UPSC History Indian National Movement Question Bank

done Towards India's National Movement Total Questions - 100

• question_answer1)
  One of the following was the English East India Company's policy towards the Indians in the late 18th-19th centuries:
  A)
  Controlling India through non-intervention in India's social matters done clear
  B)
  Controlling India through intervention in India's cultural and social life done clear
  C)
  Controlling India through cautious intervention in the Indian social institutions done clear
  D)
  Controlling India through Company's efforts to liberate the Indians from their religions superstitions done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Which one of the following Acts allocated one lakh rupees for purposes of encouraging the revival and providing support to literature in India:
  A)
  The Charter Act of 1773         done clear
  B)
  The Pitt's India Act of 1784 done clear
  C)
  The Charter Act of 1793        done clear
  D)
  The Charter Act of 1813 done clear
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• question_answer3)
  Who, among the following, wanted the Indians to have an education in European literature inculcated through the medium of English education?
  A)
  Warren Hastings              done clear
  B)
  Cornwallis done clear
  C)
  Thomas Macaulay             done clear
  D)
  William Bentinck done clear
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• question_answer4)
  In 1857, three universities were started. One of the following was not among those three universities:
  A)
  Delhi                 done clear
  B)
  Calcutta done clear
  C)
  Bombay                     done clear
  D)
  Madras done clear
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• question_answer5)
  Consider the following with regard to Orientalist-Anglicist controversy in 18th-19th centuries India and select the correct code.

  1. The orientalists wanted vernacular languages in teaching.

  2. The Englicists wanted the use of English language in teaching.

  Codes:
  A)
  1 is true but 2 is false,            done clear
  B)
  2 is true but 1 is false. done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true.            done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false. done clear
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• question_answer6)
  One of the following is not true with regard to the 1854 Woods Despatch. Which one is it?
  A)
  The Governments object was to impart education through the English and vernacular language at all levels: schools and colleges. done clear
  B)
  Establishment of institutions on English model done clear
  C)
  Universities in India to follow the model of London University done clear
  D)
  Female education to be encouraged by the Government done clear
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• question_answer7)
  The Hunter Commission (1882) was appointed during the regime of:
  A)
  Bentinck                        done clear
  B)
  Canning done clear
  C)
  Dalhousie                       done clear
  D)
  Ripon done clear
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• question_answer8)
  The motto of Teaming through activity" was that of
  A)
  Radhakrishnan Commission done clear
  B)
  Raleigh Commission done clear
  C)
  Wardha Scheme of Education done clear
  D)
  University Grant Commission done clear
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• question_answer9)
  Who, among the following rebellions, is related to "Sidhu and Kanhu"?
  A)
  Santhal (1855)                           done clear
  B)
  Kol (1820-37) done clear
  C)
  Munda (1899-1900)            done clear
  D)
  Tamar (1795) done clear
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• question_answer10)
  One of the following does not match. Which one is it?
  A)
  Tamar revolt: 1795            done clear
  B)
  Khasi uprising: 1783 done clear
  C)
  Naga uprising: 1849           done clear
  D)
  Khonds uprising: 1818 done clear
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• question_answer11)
  Which one of the following does not match correctly?
  A)
  Kuki revolt: 1820              done clear
  B)
         Faqir revolt: 1776-77 done clear
  C)
  Kuka revolt: 1860-1870         done clear
  D)
  Gadkari revolt: 1844 done clear
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• question_answer12)
  One of the following was the leader of the Wahabi movement. Who was he?
  A)
  Dadu-hu-Mian                done clear
  B)
  Chiragi Ali done clear
  C)
  Vilayat Ali                    done clear
  D)
  Anna Sahib done clear
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• question_answer13)
   One of the following codes is correct with regard to the Chottanagpur uprising of the 191 century:

  1. The Oraons tribal community rebelled in 1831-32.

  2. The Kol tribals organised an insurrection in 1820.

  Codes:
  A)
  1 is true but 2 is false,            done clear
  B)
  2 is true but 1 is false. done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true.            done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false. done clear
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• question_answer14)
  Who, among the following, led the Tamar revolts?
  A)
  Ganga Narain Singh           done clear
  B)
  Bhola Nath Sahay done clear
  C)
  Bhai Ram Singh               done clear
  D)
  Manju Shah done clear
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• question_answer15)
  Consider the following statement with regard to the tribal revolts

  1. Bhils revolt (1868) was popular in Khandesh.

  2. Hos uprisings was led by the Raja of Singhbhum

  Select the correct statements and choose the code accordingly
  A)
  1 is true but 2 is false            done clear
  B)
  2 is true but 1 is false done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true            done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false done clear
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• question_answer16)
  Consider the following and choose the correct code giving the correct statements.

