RL MOD IND 2 Flashcards by Pappu Roy

●The state where the Indian National Congress couldnot attain absolute majority in the generalelections of 1937 was:—

Assam

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●Under which act was dyarchy implemented inprovinces/states of India?—

1919 Act

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●The Quit India Movement was a result of:— Despairamong Indians due to the proposals of CrippsMission; threat of Japanese invasion of India; anda resolution passed by the All India CongressCommittee in August

1942.

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●Who proposed the creation of Pakistan at a Muslimleague Convention in 1940?—

M.A. Jinnah

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●The correct chronological order of the events is:—

Cripps Plan—Wavell Plan—Cabinet Mission Plan—Mountbatten Plan

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●As a weekly, ‘Young India’ was started by:—

HomeRule Party

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●Who authored a book, titled ‘Indian Struggle,’ on theIndian national movement?—

Subhash ChandraBose

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●Who was the Congress President at the time of itsBenares session in 1905?—

Gopal KrishnaGokhale

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●Who was the first woman President of the IndianNational Congress?—

Annie Besant

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●The freedom fighter who died of fast in prison was:—

Jatin Das

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●Who announced the ‘Communal Award’?—

RamseyMcDonald

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●Even after the merger of other princely states toIndia, which three states delayed their accession toIndia?—

Junagadh, Hyderabad, Jammu andKashmir

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●Among the triad of Lal, Bal and Pal, who became thePresident of the Indian National Congress?—

LalaLajpat Rai

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●Who was the first President of the Muslim League?—

Aga Khan

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●Who became the President of Indian NationalCongress after the resignation of SubhashchandraBose?—

Rajendra Prasad

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●Who was the first to call Mahatma Gandhi as ‘Fatherof the Nation’?—

Subhash Chandra Bose

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●Who was the Congress president when the Quit Indiaresolution was passed?—

Maulana Abul KalamAzad

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●In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?—

1931

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●In which year did the Indian National Congressdeclare ‘Poorna Swaraj’ as its goal? —

1929

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●The Hindustan Socialist republican Army wasformed by:—

Chandrashekhar Azad

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●What was the result of Khilafat Movement?—

reduction in Hindu-Muslim differences

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●Among the Non-Cooperation Movement, DandiMarch, Champaran Satyagraha and Quit IndiaMovement, which one comes third in thechronological order?—

Dandi March

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●Who was associated with the English weekly, titled’Vande Mataram’?—

Arvind Ghosh

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●The Indian Councils Act of 1909 made provisions for:—

Communal representation

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●The Poona Pact was related to:—

Dalit class

●Where was the Muslim league founded in 1906?—

Dhaka

●Who, among Gopal Krishna Gokhale, BalGangadhar Tilak, A.O. Hume and Madan MohanMalaviya, was not a moderate?—

Bal GangadharTilak

"●Who gave the slogan of ""Inquilab Zindabad""?—"

Mohammad Iqbal

●6 April 1930 is known in the Indian History for:—

The Dandi March of Mahatma Gandhi

●Who received the title of 'National Poet' for makinginvaluable contributions to the national movementthrough his literary works?—

MaithilisharanGupta

"●Who said: ""Nehru is a patriot, whereas Jinnah is apolitician""?—"

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

●Under whose leadership was the Home Rule startedin 1916-16?—

Tilak and Annie Besant

●The plan for the transfer of sovereign power to theIndians in 1947 is better known as:—

Mountbatten Plan

●Who assassinated General Dyer, responsible for theJallianwala Bagh Massacre?—

Udham Singh

●The Harijan Sangh was formed after the Poona Pactof 1932. Its President was:—

Ghanshyamdas Birla

●The proposal for the partition of India was approvedat the Delhi session of the Congress on 14 June1947. Who presided over this session?—

RajendraPrasad

●Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905. When wasthe partition annulled?—

1911

●What were the twin principles of Gandhiji's vision of'Ram Rajya'?—

Abolition of untouchability andprohibition

●Who was the founder of the servants of India society?—

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

●Who was elected as the President of the All IndiaKhilafat Conference in 1919?—

Mahatma Gandhi

●The Dandi March was started to:—

break salt laws

●The Lahore session of the Indian National Congresswas held in:—

1929

●Which movement was proposed to be suspended inthe Gandhi-Irwin Pact?—

Civil Disobedience Movement

●Who was wounded in the lathi charge perpetrated onthe mob protesting against the SimonCommission?—

