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Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang:

  1. Haridas Swami
  2. Siva Dayal Saheb
  3. Siva Narayan Agnihotri
  4. Swami Sradhananda
Modern Indian History

The book entitled "Indian Struggle" on Indian National Movement was written by:

  1. Subhash Chandra Bose
  2. Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
  3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  4. None of the above
Modern Indian History

In which of the following years the Jatiya Sarkar was formed in the Midnapur district of Bengal?

  1. 1939
  2. 1940
  3. 1941
  4. 1942
Modern Indian History

Who formed the Radical Democratic Party in 1940 ?

  1. Indrasen
  2. M. N. Roy
  3. Somendranath Tagore
  4. Shachindranath Sanyal
Modern Indian History

The Gandhian Plan was expounded in 1944 by:

  1. N.R. Sarkar
  2. Kasturi Bhai Lal Bhai
  3. Jai Prakash Narayan
  4. Shriman Narayan Agarwal
Modern Indian History

Which of the following colleges was the first to be established?

  1. Hindu College, Calcutta
  2. Delhi College
  3. Mayo College
  4. Muslim Anglo-Oriental college
Modern Indian History

The institution of local self government got a fillip during the Viceroyalty of:

  1. Lord Mayo
  2. Lord Ripon
  3. Lord Dufferin
  4. Lord Curzon
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Who was selected as first Satyagrahi in Individual Satyagrah Movement by Mahatma Gandhi?

  1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  2. Sardar Patel
  3. Sarojini Naidu
  4. Vinoba Bhave
Modern Indian History

Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when it passed the "Quit India resolution"?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  3. Sardar Patel
  4. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
Modern Indian History

Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his 'knighthood* in protest to which one of the following?

  1. Rowlatt act
  2. Massacre at Jalliawala Bagh
  3. Simon Commission
  4. Cripps Mission
Modern Indian History

Assertion (A): Britain granted independence to India in 1947.
Reason (R): Britain was weakened in the World War II.

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
Codes:

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

Persian Weekly 'Miratul Akhbar' was Published by:

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai
  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  4. Maulana Shibli Nomani
Modern Indian History

The name of the periodical among the following published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa:

  1. Navjiwan
  2. India Gazette
  3. Afrikaner
  4. Indian Opinion
Modern Indian History

The National Leader who was elected President (Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925 was

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

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre – Freedom at Midnight
  2. Durga Das – India from Curzon to Nehru and After
  3. K.K. Aziz – The Man Who Divided India
  4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – India Wins Freedom
Modern Indian History

Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Educational Society?

  1. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
  2. M G Ranade
  3. V.G. Chibdonkar
  4. All of the above
Modern Indian History

Who defeated Marathas in the 3rd battle of Panipat?

  1. Afghans
  2. Britisher
  3. Mughals
  4. Rohillas
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Dandi march had been started?

  1. To support the salt law
  2. To break the salt law
  3. To support the Rawlatt Act
  4. To oppose the Rawlatt Act
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On 14th June, 1947, the resolution of the partition of India had been accepted in the Delhi session of Congress. The president of this session was-

  1. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. Acharya JB Kripalani
  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
Modern Indian History

By whom the "Quit India" resolution was moved in the Bombay Session of the Congress in the year 1942?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Narenda Deo
  3. Rajendra Prasad
  4. J.B. Kripalani
Modern Indian History

With reference to the civil administration in 1905, which of the following statement is/are correct ?

1) Lord Curzon decided to rearrange the provincial boundaries.
2) A new provonce was constituted called East Bengal and Assam.

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

Consider, the following events in the history- of India's freedom movement and select the correct chronological order from the codes given below:

1. Non-Co-operation Movement
2. Home Rule Movement
3. Quit India Movement
4. Civil Disobedience Movement

Codes:
A B C D

  1. 1 2 3 4
  2. 2 1 3 4
  3. 2 1 4 3
  4. 1 2 4 3
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Vande Mataram became the theme song of the Indian National Movement during

  1. Champaran Movement
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Non-Cooperation Movement
  4. Swadesh Movement
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Who had made Allahabad the emergency headquarters in 1857?

  1. Lord Canning
  2. Lord Cornwallis
  3. Lord Wellesley
  4. Lord William Bentinck
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