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| 1751. |
The British government announced for the first time that their intention was to gradually form a responsible government in India, secondly - |
| A. | Regulating Act, 1773 |
| B. | Government of India Act, 1858 |
| C. | Cripps Mission, 1942 |
| D. | August 1917 Declaration |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1752. |
Who said that at the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will wake up to its life and freedom - |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | C . Rajagopalachari |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» D. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 1753. |
1923 AD Where did Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru founded Swaraj Party? |
| A. | Patna |
| B. | Allahabad |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Lucknow | |
| 1754. |
The Nehru Report was finally accepted in the all-party conference held in August, 1928, who presided over this conference? |
| A. | Motilal Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Dr. asari |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1755. |
Where is the famous place called Chaura - Chauri - |
| A. | Gorakhpur |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Allahabad |
| D. | Agra |
| Answer» B. Lucknow | |
| 1756. |
Mahatma Gandhi wroteHind Swarajwhen he - |
| A. | Traveling from England to India by ship |
| B. | Was in Sabarmati Ashram |
| C. | Traveling from England to South Africa by ship |
| D. | was leading the Champaran movement |
| Answer» D. was leading the Champaran movement | |
| 1757. |
During the Indian freedom struggle, the Simon Commission was appointed for the following purposes - |
| A. | Review the progress of the reforms of 1919 |
| B. | Determination of relations between the Indian states and the British government |
| C. | Revision of provisions of Rowlatt Act |
| D. | Exploring the Possibilities of Granting Dominion Status of India |
| Answer» B. Determination of relations between the Indian states and the British government | |
| 1758. |
The Prime Minister of England at the time of Quit India Movement was- |
| A. | chamberlain |
| B. | churchill |
| C. | Climate Atlee |
| D. | macdonald |
| Answer» C. Climate Atlee | |
| 1759. |
The magazine published by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa was- |
| A. | new life |
| B. | Indian Opinion |
| C. | Harijans |
| D. | African News |
| Answer» C. Harijans | |
| 1760. |
In the culmination of the Civil Disobedience Movement 1930, Gandhiji signed an agreement with – |
| A. | lord irwin |
| B. | lord linlithgow |
| C. | Lord Wavell |
| D. | Lord Curzon |
| Answer» B. lord linlithgow | |
| 1761. |
In which city the 1938 session of the Indian National Congress was held? |
| A. | Haripura |
| B. | Patna |
| C. | Ranchi |
| D. | Bhagalpur |
| Answer» B. Patna | |
| 1762. |
Quit India Movement was led by- |
| A. | b. R. Ambedkar |
| B. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1763. |
The objective of the Butler Committee of 1947 was - |
| A. | modernizing the indian army |
| B. | Modernizing Indian Agriculture |
| C. | Implementation of Censor on Indian Newspapers |
| D. | Improving relations between the Indian government and the native states |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1764. |
Who among the following presided over the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress (1931 AD) - |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | J. M . sengupta |
| C. | s . C . boss |
| D. | Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1765. |
The main reason for the boycott of Simon Commission in India was – |
| A. | premature appointment |
| B. | all members were english |
| C. | The chairman belonged to the British Liberal Party |
| D. | Gandhi's non-cooperation movement |
| Answer» C. The chairman belonged to the British Liberal Party | |
| 1766. |
The article of Quit India resolution was made by - |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» C. Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 1767. |
Who had described the burning of foreign clothes during the non-cooperation movement as a brutal waste? |
| A. | lord reading |
| B. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| C. | Motilal Nehru |
| D. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1768. |
Dyarchy was started in India by |
| A. | From the Government of India Act, 1935 |
| B. | Marley - from Minto Reforms, 1909 |
| C. | Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms - from 1919 |
| D. | Simon Commission, in 1928 |
| Answer» D. Simon Commission, in 1928 | |
| 1769. |
In the year 1939 at the Tripuri Conference of the Indian National Congress, Subhas Chandra Bose was elected the President of the Congress. It is called Tripuri - |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Pune |
| C. | Jabalpur |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» D. Ahmedabad | |
| 1770. |
Who was elected the President of Congress after the end of Tripuri crisis? |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Sardar Patel |
| Answer» D. Sardar Patel | |
| 1771. |
In which of the following movement did Sardar Vallabhai Patel play a major role? |
| A. | bijolia movement |
| B. | Dandi March |
| C. | ahmedabad mill workers strike |
| D. | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1772. |
Who said on the death of GandhijiThe light has gone out of our lives - |
| A. | lord mountbatten |
| B. | Rajendra Prasad |
| C. | s . radhakrishnan |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1773. |
Who suggested that the Indian National Congress should be abolished after independence? |
| A. | C . Rajagopalachari |
| B. | J. b. by kripalani |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| Answer» D. Jai Prakash Narayan | |
| 1774. |
In which year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa? |
| A. | 1915 , |
| B. | 1917 , |
| C. | 1916 , |
| D. | 1918 , |
| Answer» B. 1917 , | |
| 1775. |
Who gave the slogan of Inquilab? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Mohammad Iqbal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1776. |
Poet Iqbal who wroteSaare Jahan Se Achchais related to which place in India? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Uttar Pradesh |
| C. | Punjab |
| D. | Kashmir |
| Answer» D. Kashmir | |
| 1777. |
Who was the first to use the wordPakistanfor a separate state of Indian Muslims? |
| A. | Muhammad Iqbal |
| B. | Aga Khan |
| C. | M . a . Jinnah |
