 23
• Seeds of Indian participating in the Legislative
Council of the Governor General of India are
embodied in the
1. Indian Councils Act, 1892
2. Indian Councils Act, 1861
3. Government of India Act, 1919
4. Indian Councils Act, 1909
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88
9/5/2014
Question No.: 24
• The theory of economic drain of India during
British imperialism was propounded by
1. R.C. Dutt
2. M.K. Gandhi
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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176
Question No.: 25
• Which one of the following upheavals took
place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt
of 1857?
1. Indigo Disturbances
2. Sanyasi Rebellion
3. Patna Disturbances
4. Santal Rebellion
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89
9/5/2014
Question No.: 26
• The affairs of East India Company came into
the hands of the British Crown under
1. Regulating Act
2. Pitt's India Act
3. Govt. of India Act
4. Cabinet Mission Plan
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
178
Question No.: 27
• Theosophist, educationist and Indian national
leader. This description fits
1. Srinivasa Shastri
2. Annie Besant
3. Shyama Prasad Mookherji
4. Madan Mohan Malviya
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iQue / GK-CA
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90
9/5/2014
Question No.: 28
• Who was the leader of Poona Sarvajanik
Sabha founded in 1870?
1. Justice Ranade
2. S.N. Banerjee
3. Ferozeshah Mehta
4. K.T. Telang
9/5/2014
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180
Question No.: 29
• The Forward Bloc was formed by
1. B.R. Ambedkar
2. P.C. Joshi
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Acharya Narendra Dev
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91
9/5/2014
Question No.: 30
• The Supreme court in British India was
established under
1. The Charter Act of 1813
2. Regulating Act of 1773
3. The Charter Act of 1833
4. Pitt's India Act of 1784
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182
Question No.: 31
• Arya Samaj was started by
1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Swami Vivekananda
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92
9/5/2014
Question No.: 32
• The first to start a joint stock company trade
with India were the
1. Danish
2. Dutch
3. Portuguese
4. French
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
184
Question No.: 33
• Who among the following was associated with
the Home Rule Movement from Madras in
1922?
1. C. Rajagopalachari
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. T. Prakasham
4. Annie Besant
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93
9/5/2014
Question No.: 34
• Non Cooperation Movement started in :
1. 1870
2. 1921
3. 1942
4. 1920
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Question No.: 35
• The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was made between
1. The Hindus and the Muslims
2. The Congress and the Muslim League
3. The moderates and extremists
4. The British and the Indians
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94
9/5/2014
Question No.: 36
• The year 1943 is important because
1. World War II ended.
2. Quit India Resolution was passed.
3. Azad Hind Fauj was formed.
4. Dandi March was organised by Mahatma
Gandhi
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188
Question No.: 37
• Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India?
1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. C. Rajagopalachari
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95
9/5/2014
Question No.: 38
• Which one of the following is not correctly
matched?
1. Lord Rippon-Local Self Government
2. Thomas Munro-Ryotwari System
3. Holt Mackenzie-Mahalwari Settlement in
Northern India
4. Lord Cornwallis-Subsidiary System
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
190
Question No.: 39
• Legalisation of widow remarriage in India was
first secured by
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2. Pandit Ramabai
3. Maharishi Karve
4. K. Natarajan
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iQue / GK-CA
191
96
9/5/2014
Question No.: 40
• In 1917, at Champaran, the government
forced farmers to undertake
1. Opium cultivation
2. Indigo cultivation
3. Land ceiling
4. Hallow cultivation
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
192
Question No.: 41
• The Simon Commission was concerned with
1. Famines
2. Higher education
3. Constitutional reforms
4. Reforms in princely states
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97
9/5/2014
Question No.: 42
• The first national leader to attack the Salt Tax
in Indian Legislature was
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Pherozeshah Mehta
4. G.K. Gokhale
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Question No.: 43
• From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his
historic Dandi March?
1. Chauri Chaura
2. Sabarmati Ashram
3. Dandi
4. Champaran
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98
9/5/2014
Question No.: 44
• The first railway started in India under the
Governor-Generalship of
1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Canning
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. Lord Hastings
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
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Question No.: 45
• Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in
1919 in protest against the
1. Simon Commission
2. Champaran wrongs
3. Colonial exploitation of India
4. Enactment of Rowlatt Act
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iQue / GK-CA
197
99
9/5/2014
Question No.: 46
• The English Weekly edited by Mahatma
Gandhi was
1. Young India
2. Kesari
3. Bombay Chronicle
4. Comrade
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Question No.: 47
• Indian sepoys in the Bengal army revolted
because
1. The British tried to make them use the
greased catridges
2. The British passed the General Service
Enlistment Act.
