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The British journalist H.W. Nevinson was associated with:

  1. Non-Co-operation Movement
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Swadeshi Movement
  4. Quit India Movement
Modern Indian History

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

A. Non-cooperation Movement - 1. 1942
B. Civil Disobedience Movement - 2. 1937
C. Formation of Congress Ministries - 3. 1930
D. Quit India Movement - 4. 1920

Code:
A B C D

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

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

(A) First Carnatic War - (1) Ended by Treaty of Paris
(B) Third Carnatic War - (2) Britishers Lost
(C) Second Carnatic War - (3) Inconclusive War
(D) First Mysore War - (4) Ended by Treaty of Aix La Chapelle

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

Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act ?

  1. Lord Lytton
  2. Lord Ripon
  3. Lord Curzon
  4. Lord Hastings
Modern Indian History

Lord Macaulay is related-

  1. To the reform of the army
  2. With the end of Sati practice
  3. To English education
  4. To permanent settlement
Modern Indian History

Which three Indian states delayed accession to India even after other Princely states had joined India?

  1. Junagarh, Mysore, Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Junagarh, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir
  3. Udaipur, Kapurthala, Jammu and Kashmir
  4. Hyderabad, Udaipur, Travancore
Modern Indian History

Match the following:

A. India wins freedom - 1. Sunil Gavaskar
B. Runs and Ruins - 2. Abul Kalam Azad
C. Young India - 3. Mahatma Gandhi
D. New India 4. Annie Besant

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

When did Simon Commission visit India?

  1. 1927
  2. 1928
  3. 1929
  4. 1931
Modern Indian History

Who among the following was the chief architect of reconciliation between the Extremists and the Moderates?

  1. Annie Beasant
  2. M.A. Jinnah
  3. Madam Cama
  4. Pheroz Shah Mehta
Modern Indian History

The Ghadar Movement was founded by:

  1. Ajit Singh
  2. Lala Hansraj
  3. Lala Hardayal
  4. Sohan Singh Bhakna
Modern Indian History

The first attempt of Indians to measure national income:

  1. By William Digby
  2. By Dadabhai Naoroji
  3. By MG Ranade
  4. By VKRV Rao
Modern Indian History

Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten plan.
Reason (R): It believed in two nation theory.

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

  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 is not correctly matched?

  1. Bhagat Singh : The Indian Sociologist
  2. Sachindranath Sanyal : Bandi Jivan
  3. Lala Ramsaran : Das The Dreamland
  4. Bhagawati Charan Vohra : The Philosophy of Bomb
Modern Indian History

Who of the following had called Subhash Chandra Bose as "Desh Nayak"?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Ram Manohar Lohia
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Modern Indian History

The name of the periodical published by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa was:

  1. Navjivan
  2. Harijan
  3. Indian Opinion
  4. African News
Modern Indian History

In the 1930s, peasant movements were stared in different parts of the country at the instance of various leaders. Match them with their respective areas of influence.

A. Sahajanand Saraswati - 1. Hyderabad
B. Khudai Khidmatgars - 2. Southern Assam
C. Swami Ramanand - 3. Bihar
D. Abdual Hamid Khan - 4. NWFP

Code:
A B C D

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

Alexanders success in India was due to:

1. There was no central power in India
2. He had a superior army
3. He received help from the traitorous Indian rulers
4. He was a good administrator

Select your answer from the following code:
Codes:

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1, 2 and 3
  3. 2, 3 and 4
  4. All of these
Modern Indian History

The first war of Independence (1857) started from:

  1. Calcutta
  2. Delhi
  3. Jhansi
  4. Meerut
Modern Indian History

Khilafat Swaraj Party was formed by:

  1. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Subhash Chandra Bose
  3. C.R. Das and Moti Lal Nehru
  4. B.R. Ambedkar
Modern Indian History

The first Trade Union was founded in India in the year 1918 by-

  1. N. M. Joshi
  2. B. P. Wadia
  3. V. V. Giri
  4. S. A. Dange
Modern Indian History

Which one of the following was not the language in which "The Indian Opinion" paper was published?

  1. English
  2. Gujarati
  3. Tamil
  4. Urdu
Modern Indian History

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): In 1946, the Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Reason (R): The Muslim League joined the interim government formed in 1946.

Select the correct answer from the codes 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, but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true
Modern Indian History

Who among the following was the leader of the revolt during 1857 at Bareilly?

  1. Khan Bahadur
  2. Kunwar Singh
  3. Maulvi Ahmad Shah
  4. Birjis Qadir
Modern Indian History

Who was the founder of servants of India society?

  1. Madan Mohan Malviya
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Justice Ranade
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Modern Indian History