Lala Lajpat Rai

●How were the members of the Constituent Assemblyelected?—

By Provincial assemblies

●In which of the states among Central Provinces,Bihar, Punjab and Madras, the Indian NationalCongress did not attain absolute majority in theassembly elections held in 1937?—

Punjab

●'My last wish will be to wipe tears from the eyes ofeach person.' Who said these words?—

MahatmaGandhi

●Who, among the Indian leaders, travelled acrossIndia for social regeneration?—

Tilak and Gandhi

●The time scale which denotes the period of friendshipbetween the Indian National Congress andMuslim league was:—

1916-1922

●Who was the founder of a newsletter, titled 'Kesari'?—

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

●Who set up the first independent Indian governmentabroad?—

Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh

●When did the Congress split?—

1907

●Who gave the slogan of 'Jai Hind'?—

SubhashChandra Bose

●Where did the Quit India Movement begin from?—

Bombay

●What was the purpose behind the visit of SimonCommission to India in 1928?—

to discussadministrative reforms

●With which movement was Gandhi unassociated?—

Swadeshi Movement

●Who was the viceroy of India when the capital ofIndia was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in1911?—

Lord Hardinge

●The Non-Cooperation Movement started in 1920. Inwhich year did it end?—

1922

●In which movement did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patelplay a crucial role?—

Bardoli Satyagraha

●Who took Gandhiji's place after he was arrested atthe time of Salt Satyagraha?—

Jawaharlal Nehru

●Against the arrest of which two leaders did peoplegather in huge numbers at the Jallianwala Bagh ofAmritsar on 13 April 1919?—

Dr. SaifuddinKichlu and Dr. Satyapal

●During which movement was 'Vande Mataram' usedas a slogan for the first time?—

Partition ofBengal in 1905

●Who voted against the partition of India at the AllIndia Congress Committee meeting held on 14June 1947?—

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

●Which Gandhian movement was related to thestruggle of industrial workers?—

Ahmedabadagitation

●Who described the burning of foreign clothes duringthe Non-Cooperation Movement as a brutalwastage?—

Rabindranath Tagore

●Which among the Congress leaders was fully infavour of the Cabinet Mission Plan?—

SardarPatel

●For participating in which movement was VinobaBhave arrested for the first time?—

CivilDisobedience Movement

●Who gave the slogan of 'Do or Die'?—

MahatmaGandhi

●The idea for the setting up of a Constituent Assemblyfor the drafting of a constitution for a free Indiawas first proposed by:—

Congress in 1936

●During the national movement the event whichshowed the seeds of differences and ultimately ledto the partition of the nation was:—

Provision ofreservation of seats and separate electorates forMuslims in the legislative assemblies.

●Gandhi started his first Satyagraha movementagainst:—

low wages paid to workers

"●Who said: ""the congress is tottering to its fall, andone of my great ambitions, while in India, is toassist it to a peaceful demise""?—"

Lord Curzon

●Who was the writer of the official history ofCongress?—

Pattabhi Sitaramaiya

●The draft of Quit India resolution was prepared by:—

Mahatma Gandhi

●The Home Rule movement represented the arrival ofa new phase in India's struggle for independencebecause:—

it put forward a concrete plan of self government before the country.

●In which year was the Ghadar Party formed?—

1913

●Who was secretary of Mahatma Gandhi during theNoakhali episode?—

Pyarelal

●Jai Prakash Narayan got recognition as a nationalleader during the:—

Quit India Movement

●Who was the last Governor General of free India?—

C. Rajagopalachari

●After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement,Gandhiji assigned primacy to:—

Constructiveprogramme

●The reason behind the revival of revolutionaryactivities in Indian politics during the period of1923-28 was:—

Suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement by Gandhiji

●Which region witnessed relatively widespread riots inthe wake of the Quit India Movement?—

Biharand United Provinces

●In which Satyagraha movement Gandhiji did notparticipate directly?—

Rajkot Satyagraha

●After the passage of Quit India resolution, Gandhijiwas imprisoned in:—

Aga Palace

●Who was elected as the President of Congress in1938?—

Pattabhi Sitaramaiya

●The Moplah Rebellion of 1921 was an offshoot of:—

Khilafat Movement

●Mahatma Gandhi had discussed the Quit IndiaMovement at the meeting of Congress WorkingCommittee in Wardha on 6 July 1942. Who wasthe Chairman of that committee?—