3. The British officers ill-treated them.
4. The British discontinued the payment of field
allowance.
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100
9/5/2014
Question No.: 48
• Who was the founder of the Muslim League in
India?
1. Nawab Salimulla
2. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
3. None of these
4. M.A. Jinnah
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Question No.: 49
• Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the
weapon of Satyagraha?
1. South Africa
2. Champaran
3. Dandi
4. Bardoli
9/5/2014
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101
9/5/2014
Question No.: 50
• Uplift of the backward classes was the main
programme of the
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Arya Samaj
3. Ramakrishna Mission
4. Satyashodhak Samaj
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202
Question No.: 51
• The first main British Parliament Act regarding
East India Company's administration in India
was
1. Rowlatt Act
2. Charter Act of 1913
3. Pitts India Act
4. Regulation Act
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
203
102
9/5/2014
Question No.: 52
• The British Governor General, who formulated
the policy of Subsidiary Alliance with regard to
Indian powers was
1. Lord Wellesley
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord William Bentick
4. Lord Dalhousie
9/5/2014
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204
Question No.: 53
• The Indian states that were annexed by
invoking the Doctrine of Lapse included
1. Mysore, Satara and Bhavnagar
2. Jhansi, Nagpur and Travancore
3. Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara
4. Jhansi, Satara and Mysore
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205
103
9/5/2014
Question No.: 54
• The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides
Movement in India was
1. Robert Montgomery
2. Charles Andrews
3. Baden Powell
4. Richard Temple
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
206
Question No.: 55
• Who among the following could not be
captured by the British in 1857?
1. Nana Saheb
2. Bahadur Shah II
3. Tantia Tope
4. Mangal Pandey
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iQue / GK-CA
207
104
9/5/2014
Question No.: 56
• The British law which provoked Mahatma
Gandhi to crusade for the Asians in South
Africa was called
1. The Apartheid Act
2. The Blacks Registration Act
3. The Asiatic Registration Act
4. The Coloured's Licence Act
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
208
Question No.: 57
• The practice of Sati was declared illegal by
1. Lord Ripon
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Raja Rammohan Roy
4. Lord William Bentick
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
209
105
9/5/2014
Question No.: 58
• The Congress split into moderates and
extremists in the session at
1. Surat
2. Ahmedabad
3. Lucknow
4. Madras
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
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Question No.: 59
• Permanent Revenue System of Lord Cornwallis
proved oppressive to the tenants because
they were
1. Asked to pay under military pressure
2. Exploited by the zamindars
3. Forced to produce more
4. Asked to pay yearly revenue in advance
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iQue / GK-CA
211
106
9/5/2014
Question No.: 60
• The Rowlatt Act led to
1. Economic reforms in U.P.
2. Communal riots in Bengal
3. Massacre at Amritsar
4. Social legislation in Madras
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
212
Question No.: 61
• The first session of Indian National Congress
was held at
1. Surat
2. Calcutta
3. Lahore
4. Bombay
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107
9/5/2014
Question No.: 62
• Quit India Movement started after the failure
of
1. Cripps proposal
2. None of these
3. Simon recommendation
4. Cabinet Mission
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Question No.: 63
• During the British rule, first partition of Bengal
was done in
1. 1903
2. 1905
3. 1908
4. 1885
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108
9/5/2014
Question No.: 64
• Who was the first Indian to become the
member of British Parliament?
1. D.N. Wacha
2. Badruddin Tyabji
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. W.C. Banerjee
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
216
Question No.: 65
• Who was the Governor General of India when
the Indian National Congress was formed?
1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord Mountbatten
4. Lord Dufferin
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
217
109
9/5/2014
Question No.: 66
• Vallabhbhai Patel was born at
1. Borsad
2. Ahmedabad
3. Nadiad
4. Baroda
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218
Question No.: 67
• Satyagraha Ashram was established by who
among the following?
