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MODERN INDIA : QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 15th March ______.
(a) 1928
(b) 1930
(c) 1931
(d) 1935
Ans: (c)
2. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the
inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special
session of Congress held at Calcutta in
(a) September 1920
(b) December 1922
(c) October 1924
(d) November 1925
Ans: (a)
3. The Swaraj Party was organised by
(a) Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
(b) Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
(c) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
(d) C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Ans: (c)
4. In what session did Congress declared complete
Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?
(a) Lahore session held in 1929
(b) Madras session held in 1927
(c) Ahmadabad session held in 1921
(d) Gaya session held in 1922
Ans: (a)
5. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated
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before Independence?
(a) On 26th January 1929
(b) On 26th January 1931
(c) On 26th January 1935
(d) On 26th January 1930
Ans: (d)
6. Who was the British Prime Minister who convened the First
Round Table Conference in London?
(a) Churchill
(b) Ramsay McDonald
(c) Chamberlain
(d) Disraeli
Ans: (b)
7. Who among the following did not attend the First Round
Table Conference?
(a) MK Gandhi
(b) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
(c) Dr Ambedkar
(d) C V Chintamani
Ans: (a)
8. Who opened the First Round Table Conference?
(a) King George V
(b) MK Gandhi
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Ramsay McDonald
Ans: (a)
9. The historic fait by Gandhi came to an end as a result of the
(a) Poona Pact
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(b) Issue of White Paper
(c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(d) Arrival of Simon Commission
Ans: (a)
10. 'My strongest bulwark is gone' lamented Gandhiji on the
death of
(a) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Pheroze Shah Mehta
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (d)
11. When was the First Round Table Conference held?
(a) 1933
(b) 1931
(c) 1930
(d) 1903
Ans: (c)
12. Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table
conference after
(a) signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
(b) refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League
(c) being permitted by the Congress
(d) receiving assurance that independence was fast coming
Ans: (a)
13. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience
Movement from
(a) Wardha
(b) Sevagram
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(c) Sabarmati
(d) Dandi
Ans: (c)
14. The idea of incorporating, safeguards In the Indian
Constitution was inspired by the
(a) Third Round Table Conference
(b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(c) Visit of Simon Commission
(d) Poona Pact
Ans: (c)
15. Match List-I with List-U and select the correct answer using
the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Dadabhai Naoroji 1. Home Rule
B. Annie Besant 2. Servants of India Society
C. Gopalakrishna 3. Thrice President Gokhale of Indian
National Congress
D. Sri Aurobindo 4. Extremist Turned Spiritualist
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 1 3 2 4
(c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 3 1 4 2
Ans: (c)
16. Who founded the 'All India Harijan Samaj' in 1932?
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(a) B R Ambedkar
(b) Acharya Narendra Dev
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jagjivan Ram
Ans: (c)
17. To which personality Gandhiji gave the title "Deen
Bandhu"?
(a) Sri Aurobindo
(b) CF Andrews
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) CR Das
Ans: (b)
18. Which of the following leaders died as a result of Injuries
sustained during a protest demonstration against Simon
Commission?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Goplakrishna Gokhale
(d) LaIa Lajpat Rai
Ans: (d)
19. Who gave the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad'?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Md Iqbal
(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ans: (a)
20. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was
'Bleeding India White'?
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(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Hume
(d) Annie Besant
Ans: (b)
21. "India for the Indiana" was the political message of
(a) D E Wacha
(b) Vivekanand
(c) Dayanand
(d) Hume
Ans: (c)
22. Which of the following was the 'Newspaper' of Annie
Besant?
(a) The Hindu
(b) Indian Express
(c) The Times of India
(d) New India
Ans: (d)
23. Aligarh Muslim University was founded by
(a) Jinnah
(b) Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Bhutto
Ans: (b)
24. Match the following:
List-I List-II
A. Swaraj is my birth right 1. Moderates
B. It is not reforms but re-form 2. Lajpat
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Rai
C. Asubject people has no soul 3. BC Pal
D. Policy of petitions, prayers and protests 4. Tilak
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 2 1 3 4
Ans: (b)
25. Who said that the constant 'drain of wealth' from India was
responsible for Indla's economic miseries?