MaulanaAbul Kalam Azad

●The real name of 'Frontier Gandhi' is:—

AbdulGaffar Khan

●Who presided over the convention of the BenaresHindu Mahasabha in August 1923?—

SwamiShraddhananda

●Bihar witnessed several episodes of violence due tocrackdown on Gandhiji and his supporters in1942. This had paralyzing effect on Railways.Which was the most affected district?—

Patna

●In which year was the Indian National Army (I.N.A)founded?—

1943

●Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged in:—

March 1931

●Who had fired bullets at General Dyer in London?—

Udham Singh

●The Indian National Army was formed in:—

Singapore

●Who was elected President of the All India KhilafatConference in 1919?—

Mahatma Gandhi

●Bal Gangadhar Tilak was imprisoned in 1908 for:—

6 years

●Most of the moderates were from:—

urban areas

●Two leaders of Hazaribagh who were arrested on 6August 1942 were:—

Shiv Kumar andRamananda

●What was the name of the wife of Shri Jagat NarayanLal?—

Srimati Rampyari

●After being arrested on 9 August 1942, Dr. RajendraPrasad was sent to:—

Hazaribagh Jail

●Jai Prakash Day was celebrated on:—

January 1946

●Which Indian leader participated in the First RoundTable Conference held in London?—

MaulanaMohammad Ali

●Which leader presided over the Calcutta session ofCongress in 1906?—

Dadabhai Naoroji

"●According to whom, ""The Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque upon a crashing bank""?—"

MahatmaGandhi

●The Quit India Movement was started in:—

1942

●Where was the first meeting of Congress SocialistParty held?—

Patna

●Who composed the song 'Vande Mataram'?—

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

"●""Swaraj is my birthright, and I will take it."" Whosewords were these?—"

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

●The Indian National Congress was founded by:—

A.O. Hume

●The Partition of Bengal took place in:—

1905

●Where was the first session of the Indian NationalCongress held?—

Bombay

●Who, among Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Madanlal, GopalKrishna Gokhale and Udham Singh, was not anextremist?—

Gopalkrishna Gokhale

●Dr. Rajendra Prasad was a native of:—

Bihar

●Birsa Munda was in favour of:—

Jharkhand

Who presided over the Constituent Assembly on 9December 1946?—

Sachidananda Sinha

●Who composed the 'Flag Song'?—

Shyamlal Parshad

●Who used the word 'Sarvodaya' for the first time?—

Vinoba Bhave

●The Muslim delegation which met Lord Minto atShimla in 1906 asked for:—

Separate electoratesfor the Muslims

●The objective of Poona Pact was to:—

giverepresentation to the Dalit class

●What was the goal of Butler Committee of 1927?:—

Betterment of relations between the Governmentof India and native states

●What was responsible for the decline of textileindustry of Bengal in the 18th century?—

Hightaxation rates on goods exported to Britain

●The Second Round Table Conference held in Londonfailed under the cover of:—

Gandhi-Irwin Pact

●The Indian National Congress was proclaimed illegalby an executive order passed in 1932. Which wasthat order?—

Executive Rights Ordinance

●The Englishman who remained a close friend ofMahatma Gandhi during the independencestruggle was:—

Reverend Charlie Andrews

●The first India to become the Governor General ofindependent India was:—

C. Rajagopalachari

●Mahatma Gandhi felt that any participation in theSecond World War would be a violation of theprinciple of:—

Ahimsa (Non-violence)

●In the Congress Working Committee meeting held inAllahabad (April-May 1947), a member was ableto muster support in favour of his plan forguerilla war against Japan because of his definitestand against Fascism and Nazism. Who was thatmember?—

Jawaharlal Nehru

●Who was the Chairman of the Joint ParliamentaryCommittee formed under the 1935 Bill which ledto the Government of India Act 1935?—

LordLinlithgow

●In which state, among Hyderabad, Oudh, Mysoreand Junagadh, did the Congress have a fullydeveloped organization at the time of transfer ofpower?—

Oudh

●Against the arbitrary rule of which Diwan ofTravancore state did Congress launch the CivilDisobedience Movement?—

C.P. RamaswamyIyer

●Who is credited with the propagation of socialistideas in Bihar before India's independence?—