  1. Warren Hastings founded the Mohammedan College in 1781.

  2. Sanskrit college was founded in Kashi.

  3. Asiatic Society of Bengal sought to promote the study of Indian culture.

  4. Fort William College at Calcutta was established to train civil servants in Indian languages.

  A)
  1, 2, 4                        done clear
  B)
  1, 3, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 2, 3                        done clear
  D)
  2, 3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer17)
  Which one of the following statement or statements is correct?

  I. Caste system during the 191 -20th centuries was denounced by the Christian missionaries and the socio-religious reformists.

  II. Brahmo Samaj was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and its other leaders included Devender Nath Tagore and Dayanand Saraswati.

  III. Brahmo Samaj, Adi Brahmo Samaj and the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj were the same.

  Codes:
  A)
  Only statement I is correct. done clear
  B)
  Statement I and II are correct. done clear
  C)
  Statement I and III are correct. done clear
  D)
  Statement II and III are correct. done clear
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• question_answer18)
  The Theosophical Society was founded in 1875 in
  A)
  Washington                 done clear
  B)
  Chicago done clear
  C)
  New York                    done clear
  D)
  Madras done clear
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• question_answer19)
  The Young Bengal Movement was founded by Henry Vivian Derozio and some of its principles included the following:

  1. Vedas are infallible

  2. Liberty, equality and fraternity (the French Revolutions ideals)

  3. Free thinking

  4. To live or die for Truth

  Codes:
  A)
  1, 2, 3                           done clear
  B)
  1, 2, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 3, 4                           done clear
  D)
  2, 3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer20)
  Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha was founded in 1851. One of the following was not its founders:
  A)
  Dadabhai Naoroji             done clear
  B)
  Naoroji Furdonji done clear
  C)
  M. G. Ranade                 done clear
  D)
  J. B. Wacha done clear
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• question_answer21)
  Which one of the following was not the teachings of the Veda Samaj?
  A)
  All religions are true. done clear
  B)
  Caste distinctions need to be avoided. done clear
  C)
  Abstain from polygamy. done clear
  D)
  Deva Shastra contains the teachings of the Veda Samaj. done clear
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• question_answer22)
  Who, among the following, started a journal named Tahzib-alakhlaq.
  A)
  Khawaja Altaf Ali             done clear
  B)
  Rashid Ahmad Gangohi done clear
  C)
  Mohammad Alt              done clear
  D)
  Syed Ahmed Khan done clear
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• question_answer23)
  Which one of the following was the movement of the depressed classes?
  A)
  Self-Respect Movement        done clear
  B)
  Aravipuram Movement done clear
  C)
  Deoband Movement          done clear
  D)
  Shuddhi Movement done clear
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• question_answer24)
  Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj?
  A)
  Sri Narayan Guru              done clear
  B)
  Bhaskar Rao Jadav done clear
  C)
  Jyotiba Phule                  done clear
  D)
  B. R. Ambedkar done clear
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• question_answer25)
  Match List I with List II

  List -I		List -II
  A	Vanchilyer	1	Vaikom Satyagraha
  B	T.K. Madhavan	2	Tinnevelly conspiracy case
  C	Sai Niwas Pillai	3	Hindu Progressive Improvement Society
  D	D.E.V. Ramaswamy Naiker	4	Self-Respect Movement