(a) BC Pal
(b) BP Wadia
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) GS Arundale
Ans: (c)
26. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following statements was
not correct?
(a) British India must remain an integral part of the British
Empire.
(b) Responsible Government would be realised only by the
progressive stages.
(c) Provincial subjects were classified into Reserved subjects
and Transferred subjects.
(d) The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be
paid by Parliament. ..
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Ans: (d)
27. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following was not a
Transferred subject?
(a) Education
(b) Museum
(c) Medical Relief
(d) Land Revenue
Ans: (d)
28. The Dyarchy which was introduced on 1921 In province a
was in force till the year
(a) 1927
(b) 1935
(c) 1937
(d) 1947
Ans: (c)
29. The Home Rule League was formed during the
(a) First World War
(b) Partition of Bengal
(c) Struggle following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(d) Implementation of Minto-Morley Reforms
Ans: (a)
30. The Secretary of State for India was given powers by
(a) The Act of 1909
(b) The Act of 1919
(c) The Act of 1858
(d) The Act of 1861
Ans: (b)
31. Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?
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(a) Lokamanya Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghose
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Hume
Ans: (d)
32. Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi at
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Gujarat
(d) Poona
Ans: (a)
33. Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest
against Rowlatt Act on 6th April ______.
(a) 1918
(b) 1919
(c) 1926
(d) 1925
Ans: (b)
34. At Jallianwaia Bagh meeting ______ ordered the troops to
open fire.
(a) Benn
(b) Irwin
(c) Dyer
(d) Montagu
Ans: (c)
35. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident was
headed by
(a) Dyer
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(b) Irwin
(c) Hunter
(d) Simon
Ans: (c)
36. Dyer was ______ by the Government of Britain.
(a) sentenced for life
(b) sentenced to death
(c) rewarded with honour
(d) relieved of his service
Ans: (d)
37. Khilafat Movement was organised by
(a) Jinnah
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Ali Brothers
(d) Agha Khan
Ans: (c)
38. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the
injustice done to
(a) Persia
(b) Turkey
(c) Arabia
(d) Egypt
Ans: (b)
39. The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was
presided over by
(a) Nehru
(b) LaIa Lajpat Rai
(c) Bose
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(d) Gandhi
Ans: (b)
40. Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation
resolution?
(a) C R Das
(b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(c) Mrs Besant
(d) Nehru
Ans: (d)
41. Match the following:
List-I List-II
A. Moplah 1. Turkey
B. Akali Movement 2. Education
C. Kashi Vidya Peeth 3. Punjab
D. Khilafat Movement 4. Malabar
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 2 1 3 4
Ans: (a)
42. Where did Gandhi call the Congress Working Committee to
announce the suspension of Non-Cooperation movement?
(a) Bardoli
(b) Poona
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(c) Calcutta
(d) Madras
Ans: (a)
43. The first Swarajist Conference was held at
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Allahabad
(c) Madras
(d) Bardoli
Ans: (b)
44. When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was
(a) Lloyd George
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Reading
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans: (b)
45. The number of members in the Simon Commission/was
_____.
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 7
(d) 12
Ans: (c)
46. Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore
prison?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Batukeshwar Dutt
(c) Jatin Das
(d) Sukh Dev
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Ans: (c)
47. Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the
Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of
(a) Jawaharala Nehru
(b) CR Das
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Gokhale
Ans: (a)
48. Dandi March started on _____ 1930.
(a) 12th March
(b) 12th April
(c) 12th February
(d) 12th May
Ans: (a)
49. Dandi March Started from _____ in 1930.
(a) Surat
(b) Sabarmati Ashram
(c) Delhi Durbar Hall
(d) Vedaranyan
Ans: (b)
50. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State
for India was
(a) Salisbury
(b) Curzon
(c) Wedgwood Benn
(d) Montagu
Ans: (c)
51. Which of the following was not one of the cardinal principles
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of Mahatma Gandhiji doctrine of Satyacraha?
