MODERN INDIA : part 3
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201- 300
201. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of
Satyagraha?
Ans: South Africa
202. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi's
views on Satyagraha is not correct?
Ans: It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
203. Which of the following was not one of the techniques of
'Satyagraha' advocated by Mahatama Gandhi?
(a) Ahimsa
204. Which of the following is not one of the reasons why
Mahatma Gandhi is known Ra the Father of Nation?
(a) He was universally adored, admired and respected by all
castes, communities and classes
205. Which of the following writers did not have a profound
influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
(d) Marx
206. What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
(b) As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the
integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
207. Which of the following songs was so dear to Gandhiji's
heart, that he wrote: 'That one song is enough to sustain me,
even if I were to forget the 'Bhagwad Gita'.
(c) Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
208. Who is the author of Vande Mataram?
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
209. Who composed the song "Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindostan
Hamara"?
(a) Mohammed Iqbal
210. Who of the following has the distinction of having Authored
the National Anthems of two countries of the world?
(a) TS Eliot
(b) WB Yeats
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Mohammad Iqbal
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211. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a half-
naked fakir?
(d) Winston Churchill
212. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for
the longest period in India was
( b) Lord Dalhousie
213. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by
(c) MN Roy
214. In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was
founded, AO Hume acted as its
(c) General Secretary
215. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British
House of Commons was
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
216. Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was associated
with which of the following movements oC the Indian
National Congress?
(a) Extremist
217. The song Jan-Gana-Mana composed by Rabindranath
Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
(c) Bharat Vidhata
218. Narain Malhar Joshi founded
(a) the Social Service League in Bombay in 1911
(b) All India Trade Union Congress 1920
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) The Deccan Education Society 1884
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219. All India State's Peoples Conference formed in 1927
launched popular movements in
(a) Princely States
220. The actual name of Dayanand Saraawati, the founder of the
Arya Samaj was
(b) Mula Shankar
221. The President of the Constituent Assembly was
(b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
222. The slogan of 'Bande Matram' was first adopted during the
______ Movements?
(c) Swadeshi
223. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched
in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers
such as Kashmir, Nizam's Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.)
was/were
(a) State People's Movement
(b) Praja Mandal Movement
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Swaraj Movement
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224. The first elected Indian President of the Legislative
Assembly was
(d) VJ Patel
225. Shree Narayan Guru was a great socio-religious reformer of
(a) Kerala
226. The youngest President of the Indian National Congress,
who held that office at the age of 35, was
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (d)
227. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of
Commons was
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Pheroze Shah Mehta
Ans: (b)
228. Two socio-religious reform movements founded in India in
1875 were
(a) Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission
(c) Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj
(d) Aligarh Movement and Servants of Indian Society
Ans: (c)
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229. The momentous decision to transfer the capital from
Calcutta to Delhi, to annul the partition of Bengal and to
abolish Indian indentured labour were taken during the
Viceroyalty of Lord
(a) Hardinge
(b) Minto
(c) Chelmsford
(d) Reading
Ans: (a)
230. The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in
India was
(a) Sir SP Sinha
(b) Sir Shaukat Hayat
(c) Sir Hari Singh Gaur
(d) VJ Patel
Ans: (a)
231. The Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission
established by Vivekananda in 1898 are at
(a) Kanyakumari
(b) Belur
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Murshidabad
Ans: (b)
232. Who is regarded as the father and founder of the Indian
National Congress?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) SN Banerjee
(c) AO Hume
(d) Pheroze Shah Mehta
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Ans: (c)
233. Who of the following was associated with the publication of a
large number of weeklies and dailies such as Hindustan,
Indian Union, Leader, Maryada, Kissan, Abhudaya etc.?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Ans: (d)
234. Who declared that he would talk of religion only when he
succeeded in removing poverty and misery from the country,
for religion could not appease hunger?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (a)
235. The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was
(a) Madam Blavatsky
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Sister Nivedita
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (c)
236. 'The Times of India' which celebrated its 150th anniversary
in 1988, was first published in 1838 as
(a) Bombay Chronicle
(b) Bombay Times
(c) Indian Times
(d) National Times ..
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Ans: (b)
237. A focal point of all revolutionary activities in London was
(a) India House
(b) Kaiser House
(c) Singh Sabha Building
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji's House
Ans: (a)
238. The first President of the Ghadar Party-founded in 1913 in
USA-was
(a) Lata Hardayal
(b) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(c) Bhai Parmanand
(d) Sardar Ajit Singh
Ans: (b)
239. Chandra Shekhar Azad was ______ of the Hinduatan
Socialist Republican Army.