Western education of Jayaprakash Narayan andB.P. Sinha

●Under which class were the cultivators of Bihar keptduring the British rule in India?—

Three-foldclassification

●Which revolutionary was not hanged in the LahoreConspiracy case?—

Batukeshwar Dutt

●The birth and death years of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkarwere:—

1891, 1956

●Which far-reaching decision was mainly taken at theLucknow session of Congress in 1919?—

Temporary merger of Congress and MuslimLeague

●Which Muslim leader was associated with the HomeRule movement?—

M.A. Jinnah

●When was the Non-Cooperation movement calledoff?—

12 February, 1922

●In which year did Bhagat Singh and BatukeshwarDutt hurl bombs in the Central LegislativeCouncil?—

1929

●When was the national flag of India first unfurled?—

1907

●Who was the viceroy of India when the CrippsMission delegation came to India?—

LordLinlithgow

●The Swadeshi Movement was started:—

as a protestagainst the partition of Bengal.

●At the height of Civil Disobedience Movement, withwhom did Gandhiji sign an agreement in 1931?—

Lord Irwin

●Who was ruling Pakistan at the time of Bangladesh'sindependence?—

Yahya Khan

●Who founded the 'Deccan Educational Society'during India's freedom struggle?—

M.G. Ranade

●Who founded the All India Harijan Sangh in 1932?—

Mahatma Gandhi

●At which place was the Azad Hind government ofindependent India proclaimed on 21 October1943?—

Singapore

●The correct chronological order of the events is:—

Meerut Conspiracy Case—Gandhi Irwin Pact—McDonald's Communal Award

●With which objective was the Simon Commissionappointed during the Indian freedom struggle?—

For making an evaluation of the reforms of 1919

●The Congress ministers resigned after the elections of1937 because:—

the British government madeIndia a participant in the Second World Warwithout consulting them.

●By which act was dual administrative systemincorporated in the states/provinces?—

IndianCouncils Act of 1909

●Who has authored the book, titled 'A Nation in theMaking'?—

Surendranath Banerjee

●Who represented the Indian National Congress at theSecond Roundtable Conference?—

MohandasKaramchand Gandhi

●What was the intention behind the partition ofBengal?—

To divide the Hindus of eastern andwestern Bengal and increase tensions betweenHindus and Muslims.

●In which year was the 'Gateway of India' built?—

1911

●Who played important role in the formation of theCongress in 1885?—

A.O. Hume

●Where was the headquarters of Ghadar Partylocated?—

San Francisco

●Who was the leader of Young Bengal movement?—

Henry Vivian Derozio

●The Lucknow Pact of 1916 holds a distinct place inthe history of India's freedom struggle because:—

of the resolution of differences between the twowings of Congress

●Who founded the All India Home Rule League in1916?—

Annie Besant

●The Khilafat movement was essentially:—

a religiousmovement

●The only Congress session which was presided overby Mahatma Gandhi was:—

Belgaum

●'Every blow that is hurled to me will act as a nail inthe coffin of the British Empire.' Who said thesewords?—

Lala Lajpat Rai

●Bardoli Satyagraha is related to:—

Sardar Patel

●In which year were Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev andRajguru hanged?—

March 1931

●Subhashchandra Bose resigned as Congress Presidentin:—

1939

●Who started the Bhoodan movement?—

AcharyaVinoba Bhave

●In which year did the Muslim League demandedPakistan for the first time?—

1940

●Who were the famous lawyers in the defencecommittee of INA trial?—

Bhulabhai Desai,Pandit Nehru, M.A. Jinnah

●The Hunter Committee was set up to investigate into:—

Jallianwala Bagh incident

●How many times was Jawaharlal Nehru elected as thePresident of Indian National Congress duringIndia's freedom struggle?—

●Who was the viceroy of India at the time of QuitIndia Movement?—

Lord Linlithgow

●Upon whom was the cognomen of 'Punjab Kesari'bestowed?—

Lala Lajpat Rai

●Who was famous as 'Deshbandhu'?—

ChittaranjanDas

"●The freedom fighter who was popularly known as""Karnataka Gandhi"" was:—"

Hadekar Majappa

●Who proposed the idea of 'Antyodaya'?—

VinobaBhave

"●Which hymn was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi that heremarked, ""This song is alone capable of givingme might, even if I forget the Bhagvad Gita""?—"

Vaishnava Jana to tene kahiye...

