MODERN INDIA part 6
501. Who had observed that "Good government was never a good
substitute for self-government"?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
(c) Swami Dayananda
(d) Aurobindo Ghose
Ans: (c)
502. Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the
______ Movement.
(a) Swadeshi
(b) Quit India
(c) Khilafat
(d) Civil Disobedience
Ans: (c)
503. The Home Rule Society, popularly called 'India House'
, had
been established in London to promote the cause of Indian
independence, by
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Madan Lal Dhingra
(c) Shyamji Krishna Varma
(d) V D Savarkar
Ans: (c)
504. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set
up an ashram there, was
(a) Lokmanya TiIak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Bhikaji Cama
(d) Sri Aurobindo Ghose
Ans: (d)
505. Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper
(a) Pioneer
(b) National Herald
(c) Kesari
(d) Patriot
.
.
Ans: (b)
506. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during the
______ Movement.
(a) Khilafat
(b) Non-cooperation
(c) Swadeshi
(d) Civil Disobedience
Ans: (c)
507. Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord ______ as the viceroy
of India in 1947.
(a) Wavell
(b) Lytton
(c) Linlithgow
(d) Cornwallis
Ans: (a)
508. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had started a reform movement
among the Muslim, called the ______ Movement.
(a) Sufi
(b) Aligarh
(c) Jaipur
(d) Wahabi
Ans: (b)
509. Who among the following had attended all the three Round
Table Conferences in London?
(a) M K Gandhi
(b) B R Ambedkar
(c) J L Nehru
(d) M M Malaviya
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Ans: (b)
510. The Act constituting the first legislative interference by the
British Parliament in the affairs of India was the
(a) Fox's India Act, 1783
(b) Pitt's India Act, 1784
(c) Regulating Act, 1773
(d) Declaratory Act, 1781
Ans: (c)
511. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat
Movement?
(a) The Ali brothers
(b) MAJinnah
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) RM Sayani
Ans: (a)
512. Who had been the first to emphasise the instruction in
literature and science through the English Language was
essential for building a modern India?
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) GK Gokhale
(c) Raj Ram Mohun Roy
(d) MM Malaviya
Ans: (c)
513. The office of Governor-General of India was created by the
(a) Government of India Act, 1833
(b) Government of India Act, 1858
(c) Charter Act, 1833
(d) Charter Act, 1813
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Ans: (c)
514. Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the
eradication of the evil of untouchability?
(a) Jagjivan Ram
(b) Dr BR Ambedkar
(c) Acharya Kripalani
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (d)
515. In 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was imprisoned for six years
and sent to
(a) Mandalay
(b) Delhi
(c) Singapore
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Island
Ans: (a)
516. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed
during the viceroyalty of
(a) Ripon
(b) Curzon
(c) Hastings
(d) Dalhousie
Ans: (b)
517. Who has been called the 'Heroine' of the 1942 Quit India
Movement?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Sucheta Kripalarti
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali
.
.
Ans: (d)
518. In Bengal, the East India Company's headquarters were
located at
(a) Fort St George
(b) Fort william
(c) Fort St David
(d) Shantiniketan
Ans: (b)
519. Who was the first to use the term 'Adivasi' to refer to the
tribal people?
(a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Thakkar Bappa
(c) M N Srinivas
(d) B R Ambedkar
Ans: (b)
520. Among the numerous followers of Gandhi's 'philosophy'
was, were
(a) Bertrand Russell
(b) Marshal Tito
(c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(d) All of the above
Ans: (c)
521. Who was the Congress President at the time when India
become free?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) V L Pandit
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) J B Kripalani
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.
Ans: (d)
522. In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had
been led by
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (c)
523. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in 1920
because of
(a) Gandhi's ill health
(b) The Congress' extremist policies
(c) Afervent appeal by the government to do so
(d) Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
Ans: (d)
524. The revolutionary who died of a 64 days' hunger strike was
(a) Sukh Dev
(b) Batukeshwar Dutt
(c) Jatin Das
(d) Raj Guru
Ans: (c)
525. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in
the year
(a) 1857
(b) 1919
(c) 1946
(d) 1947
Ans: (c)
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526. Who was in command or the nationalist movement before
Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?
(a) C R Das
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Lokmanya Tilak
Ans: (d)
527. Who had rounded the first women's university in India?
(a) Rani Ahilya Devi
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
(c) Rani of Thomi
(d) Dhondo Keshav Karve
Ans: (d)
528. Who had given out the political message or 'India for the
Indians’?