(a) President
(b) Secretary
(c) Commander-in-Chief
(d) Field Marshal
Ans: (c)
240. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an
Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference
of
(a) different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
(b) Indians living in Tokyo
(c) Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody
(d) Indian revolutionaries living outside India
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Ans: (a)
241. The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 primarily
to promote among Indian Muslims
(a) mutual unity and goodwill
(b) political consciousness
(c) feeling of loyalty to the British Government
(d) hatred for the Congress
Ans: (c)
242. The English who twice served as President of the Indian
National Congress was
(a) George Yule
(b) Sir William Wedderburn
(c) AO Hume
(d) Mrs Annie Besant
Ans: (b)
243. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces
in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
(a) Lord Willingdon
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Viscount Wavell
Ans: (c)
244. In which of the following provinces the Congress Ministry
was not formed in June 1937?
(a) United Provinces
(b) Central Provinces
(c) Madras
(d) Assam
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Ans: (d)
245. 'A day of deliverance and thanks giving' was celebrated in
1939 by
(a) Congress Party
(b) Muslim League
(c) Forward Bloc
(d) Communist Party
Ans: (b)
246. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
(a) Willingdon
(b) Linlithgow
(c) Minto
(d) Lytton
Ans: (b)
247. When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime
Minister of England was
(a) Chamberlain
(b) Baldwin
(c) Chruchill
(d) Asquith
Ans: (c)
248. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Jinnah
(c) Mohammed Iqbal
(d) Patel
Ans: (c)
249. The word Pakistan was coined by
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(a) Mohammed Iqbal
(b) Jinnah
(c) Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Rahmat Ali
Ans: (d)
250. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the
partition of India in the ______ session held in 1940.
(a) Lahore
(b) Allahabad
(c) Karachi
(d) Dacca
Ans: (a)
251. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of ______ to
the East India Company.
(a) Rs 480,000
(b) Rs 400,000
(c) Rs 500,000
(d) Rs 300,000
Ans: (b)
252. The Regulating Act was passed in the year
(a) 1793
(b) 1773
(c) 1763
(d) 1783
Ans: (b)
253. According to the Regulating Act, Directors were to be elected
for a period of
(a) 5 years
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(b) 4 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 3 years
Ans: (b)
254. As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four
Councilors were appointed for
(a) Bengal
(b) Bombay
(c) Madras
(d) Surat
Ans: (a)
255. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor
General was
(a) 4 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 2 years
Ans: (b)
256. As per the Regulating Act a Supreme Court was established
in
(a) Bengal
(b) Bombay
(c) Delhi
(d) Madras
Ans: (a)
257. According to the provisions of the Regulating Act the
Supreme Court in Bengal consisted of the Chief Justice and
(a) Five Judges
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(b) Two Judges
(c) Six Judges
(d) Three Judges
Ans: (d)
258. The first Carnatic War in India was an extension of the
Anglo-French War in
(a) Canada
(b) Europe
(c) Africa
(d) America
Ans: (b)
259. During the first Carnatic War, the French Governor-General
of Pondicherry was
(a) La Bourdonnais
(b) Captain Paradise
(c) Dupleix
(d) Count-de-Lally
Ans: (c)
260. To establish French political influence in Sothern India,
Dupleix had an opportunity in the disputed succession to the
thrones of
(a) Delhi and Awadh
(b) Hyderabad and Carnatic
(c) Travancore
(d) Vijayanagar and Ahmednagar
Ans: (b)
261. In the Carnatic, the English supported the claims of
(a) Anwaruddin
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(b) Chanda Sahib
(c) Nasir Jang
(d) Muzaffar Jang
Ans: (a)
262. Shuja-ud-Daulah was the Nawab of
(a) Rampur
(b) Arcot
(c) Awadh
(d) Surat
Ans: (c)
263. Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of
(a) Rohelas
(b) Marathas
(c) Sikhs
(d) Tamils
Ans: (a)
264. Rohelas were of ______ origin.
(a) Turkish
(b) Afghan
(c) British
(d) Chinese
Ans: (b)
265. The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the
Battle of
(a) Bauxar
(b) Plassey
(c) Arcot
(d) Panipat
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Ans: (d)
266. To face the Maratha Army the Rohelas chief entered into a
pact with
(a) The Nawab of Awadh
(b) The French
(c) The Portuguese
(d) The Sikhs
Ans: (a)
267. The 'Hero of Plassey' was
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Dupleix
(c) Clive
(d) Shuja-ud-Daulah
Ans: (c)
268. The use of the mother tongue in India in the law Court was
permitted by
(a) Lord Hastings
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Bentinck
Ans: (d)
269. The Diwani Adalat was presided over by
(a) Collector
(b) Governor
(c) Resident
(d) Nawabs
Ans: (a)
270. The first plans for an Indian railway system was made by
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(a) Minto
(b) Amherst
(c) Hardinge
(d) Cornwallis
Ans: (c)
271. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect
the British territories from
(a) Russian menace
(b) Pindari menace
(c) Rohelas
(d) Attack by Burmese
Ans: (a)
272. The Treaty of Bessein (1802) was signed between
(a) The British and the Peshwa
(b) The British and the Nizam
(c) The British and Sikh
(d) The British and Nawab of Arcot
Ans: (a)
273. Sindhia's troops were defeated by General Wellesley at
(a) Bessein
(b) Assaye
(c) Tanjore
(d) Poona
Ans: (b)
274. The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed
at
(a) Allahabad
(b) Amritsar
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(c) Kashmir
(d) Agra
Ans: (b)