| D. | Chaudhry Rahmat Ali |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1778. |
The number of provinces that the Congress got a majority in the 1937 elections was - |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | five |
| D. | six |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1779. |
The Muslim League celebrated Liberation Day on - |
| A. | in 1939 |
| B. | in 1942 |
| C. | in 1946 |
| D. | in 1947 |
| Answer» B. in 1942 | |
| 1780. |
The Lahore session of the Indian National Congress in the year 1929 in which the resolution to achieve complete independence from the British was adopted, was presided over by- |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Motilal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Motilal Nehru | |
| 1781. |
Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Base after leaving the Congress in the year 1939? |
| A. | Indian Freedom Party |
| B. | Azad Hind Fauj |
| C. | Revolutionary Front |
| D. | forward block |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1782. |
Who presided over the interim cabinet constituted in the year 1916? |
| A. | Rajendra Prasad |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| D. | C . Rajagopalachari |
| Answer» C. Vallabh Bhai Patel | |
| 1783. |
Hunter Commission was appointed by – |
| A. | After the Kal Kothari incident |
| B. | After Jallianwala Bagh Massacre |
| C. | After the Revolt of 1857 |
| D. | After the partition of Bengal |
| Answer» C. After the Revolt of 1857 | |
| 1784. |
Who said that a blow to my back would prove to be a nail in the coffin of the British Empire? |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 1785. |
The Balkan plan for the partition of India was a product of |
| A. | W. Churchill's brain |
| B. | M . a . Jinnah's brain |
| C. | Lord Mountbatten's brain |
| D. | V. P . Menon's brain |
| Answer» D. V. P . Menon's brain | |
| 1786. |
Which Indian nationalist leader saw the war between Germany and Britain as a God-given opportunity for Indians to take advantage of that situation in their own interest? |
| A. | C . Rajagopalachari |
| B. | M . a . Jinnah |
| C. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 1787. |
Who had a direct relation with the Poona Pact of 1932? |
| A. | Indian women |
| B. | Indian working class |
| C. | Indian farming class |
| D. | Indian Depressed Classes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1788. |
Which party did Jayaprakash Narayan belong to? Were - |
| A. | just party |
| B. | Communist Party |
| C. | socialist Party |
| D. | Kisan Sabha |
| Answer» D. Kisan Sabha | |
| 1789. |
Where was theHindustan Socialist Republic Association (HSRA) established in the year 1928 - |
| A. | in Kanpur |
| B. | in Delhi |
| C. | in Allahabad |
| D. | in lahore |
| Answer» C. in Allahabad | |
| 1790. |
Due to which of the following a wave of public indignation emerged as a result of which the incident of massacre by the British in Jallianwala Bagh took place - |
| A. | The Arms Act |
| B. | the public safety act |
| C. | The Rowlatt Act |
| D. | The Vernacular Press Act |
| Answer» D. The Vernacular Press Act | |
| 1791. |
In the movement of 1942, Dr. In which jail was Rajendra Prasad imprisoned? |
| A. | Bankipur Jail |
| B. | Hazaribagh Jail |
| C. | camp prison |
| D. | Bhagalpur Jail |
| Answer» B. Hazaribagh Jail | |
| 1792. |
Who among the following did not defend the case of Delhi in the Red Fort of Azad Hind Fauj in the year 1946? |
| A. | Bhulabhai Desai |
| B. | Pt . Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| D. | Dr. Kailash Nath Katju |
| Answer» D. Dr. Kailash Nath Katju | |
| 1793. |
Why did people gather for the demonstration in Jallianwala Bagh? |
| A. | To protest against the arrest of Gandhiji and Lajpat Rai |
| B. | To protest against the captivity of Kitchlew and Satyapal |
| C. | for vaisakhi prayer |
| D. | To protest against the inhuman activities of the Punjab Government |
| Answer» C. for vaisakhi prayer | |
| 1794. |
Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagraha in the Individual Satyagraha. Who was the second Satyagrahi? |
| A. | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| B. | Pt . Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | C . Rajagopalachari |
| D. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» C. C . Rajagopalachari | |
| 1795. |
The title given to Mahatma Gandhi by the British government and which he returned in the non-cooperation movement was- |
| A. | hind kesari |
| B. | Kaiser-e-Hind |
| C. | Rai Bahadur |
| D. | The Right Honorable |
| Answer» C. Rai Bahadur | |
| 1796. |
With which one of the following movements was Aruna Asaf Ali associated as a women organizer of underground activities? |
| A. | Civil disobedience movement |
| B. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| C. | Quit India Movement |
| D. | Swadeshi Movement |
| Answer» D. Swadeshi Movement | |
| 1797. |
The person who gave a speech on Hindu-Muslim unity from the discourse stage of Jama Masjid in Delhi on 4th April 1919 was- |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Swami Shraddhanand |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1798. |
The Haripura session of the Congress (1938 AD) was a milestone in the context of the Indian freedom struggle because - |
| A. | War was declared against the British Empire in this |
| B. | In this the concept of Planning Commission was introduced. |
| C. | It presented Jawaharlal Nehru as the future prime minister. |
| D. | In this, the Congress gave its approval to the Government of India Act, 1935. |
| Answer» D. In this, the Congress gave its approval to the Government of India Act, 1935. | |
| 1799. |
Which of the following was the main demand of the Bardauli Satyagraha, started under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel? |
| A. | land to the tiller |
| B. | increase in wage rates |
| C. | Refund of new hiked rent rate |
| D. | Supply of agricultural inputs to farmers at subsidized rates |
| Answer» D. Supply of agricultural inputs to farmers at subsidized rates | |
| 1800. |
Which one of the following statements was not correct with reference to the Poona Act, 1932? |
| A. | Appropriate representation of Dalits in government jobs |
| B. | Reservation of seats for Depressed Classes in Provincial Legislatures |
| C. | Reservation of seats for the Depressed Classes in the Central Legislature |
| D. | Approval of joint electoral college system |
| Answer» B. Reservation of seats for Depressed Classes in Provincial Legislatures | |