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1. The rise of nationalism was due to many factors, which one is wrongly listed ?

(1) Economic exploitation of India
(2) Western education and thought
(3) Unification of the countery under the British
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: None of the above
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2. Which of the following was not an action of Lord Lytton which gave rise to nationalism in the 19th century India ?

(1) Enactment of Ilbert Bill
(2) Enactment of the Vernacular Press Act
(3) Removal of Import duty on cotton manufacturer
(4) Lowering the age limit of the ICS examination
Correct Answere: Enactment of Ilbert Bill
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3. Name the first major issue that the Indian Association, the precursor of the Congress, took up for agiation ?

(1) Agitation against the Arms Act
(2) Agitation agaisnt the Vernacular press Act
(3) Reform of the Civil Service regulations
(4) Protection of the tenants from oppression by the zamindars
Correct Answere: Reform of the Civil Service regulations
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4. The Indian National Congress was founded in ?

(1) 1867
(2) 1885
(3) 1887
(4) 1920
Correct Answere: 1885
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5. Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded ?

(1) Bombay Presidency Association
(2) Landholder's Society
(3) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
(4) Servants of India Society
Correct Answere: Servants of India Society
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6. The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor Generalship of ?

(1) Lord Dufferin
(2) Lord Curzon
(3) Lord Ripon
(4) Lord William Bentinck
Correct Answere: Lord Dufferin
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7. "Bombay Triumvirate" was applied for ?

(1) B.G. Tilak, G. G> Agarkar and G. H. Deshmukh
(2) B. G. Tilak, G. K. Gokhale and MB. Nainjoshi
(3) Ferozhah Metha, K. T. Telang and Badruddin Tyabjee
(4) K. T. Telang, R.G . Bhandarkar, Dadabhi Naoroji
Correct Answere: B.G. Tilak, G. G> Agarkar and G. H. Deshmukh
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8. In the early twenteth century, Indian National Movement was influenced by ?

(1) Boer War, 1899
(2) The Russian Revolution, 1917
(3) The Russian Japanes War, 1904-5
(4) The outbreak of the First World War, 1914
Correct Answere: The Russian Japanes War, 1904-5
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9. Who did not have an important role in the Swadeshi movement ?

(1) Peasants
(2) Muslims
(3) Students
(4) Women
Correct Answere: Peasants
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10. Who was the most outstanding representative of the Militant Nationalist School ?

(1) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(2) Bipin Chandra Pal
(3) Rajnarain Bose
(4) Lala Lajpat Raj
Correct Answere: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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11. Name the militant nationalist who had a leading role in propagating the Swadeshi sentiments to the rest of the country ?

(1) Aurobindo ghosh
(2) Bal Ganhadhar Tilak
(3) Bipin Chandra Pal
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answere: Bal Ganhadhar Tilak
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12. Who took the reins of control of the Indian National Congress after the split of 1907 ?

(1) Etremists
(2) Moderates
(3) Terrorists
(4) Both (b) and (c) combined
Correct Answere: Moderates
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13. "One of the most dangerous pioneers of disaffection" and "truly the father of Indian unrest " ?

(1) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(2) Dadabhai Naoroji
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Surrendranath Banerjee
Correct Answere: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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14. Who hoisted the then accepted National Flag of India ( a tricolour of green, yellow and red) at the International Socialist Congress at Stuttegart ?

(1) Montilal Nehru in 1907
(2) Madame Bhikaji Cama in 1907
(3) MN. Roy in 1921
(4) Netaji in 1943
Correct Answere: Madame Bhikaji Cama in 1907
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15. The system of separate electorates was introduced by the Act of ?

(1) 1813
(2) 1835
(3) 1885
(4) 1909
Correct Answere: 1909
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16. "The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and mean" this was the utterance of a European who participated in the Indian National Movement. Identify the person ?

(1) A. O. Hume
(2) Mrs. Annie Besant
(3) Sister Nivedita
(4) William Wedderburn
Correct Answere: Sister Nivedita
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17. The All India Muslim League was founded under the leader ship of ?