(a) P ACharlu
(b) Dayananda Saraswati
(c) AO Hume
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (b)
529. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
(a) Lucknow
(b) Dacca
(c) Lahore
(d) Aligarh
Ans: (b)
530. The upliftment or the backward classes had been the prime
concern of the
.
.
(a) Arya Samaj
(b) Prarthana Samaj
(c) Satyashodhak Samaj
(d) Ramakrishna Mission
Ans: (c)
531. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood
because
(a) He wanted to join the Congress
(b) Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its
power and honour
(c) Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
(d) He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Ans: (c)
532. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
(a) M K Gandhi
(b) Acharya Kripalani
(c) Jayaprakash Narayan
(d) Vinoba Bhave
Ans: (d)
533. During the Dandi March the song 'Raghupati Raghav Raja
Ram ...' had been sung by the renowned musician
(a) Digambar Vishnu Paluskar
(b) Onkar Nath Thakur
(c) Mallikarjun Mansur
(d) Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
Ans: (a)
534. Who had stated with regard to the formation and raison
d'etre of the Indian National Congress ,
"A safety valve for
.
.
the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own
action was urgently needed"?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) M AJinnah
(c) Annie Beasnt
(d) AO Hume
Ans: (d)
535. Who among the following had been the leader of a number
of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
(a) Kattabomman
(b) Surendra Sai
(c) Utirat Singh
(d) Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
Ans: (b)
536. Who among the following had been a high court judge, an
economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC,
besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Pheroze Shah Mehta
(c) Mahadev Gobind Ranade
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (c)
537. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed
following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had
been given by
(a) Ramsay Mcdonald
(b) Lloyd George
(c) Stanley Baldwin
(d) AV Alexander
.
.
Ans: (a)
538. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after
independence?
(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lord Pethick Lawrence
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Ans: (d)
539. What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily
dealt with?
(a) Social reforms
(b) Administrative reforms
(c) Educational reforms
(d) Political consolidation
Ans: (c)
540. The landmarks or Dalhousie's administration did not
include
(a) Indian Railways
(b) English as the medium of instruction
(c) Public works department
(d) Telegraph
Ans: (b)
541. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
(a) The Dutch
(b) Charles I
(c) Charles II
(d) The Portuguese
Ans: (c)
.
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542. Who among the following had during his reign introduced a
new calendar, a new system or coinage, and new scales or
weights and measures?
(a) Tipu Sultan
(b) Murshid Quli Khan
(c) Raghunath Rao
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans: (a)
543. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the
French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of
(a) Trichinopoly
(b) Arcot
(c) Wandiwash
(d) Pondicherry
Ans: (c)
544. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari
of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from
the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the
British settlement in Calcutta was
(a) San Thome
(b) Victoria Memeorial
(c) Fort William
(d) Howrah Port
Ans: (c)
545. The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was
(a) The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort
William.
(b) The English support and asylum to the political rivals of
Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
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.
(c) Misuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company
and its officials
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of
Calcutta (Alinagar)
Ans: (d)
546. Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah or Bengal was defeated by the
English in the battle of Plassey, mainly
(a) because the English forces were much stronger than those of
the Nawab
(b) because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commander-
in- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
(c) because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield
(d) because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the
Nawab's service by the English
Ans: (b)
547. PIassey is located near
(a) Murshidabad in West Bengal
(b) Rajashahi in Bangladesh
(c) Calcutta
(d) Monghyr in Bihar
Ans: (a)
548. By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and
the Court of Directors were transferred to _______.
(a) The Secretary of State
(b) Parliament
(c) Viceroy
(d) Commander-in-Chief
Ans: (a)
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.
549. The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances
by the act of
(a) 1858
(b) 1861
(c) 1860
(d) 1871
Ans: (b)
550. The maximum number of additional members for the council
of Bengal was raised from 20 to ______.
(a) 60
(b) 50
(c) 70
(d) 25
Ans: (b)
551. Communal Representation was for the first time given in the
interest of Muslims by
(a) The Indian Council Act of 1909
(b) The Government of India Act of 1919
(c) The Government of India Act of 1935
(d) The Act of 1858
Ans: (a)
552. Match the following:
List-I List-II
A. Montford Reforms 1. 1909
B. Morley Minto Reforms 2. 1919
C. Independence Act 3. 1946
D. Cabinet Mission 4. 1947
.