(a) Truthfulness
(b) Non-Violence
(c) Fearlessness
(d) Abstinence
Ans: (d)
52. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement,
Gandhiji laid emphasis on
(a) compromise with the British
(b) limited use of Violence
(c) constructive programme
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)
53. With whom is the slogan "Do or Die" associated?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (d)
54. In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns, Gandhiji
did not participate directly?
(a) Rajkot Satyagraha
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Kheda Satyagraha
(d) Vaikom Satyagraha
Ans: (a)
55. The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by
(a) Rajendra Prasad
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(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Morarji Desai
Ans: (c)
56. The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question
of
(a) communal representation
(b) suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) grant of dominion status
(d) date of transfer of power
Ans: (a)
57. The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round
Table Conference was
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (c)
58. The Permanent settlement Introduced by Cornwallis is in
Bengal is known as
(a) Roytwari System
(b) Mahalwari System
(c) Zamindari System
(d) Iqtadari System
Ans: (c)
59. Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods
to his administration?
(a) Haider Ali
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(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Murshid Quli Khan
(d) Malhar Rao Holkar
Ans: (b)
60. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the
Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
(a) Bangalore
(b) Mysore
(c) Seringapatam
(d) Hellebid or Halebid
Ans: (c)
61. Who of the following was for the first time designated as the
Governor of India
(a) Clive
(b) Comwallis
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Wellesley
Ans: (c)
62. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British
paramountcy in India was
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Mediatisation
(d) Annexation of Indian States
Ans: (b)
63. The death of millions of Indiana In frequent famines which
visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to
(a) overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
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(b) commercialisation of agriculture
(c) poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme
poverty and rise in prices
(d) unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production
Ans: (c)
64. Har Bilas Sarda was Instrumental in the passage of the
famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
(a) enforcing monogamy
(b) removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
(c) penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was
below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
(d) civil marriages
Ans: (c)
65. The Nawab of Awadh who permanently transferred his
capital from Faizabad to Lucknow was
(a) Safdarjang
(b) Shuja-ud-Daulah
(c) Asaf-ud-daula
(d) Saadat Khan
Ans: (c)
66. The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow was led by
(a) Wajid Ali Shah
(b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(c) Asaf-ud-daula
(d) Begum Zeenat Mahal
Ans: (b)
67. Queen Victoria's famous proclamation, transferring
authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was
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made from
(a) London
(b) Calcutta
(c) Delhi
(d) Allahabad
Ans: (d)
68. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb,
and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was
the adopted heir and successor of
(a) Peshwa Baji Rao II
(b) King of Jhansi
(c) Madhav Rao Sindhia
(d) Malhar Rao Holkar
Ans: (a)
69. During the first hundred years of the British rule In India,
people's resentment and Opposition to the British policies
mainly surfaced In the form of
(a) Tribal uprisings
(b) Peasant uprisings
(c) Civil uprisings
(d) Both (a) and (b) above
Ans: (d)
70. The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc. in 19th
century, India remained mainly localised because
(a) they were mainly directed against enhancement in rent,
evictions, usurious practices of moneylenders, etc.