1. Lokanayak Jayaprakash Narayan
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
4. Acharya Kripalani
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iQue / GK-CA
219
110
9/5/2014
Question No.: 68
• Which was the first newspaper to be
published in India?
1. Bengal Chronicle
2. Bengal Gazette
3. The Hindu
4. Bombay Samachar
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
220
Question No.: 69
• Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?
1. Mohd. Ali Jinnah
2. Chowdhary Rahmat Ali
3. H.S. Suharwardhy
4. Asaf Ali
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
221
111
9/5/2014
Question No.: 70
• The Gandhi - Irwin Pact proclaimed the
suspension of
1. Dandi March
2. None of these
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Non Cooperation Movement
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Question No.: 71
• The importance of Gandhiji's NonCooperation Movement was that
1. It showed the ability and the willingness of
the people in general to endure.
2. None of these
3. Non-violence was employed for the first
time as an effective weapon of mass
movement.
4. It was a great movement on a large scale.
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112
9/5/2014
Question No.: 72
• Luckhnow Pact of 1916 is significant in the
history of Indian National Movement because
1. None of these
2. It ended separate electorates for Hindus and
Muslims
3. It decide India's non participating in World
War I.
4. Both the groups of Congress men settled
their disputes
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
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Question No.: 73
• The title of Governor - General was changed
to that of Viceroy in the year
1. 1905 A.D.
2. 1858 A.D.
3. 1917 A.D.
4. 1885 A.D
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225
113
9/5/2014
Question No.: 74
• Who among the following first propounded
the idea of basic education?
1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Dayanand Saraswati
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
226
Question No.: 75
• General Dyer who was responsible for
Jallianwala Bagh massacre was shot dead by
1. Udham Singh
2. Sohan Singh Bhakna
3. Hasrat Mohani
4. V.V.S. Iyer
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227
114
9/5/2014
Question No.: 76
• In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil
Disobedience Movement from
1. Sabarmati
2. Wardha
3. Dandi
4. Sevagram
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Question No.: 77
• The immediate cause for precipitation of the
Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was
1. Disparity in salaries of native sepoys and
British soldiers
2. The rumour of use of catridges greased with
cow fat
3. Spread of Christianity
4. Doctrine of Lapse
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115
9/5/2014
Question No.: 78
• Before Delhi, where was the capital of India
during the British India?
1. Lucknow
2. Bombay
3. Patna
4. Calcutta
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Question No.: 79
• What did Gandhiji do to practise the ideals of
truth and non-violence in 1916 ?
1. He started an all-India Satyagrahs.
2. He founded Sabarmati Ashram near
Ahmedabad
3. He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeeth
4. He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeeth
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116
9/5/2014
Question No.: 80
• The Indian National Congress adopted the
resolution of Poorna Swaraj (complete
independence) at its session held at
1. Calcutta
2. Karachi
3. Allahabad
4. Lahore
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iQue / GK-CA
232
Question No.:81
• Who among the following was a prominent
officer of the Azad Hind Fauj?
1. Shah Nawaz Khan
2. Aruna Asaf Ali
3. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4. DR. M.A. Ansari
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233
117
9/5/2014
Question No.: 82
• Which of the following statements is not
correct?
1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the
Arya Samaj.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhinagar.
3. Dr. Annie Besant was a theosophist
4. The international headquarter of the
Theosophical Society is in Madras.
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Question No.: 83
• After 1853, a very large amount of the British
capital was invested in
1. Coal mining
2. Railways
3. Tea plantation
4. Jute mills
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iQue / GK-CA
235
118
9/5/2014
Question No.: 84
• Which of the following was written by Raja
Rammohan Roy?
1. Tuhfatul Muwahiddin
2. Mother India
3. Kiratarjuniya
4. Brahma Samhita
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
236
Question No.: 85
• The split between the extremists and the
moderates took places in the sessions Indian
National Congress held at
1. Bombay
2. Calcutta
3. Surat
4. Lahore
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119
9/5/2014
Question No.: 86
• The Viceroy upon whom a bomb was thrown
but he did not change his attitude towards the
Indians, was
1. Lord Chelmsford
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Curzon
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
238
Question No.: 87
• Vande Mataram was first published in
1. Anand Math
2. Gitanjali
3. Kesari
4. Harijan
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120
9/5/2014
Question No.: 88
• What was the name of the periodical
published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay
in South Africa?