.
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 1 2 3 4
Ans: (a)
553. The Government of India Act of 1919 made provision for the
appointment of a/an ______ for India in the United
Kingdom.
(a) Ambassador
(b) Counsul
(c) High Commissioner
(d) Indian Member in the parliament of England
Ans: (b)
554. The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom
must be appointed by ______.
(a) Secretary of State for India
(b) The Government of India
(c) Parliament of England
(d) By Indian National Congress
Ans: (b)
555. Bicameral Legislature was first provided to India by the
(a) Pitt's India Act
(b) Government of India Act of 1935
(c) Government of India Act of 1919
(d) Council Act of 1861
Ans: (c)
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556. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature
was known as ______.
(a) Legislative Council
(b) Legislative Assembly
(c) House of Representatives
(d) House of Commons
Ans: (b)
557. Provision was made in the Act of 1919, for the appointment
of a Commission in ______ to investigate the working of the
Constitution,
(a) 1930
(b) 1929
(c) 1939
(d) 1925
Ans: (b)
558. The Government of India Act of 1935 consists of ______
sections and 10 schedules.
(a) 300
(b) 330
(c) 321
(d) 331
Ans: (c)
559. Which of the following statements is not correct? The
materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 were
drawn from
(a) The Simon Commission Report
(b) The Nehru Committee Report
(c) The White Paper issued by the British Government
(d) Morley-Minto Reforms
.
.
Ans: (d)
560. The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble
from
(a) The Constitution of the USA
(b) The Constitution of Australia
(c) From the Government of India Act of 1919
(d) From Pitt's India Act
Ans: (c)
561. Which of the following statements is not correct? Provision
was made In the Act of 1935 for
(a) The Central Subjects
(b) Provincial Subjects
(c) Concurrent Lists
(d) AList of Subjects for Princely States
Ans: (d)
562. A Federal Railway Authority was established by the Act of
(a) 1909
(b) 1919
(c) 1935
(d) 1861
Ans: (c)
563. Which of the following statements is not correct? As per the
Act of 1935, the Federal Court would have jurisdiction to
decide disputes between
(a) The Fderating Units
(b) The Frderating Units and the Federal Government
(c) The Federal Government and a Federating Units
(d) The Secretary of State and the Viceroy's Council
.
.
Ans: (d)
564. During the Second World War the British forces were
defeated at ______.
(a) London
(b) Dunkirk
(c) Paris
(d) Liverpool
Ans: (b)
565. 'We do not seek our independence out of Britain's ruin' said
(a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Gokhale
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: (b)
566. During the Second World War Churchill replaced _____ as
Prime Minister of England.
(a) Chamberlain
(b) Attlee
(c) Disraeli
(d) Asquith
Ans: (a)
567. Who said that he had not become His Majesty's first
Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British
Empire?
(a) Attlee
(b) Churchill
(c) Disraeli
(d) Loyd George
.
.
Ans: (b)
568. 'August Offer' was issued on ______ 1940.
(a) 8 August
(b) 15 August
(c) 20 August
(d) 30 August
Ans: (a)
569. 'August Offer' was issued by _____.
(a) Crown
(b) Parliament
(c) Viceroy
(d) Secretary of State
Ans: (c)
570. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by
(a) The Council Act of 1909
(b) Montford Reforms
(c) August Offer
(d) The Government of India Act of 1935
Ans: (c)
571. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell's Plan in the
Conference held at ______.
(a) Delhi
(b) Shimla
(c) Calcutta
(d) Madras
Ans: (b)
572. The Cabinet Mission which arrived Delhi in 1946 was
headed by
.
.
(a) Lord Pethrick Lawrence
(b) Sir Stafford Cripps
(c) AV Alexander
(d) Lord Attlee
Ans: (a)
573. In the Provinces were allowed to form groups with common
executives and legislatures.
(a) Wavell Plan
(b) Dikie Bird Plan
(c) Cabinet Mission Plan
(d) Mountbatten Plan
Ans: (c)
574. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Constituent
Assembly would be
(a) 389
(b) 289
(c) 250
(d) 350
Ans: (a)
575. In the Cabinet Mission Plan, provision was made for the
Commissioner's Provinces to represent by ______ members
in the Constituent Assembly.
