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In which of the following Sessions of Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi said, "Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever"?

  1. Calcutta Session, 1928
  2. Lahore Session, 1929
  3. Madras Session, 1927
  4. Karachi Session, 1931
Modern Indian History

Select the correct chronological order of the following from the code given below:

1) Rowlatt Act
2) Simon Commission
3) Home Rule Movement
4) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Code:

  1. C,D,A,B
  2. D,B,A,C
  3. A,C,B,D
  4. C,A,B,D
Modern Indian History

Who was the National leader elected as the Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925?

  1. Motilal Nehru
  2. Vithalbhai Patel
  3. Vallabhbhai Patel
  4. CR Das
Modern Indian History

When Gandhiji was arrested during Salt Satyagraha who took his place as the leader of movement:

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Sardar Patel
  3. Abul Kalam Azad
  4. Abbas Tayabji
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following statements is not correct about Dadabhai Naoroji ?

  1. He was the first Indian to be appointed as professor of Mathematics and Physics at Elphinstone College, Bombay.
  2. He was elected as the member of British Parliament in 1892.
  3. He started a Gujarati Journal, 'Rast Goftar' .
  4. For four times he had presided over the Indian National Congress.
Modern Indian History

The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal Assent on:

  1. 18th July, 1947
  2. 19th July, 1947
  3. 20th July, 1947
  4. 21st July, 1947
Modern Indian History

Jyotiba Phule was associated with:

  1. Civil Disobedience Movement
  2. Trade Union Movement
  3. Anti-caste Movement
  4. Peasant Movement
Modern Indian History

Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

I. Appointment of Simon Commission
II. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
III. Mahatma Gandhi Dandi March
IV. Death of Ferozshah Mehta

  1. IV, II, I, III
  2. I, II, IV, III
  3. II, III, IV, I
  4. IV, III, II, I
Modern Indian History

In which year Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded "Servants of India Society"?

  1. 1902
  2. 1903
  3. 1904
  4. 1905
Modern Indian History

Where was the first Madarsa set up by the British in India?

  1. Madras
  2. Bombay
  3. Aligarh
  4. Calcutta
Modern Indian History

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre held on?

  1. 5 May, 1918
  2. 1 April, 1919
  3. 13 April, 1919
  4. 29 April, 1919
Modern Indian History

Indians were assured of many things in the declaration by Queen Victoria in 1858. Which among the following assurances was fulfilled by the British Government?

  1. Policy of annexation will be abandoned
  2. "Status quo" of the native rulers would be maintained
  3. Equal treatment would be given to all subjects, Indians and Europeans
  4. There would be no interference in the social and religious beliefs of the Indians
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Pandurang-Prarthana Samaj
  2. Dayanand-Arya Samaj
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy-Adi Brahmo Samaj
  4. Vivekanand-Ram Krishna Mission
Modern Indian History

Who addressed Gandhiji as ‘one man boundary force’?

  1. Churchill
  2. Attlee
  3. Mountbatten
  4. Simon
Modern Indian History

Arrange the following events in a chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

I. Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession.
II. Constitution of India was enforced.
III. Accession to India ratified by the Sovereign Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.
IV. New Constitution of the State of Jammu and Kashmir came into force.

Codes:

  1. I, III, IV, II
  2. III, IV, I, II
  3. I, II, III, IV
  4. IV, III, II, I
Modern Indian History

Consider:

Assertion (A): Nehru had no regard for the upanishads.
Reason (R): His attitude was scientific.

Now select your answer from the following code:
Code:

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. A is true but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
Modern Indian History

Arrange in chronological order the following events which occurred during post-independence period :

1. Liberation of Goa
2. Dalai Lama fled to India
3. Chou En-Lai visited India
4. India visit of Khrushchev and Bulganin

Select the correct answer from the codes given below-
Codes :

  1. 1, 3, 2, 4
  2. 2, 1, 4, 3
  3. 3, 4, 1, 2
  4. 4, 2, 3, 1
Modern Indian History

In which of the Indian Provinces the first Communist Government was established?

  1. Tamilnadu
  2. Andra Pradesh
  3. Kerala
  4. West Bengal
Modern Indian History

With reference to the E.V. Ramaswami Nayakar, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

(1) He participated in the Non - Cooperation Movement (September 1920 to February 1922).
(2) He left the congress in 1925.

Select the correct answer using the code given below—
Code -

  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Modern Indian History

Who wrote the famous book The Indian Struggle?

  1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Lajpat Rai
  4. Subhash Chandra Bose
Modern Indian History

The ‘Deepavali Declaration’ issued in the year 1929 was related to the:

  1. Communal problem
  2. Dominion status
  3. Labour leaders
  4. Untouchability
Modern Indian History

In which year was the 'Native Marriage Act' passed?

  1. 1870
  2. 1872
  3. 1874
  4. 1876
Modern Indian History

Who among the following British Officers lost their lives at Lucknow?

1. General John Nicholson
2. General Neill
3. Major General Havelock
4. Sir Henry Lawrence

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:

  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 1, 3 and 4
  3. 2, 3 and 4
  4. All the above
Modern Indian History

Who presided over the Benares Session of the Indian National Congress in 1905?

  1. Surendra Nath Banerji
  2. Pheroj Shah Mehta
  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  4. Dinshaw Wacha
Modern Indian History