"●Who said, ""At the stroke of the midnight hour, whenthe world sleeps, India will awake to life andfreedom.""?—"

Jawaharlal Nehru

"●Who said, ""Rest is forbidden""?—"

Jawaharlal Nehru

●Who said: The only hope of India is from the masses.The upper classes are physically and morallydead.''?—

Vivekananda

●Who led the Salt Satyagraha after Gandhi'simprisonment?—

Abbas Taiyyabji

●When was Mohandas Gandhi imprisoned for the firsttime for the observance of Satyagraha?—

1922

●What was the basis of choosing 15 August as the datefor transfer of power by Lord Mountbatten?—

It was the anniversary ofJapanese surrender before him

●From whom did Mahatma Gandhi draw inspirationwith regard to civil disobedience?—

Thoreau

●Who, among the leaders of 1857 Revolt such asKunwar Singh, Tatya Tope, Rani of JhansiLakshmibai and Mangal Pandey, gave up his lifeas a martyr?—

Mangal Pandey

●Who is known as the Father of Extremism in India?—

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

●The person who was once a friend of MahatmaGandhi, but then separated from him to begin aradically revolutionary movement, known as 'SelfRespect Movement,' was:—

E.V. RamaswamyNaicker

●What was the medium through which arepresentative and popular element wasintroduced in the Indian administrative system?—

Indian Councils Act 1892

●The efforts made by Jyotiba Phule in the last centurywas aimed at:—

protecting lower castes from theBrahmins and their opportunist religious texts

●In which movement did Mahatma Gandhi usedhunger strike as a weapon?—

Ahmedabad MillStrike of 1918

●Who co-led the Salt Satyagraha along with Gandhiji?—

Sarojini Naidu

●Where, in India, was the first cotton textile millstarted?—

Bombay

●What was the purpose behind the constitution ofSimon Commission?—

To discuss on aconstitution for India

●The Muslim League supported the cause of aseparate Pakistan at:—

the Lahore session in 1940

●The land revenue system, devised by the British,which provided greater attention to the interest ofpeasants was:—

Ryotwari land settlement ofMadras province.

●Who played a great role in the merger of native stateswith the Union of India?—

Sardar Patel and V.P.Menon

●By which act was English made the medium ofinstruction of education in all government-aidedschools and colleges?—

Macaulay Minute, 1835

●Which was that field in which mainly British capitalwas invested during the colonial period?—

Agriculture

●During his initial life, M.A. Jinnah was:—

aproponent of Hindu-Muslim unity

●Who was that national leader to write the history ofIndia on the walls of the Cellular jail ofAndaman?—

Vir Savarkar

"●Which Indian statesman said these words: ""Longyears ago we made a tryst with destiny, and nowthe time comes when we shall redeem ourpledge""?—"

Jawaharlal Nehru

●Who was not involved in the Chatgaon armoury raidof 1934?—

Dinesh Gupta

●Apart from the launch of Quit India Movement on 9August 1942, which other sensational action offreedom fighters took place on 9 August?—

Kakori Train robbery

●The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was against:—

British mill owner and government officials

"●Who was the first Indian to become a fellow of the""Royal Society of London""?—"

A.C. Wadia

●Who started the first English newspaper in India?—

J.A. Hickey

●Punjab was annexed to the British Empire in Indiaduring the Governor-Generalship of:—

LordDalhousie

●Who is known as the 'Father of Indian NationalCongress'?—

A.O. Hume

●Who established the Home Rule League in Calcuttain 1916?—

Mrs. Annie Besant

●Who went to South Africa to see Gandhiji?—

GopalKrishna Gokhale

●As a result of which educational report did theCalcutta University come into existence?—

Wood's Dispatch

●In which year did the Cabinet Mission come to India?—

1946

"●Who composed the famous revolutionary song:""Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna ab hamare dil meinhai...""?—"

Ram Prasad Bismil

●Who was the first Viceroy of India?—

Lord Canning

●Lahore was the political capital of Ranjit Singh.Which city was known as his religious capital?—

Amritsar

●Who was the Chairman of Partition Council?—

LordMountbatten

●Who first envisioned the idea of Pakistan?—

RahmatAli

●The Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College later onbecame:—