  A)
  A-2       B-4       C-3       D-1 done clear
  B)
  A-3       B-2       C-4       D-1 done clear
  C)
  A-2       B-1       C-3       D-4 done clear
  D)
  A-1       B-2       C-4          D-3 done clear
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• question_answer26)
  Who led the Khasi revolt against the British?
  A)
  Surendra Sai                   done clear
  B)
  Titu Mir done clear
  C)
  Birsa Munda                   done clear
  D)
  Utirot Singh done clear
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• question_answer27)
  Who among the followed launched the modernisation drive of the Muslims in India?
  A)
  Syed Ahmad Khan                      done clear
  B)
  Abdul Latif done clear
  C)
  Bahruddin Tyabji                        done clear
  D)
  Saijid Anir Alt done clear
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• question_answer28)
  The Singh Sabha founded by Thakur Singh and Gian Singh did not include one of the following. Which one was it?
  A)
  To restore the purity of the Sikh religion done clear
  B)
  To condemn the evils of society done clear
  C)
  To popularise the Punjabi language done clear
  D)
  To publish religious and historical Sikh literature done clear
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• question_answer29)
  Ahmadiya Movement was led by:
  A)
  Saiyid Nazar                 done clear
  B)
  Rashid Ahmad Gangohi done clear
  C)
  Syed Ahmad Khan            done clear
  D)
  Mirza Ghulam Ahamad done clear
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• question_answer30)
  Who, among the followed, had said: "one religion, one caste, and one God for mankind"?
  A)
  Ramaswamy Naiker          done clear
  B)
  Mahatma Gandhi done clear
  C)
  Sri Narayan Guru done clear
  D)
  Jyotiba Phule done clear
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• question_answer31)
  Which of the following matches correctly?
  A)
  Gokhale: Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India done clear
  B)
  Annie Besant: Home Rule Movement done clear
  C)
  Bhulabhai Desai: The Arms Act done clear
  D)
  Bardoli Satyagraha: Mahatma Gandhi done clear
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• question_answer32)
  Who, among the following wrote the books jnana Yoga, Karam Yoga and Raja Yoga
  A)
  Swami Dayanand Sarawati      done clear
  B)
  Swami Vivekananda done clear
  C)
  Devendra Nath Tagore         done clear
  D)
  Keshav Chandra Sen done clear
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• question_answer33)
  Brahmo Samaj of India was founded by
  A)
  Raja Ram Mohan Roy          done clear
  B)
  Debendranath Tagore done clear
  C)
  Rabindranath Tagore           done clear
  D)
  Keshav Chandra Sen done clear
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• question_answer34)
  Which one of the following was the teaching of Paramahansa Mandali?

  1. The Mandali condemned the caste system.

  2. It believed that the Brahmins only possess all knowledge. Select the correct code:

  A)
  1 is true but 2 is false,            done clear
  B)
  2 is true but 1 is false. done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true.            done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false. done clear
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• question_answer35)
  Gita Rahasya was written by:
  A)
  B.G. Tilak                    done clear
  B)
  Gopal Krishna Gokhale done clear
  C)
  Bipin Chandra Pal             done clear
  D)
  Aurobindo Ghosh done clear
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• question_answer36)
  Consider the constituents of the economic drain during the British rule in India and choose the code with the correct ones.

  1. Expenditure incurred in England by the Secretary of India

  2. Interest on public debt rose abroad

  3. Civil and military charges

  4. Expenditure on flood

  A)
  1, 2, 3                        done clear
  B)
  1, 3, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 2, 4                        done clear
  D)
  2, 3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer37)
  One of the following was founded by Raja Rammohan Roy
  A)
  Sadharan Brahmo Samaj       done clear
  B)
  Tattavabodhini Sabha done clear
  C)
  Atmiya Sabha                done clear
  D)
  Brahmo Samaj of India done clear
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• question_answer38)
  To which organization did the Calcutta daily The English Man referred to as the "first marked sign of the awakening of the people" of India?
  A)
  Indian League                  done clear
  B)
  British India Society done clear
  C)
  Bombay Presidency Association done clear
  D)
  Indian Association done clear
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• question_answer39)
  As explained by Surendranath Bannerji, the object of the Indian Association included

  1. Creating effective public opinion

  2. Unifying all the races of the Indian people on the basis of common inspiration

  3. Promoting Hindu-Muslim friendship

  Select the code with the correct objective/objectives.
  A)
  1 and 2             done clear
  B)
  2 and 3 done clear
  C)
  1 and 3                        done clear
  D)
  1, 2 and 3 done clear
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• question_answer40)
  Choose the correct code from the following statements:

  1. The II Bert Bill prompted the formation of the National Conference in 1883.

  2. A.O. Hume founded the National Conference.

  A)
  Only 1 is true.    done clear
  B)
  Only 2 is true. done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true. done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false. done clear
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• question_answer41)
  Arrange the following socio-religious reform movements in their chronological order -

  1. Sadharan Brahmo Samaj

  2. Brahmo Samaj of India

  3. Brahmo Samaj

  A)
  1, 2, 3               done clear
  B)
  2, 3, 1 done clear
  C)
  3, 2, 1               done clear
  D)
  3, 1, 2 done clear
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• question_answer42)
  Who among the following Englishmen were the founder-members of the Indian National Congress in addition to A.O. Hume?
  A)
  Wedderburn and Webb        done clear
  B)
  Webb and Yule done clear
  C)
  Yule and Cotton              done clear
  D)
  Jardine and Wedderburn done clear
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• question_answer43)
  One of the following was described as the 'Rashtragum? in the early moderate Congress
  A)
  Dadabhai Naoriji              done clear
  B)
  W.C. Bonnerji done clear
  C)
  Surendranath Bannnerjea       done clear
  D)
  Pherozeshah Mehta done clear
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• question_answer44)
  Consider of following statements and choose the code with the correct ones: The British India Society (1843) had the following objects:

  1. Collecting information about peoples actual conditions

  2. Securing lawful methods to employ for the welfare of the people

  3. Seeking debate with the English rulers on matters relating of India

  4. Advancing the interest of the people

  Codes:
  A)
  1, 2, 3               done clear
  B)
  1, 2, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 3, 4               done clear
  D)
  2, 3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer45)
  Match the leaders with their pre-Congress organizations

  Leaders		Organization
  A	R.L. Mitra	I	Bombay Association
  B	S.N. Bannerjea	II	Indian National Union
  C	Naoroji Furdunji	III	British Indian Association
  D	A.O. Hume	IV	Indian Association

  A)
  A-III     B-IV    C-I     D-II done clear
  B)
  A-II      B-I     C-III     D-IV done clear
  C)
  A-III     B-I     C-II     D-IV done clear
  D)
  A-IV    B-III    C-II      D-I done clear
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• question_answer46)
  Which one of the following of the Indian National Congress sessions does not match?
  A)
  Lahore (1894)  :  Dadabhai Naoroji done clear
  B)
  Calcutta (1901)  :  Dinesh Wacha done clear
  C)
  Bombay (1904)  :   Lalmohan Ghose done clear
  D)
  Benaras (1905)  :  Gopal Krishan Gokhale done clear
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• question_answer47)
  Dadabhai Naoroji was the President of the Indian National Congress thrice. These years were:
  A)
  1886, 1893, 1906              done clear
  B)
  1887, 1892, 1905 done clear
  C)
  1887, 1904, 1906              done clear
  D)
  1886, 1894, 1906 done clear
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• question_answer48)
  Consider the following statements with regard to the revolutionary movement:

  1 Sarvakar founded the Abhinav Bahrat.

  2. Swadeshi Movement emerged as a reaction against the Partition of Bengal scheme.

  3. Khudiram Bose was a revolutionary while Prafulla Chaki was a Gandhian«

  4. 'Pagri Sambhal 0 Jaffa was written by Banke Dayal. Select the code with the correct statements:

  A)
  1, 2, 3               done clear
  B)
  1, 2, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 3, 4               done clear
  D)
  2, 3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer49)
  Which one of following did not include the three wishes of Madan Lal Dhingra expressed to Savarkar (1909) before he was hanged?
  A)
  His last rituals be conducted according to the Hindu traditions done clear
  B)
  His relatives need not touch his dead body done clear
  C)
  His father be allowed to witness his cremation done clear
  D)
  AJ1 his belongings be auctioned and the money received be used in national activities done clear
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• question_answer50)
  Which one of the following was a woman revolutionary working abroad?
  A)
  Sarojini Naidu    done clear
  B)
  Bhikaji Cama done clear
  C)
  Kasturba Gandhi done clear
  D)
  Kamla Nehru done clear
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• question_answer51)
  Which one of the following was not the methods adopted by the extremist-Congressmen?
  A)
  Passive resistance done clear
  B)
  Use of national education done clear
  C)
  Use of bombs and killing foreigners done clear
  D)
  Boycott done clear
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• question_answer52)
  With whose name the concept 'Ganga-Jamuna civilization associated?
  A)
  Maulana Azad                done clear
  B)
  M.A. Jinnah done clear
  C)
  Syed Ahmad Khan            done clear
  D)
  Mohammad Iqbal done clear
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• question_answer53)
  Whose ambition was to become a Muslim Gokhale?
  A)
  M.A. Jinnah                 done clear
  B)
  Zakir Hussain done clear
  C)
  Mohammad Shaft         done clear
  D)
  Agha Khan done clear
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• question_answer54)
   Khalifat movement was mainly related to one of the following. Which was it?
  A)
  Opposing the British rule in India done clear
  B)
  Opposing Turkeys dismemberment done clear
  C)
  Opposing the objectives of the Muslim League done clear
  D)
  Opposing the Congress's demand for Swaraj done clear
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• question_answer55)
  Consider the following statements and choose the code with the correct statements.

  1. Rowlatt bills constituted three bills in a row.

  2. The major villain of the Amritsar (1919) tragedy was Curzon.

  3. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood as a protest against the Jallianwala massacre.

  4. Mahatma Gandhi turned into a non-cooperator to protest against the Amritsar tragedy.

  Codes:
  A)
  1, 2                          done clear
  B)
  2, 3 done clear
  C)
  3, 4                          done clear
  D)
  1, 2 and 3 done clear
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• question_answer56)
  Give the chronological order of the following events:

  1. Round Table Confrence II

  2. Formation of the Congress Socialist Party

  3. Purna Swaraj resolution

  4. Cripps Mission

  Select the correct code:
  A)
  2, 1, 3, 4                     done clear
  B)
  3, 1, 2, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 2, 4, 3                     done clear
  D)
  3, 2, 4, 1 done clear
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• question_answer57)
  Who was the first Governor-General of free India?
  A)
  C. Rajagopalachari          done clear
  B)
  Lord Wavell done clear
  C)
  Lord Mountbatten             done clear
  D)
  Rajendra Prasad done clear
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• question_answer58)

  I. Civil Disobedience Movement

  II. Quit India Movement

  III. Individual Satyagraha

  IV. Non-cooperation Movement

  Give the above movements a chronological order from the code given below:
  A)
  IV, I, III, II                        done clear
  B)
  IV, III, II, I done clear
  C)
  I, II, III, IV                       done clear
  D)
  III, II, II, IV done clear
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• question_answer59)
  Whom did Sarojini Naidu describe the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?
  A)
  Maulana Azad               done clear
  B)
  Mohamad Alt Jinnah done clear
  C)
  Syed Ahmad Khan            done clear
  D)
  Baddruddin Tyabji done clear
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• question_answer60)
  Who described Mahatma Gandhi as the father of the nation for the first time?
  A)
  Jawaharlal Nehru              done clear
  B)
  Subhash Chandra Bose done clear
  C)
  Vallabhbhai Patel               done clear
  D)
  B.G. Tilak done clear
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• question_answer61)
  The twin methods of Mahatma Gandhi were:
  A)
  Truth and violence             done clear
  B)
  Right means and right-ends done clear
  C)
  Satyagraha and truth           done clear
  D)
  Khadi and ahimsa done clear
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• question_answer62)
  Amar Sonar Bangla was composed by
  A)
  Rajanikant Sen               done clear
  B)
  Syed Abu Mohamed done clear
  C)
  Rabindranath Tagore          done clear
  D)
  Mukunda Das done clear
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• question_answer63)
  Which one of the following is correct/true?
  A)
  The division of power between the Centre and the Provinces was not a part of the Nehru Report. done clear
  B)
  The Calcutta session of the Congress (1928) approved the Nehru Report with an ultimatum that it be accepted by the British government within one year. done clear
  C)
  Provision for joint electorates was provided in the Nehru Report as a solution to the communal question. done clear
  D)
  Jinnah?s fourteen points were discussed in the Nehru Report, done clear
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• question_answer64)
  The Bardoli peasants5 movement was organized by
  A)
  Sardar Ballbah Bhai Patel       done clear
  B)
  Mahatma Gandhi done clear
  C)
  Lala Lajpat Rai                done clear
  D)
  Jawaharlal Nehru done clear
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• question_answer65)
  Mahatma Gandhi was the President of the Congress session, only once. When and where?
  A)
  In 1923, Delhi    done clear
  B)
  In 1924, Belgaum done clear
  C)
  In 1928, Calcutta            done clear
  D)
  In 1929, Lahore done clear
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• question_answer66)
  Consider the following :