(1) Agha Khan and Mohsinul-Mulk
(2) Hasan Imam and Mazhar-ul Haque
(3) Hakim Ajmal Khan and Zafar Ali Khan
(4) Maulana Mohammed Ali
Correct Answere: Agha Khan and Mohsinul-Mulk
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18. In its early years, the Muslim League consisted of ?

(1) Big zzmindars
(2) Ex-bureaucrats
(3) Upper class Muslims
(4) All of the above
Correct Answere: All of the above
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19. Sir Syed Ahmad founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association of Upper India in ?

(1) 1875
(2) 1880
(3) 1883
(4) 1893
Correct Answere: 1893
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20. Who was the president of the first session of the All India Hindu Mahasabha in 1915 ?

(1) Lala Lajpat Rai
(2) Maharaja of Kasim Bazer
(3) Madam Mohan Malaviya
(4) N. C. Kelkar
Correct Answere: Maharaja of Kasim Bazer
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21. The first woman president of the Indian National Congress was ?

(1) Annie Besant
(2) Raj Kumar Amrit Kaur
(3) Sarojini Naidu
(4) Sucheta Kripalani
Correct Answere: Annie Besant
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22. The secret society of revolutionaries which was organized by VD> Savarkar in 1904 was ?

(1) Abhinav Bharat
(2) Ghadar
(3) Sandhya
(4) Yugantar
Correct Answere: Abhinav Bharat
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23. The movement in India which became popular during the First World War was the ?

(1) Swadeshi and Boycott
(2) Separatist Movement
(3) Swarajist Party Movement
(4) Home-Rule Movement
Correct Answere: Home-Rule Movement
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24. Who of the following was not killed/hanged in connection with 'Alipore Conspiracy Case' 1908 and related events ?

(1) Barindra Nath Ghose
(2) Nand Lal
(3) Narinder Gosain
(4) Khudiram
Correct Answere: Barindra Nath Ghose
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25. There was three phases (upto 1857) in the early period of resistance to British rule in India. Find out the incorrect categorisation of a phase ?

(1) Civil rebellion
(2) Constitutional agitation
(3) Peasant rebellions and agrarian uprisings
(4) Tribal rebellions
Correct Answere: Constitutional agitation
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26. The Round Table Conference at London met for the discussion of ?

(1) A future constitution for India
(2) Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
(3) Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
(4) Provision of Provincial Autonomy
Correct Answere: A future constitution for India
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27. Who used the term 'untouchable' for the Scheduled castes for the first time ?

(1) Alfred Lyall
(2) H H Risley
(3) J S Nesfield
(4) W C Crooke
Correct Answere: H H Risley
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28. Who of the following nationalist leaders has been referred to as 'Lokhitwadi' ?

(1) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(2) Lala Lajpat Rai
(3) Motilal Nehru
(4) VishnuKrishna Chiplunkar
Correct Answere: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
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29. The 'defeat was more mine than his' Gandhi said it for ?

(1) C. Rajagopalacharya
(2) C. R. Das
(3) Pattabhi Sitaramaya
(4) Sardar Vallab Bhai Patel
Correct Answere: Pattabhi Sitaramaya
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30. Social questions could not be raised in Indian National Congress sessions till which year ?

(1) 1905
(2) 1907
(3) 1919
(4) 1929
Correct Answere: 1907
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31. The Gandhian Programme of four-stage non-copperation was approved at the Calcutta special Congress (4-9 September 1920) by the decisive support of ?

(1) B. G. Tilak
(2) C. R. Das
(3) Lala Lajpat Rai
(4) Motilal Nehru
Correct Answere: C. R. Das
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32. With it Jawahar Lal Nehru began his 'wanderings among the Kisans', which he described so vividly in his autobiography. The reference here is to ?

(1) Eka Movement in Awadh
(2) Indigo Cultivators in Bihar
(3) Kisan Sabha agitation in Awadh
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Kisan Sabha agitation in Awadh
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33. Bhagat Singh and B. K. Dutt threw a bomb in the central legislative assembly ?

(1) To avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai
(2) To Kill the members of the legislative council
(3) To protest against the passage of the Publi Safety Billc
(4) To overthrow the British government
Correct Answere: To protest against the passage of the Publi Safety Billc
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34. Who was president of the Congress when it declared Poorna swaraj as its objective ?

