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Ganpati festival in Maharashtra was started by:

  1. B. G. Tilak
  2. M. G. Ranade
  3. Bipin Chandra Pal
  4. Aurbindo Ghosh
Modern Indian History

Who was the founder of "Hindustan Socialist Democratic Union" ?

  1. Vyomesh Chandra, Gopen Chakravartee, Sachccndra Sanyal
  2. Gopen Chakravartec, Fancendra Banerjee, Dharncc Goswami
  3. Vyomcsh Chandra Banerjee, Ajay Ghosh, Sacheendra Sanyal
  4. Yalcendranath, Ajay Ghosli, Phanindranath Ghosh
Modern Indian History

The first Indian, elected for the British Parliament was?

  1. Rasbihari Bose
  2. Surendranath Banerjee
  3. Dadabhai Naoroj
  4. Vithalbhai Patel
Modern Indian History

Find the correct sequence of the following events from the codes given below:

1. Chauri Chaura episode
2. Suspension of noncooperation movement
3. Bardoli resolution

Codes:

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

The American publicist who was with Mahatma Gandhi during his "Quit India" movement was:

  1. Louis Fischer
  2. William L. Shiver
  3. Web Miller
  4. Negley Farson
Modern Indian History

MacDonald's Communal Award did not provide separate electorates and reserved seats in provincial legislatures to:

  1. Muslims
  2. Sikhs
  3. Scheduled Castes
  4. Buddhists
Modern Indian History

Which of the following is correctly matched

  1. Annie Besant - Young India
  2. Mahatma Gandhi - New India
  3. B.G. Tilak - Kesari
  4. Surendranath Banerjee - Maratha
Modern Indian History

'The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India' was written by:

  1. Partha Sarthi Gupta
  2. S. Gopal
  3. B.R. Nanda
  4. Bipin Chandra
Modern Indian History

Which of the following is not correct about the Home Rule League:

  1. The plan was first presented in 1914-15 by Annie Besant.
  2. The Home Rule League of Tilak was confined to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Provinces and Berar
  3. The Home Rule League founded by Tilak was much stronger
  4. Despite the differences between Tilak and Besant, both the leagues continued to exist
Modern Indian History

Who prepared "C.R. Formula" to remove the political deadlock between Muslim League and Indian National Congress?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Rajgopalachari
  3. Chittaranjan Das
  4. V.P. Menon
Modern Indian History

Who amongst the following revolutionaries refused to drink the given milk on the eve of his execution and said: "Now, I shall take my mother's milk only." ?

  1. Rajguru
  2. Ashfaqulla
  3. Ramprasad Bismil
  4. Bhagat Singh
Modern Indian History

Who was the first Indian to go to jail in performance of his duty as a journalist?

  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. Dadabhai Nauroji
  3. Motilal Ghosh
  4. Surendra Nath Banerjee
Modern Indian History

Read the following events connected with Indian National Movement and find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given below:

1) Cripps Mission
2) Cabinet Mission Plan
3) Quit India Movement
4) Wavell Plan

Code:

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

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List-I - List-II

(a) Annie Besant - 1. Home Rule Movement
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad - 2. Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru - 3. Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress, 1916
(d) Ambika Charan Majumdar - 4. Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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

Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed the Jury Act of 1826?

  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3. Mahadev Govind Ranade
  4. Rajnarayan Basu
Modern Indian History

Which of the following trials attracted world-wide publicity and drew sympathetic comments from Albert Einstein, H.G.Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in favour of the convicts?

  1. INA trial
  2. Lahore conspiracy case
  3. Meerut conspiracy case
  4. None of the above
Modern Indian History

In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, the word 'Swaraj' was uttered from the Congress platform for the first time ?

  1. Banaras Session, 1905
  2. Calcutta Session, 1906
  3. Surat Session, 1907
  4. None of the above
Modern Indian History

The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was:

  1. Calcutta Session, 1906
  2. Surat Session, 1907
  3. Calcutta Session, 1917
  4. Amritsar Session, 1919
Modern Indian History

Who among the following issued the "Communal Award"?

  1. Ramsay Mac Donald
  2. Stanley Baldwin
  3. Neville Chamberlain
  4. Winston Churchill
Modern Indian History

"The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions, while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise." Who made this statement?

  1. Cripps
  2. Curzon
  3. Dufferin
  4. Irwin
Modern Indian History

Put the following events in chronological order and choose your answer with the help of given code:

1) Formation of an interim Government
2) The arrival of the Cabinet Mission
3) Muslim League launches Direct Action
4) Jinnah's wrecking of the Shimla Conference

Codes:

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

Of the following events, which stands third in chronological order?

  1. Champaran Movement
  2. Non-co-operation Movement
  3. Quit India Movement
  4. Dandi March
Modern Indian History

Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was:

  1. Bandel
  2. Chinsura
  3. Hooghly
  4. Srirampur
Modern Indian History

The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was

  1. Abdul Kalam Azad
  2. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
  3. M.A. Ansari
  4. Badruddin Tyabji
Modern Indian History