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Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Place Leadership

  1. Sambalpur-Surender Sahi
  2. Ganjam-Radhakrishna Dandsena
  3. Kashmir-Gulab Singh
  4. Lucknow-Liyaqat Ali
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following was the first to impose censorship of the Press?

  1. Wellesley
  2. Hastings
  3. John Adams
  4. Dalhousie
Modern Indian History

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

List  I List  II
A) The Story of My Deportation 1) Surendra Nath Banarji
B) Gita Rahasya 2) Maulana Abdul Kalam Aazad
C) A Nation In Making 3) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) India Wins Freedom 4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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

Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?

  1. Lord Cornwallis - Permanent Settlemen
  2. Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
  3. Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse
  4. Lord Canning – Masterly Inactivity
Modern Indian History

In which year did the National Congress opt for "Complete Independence" as its objective?

  1. 1919
  2. 1929
  3. 1933
  4. 1945
Modern Indian History

Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of:

  1. Tilak and Annie Besant
  2. Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
  3. Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
  4. Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal
Modern Indian History

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Hector Munro – Battle of Buxar
  2. Lord Hastings – Anglo Nepal War
  3. Lord Wellesley – Fourth Anglo Mysore War
  4. Lord Cornwallis – Third Anglo Maratha War
Modern Indian History

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

A. Hindu - 1. Dadabhai Nauroji
B. Sudharak - 2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Voice of India - 3. G.Subramaniya Iyer
D. Bengali - 4. Surendra Nath Banerjee

Code:
A B C D

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

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given here under:

Assertion (A): In the wake of Quit India Movement, the British and Muslims in their common hatred for the Congress came closer to each other.

Reason (R): Jinnah acted as a staunch ally of the British government and told Muslims to keep away from the Congress movement of 1942.

Code:

  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 but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following native States was a party to the "Stand-Still" Agreement?

  1. Hyderabad
  2. Jammu and Kashmir
  3. Junagarh
  4. Mysore
Modern Indian History

Arrange the following Plans is chronological order:

1. Cripps Plans
2. Cabinet Mission Plan
3. Mountbatten Plan
4. Wavell Plan

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

"The Swadeshbhmasni" was edited by

  1. C.V. Raman Pillai
  2. C.N. Mudaliar
  3. K. Ram Krishna Pillai
  4. C.R. Reddy
Modern Indian History

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

  1. Santhal 1855
  2. Kol 1831
  3. Khasi 1829
  4. Ahom 1815
Modern Indian History

Which of the following movements drew women out from the seclusion of home? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

A. Swadeshi Movement
B. Home Rule Movement
C. Non-Cooperation Movement
D. Civil Disobedience Movement

Codes:

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

Who of the following had presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress held at Lucknow in 1916?

  1. Annie Besant
  2. Lala Lajpat Rai
  3. Motilal Nehru
  4. A.C. Majumdar
Modern Indian History

Given below are two statements labelled as:

Assertion(A): The Congress boycotted the Simon Commission.
Reason(R): The Simon Commission did not have a single Indian member.

In the context of the above, which one of the following is correct.

  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, but (R) is false.
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Modern Indian History

After the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose, who was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Abul Kalam Azad
  2. Rajendra Prasad
  3. Pattabhi Sitarammaya
  4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Modern Indian History

Assertion (A): Britain made India free in 1947
Reason (R): Britain had become weak during the second World War

In the context of the above two statement which of the following is correct:

  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 but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
Modern Indian History

Who of the following first mooted the idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for an independent India:

  1. Swaraj Party in 1935
  2. Congress Party in 1936
  3. Muslim League in 1942
  4. All Parties Conference in 1946
Modern Indian History

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

A. Bharat Mitra - 1. Bengali
B. Rashtramata - 2. Gujarati
C. Prajamitra - 3. Hindi
D. Nayak - 4. Marathi

A B C D

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

Which of the following is not correctly matched ?(Event) (Year)

  1. Indian Navy Act - 1927
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement - 1930
  3. Second Round Table Conference - 1931
  4. The Communal Award - 1933
Modern Indian History

A large crowd gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar on April 13, 1919 to protest against the arrest of:

  1. Swami Shradhanand and Mazharul Haq
  2. Madan Mohan Malviya and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  3. Mahatma Gandhi and Abul Kalam Azad
  4. Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal
Modern Indian History

Ganpati Festival in Mahara-shtra was started by

  1. Bal Gangardhr Tilak
  2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  3. Aurobindo Ghosh
  4. Bipin Chandra Pal
Modern Indian History

Out of the following Viceroys of India in whose time, Indian Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code and Criminal Procedure Code were passed?

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