(a) 14
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 4
Ans: (d)
576. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the Princely States would be
.
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represented by ______ members in the Constituent
Assembly.
(a) 90
(b) 93
(c) 103
(d) 100
Ans: (b)
577. The Constitution drawn by the Constituent Assembly
(provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan) would be
implemented by
(a) Parliament
(b) The British Government
(c) Viceroy
(d) Indian National Congress
Ans: (b)
578. Which of the following was not included in the Treaty to be
negotiated as provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan?
(a) The Indian Union
(b) Constituent Assembly
(c) Indian National Congress
(d) The United Kingdom
Ans: (c)
579. As per the Cabinet Mission Plan, the power would be first
transferred to ______.
(a) The Indian National Congress
(b) The Interim Government
(c) The Viceroy
(d) The Princes of the States
.
.
Ans: (b)
580. The Province of Bengal Constituted by the Act of 1935
would cease to exist as per ______.
(a) The Cabinet Mission Plan
(b) Wavell's Plan
(c) The Indian Independence Act of 1947
(d) The Dikie Bird Plan
Ans: (c)
581. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of
East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined
by
(a) The National Congress
(b) The Muslim League
(c) The Award of a Boundary Commission
(d) The People living in those boundary areas
Ans: (c)
582. Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the
Independence Act?
(a) East Bengal
(b) The West Punjab
(c) Sind
(d) West Bengal
Ans: (d)
583. As per Indian Independence Act, the Suzerainty of His
Majesty over the Indian State would come to an end on
______.
(a) 15 August, 1947
(b) 14 August, 1947
(c) 15 August, 1950 .
.
(d) 26 January, 1950
Ans: (b)
584. Who played an important role in bringing all the States In
the Independent India Into the country's unity?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Hume
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (a)
585. Sardar Patel brought all the Indian States into the Country's
unity
(a) By a bloody revolution
(b) By using armed forces
(c) By a bloodless revolution
(d) With the help of the English
Ans: (c)
586. On Cabinet Mission, _______ observed,
"the proposals
preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by
the dispute between two major communities".
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Nehru
(c) Patel
(d) Mahatma Gandhi\
Ans: (a)
587. ______ was primarily responsible for making India a secular
State.
(a) Gandhi
(b) Patel
.
.
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Gokhale
Ans: (c)
588. Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian
Constitution?
(a) The Constitution of China
(b) The Constitution of USSR
(c) The Constitution of USA
(d) The Constitution of Japan
Ans: (c)
589. Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the
Indian legislature?
(a) Scheduled Caste
(b) Scheduled Tribes
(c) Anglo-Indian
(d) Landed Gentry
Ans: (d)
590. India is in favour of ______ in the economic field.
(a) Public Sector
(b) Private Sector
(c) Mixed Economy
(d) Capitalistic Economy
Ans: (c)
591. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and _______.
(a) Pakistan
(b) China
(c) Tibet
(d) Afghanistan
.
.
Ans: (a)
592. China invaded Indian frontiers in the year ______.
(a) 1956
(b) 1960
(c) 1962
(d) 1965
Ans: (c)
593. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan
in the year
(a) 1960
(b) 1966
(c) 1970
(d) 1950
Ans: (b)
594. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was
_____ at home to, administer the East India Company.
(a) ACommittee of 24
(b) ASecretary
(c) ACouncil of Lords
(d) ABoard of Revenue
Ans: (a)
595. The Presidents of early English Settlements (Madras,
Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to _______.
(a) The House of Common
(b) The House of Lords
(c) The Home Government of the Company
(d) The Council of Senior Merchants
Ans: (c)
.
.
596. Which of the following statements is not correct? According
to Pitt's India Act the Board of Control would consist of
(a) The Chancellor of the Exchequer
(b) Secretary of State for India
(c) Four Privy Councillors
(d) The Governor-General
Ans: (d)
597. As per Pitt's India Act the Committee of Secrecy would
consist of three members of ______.
(a) The Board of Control
(b) The Court of Directors
(c) The House of Commons
(d) The House of Lords
Ans: (b)
598. The Pitt's India Act empowered the Governor-General with
(a) Power of vote
(b) Acasting vote
(c) The power to dismiss the council
(d) The power to add more members to the council
Ans: (b)
599. Pitt's India Act brought the company in direct
subordination to a body representing _______.