(1) Jawaharalal Nehru
(2) Motilal Nehru
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Subhash Chandra Bose
Correct Answere: Jawaharalal Nehru
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35. Give the correct ascending chronological sequence of events: A. Swadeshi movement B. Non-cooperation movement C. Quit India movement D. Civil Disobedience movement ?

(1) A B C D
(2) A B D C
(3) B A C D
(4) D A B C
Correct Answere: A B D C
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36. The interim government at the centre was formed ?

(1) After Lord Mountbatten came to India for transfer of power
(2) After the visit of the Cabinet Mission
(3) After the visit of the Cripps Mission
(4) Before the visit of the Cripps Mission
Correct Answere: After the visit of the Cabinet Mission
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37. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(1) Anand Mohan Bose - Indian Society
(2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Bombay
(3) Mary Carpenter Association - National Indian
(4) Surendra Nath Bannerji - Indian National Conference
Correct Answere: Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Bombay
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38. Who was the Governer-General of India who proposed the change of capital from Calcutta to Delhi ?

(1) Dufferin
(2) Lord Curzon
(3) Lord Hardinge II
(4) Lansdowne
Correct Answere: Lord Hardinge II
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39. In which year five districts and the tribal area were taken away from Punjab to create the North - west Frontier Province ?

(1) 1904
(2) 1901
(3) 1911
(4) 1935
Correct Answere: 1901
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40. Which of the following classes participated the least in the Indian National Movement ?

(1) Capitalists
(2) Governments officials
(3) Peasants
(4) Princes of states
Correct Answere: Princes of states
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41. The Communist Party was legalised in the year ?

(1) 1940
(2) 1942
(3) 1944
(4) 1945
Correct Answere: 1942
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42. Who of the following did not belong to what popularly was known as the Bombay Triumvirate' ??

(1) Badruddin Tyabji
(2) BG Tilak
(3) Ferozshah Mehta
(4) K T Telang
Correct Answere: K T Telang
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43. To counteract unfavourable articles in India in the British Press and to supply authentic information, a journal was started in 1890. Name it ?

(1) Dawn
(2) India
(3) News Chronicle
(4) Wheel of History
Correct Answere: India
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44. The three states which had not acceeded to either Dominion by August 15, 1947, were all ruled by Princes whose own religion was different from that of the majority of their subjsects. Point the odd one out ?

(1) Bhopal
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Junagarh
(4) Kashmir
Correct Answere: Bhopal
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45. Protesting against Simon Commission in a demonstration, Lala Lajpat Rai sustained fatal injuries. Where did the incident occur ?

(1) Amritsar
(2) Jallandhar
(3) Meerut
(4) Lahore
Correct Answere: Lahore
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46. How many times JL Nehru became the President of INC ?

(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5
Correct Answere: 3
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47. Who among the early nationalists worked in England to mobilise public opinion in favour of the Indian National Movement ?

(1) Dadabhai Naoroji
(2) DE Wacha
(3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answere: Dadabhai Naoroji
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48. In the Allahadab district in 1929, at a time of the world wide economic depression; a 'no-tax' campaign on behalf of peasants was led by ?

(1) Jl Nehru
(2) MN Roy
(3) PC Joshi
(4) Sahajanand Saraswati
Correct Answere: MN Roy
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49. Bhagat Singh shot Police Commissioner Saunders dead because ?

(1) He forced the Public Safety Bill through the Legislative Assembly
(2) He had led the campaign against the armoury raid's culprits
(3) He had led the lathi charge against the peaceful procession in the cources of which Lajpat Raj was Injured
(4) Chandra Shekhar Azad was Killed in an en-counter led by him in Allahabad
Correct Answere: He had led the lathi charge against the peaceful procession in the cources of which Lajpat Raj was Injured
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50. The Civil Disobediece movement caught the imagination of the people in the states. In many places, significant popular movements came into being. Point out where it did not ?

(1) Hyderabad
(2) Rampur
(3) Rajkot
(4) Travancore
Correct Answere: Rampur

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