(b) the peasants had no leadership and organisation
(c) they grew out of local grievances
(d) the big landlords were allies of the British
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Ans: (c)
71. The Deccan Riots of 1874-75 in Maharashtra were directed
against
(a) Big landlords
(b) Moneylenders
(c) Revenue collectors
(d) British opium planters
Ans: (b)
72. The main cause of the tribal uprisings of the 19th century
was
(a) the British land settlements and land laws had created
tension in the tribal society
(b) Christian Missionary activities in the tribal areas
(c) the British Forest Laws
(d) new excise regulations and police exactions
Ans: (c)
73. One of the best known tribal rebellions In Bihar, known as
Ulgulan (meaning Great Tumult), was launched by the
Mundas under the leadership of
(a) Kanhu
(b) Sidhu
(c) Birsa Munda
(d) Rampa Munda
Ans: (c)
74. In which of the following tribal rebellions did two tribal
brothers, Kanhu and Sidhu, proclaim the end of the
Company's rule in their region, and to supress their rebellion
the government had to use military force?
(a) Khasi Rebellion in Assam (1855) ..
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(b) Naika Tribal Uprising in Gujarat (1868)
(c) Munda Rebellion in Ranchi (1899)
(d) Santhal Rebellion in Bihar (1855-56)
Ans: (d)
75. One of the earliest and the best known mutinies before the
Revolt of 1857 was
(a) the Native Infantry Mutiny (1824)
(b) Indian Soldiers Mutiny at Vellore (1806)
(c) Sholapur Mutiny (1838)
(d) Assam Soldiers Mutiny (1824)
Ans: (b)
76. The first political association of India founded in 1891 was
the
(a) Landholders Society of Calcutta
(b) Indian Association
(c) British Indian Association
(d) Madras Native Association
Ans: (a)
77. Match the persons/leaders of the Revolt of 1857 and the
places and events with which they were associated:
List-I List-II
A. Mangal Pandey (i) proclaimed him-self Peshwa at
Kanpur and was joined by his able General Tatya Tope
B. Bahadur Shah II (ii) proclaimed the ruler at Jhansi
C. Nana Saheb (iii) at Barrackpore, he refused to use the
greased cartridges and killed the Adjutant
D. Rani Lakshmi Bai (iv) declared the Nawab of Awadh
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E. Birjis Kader (v) proclaimed the King emperor of India in
Delhi
Codes:
A B C D E
(a) ii v i iii iv
(b) i v ii iii iv
(c) iii v i ii iv
(d) iii ii iv v i
Ans: (c)
78. After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective
for which the leaders of the Revolt worked was
(a) to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire
(b) to form a Federation of Indian States under the aegis of
Bhadur Shah II
(c) elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order
(d) each leader wanted to establish his own power in his
respective region
Ans: (c)
79. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
(a) of superior resources of the British empire
(b) it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
(c) it had very little nationalist sentiment
(d) it was localised, restricted and scattered
Ans: (b)
80. Match the following popular movements with the regions
where they took place:
List-I List-II
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A. Wahabi (i) Punjab
B. Kuka (ii) North-West Frontier Province
C. Moplah (iii) Maharashtra
D. Phadke (iv) Kerala (Malabar)
Codes:
A B C D
(a) i ii iii iv
(b) ii i iv iii
(c) iv iii ii i
(d) i ii iv iii
Ans: (b)
81. The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a
feature of the later revolutionary movements) was
(a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Chapekar brothers
(c) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
(d) Yatindra Das
Ans: (c)
82. The British colonial policies in India proved moat ruinous
for Indian
(a) agriculture
(b) trade
(c) industry
(d) handicrafts
Ans: (d)
83. Indian handicrafts rapidly declined due to
(a) lack of patronage
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(b) growing craze for imported goods
(c) stiff competition from the machine-made goods of England
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
84. The main exponent of the theory of Drain of Wealth was
(a) RC Dutt
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) DR Gadoil
(d) Karl Mane
Ans: (b)
85. After 1893, when complete ban was imposed on all
commercial activities of the Company. India was left open to
exploitation by
(a) British officers in India
(b) Planters
(c) British mercantile industrial capitalist class
(d) Zamindars and big landlords
Ans: (c)
86. After the ruin of India's trade, Industries and handicrafts,
the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
(a) Zamindars
(b) Peasantry