(a) The Parliament of Britain
(b) The English Merchants in India
(c) The Indian Merchants
(d) Princely States
Ans: (a)
600. The Objective of Non-alignment of India's foreign policy
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.
means
(a) To stand in isolation from world affairs
(b) To judge every international issue on its own merit
(c) c).To interfere in the internal matters of a country
(d) Not to help any country
Ans: (b)
601. The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to
all by the Act of
(a) 1853
(b) 1858
(c) 1813
(d) 1784
Ans: (b)
602. Indirect election was introduced in India by the Act of
(a) 1853
(b) 1858
(c) 1892
(d) 1833
603. As per the Act of 1919, the Council of India would consist of
a minimum of 8 and a maximum of ______ members.
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 20
Ans: (b)
604. The term of office of member of the Council of India as per
the act of 1919 was
(a) 5 years
(b) 4 years
.
.
(c) 2 years
(d) 6 years
Ans: (a)
605. As per 'August Offer' the British objective for India was
______.
(a) Dominion Status
(b) Puma Swaraj
(c) Responsible Government
(d) Provincial Authority
Ans: (a)
606. Wavell Plan was announced in the year
(a) 1945
(b) 1942
(c) 1946
(d) 1940
Ans: (a)
607. As per Wavell's Plan the external affairs would be under the
charge of ______.
(a) Viceroy
(b) Parliament
(c) An Indian Member of the Executive Council
(d) Secretary of State
Ans: (c)
608. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the
formation of
(a) Union of India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Constituent Assembly
.
.
(d) Groups by Provinces
Ans: (b)
609. The Shimla Conference which was convened as per Wavell's
Plan ended in failure because of the stiff opposition of
(a) Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Jinnah
(d) Rajaji
Ans: (c)
610. As per the Indian Independence Act of 1947, which of the
following did not form a part of Pakistan?
(a) East Bengal and the West Punjab
(b) Sind and British Baluchistan
(c) The North West Frontier
(d) Assam
Ans: (d)
611. Of the following, which did not influence the fathers of
Indian Constitution? The Constitution of
(a) The USA
(b) The USSR
(c) Canada
(d) Ireland
Ans: (b)
612. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had
fortified was at
(a) Surat
(b) Bombay
(c) Masulipatnam
.
.
(d) Madras
Ans: (d)
613. To whom is the statement "Cowardice and ahimsa do not go
together any more than water and fire" attributed?
(a) Acharya Narendra Dev
(b) M K Gandhi
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Ans: (b)
614. The Indian National Congress had been formed with the
knowledge and approval of Lord
(a) Dufferin
(b) Mountbatten
(c) Ripon
(d) Curzon
Ans: (a)
615. Lord is regarded to have been the father of local self-
government in India.
(a) Ripon
(b) Bentinck
(c) Curzon
(d) Mayo
Ans: (a)
616. The problem that exercised and evoked the reformists in the
19th century to the greatest extent related to
(a) Education
(b) Caste restrictions
(c) Religious revivalism
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(d) Women's issues
Ans: (d)
617. Which of the following was the most important feature of the
Montague-Chelmsford reforms?
(a) Self-government
(b) The Factory Act
(c) System of Dyarchy
(d) Transfer of Power of Congress
Ans: (c)
618. The famous Quit India Resolution was passed on
(a) August 8, 1942
(b) August 28, 1942
(c) April 4, 1928
(d) April 24, 1928
Ans: (a)
619. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British
would quit India by June, 1948?
(a) January 26, 1947
(b) August 15, 1947
(c) January 26, 1948
(d) February 20, 1947
Ans: (d)
620. The revolt of 1857 had its beginnings in
(a) Meerut
(b) Plassey
(c) Madras
(d) Bombay
Ans: (a)
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621. Who had formulated and perfected the use of the subsidiary
alliance system?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Wellesley
Ans: (d)
622. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the
emperor/emperess of India?
(a) Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Faqir-ud-din
Ans: (c)
623. Which great war was fought between the years 1914 and
1918?
(a) The Battle of Tarain
(b) The First World War
(c) The Battle of Plassey
(d) The Second World War
Ans: (b)
624. In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society founded?
(a) 1905
(b) 1908
(c) 1911
(d) 1914
Ans: (a)
625. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
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(a) Madan Lal Dhingra
(b) V D Savarkar
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Shyamji Krishna Varma
Ans: (d)