1. Afrikaner
2. Indian Opinion
3. Lord Indian Opinion
4. Navjivan
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
240
Question No.: 89
• The Home Rule Movement in India was
started by
1. S.N. Banerjee and W.C. Banerjee
2. Annie Besant and Gokhale
3. Mahatma Gandhi and Motilal Nehru
4. Annie Besant and Tilak
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241
121
9/5/2014
Question No.: 90
• Which of the following was an empire
Communist journal of M.N. Roy?
1. Kishan Sabha
2. Vanguard
3. The Worker
4. Anushilan
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
242
Question No.: 91
• Who among the following was the leader of
the moderates?
1. B.G. Tilak
2. Annie Besant
3. C.F. Andrews
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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122
9/5/2014
Question No.: 92
• The office of the Secretary of State for India
was created by the
1. Morley - Minto Reforms, 1908
2. Montague- Chelmsford Reforms
3. Indian Councils Act, 1861
4. Government of India Act, 1858
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iQue / GK-CA
244
Question No.: 93
• What was the chief characteristic of
Government of India Act, 1935?
1. Unitary Government at Centre
2. None of these
3. Interim Indian Government at Centre
4. Federal Government at Centre
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123
9/5/2014
Question No.: 94
• Whom did Mahatma Gandhi describe as pure
as crystal, as brave as a lion and the most
perfect man in the political field?
1. B.G. Tilak
2. Motilal Nehru
3. C.R. Das
4. G.K. Gokhale
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
246
Question No.: 95
• Which of the following statements regarding
Quit India Movement is correct?
1. The movement paved the way for British
seriously considering granting freedom to
India.
2. The Muslims did not participate in the
movement.
3. It was entirely a non-violent movement.
4. The upper middle class did not show interest
in this movement.
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124
9/5/2014
Question No.: 96
• The greatest evil that arose out of British
policies with regard to Indian agriculture, was
the
1. Emergence of the money lenders
2. None of these
3. Transformation of the peasant cultivators
into tenants at will.
4. Improverishment of the peasantry
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
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Question No.: 97
• Which Governor General abolished the system
of dual government established by Robert
Clive and established the Company's control
over Bengal?
1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord Wellesley
3. Sir Charles Metacalfe
4. Lord Cornwallis
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249
125
9/5/2014
Question No.: 98
• Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. Pararthana Samaj : Dayanand Saraswati
2. Brahmo Samaj : Jyotiba Phule
3. Satya Shodhak Mandal : Keshab Chandra Sen
4. Sri Narayan Dharma Paripalana Yogam :
Narayana Guru
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Question No.: 99
• Lala Lajpat Rai was assulted by the British
during
1. The protest against the Simon Commision
2. The First war of Indian Independence
3. The salt Satyagraha
4. The Civil Disobedience Movement
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126
9/5/2014
Question No.: 100
• The song Jana-Gana-Mana composed by
Rabindranath Tagore, was first published in
January 1912 under the title of
1. None of these
2. Rashtra Jagrati
3. Bharat Vidhata
4. Tatva Bodhini
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Question No.: 101
• Which of the following is not a form of
Gandhian Satyagraha?
1. Civil Disobedience
2. Hijrat
3. Hunger strike
4. Non - Cooperation
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127
9/5/2014
Question No.: 102
• The famous song Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
was sung during Dandi march by the renowed
musician
1. Mallikarjun Mansur
2. Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
3. Onkar Nath Thakur
4. Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
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iQue / GK-CA
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Question No.: 103
• The Home Rule Movement started by Annie
Besant aimed at
1. Boycotting foreign goods
2. Attaining self rule for India
3. Educating the Indian masses
4. Agitating against the British monopoly in
administration
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128
9/5/2014
Question No.: 104
• Which of the following revolutionary leaders
organised an attack on the armoury of
Chittagong?
1. Surya Sen
2. Jatin Das
3. C.R. Das
4. Chandrashekhar Azad
9/5/2014
iQue / GK-CA
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Question No.: 105
• The Prime Minister of Britain at the time of
India's independence was
1. Ramsay Macdonald
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Clement Attlee
4. Wintson Churchill
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129
9/5/2014
Question No.: 106
• British merchants were willing to invest in
railways and mines but not in cotton textiles
industry. The reason was
1. Competition from the Indians
2. None of these
3. Lack of Technology
4. Lack of raw material
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Question No.: 107
• Cripps Mission aimed at
1. Giving proportional representation to the
Muslims under the framework of the new
Constitution
2. A compromise between Congress demand of
united India and Muslim League's demand for a
partitioned India.