275. The Sikhs were defeated by the English at ______ in 1856.
(a) Sobraon
(b) Amritsar
(c) Lahore
(d) Kashmir
Ans: (a)
276. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the
British in India in the year
(a) 1836
(b) 1846
(c) 1856
(d) 1866
Ans: (b)
277. The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651
at ______.
(a) Hugli
(b) Kassimbazar
(c) Patna
(d) Calcutta
Ans: (a)
278. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India
Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
(a) Bahadur Shah
(b) Farrukh-Siyar
(c) Muhammad Shah
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(d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (b)
279. Of the following who transferred the capital from
Murshidabad to Monghyr?
(a) Mir Kasim
(b) Mir Jaffar
(c) Siraj-ud-Daulah
(d) Mir Mudan
Ans: (a)
280. Which of the following was not to be ceded by Mir Kasim to
the Company as per the treaty signed between Mir Kasim
and Calcutta Council?
(a) Burdwan
(b) Midnapur
(c) Chittagong
(d) Monghyr
Ans: (d)
281. In the Battle of Buxar the English army was commanded by
(a) Major Munro
(b) Clive
(c) Rojer Drake
(d) Boughton
Ans: (a)
282. The Battle of Buxar was fought between the combined
armies (of the Nawab of Awadh, the Mughal Emperor and
Mir Kasim II) and the
(a) French
(b) Dutch
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(c) Portuguese
(d) English
Ans: (d)
283. Who designated the administrative head of the district as
Collector?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Macpherson
(d) Clive
Ans: (c)
284. Mahabandula was the great General of the
(a) Marathas
(b) Sikhs
(c) Nepalese
(d) Burmese
Ans: (d)
285. Mahabandula was killed at _____.
(a) Rangoon
(b) Tenesserin
(c) Danubyu
(d) Prome
Ans: (c)
286. ‘Confessions of Thug' was written by
(a) Burke
(b) Meadows Taylor
(c) Havell
(d) Moreland
Ans: (b)
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287. The Hindu College was started in 1817 at
(a) Calcutta
(b) Bombay
(c) Madras
(d) Pondicherry
Ans: (a)
288. According to ______ the Mutiny was a popular rebellion.
(a) V D Sarkar
(b) V ASmith
(c) L Mukherjee
(d) Chabbra
Ans: (b)
289. The Mutiny was brought to an end with the fall of ______
into the hands of the British in India.
(a) Meerut
(b) Awadh
(c) Gwalior
(d) Rohilkhand
Ans: (c)
290. The Wahabis operated from
(a) Hindukush
(b) Khyber Pass
(c) Western Ghat
(d) Palghat
Ans: (a)
291. The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the
Viceroyalty of
(a) Elgin
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(b) Canning
(c) Minto
(d) Lytton
Ans: (b)
292. The first Indian to enter the Indian Civil Service was
(a) Gokhale
(b) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(c) Ramanuja
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: (b)
293. The first Famine Commission was constituted under
(a) Sir Richard Strachey
(b) Sir John Strachey
(c) Roberts
(d) Chamberlain
Ans: (a)
294. The Mayo College was started at
(a) Delhi
(b) Calcutta
(c) Agra
(d) Ajmer
Ans: (d)
295. Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Viceroy Lytton
2. Viceroy Mayo
3. Viceroy Lansdowne
4. Viceroy Linlithgow
(a) II, III, I, IV
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(b) II, I, III, IV
(c) IV, III, II, I
(d) III, IV, I, II
Ans: (b)
296. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a
magnificent Durbar was held at
(a) Calcutta
(b) Delhi
(c) Bombay
(d) Madras
Ans: (b)
297. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to
Delhi in the year
(a) 1911
(b) 1912
(c) 1920
(d) 1925
Ans: (a)
298. The Tata Iron and Steel Works was completed with the aid of
(a) Japanese experts
(b) Russian experts
(c) American experts
(d) French experts
Ans: (c)
299. Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
(a) Justice
(b) General
(c) Member of Parliament
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(d) Secretary of State for India
Ans: (a)
300. Montagu who toured In India in 1918 was a
(a) Member of Privy Council
(b) Member of Viceroy's Council
(c) Secretary of State for India
(d) Viceroy of India
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