Aligarh Muslim University

●Who composed the immortal song of 'VandeMataram'?—

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

●Who founded the Muhammedan Anglo-OrientalCollege in Aligarh?—

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

●In which year did Bankim Chandra pen down'Anandmath'?—

1892

●According to Gandhiji, khadi was the symbol of:—

economic independence

●The Round Table Conference was organized inLondon for discussing:—

future government ofIndia

●With whom is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel generallycompared?—

Bismarck

●In the Gandhian socialism:—

state is undeterminable

"●Who said, ""The report of Simon Commission shouldbe thrown into dustbin""?—"

Mahatma Gandhi

●Which date was fixed as 'Direct Action Day' by theMuslim League?—

16 August 1946

●When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during theQuit India Movement?—

9 August 1942

●The Home Rule League was started by:—

B.G. Tilakand Annie Besant

●Who started the Revolt of 1857?—

Sepoys

●Subhash Chandra Bose formed a new outfit afterleaving the Congress in 1939. The name of newoutfit was:—

Forward Block

●Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the title of'Lokamanya' during:—

Home Rule movement

●Which organization was started by B.R. Ambedkar?—

All India Scheduled caste Federation

●'Provincial autonomy' was begun in India by:—

Government of India Act, 1935

●Who was the first General Secretary of IndianNational Congress?—

A.O. Hume

●Against which evil did Raja Ram Mohun Roy start anhistoric movement?—

Evils of Sati system

●In which of its sessions was the famous resolution on'non-cooperation' passed by the Indian NationalCongress?—

Calcutta

●Which is considered as the most useful and importantreform of Lord Curzon, especially in the contextof people of undivided Punjab?—

Agriculturalreforms

●By which Government of India Act was diarchyimplemented?—

1919 Act

"●Who founded the ""Arya Samaj""?—"

SwamiDayananda Saraswati

●Where did Lord Canning announce the transfer ofgovernment from 'company' to 'crown' on 1November 1858?—

Allahabad

●The Indian National Congress and Muslim leaguecame closer to each other in 1916 in:—

Lucknow

●In which South African city was Gandhi beaten andthrown off railway tracks by white people?—

Maritzburg

●On behalf of Indian National Congress, whoparticipated at the Congress of OppressedNationalities at Brussels in 1927?—

JawaharlalNehru

●Who made possible, the entry of Indians into IndianCivil Services through an open competitiveexamination?—

Lord Dalhousie

●In which year was Lala Lajpat Rai deported toMandalay for instigating an agriculturalrevolution in Punjab?—

1907

●Which Governor General whole-heartedly welcomedRanjit Singh in Ropar?—

William Bentinck

●Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu weekly,titled 'Al Hilal,' in 1912; but after its ban by thegovernment, he started 'Al-Balagh' in:—

1915

●High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombayand Madras in:—

1935

●Which reform movement was the first to be started inthe 19th century?—

Brahmo Samaj

●The administrative consequence of the revolt of 1857was the transfer of power from:—

East IndiaCompany to the British Crown

●The differences between Moderate and Extremistwings of Indian National Congress came to fore in Surat session held in:—

1907

●The most memorable achievement of BhulabhaiDesai was the defense of Azad Hind Fauz (INA)soldiers at the trial held in Red Fort in:—

1945

●Who was the Portuguese viceroy in India in the past?—

Francisco da Almeida

●When was the All India Women Conference started?—

1927

●The Kuka movement of 19th century took place in:—

Western Punjab

●Under whose leadership was the Congress SocialistParty founded in 1934?—

Acharya Narendra Devand Jayaprakash Narain

●In which year did the British made English themedium of education in India?—

1835

●During the period of whose governor generalship wasthe Supreme Court established in Calcutta?—

Lord Cornwallis

●Who was famous as 'Nana Saheb'?—

Balaji Bajirao

●During which historic session of Indian NationalCongress did the meeting of Congress and Muslimleague take place?—

Lucknow session

●Who attended the Imperial Darbar in 1877 in clothesspun from hand?—

Ganesh Vasudev Joshi

●Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper'Kesari' during the freedom struggle?—

Lokamanya Tilak

●Who, among Motilal Nehru, Sardar Patel and GopalKrishna Gokhale was not a member of the SwarajParty?—