  1. Ghadar Party

  2. Khilafat Movement

  3. Dandi March

  4. Champaran Satyagraha

  Their correct chronological sequence is
  A)
  4, 1, 2, 3                       done clear
  B)
  1, 4, 3, 2 done clear
  C)
  4, 1, 3, 2                    done clear
  D)
  1, 4, 2, 3 done clear
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• question_answer67)
  Which of the following does not match?            
  A)
  Maharashtra        :     Chapekar Brothers done clear
  B)
  Tamil Nadu         :    Savarkar Brothers done clear
  C)
  Punjab             :    Sufi Amba Prasad done clear
  D)
  Andhra Pradesh     :    Harsarvottam Rao done clear
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• question_answer68)
  Consider the following statements and choose the correct code given below:

  1. The Meerut conspiracy case was related to the workers where thirty one persons were sent for imprisonment.

  2. The Meerut conspiracy case was one where the sedition charges were investigated,

  Codes:
  A)
  1 is true but 2 is false,            done clear
  B)
  2 is true but 1 is false. done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true.            done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false. done clear
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• question_answer69)
  Who among the following was involved in the Kakori conspiracy case?
  A)
  Ashfaqullah                  done clear
  B)
  Bhagat Singh done clear
  C)
  Chandrashekhar Azad         done clear
  D)
  Madanlal Dhingra done clear
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• question_answer70)
   Bhagat Singh is said to have organized one of the following. Which one?
  A)
  Hindustan Republican Socialist Association done clear
  B)
  Hindustan Socialist Association done clear
  C)
  Hindustan Republican Association done clear
  D)
  Hindustan Socialist Republican Association done clear
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• question_answer71)
  The Ahrar conference of May, 1937 was critical of both Jinnah and the Muslim League. The conference made some comments on the League and Jinnah. Choose the correct code from the statements made in this regard:

  1. Jinnah was an outdated politician.

  2. He indulged in mocking constitutionalism

  3. The Muslim League was a party of the Khan Bahadurs and Nawabs.

  Codes:
  A)
  Only 1 is true.    done clear
  B)
  Only 2 is true. done clear
  C)
  1, 2 and 3 are true.  done clear
  D)
  1, 2 and 3 - all are false. done clear
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• question_answer72)
  The slogan 'No ek pai, na ek bhaf was raised on the eve of World War II, by the socialists mostly belonging to :
  A)
  Kerala               done clear
  B)
  Punjab done clear
  C)
  Bengal                        done clear
  D)
  Maharashtra done clear
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• question_answer73)
  Which one of the following was founded by B.R. Ambedkar?
  A)
  All India Depressed Classes League done clear
  B)
  All India Depressed Classes Congress done clear
  C)
  All India Depressed Classes Association done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer74)
  The Cripps Mission included the following:

  1. Dominion Status with the right to secede

  2. Defence of India would be the responsibility of the Indians.

  3. A constituent body to frame India's Constitution Choose the correct code:

  A)
  1, 2                           done clear
  B)
  1, 3 done clear
  C)
  2, 3                            done clear
  D)
  1, 2, 3 done clear
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• question_answer75)
  Who provided the services of the defence counsel to the INA soldiers in their trial?
  A)
  Tej Bahadur Sapru             done clear
  B)
  Bhulabhai Desai done clear
  C)
  Rajendra Prasad               done clear
  D)
  Mahatma Gandhi done clear
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• question_answer76)
  The Cabinet Mission proposals had the following recommendations. Choose the correct code:

  1. India to be a Union.

  2. Provinces to have residuary powers.

  3. Provinces not permitted to have their groups.

  4. The proposed constitution body would have members only from the British Indian provinces.

  Code:
  A)
  1, 2, 3, 4                       done clear
  B)
  1, 2 done clear
  C)
  2, 3                               done clear
  D)
  3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer77)
  Consider the following statements and choose the correct code.