3. Giving complete independence to united India.
4. Widening the gulf between the Congress and
the Muslim League
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130
9/5/2014
Question No.: 108
• The Revolt of 1857 affected Several town in
Bihar. Which of the following entries gives the
correct sequence of the outbreak of the revolt
in different towns of Bihar?
1. Jagdishpur, Patna, Rohini, Muzaffarpur
2. Rohini, Patna, Muzaffarpur, Jagdishpur
3. Muzaffarpur, Patna, Jagdishpur, Rohini
4. Patna, Muzaffarpur, Rohini, Jagdishpur
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Question No.: 109
• The first Governor - General of Bengal was
1. Lord Clive
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord Wellesley
4. Lord Cornwallis
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Question No.: 110
• Who declared: The only hope for India is from
the masses. The upper classes are physically
and morally dead?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Question No.: 111
• Which of the following is not a provision of the
Charter Act of 1853?
1. Governor General was given the power to veto
the bills passed by the Legislative Council.
2. A provision was made for an open competitive
examination for recruitment to Indian Civil
Services
3. None of these
4. Under third Act, a legislative Council for India
was created.
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Question No.: 112
• Who said the following of the Indian National
Congress:A safety valve for the escape of great
and growing forces generated by our own
actions was urgently needed?
1. A.O. Hume
2. Annie Besant
3. Lord Curzon
4. Lord Rippon
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Question No.: 113
• Whom did Lord Wavell invite to make
proposal for formation of an interim
government?
1. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. M.A. Jinnah
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133
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Question No.: 114
• Why were the Indians dissatified with the
Simon Commission?
1. It recommended that Dyarchy in the
provinces should be abolished.
2. There was no Indian member in the
Commission.
3. Indians never wanted the review of the
working of the Act of 1919.
4. None of these
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Question No.: 115
• Who was responsible for the introduction of
English as the official language in India?
1. Lord William Bentick
2. Marquess of Dalhousie
3. Allan Octavian Hume
4. Sir Charles Wood
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Question No.: 116
• Which of the following institutions was not
founded by Mahatma Gandhi?
1. Phoenix Ashram
2. Sevagram Ashram
3. Sabarmati Ashram
4. Vishwa Bharati
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Question No.: 117
• The major difference between the moderates
and the extremists in the Congress session of
1907 was regarding
1. Satyagraha
2. Education
3. Swaraj
4. Boycott
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Question No.: 118
• Who was known as the Liberator of the Press?
1. Bentick
2. Hastings
3. Macaulay
4. Metcalfe
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Question No.: 119
• Which school of religion started in 1867, was
basically anti-British?
1. Deoband
2. Wahabi
3. Farazi
4. Aligarh
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136
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Question No.: 120
• According to Mountbatten Plan, which of the
following provinces was not to be included in
the Indian dominion?
1. Bihar
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. Sind
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Question No.: 121
• The author of Hind Swaraj was
1. M.K. Gandhi
2. V.D. Savarkar
3. Swami Sharddhanand
4. B.G. Tilak
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9/5/2014
Question No.: 122
• King George V visited India during the
viceroyalty of
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Reading
3. Lord Rippon
4. Lord Hardinge
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Question No.: 123
• Who after the Constitutional deadlock due to
the Quit India Movement, gave the call - Back
of Cripps?
1. C. Rajagopalachari
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Rajendra Prasad
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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138
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Question No.: 124
• Who founded the Indian National Social
Congress in 1887?
1. B.G. Tilak
2. G.K. Gokhale
3. M.G. Ranade
4. Ram Prasad Bismil
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Question No.: 125
• Who was named as Mira Behn by Mahatma
Gandhi?
1. Annie Besant
2. Kamla Devi
3. Maria Montessouri
4. Madeline Slade
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Question No.: 126
• By which law did the British Crown take over
the power to rule over India from the East
India Company?