Motilal Nehru

●What was the intention behind introduction ofRailways in India by the British?—

Facilitation ofBritish commerce and administrative control

●Which religious reformer of western India is knownas 'Lokhitawadi'?—

Gopal Hari Deshmukh

●Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?—

Warren Hastings

●Which religious text was described by MahatmaGandhi as his 'mother'?—

Bhagvad Gita

●Who was the first British President of IndianNational Congress?—

George Yule

●With whose works was Mahatma Gandhi highlyinfluenced?—

Leo Tolstoy

●On which date did India receive the DominionStatus?—

15 August 1947

●Who was the first person to sign the document ofaccession?—

Diwan of Travancore

●In accordance with provisions of the Charter Act of1833, under whose chairmanship was a lawcommission constituted for the compilation,codification and revision of Indian laws?—

LordMacaulay

"●Who said: ""Patriotism is religion and religion is lovefor India""?—"

Acharya Vinoba Bhave

●Har Dayal, a great intellectual, was associated with:—

Ghadar Movement

●Under which title was 'Jana Gana Mana,' composedby Rabindranath Tagore, first of all published inJanuary 1912?—

Bharat Vidhata

●After being arrested by the British in 1908, BalGangadhar Tilak was sent to:—

Mandalay

●Who was the editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan'?—

Mahatma Gandhi

●Who participated in all the three Round Tableconferences?—

B.R. Ambedkar

●Among the British, who accepted that the Revolt of1857 was a national revolt?—

Disraeli

●In which year was communal electorate introduced inIndia?—

1909

●Which two states had non-Congress governments in1937?—

Bengal and Punjab

●Who founded the All India Muslim League?—

AgaKhan

●In which year did Mahatma Gandhi start theSatyagraha movement in India?—

1917

●Where was the royal durbar held for publishing theQueen's Royal proclamation on 1 November1858?—

Allahabad

●The tricolour was accepted as the national flag in:—

Lahore session of Congress

●Who was the first exponent of the principle of passiveresistance?—

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

●Who was the Congress President during 1940-46?—

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

●During the British rule, what did 'Secretary to India'signify?—

A British minister under whom the government of India worked

●Between whom was the Lucknow Pact signed?—

Between Hindus and Muslims for legislativeassembly seats

●Which Governor General took the decision to makeEnglish the medium of education in India?—

Lord William Bentinck, 1835

●Who is known as 'Periyar' because of his popularity?—

E.V. Ramaswamy

●Where was the Ryotwari settlement implemented?—

Madras and Bombay

●Among Agra, Kanpur, Jhansi and Lucknow, whichone was not a major centre of the 1857 Revolt?—

Agra

●Who ended the dual administration in Bengal?—

Lord Warren Hastings

●Who is famous for his minute on education?—

LordMacaulay

●What was denoted by land holding in the Ryotwarisettlement?—

Ryot was a land owner who paid theassessed tax on his land directly to the government

●Where was the first Arya Samaj established bySwami Dayananda Saraswati in 1875?—

Bombay

●Who was the harbinger of social reform movementsin India in the 19th century?—

Raja Ram MohunRoy

●Who was the author of 'Nil Darpan,' a play depictingthe refusal of farmers to sow indigo in their fieldsas a protest against exploitative farming under theBritish Raj?—

Dinabandhu Mitra

●The Champaran Satyagraha was related to:—

Indigocultivation

●Which was the first newspaper to be published inIndia?—

The Bengal Gazette

●In which region of India did the Portuguese establishtheir first fort on the Indian soil? —

Cochin

●Who, after having analyzed the causes of 1857 Revolt,advocated cordial relations between the Britishand Muslims?—

Syed Ahmed Khan

●Who founded Madras Presidency which existed tillthe time of India's independence?—

Sir ThomasMunro

●Who was the leader of Chittagong Armoury Raid of1930?—

Surya Sen

●Where did Jawaharlal Nehru first unfurl the Indiantricolour?—

On the banks of Ravi in Lahore in1929

●During the reign of which viceroy was the firstWorkshop Act passed?—

Lord Ripon

●Who threw bomb at a car under the assumption thatKingsford, the magistrate of Muzaffarpur, wassitting in it?—

Khudiram Bose and PrafullaChaki

●When did the British annex Sindh?—

1843

●The telegraph line, started by Lord Dalhousie in1853, ran between:—

Calcutta and Agra

●Who led the Dandi March in southern India?—

Rajaji

●For which crime were Bhagat Singh and his friendsRajguru and Sukhdev were hanged on 23 March1931?—