  I. Gandhi was a socialist without socialism.

  II. Nehru was a communist without Marxism.

  III. Lohia was a Gandhian with socialism.

  A)
  Statement I only is correct. done clear
  B)
  Statement II only is correct. done clear
  C)
  Statement I, II and III are correct. done clear
  D)
  All the statements are false. done clear
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• question_answer78)
  One of the following codes gives the social and economic programme of the 1931 Karachi session of the Congress.

  1. To boycott foreign clothes

  2. To promote indigenous industries while protecting English interests

  3. To reform the land revenue system

  4. To reduce military expenditure

  Which is the correct code?
  A)
  1, 2, 3               done clear
  B)
  1, 2, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 3, 4               done clear
  D)
  2, 3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer79)
  The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for:
  A)
  The reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third done clear
  B)
  The grant of the ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land done clear
  C)
  The uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom done clear
  D)
  Writing off all the peasants debts done clear
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• question_answer80)
  The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because
  A)
  Indians never wanted the review of the working of the Act of 1919 done clear
  B)
  The Simon Commission recommended Dyarchy in the provinces done clear
  C)
  There was no Indian member in the Simon Commission done clear
  D)
  The Simon Commission suggested the partition of the country done clear
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• question_answer81)
  Quit India Movement was launched in response to
  A)
  Cabinet Mission Plan           done clear
  B)
  Cripps Mission done clear
  C)
  Simon Commission Report     done clear
  D)
  Wavell Plan done clear
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• question_answer82)
  Annie Besant was

  1. Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement

  2. The founder of the Theosophical Society

  3. One of the Presidents of the Indian National Congress

  Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:
  A)
  1 only                        done clear
  B)
  2 and 3 only done clear
  C)
  1 and 3 only                 done clear
  D)
  1, 2 and 3 done clear
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• question_answer83)
  The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939 because:
  A)
  The Congress could not form ministries in the other four Provinces done clear
  B)
  Emergence of a 'left wing' in the Congress made the working of the ministries impossible done clear
  C)
  There was widespread communal disturbance in their provinces done clear
  D)
  None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above done clear
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• question_answer84)
  Which of the following parties was established by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?

  1. The Peasants and the Workers Party

  2. All India Scheduled Caste Federation

  3. The Independent Labour Party

  Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:
  A)
  1 and 2 only                  done clear
  B)
  2 and 3 only done clear
  C)
  1 and 3 only                   done clear
  D)
  1, 2 and 3 done clear
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• question_answer85)
  Consider the following statements: The most effective contribution made by Dadabahai Naoroji to the cause of the Indian National Movement was that he

  1. Ex posed the economic exploitation of India by the British

  2. Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and restored the self-confidence of Indians

  3. Stressed the need for eradication of all social evils before anything else

  Which of these statements are correct?
  A)
  1 only                         done clear
  B)
  2 and 3 only done clear
  C)
  1 and 3 only               done clear
  D)
  1, 2 and 3 done clear
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• question_answer86)
  The Lahore session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history, because

  1. The Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence

  2. The rift between the moderates and the extremists was resolved in that session

  3. A resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that session

  Which of these statements are correct?
  A)
  1 only                         done clear
  B)
  2 and 3 only done clear
  C)
  1 and 3                        done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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• question_answer87)
  Which one of the following observations is not true about the 1942 Quit India Movement?
  A)
  It was a non-violent movement. done clear
  B)
  It was led by Mahatma Gandhi. done clear
  C)
  It was a spontaneous movement. done clear
  D)
  It did not attract the labour class in general. done clear
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• question_answer88)
  Why was the 1929 session of Indian National Congress significant in India's freedom movement?
  A)
  Because it declared self-government as India?s objective done clear
  B)
  Because it passed the Puma Swaraj resolution done clear
  C)
  Because it had helped launch non-cooperation movement done clear
  D)
  Because it made the Quit India movement possible done clear
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• question_answer89)
  Consider the following statements and choose the correct code.