(c) Income-tax payers
(d) All the above
Ans: (b)
87. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India
was
(a) railways
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(b) plantations and mines
(c) banking and insurance
(d) shipping
Ans: (a)
88. The new proletariat class which emerged in India on account
of the British economic policies, consisted of
(a) money lenders
(b) landlords
(c) traders
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
89. Match the following social reforms of modern India with the
reform organisations founded by them and the year of their
foundation:
List-I List-II
A. Raja Ram Mohun Roy (i) Tatvabodhini Sabha (1839)
B. Devendra Nath Tagore (ii) Brahmo Samaj of India (1860)
C. Keshav Chandra Sen (iii) Brahmo Samaj (1828)
D. MG Ranade (iv) Arya Samaj (1875)
E. Dayanand Saraswati (v) Prarthana Samaj (1867)
Codes:
A B C D E
(a) ii i ii v iv
(b) iii i ii v iv
(c) iii ii i iv v
(d) ii i iii v iv
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Ans: (b)
90. Match the following social reformers of modern India with
the institutions they founded (including year of their
foundation):
List-I List-II
A. Vivekananda (i) Theosophical Society (1882)
B. H P Blavatsky (ii) Ramakrishna Mission (1887)
C. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (iii) Ahmadiya Movement (1891)
D. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (iv) Aligarh Movement (1875)
E. Annie Besant (v) Central Hindu College,
Varanasi (1898)
Codes:
A B C D E
(a) v ii iii iv i
(b) ii i iv iii v
(c) ii v iii iv i
(d) v ii iv iii i
Ans: (b)
91. Match the following social reformers with the pioneering
reforms they introduced:
List-I List-II
A. Raja Ram Mohun Roy (i) opposed untouchability
B. Keshab Chandra Sen (ii) widow remarriage
C. Dayanand Saraswati (iii) abolition of purdah and child
marriages
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D. Vivekananda (iv) female education
E. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (v) socal service and service
to humanity
F. D K Karve (vi) abolition of Sati
Codes:
A B C D E F
(a) ii iv iii v i vi
(b) vi iii i v iv ii
(c) vi iii i v ii iv
(d) iii iv i v ii iv
Ans: (c)
92. A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge
between the past and the future is
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Devendra Nath Tagore
(c) Ishwar chandra
(d) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
Ans: (d)
93. Which of the following was not a common social reform
attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th
century
(a) emancipation of women
(b) monogamy
(c) female education
(d) untouchability
Ans: (d)
94. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of
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untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before
Gandhiji came on the scene
(a) M G Ranade
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Atmaram Panduranga
Ans: (b)
95. Match the years In which the following social legislations
were passed
List-I List-II
A. Abolition of Sati (i) 1843
B. Legalisation of remarriage of widows (ii) 1804
C. Prohibition of female infanticide (iii) 1829-30
D. Abolition of slavery (iv) 1856
Codes:
A B C D
(a) i ii iii iv
(b) ii i iv iii
(c) iii iv ii i
(d) iii iv i ii
Ans: (c)
96. Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th century who
provided Inspiration to the Indian National Movement were
(a) Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendra Nath Tagore
(c) MG Ranade and DK Karve
(d) Keshab Chandra Sen and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Ans: (a)
97. The social reformer of Maharashtra who became famous by
his pen name lokhitwadi was
(a) Atmaram Panduranga
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(d) KS Chaplunkar
Ans: (c)
98. Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English
educated young men of Bengal
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Rai Narain Bose
(c) Henry Vivian Derozio
(d) Drinkwater Bethun
Ans: (c)
99. The main cause for the Instant popularity of the Arya Samaj
was that
(a) It represented the purified form of Hinduism
(b) It supported and worded for the cause of western education
(c) It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism
with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic
religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
(d) It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas
Ans: (c)
100. The objective(s) of the Kuka Movement in the Punjab
was/were
(a) To purify Sikh religion of its abuses and suprestitions
(b) The revival of Sikh sovereignty
(c) Both (a) and (b) above ..
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Ans (c)