Lahore conspiracy

●Where was the 1906 session of Congress held inwhich Swaraj was declared as a goal?—

Calcutta

●Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengalin 1784?—

Sir William Jones

●Where did Mahatma Gandhi, for the first time, applyhis technique of Satyagraha?—

South Africa

●When was the Azad Hind Fauj started?—

1942

●Who started the Bhoodan movement?—

AcharyaVinoba Bhave

●Who laid the first railway tracks in India?—

GeorgeClarke

●The original name of Swami Vivekananda was:—

Narendranath Dutt

●Who were given separate representation by theCommunal Award of 1932?—

Harijans, Muslims,Sikhs and Christians

●Who was the Portuguese to capture Goa?—

Alfansode Albuquerque

●During the period of which governor general was theIndian National Congress established?—

LordDufferin

●The federal system of government was introduced inIndia by:—

Government of India Act, 1935

●Who was the first Indian woman to have become thePresident of Indian National Congress?—

SarojiniNaidu

●Subhash Chandra Bose set up the interimgovernment of free India in:—

Singapore

●Which was the most important act to announce thatthe sovereignty of the British empire in India liedwith the British monarch?—

Company CharterAct, 1853

●On which ground was Oudh annexed to the BritishEmpire by Lord Dalhousie?—

On grounds ofmaladministration

●Who was the last British viceroy in India?—

LordMountbatten

●In which year did Gandhiji set up the SabarmatiAshram in Gujarat?—

1917

●The main objective of Gandhi's movement to boycottforeign goods was:—

to promote cottageindustries

●Bahadur Shah was:—

The last Mughal emperor

●The first fire of 1857 Revolt was opened by MangalPandey in:—

Barrackpore

●Who gave the theory of drain?—

Dadabhai Naoroji

●Which place in India was the headquarters of thePortuguese?—

Goa

●On which Governor General of India was impeachedby the House of Commons of England?—

WarrenHastings

●What was the name of fort built by the British inCalcutta?—

Fort William

●C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the SwarajParty after the:—

Non-Cooperation movement

●The last Governor General of East India Companyand the first Viceroy under the British crown was:—

Lord Canning

●Subhash Chandra Bose unfurled the flag of IndianNational Army in a city on 12 April 1944. Inwhich union territory of India is that city locatedat present?—

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

"●""The soul of India resides in villages."" Who said thesewords?—"

Mahatma Gandhi

●What was the name of newspaper edited by MahatmaGandhi in 1933?—

Young India

●In which state of India was Civil DisobedienceMovement launched in 1930 by MahatmaGandhi?—

Gujarat

●Who was the first woman Governor of independentIndia?—

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

●Against whom was the Lahore Conspiracy caseregistered?—

Bhagat Singh

●In 1937, Congress constituted ministries in:—

7 states

●In which incident was Aurobindo arrested?—

AliporeBombing

●Who started the Ramakrishna Mission?—

Vivekananda

●What was the other name of Nana Saheb?—

DhonduPant

●'Kesari' was a:—

Marathi newspaper

●The greatest Portuguese governor to have laid thefoundation of his country's power in India was:—

Albuquerque

●For marrying the princess of which country wasCharles II, the British ruler, given Bombay asdowry?—

Portugal

●The Ilbert Bill was introduced during the Governor-Generalship of:—

Lord Ripon

●Where was the Muslim League formed in 1906?—

Dhaka

"●On the death of Mahatma Gandhi, who remarked:""The light has gone away from our lives""?—"

Jawaharlal Nehru

●By which principle or means did Gandhiji try to curbeconomic inequalities?—

trusteeship principle

●When is the Independence Day of Pakistancelebrated?—

14 August

●In India, French settlements are found in:—

Pondicherry, Mahe and Chandar Nagar

●'India Wins Freedom' is the autobiography of:—

Abul Kalam Azad

"●Who had said: ""the real seat of taste [is] not thetongue but the mind""? -—"

Mahatma Gandhi

●Who were the first to come and last to leave India?—

Portuguese

●According to Dadabhai Naoroji, 'Swaraj' meant:—

Economic independence

●What was the definition of Gandhiji's 'Ram Rajya'?—

Maximum benefit to all

●Who wrote the 'Prison Diary'?—

JayaprakashNarain

●On which principle was the Gandhian economybased?—

Trusteeship

●Who is known as 'The Nightingale of India'?—

Sarojini Naidu

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