1. Magna Carta of Rights
2. Indian Councils Act, 1861
3. None of these
4. Ilbert Bill
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Question No.: 127
• Who among the following was not associated
with Home Rule Movement?
1. Annie Besant
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. M.A. Jinnah
4. Bipin Chandra Pal
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Question No.: 128
• Who among the following was not one of the
revolutionaries abroad who added a new
dimension to our struggle for freedom?
1. Chidambaran Pillai
2. Raja Mahendra Pratap
3. Raja Mahendra Pratap
4. Maulana Barkatullah
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Question No.: 129
• Who among the following characterised the
Revolt of 1857 as a conspiracy?
1. G.B. Malleson
2. T.R. Holmes
3. Sir John Kaye
4. Sir Lawrence
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Question No.: 130
• In whose regime during the British period was
Samachar Darpan the first vernacular paper,
published?
1. Marquess of Hastings
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Minto
4. Lord William Bentick
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Question No.: 131
• Non-Cooperation Movement was passed in
which session of Indian National Congress?
1. Kanpur
2. Bombay
3. Nagpur
4. Calcutta
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Question No.: 132
• Who commented that Cripps Mission was a
post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Subhash Chandra Bose
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Question No.: 133
• Mahatma Gandhi gave the call Do or Die
during the
1. Quit India Movement
2. Khilafat Movement
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Non-cooperation Movement
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143
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Question No.: 134
• Who introduced the system of Civil Services?
1. Lord Hardinge
2. Warren Hastings
3. William Bentick
4. Lord Dalhousie
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Question No.: 135
• Lala Lajpat Rai did not write in
1. English
2. Hindi
3. Urdu
4. Punjabi
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Question No.: 136
• All the three Round Table Conferences were
held in
1. London
2. Calcutta
3. Manchester
4. Bombay
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Question No.: 137
• According to the Poona Pact signed in 1932,
1. Hindus and Muslims patched up their
differences
2. None of these
3. The strategy for elections was made
4. A joint electorate for the Scheduled castes
with the Hindus was suggested
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Question No.: 138
• Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during
the Champaran struggle included
1. Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha
2. Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel
3. Vallabh bhai Patel and Vinobha Bhave
4. Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
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Question No.: 139
• Who amongst the following Englishmen was
fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
1. None of these
2. C.F. Andrews
3. Polak
4. Peterson
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Question No.: 140
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the
city of
1. Bombay
2. Lahore
3. Hyderabad
4. Amritsar
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Question No.: 141
• The first Bengali political drama which
presented the story of the brutality of English
indigo planters was
1. Neel Darpan
2. Rast Goftar
3. Shome Prakash
4. Indian Social Reformer
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147
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Question No.: 142
• The Dual Government introduced by Robert
Clive in Bengal was a failure because
1. He was not a good administrator
2. Local people rose against Clive
3. Power was divorced from responsibility
4. The home government did not encourage it
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Question No.: 143
• The first Indian university opened in 1857 was
in
1. Banaras
2. Calcutta
3. Bombay
4. Madras
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9/5/2014
Question No.: 144
• Sharada Act deals with
1. Intercaste marriage
2. Child Marriage
3. Polygamy
4. Widow remarriage
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Question No.: 145
• Who was the Governor-General when the
Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out?
1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Canning
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Ripon
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149
9/5/2014
Question No.: 146
• What is not ahimsa according to Gandhiji?
1. It is tolerating the wrong.
2. It is truth.
3. It is a positive state of love.
4. It is doing good even to the evil doer.
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Question No.: 147
• The Indian National Congress represented the
views of the microscopic minority in India.
This contention was maintained by
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Dufferin
3. Lord Lansdowne
4. Lord Ripon
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Question No.: 148
• Which one of the following was the most
immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi
and boycott of foreign goods during the first
decade of the present century?
1. Curzon's Partition of Bengal
2. Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity
of the Indian National Congress
3. Curzon's design to curtail the sphere of local
self government
4. Curzon's attempt to control the universities
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Question No.: 149
• The Quit India Movement started at
1. Lahore on July 7, 1942
2. Bombay on Aug 8, 1942
3. Wardha on Aug 7, 1942
4. Delhi on Aug 15, 1942
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Question No.: 150
• Who among the following was the leader of a
number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
1. Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
2. Utirat Singh
3. Surendra Sai
4. Kattabomman
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