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Who among the following is associated with the policy of "Masterly Inactivity"?

  1. William Bentinck
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Mayo
  4. John Lawrence
Modern Indian History

The 'Young India' was started as a weekly by:

  1. The Home Rule Party
  2. The Extremist Party
  3. Ghadar Party
  4. Swaraj Party
Modern Indian History

Who among the following associated himself with the English weekly "Bande Mataram"?

  1. Aurbindo Ghosh
  2. Bipin Chandra Pal
  3. Subhas Chandra Bose
  4. Lokmanya Tilak
Modern Indian History

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I - List-II

I. Lord Dalhousie - A. Prohibition of Sati
II. Lord William Bentinck - B. Local Self Government
III. Lord Rippon - C. Division of Bengal
IV. Lord Curzon - D. Doctrine of Lapse

Code:
I II III IV

  1. DABC
  2. DBAC
  3. ABCD
  4. CABD
Modern Indian History

Consider:

Assertion (A): The First War of Independence in 1857 failed to secure freedom from the British Government.
Reason (R): The leadership of Bahadur Shah Zafar did not have popular support and most of the Indian rulers of important States shied away from the struggle.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

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

Which among the following places was the centre of the Gadkari rebellion?

  1. Bihar Sharif
  2. Kolhapur
  3. Surat
  4. Sylhet
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following paris is NOT correctly matched?

  1. Reimposition of Jizya - Farrukhsiya
  2. Capture of Muslipattam - Forde
  3. Prohibition of Sati act - Lord William Bentinck
  4. Supperssion of slavery - Malcolm
Modern Indian History

The first census of India during the British period was held during the tenure of:

  1. Lord Dufferin
  2. Lord Lytton
  3. Lord Mayo
  4. Lord Ripon
Modern Indian History

Which among the following organisations supported the Suddhi movement?

  1. Arya Samaj
  2. Brahma Samaj
  3. Deva Samaj
  4. Prarthana Samaj
Modern Indian History

Who of the following was entrusted with finance portfolio in the ministry formed in U.P. after the election of 1937?

  1. Govind Ballabh Pant
  2. Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
  3. Kailash Nath Katju
  4. Mohammed Ibrahim
Modern Indian History

With reference to the Treaty of "Aix-la-Chapelle - 1748" which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The First Carnatic War was ended.
2. The French got back Madras.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

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

Who among the following ran "Congress Radio" during the "Quit-India" movement?

  1. Aruna Asaf Ali
  2. Jai Prakash Narayan
  3. Usha Mehta
  4. None of the above
Modern Indian History

On November 1, 1858 Queen Victoria's Proclamation was read out at Allahabad by:

  1. Lord William Bentinck
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Burnham
  4. Sir Harcourt Butler
Modern Indian History

In which of the following places the Dutch established their trading centers in India?

  1. Nagapattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam
  2. Surat, Bharuch, Agra
  3. Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna
  4. All the above
Modern Indian History

Who of the following killed General Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre:

  1. Prithvi Singh Azad
  2. Sohan Singh Josh
  3. Udham Singh
  4. Sardar Kishan Singh
Modern Indian History

The book 'The Man Who Divided India' was written by

  1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  3. Rafiq Zakaria
  4. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. S.C. Bose : Indian Struggle
  2. Dadabhai Naoroji : Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
  3. Rajendra Prasad : India Divided
  4. Frank Moraes : India from Curzon to Nehru and After
Modern Indian History

The most decisive battle that led to the establishment of supremacy of the British in India was:

  1. The Battle of Plassey
  2. The battle of Buxar
  3. The battle of Wandiwash
  4. The third battle of Panipat
Modern Indian History

In 1918, the United Provinces Kisan Sabha was formed by which of the following leaders?

  1. Baba Ramchandra
  2. Indra Narayan Dwivedi
  3. Swami Sahjanand Saraswati
  4. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

  1. Jawahar Lal Nehru - Hind Swaraj
  2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - India Wins Freedom
  3. Subhash Chandra Bose - Indian Struggle
  4. Lala Lajpat Rai - Unhappy India
Modern Indian History

Who among the following was offered Membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris ?

  1. Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. Michael Madhusudan Dutta
  3. Raja Rammohan Roy
  4. Vivekanand
Modern Indian History

Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Newspaper) - List-II (Editors)

A. Hindu - 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Sudharak - 2. G.K. Gokhale
C. Voice of India - 3. G. Subramaniya lyer
D. Bengalee - 4. S.N. Banerjee

Code:
A B C D

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

Which of the following social reform organizations were founded in Maharashtra?

1. Yoga-Kshema Sabha
2. Sri Narayan Paripalan Sabha
3. Sarin Sabha

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

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 3
  3. 2 and 3
  4. None
Modern Indian History

The Indian Council Act of 1909 provided for

  1. Dyarchy
  2. Communal representation
  3. Federation
  4. Provincial autonomy
Modern Indian History