  1. The Swarajists within Congress were led by Motilal Nehru and Jawahar Lal Nehru.

  2. The Lahore session of the Muslim League finally proclaimed that the Muslims be given a saparate nation.

  A)
  1 is true but 2 is false,            done clear
  B)
  2 is true but 1 is false. done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true.            done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false. done clear
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• question_answer90)
  One of the following does not match
  A)
  Vaikom Satyagraha               :      1931-33 done clear
  B)
  Kali temple Satyagraha          :      1929 done clear
  C)
  Kalaram temple Satyagraha   :      1930-35 done clear
  D)
  Individual Satyagrah             :      1940 done clear
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• question_answer91)
  Who among the following had opened the Sharda Sadan for windows in Bombay?
  A)
  Pandita Ramabai              done clear
  B)
  Saria Devi Chaudhrain done clear
  C)
  Bhikaji Cama                 done clear
  D)
  Vijayalakshmi Pandit done clear
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• question_answer92)
  "Do or Die" was Gandhi?s mantra in the following movement:
  A)
  Quit India                   done clear
  B)
  Non-cooperation done clear
  C)
  Civil Disobedience            done clear
  D)
  Champaran and Ahmadabad done clear
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• question_answer93)
  Who of the following was an old terrorist revolutionary who contributed to the formation of Azad Hind Fauj with Subhash Chandra Bose?
  A)
  Rash Behari Ghosh         done clear
  B)
  M. N. Roy done clear
  C)
  Rash Behari Bose            done clear
  D)
  Aurobindo Ghose done clear
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• question_answer94)
  Which one of the following matches?
  A)
  Khadi                            :   Mahatma Gandhi done clear
  B)
  Jai Hind                        :   M.N.Roy done clear
  C)
  Radical Humanism          :  Subhash Chandra Bose done clear
  D)
  Swaraj                           :   Dadabhai Naoroji done clear
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• question_answer95)
  Who said that 'sedition has become my religion?
  A)
  Bhagat Singh                 done clear
  B)
  M.N.Roy done clear
  C)
  Subhash Chandra Bose         done clear
  D)
  Mahatma Gandhi done clear
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• question_answer96)
  Nehru said of a woman: "A day will come when India will also remember her and cherish her." Whom did Nehru refer to?
  A)
  Kamla Nehru                  done clear
  B)
  Rani Jhansi done clear
  C)
  Rani Gaidilieu                done clear
  D)
  Annie Besant done clear
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• question_answer97)
  Consider the following statements and choose the correct code:

  1. The Rowlatt Act provided for imprisonment without any trial.

  2. It imposed restriction on the moderates.

  A)
  Only 1 is true.                  done clear
  B)
  Only 2 is true. done clear
  C)
  1 and 2 both are true.           done clear
  D)
  1 and 2 both are false. done clear
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• question_answer98)
  Consider the following:

  1. Civil Disobedience Movement

  2. Khilafat Movement

  3. Champaran Satyagraha

  4. Quit India Movement

  Choose the correct code which provides the chronological order of these movements.
  A)
  3, 2, 1, 4                       done clear
  B)
  2, 3, 1, 4 done clear
  C)
  1, 2, 3, 4                       done clear
  D)
  4, 1, 2, 3 done clear
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• question_answer99)
  What is the historical sequence of the founding of the following associations?

  1. Ramakrishna Mission

  2. Arya Samaj

  3. Servants Society of India

  4. Prarthana Samaj

  5. Deccan Educational Society

  6. Tattvabodhini Sabha

  Choose the correct code:
  A)
  6, 4, 2, 5, 1, 3         done clear
  B)
  1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5 done clear
  C)
  6, 5, 4, 1, 3, 2           done clear
  D)
  1, 6, 5, 2, 3, 4 done clear
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• question_answer100)
  To whom is credited the "Plan Balkan" with regard to the India's freedom?
  A)
  Lord Wavell                   done clear
  B)
  Lord Attlee done clear
  C)
  Lord Mountbatten      done clear
  D)
  None of the above done clear
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