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Q1
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History → Modern India → Post-Independence India
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The Five Year Plan was first launched in
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China
B
USSR
C
India
D
Bhutan
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
In the year 1928, a committee of Congress leaders drafted a Constitution for India. The Committee was headed by
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Mahatma Gandhi
B
T. B. Sapru
C
Motilal Nehru
D
Jawaharlal Nehru
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Which one of the following statements about Jaipal Singh is NOT correct?
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A
He was a member of the Constituent Assembly
B
He founded the Adivasi Maha Sabha
C
He was the captain of the first Indian national hockey team
D
He campaigned for a separate state of Chhattisgarh
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Where did Gandhiji initially forge the techniques of Satyagraha?
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England
B
South Africa
C
North Africa
D
India
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Q5
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Gandhiji's Dandi march?
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A
Lord Irwin
B
Lord Linlithgow
C
Lord Reading
D
Lord Willingdon
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Q6
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Which one among the following American newsmagazines was highly sceptical of Gandhiji's Dandi march initially but within a week completely changed its opinion and saluted him as a Saint and Statesman?
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A
Saturday Evening Post
B
Readers Digest
C
Time
D
Life
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Q7
#7
History → Modern India → British Economic Policy and Industrial India
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Moderate
In which of the following years were passenger trains introduced in England?
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1823
B
1825
C
1848
D
1861
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Q8
#8
History → World History → 20th Century — World Wars, Modernity and Global Institutions
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The United Nations Charter was signed by 51 original members of the United Nations in 1945 at the
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Hague Conference
B
London Conference
C
San Francisco Conference
D
Berlin Conference
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Q9
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History → Modern India → British Administration, Acts and Legislation
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Hard
What was the consequence of Permanent Settlement on rural society in Bengal?
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A
The zamindars invested capital and enterprise to improve agriculture along lines of British yeoman farmers
B
A group of rich peasants known as jotedars succeeded in consolidating their position in the villages
C
The ryots prospered as a result of fixed revenue levy imposed on them
D
The system of Collectorate introduced by the Company for exercising supervisory control on zamindars failed to take off
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
What was Damin-i Koh in Rajmahal area?
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A
A large area of land demarcated and declared to be the land of the Santhals
B
The land of the Paharias cultivated exclusively for paddy
C
The British territory marked for their military camp
D
The land earmarked for locating settled agriculturists
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
Which one of the following statements about the Revolt of 1857 is correct?
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A
It was a Revolt carefully organised and planned by the Rajas, Nawabs and Taluqdars
B
Rumours and prophecies did not play any role in its outbreak and spread
C
The rebel proclamations in 1857 repeatedly appealed to all sections of the population irrespective of their caste and creed.
D
The British succeeded in quickly and easily controlling the rebels
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Q12
#12
History → Modern India → Post-Independence India
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Moderate
Which one among the following was NOT a Panch Sheel principle?
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Peaceful Co-existence
B
Mutual respect for territorial integrity
C
Nuclear deterrence
D
Non-interference in internal affairs
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Q13
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
Who among the following had organised, in 1904, a secret society of revolutionaries named Abhinav Bharat?
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A
Khudiram Bose
B
Shyamji Krishna Verma
C
Har Dayal
D
V D Savarkar
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Q14
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History → Modern India → British Administration, Acts and Legislation
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Hard
The principle that the framing of the new Constitution for independent India should be primarily (though not solely) the responsibility of Indians themselves, was for the first time conceded in the
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A
Government of India Act, 1935
B
August Offer of Viceroy Linlithgow
C
Cripps Proposals
D
Cabinet Mission
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Q15
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History → Medieval India → Vijayanagara Empire
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Moderate
Which one of the following statements regarding King Krishnadevaraya is NOT correct ?
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A
He was a great scholar of Telugu and Sanskrit
B
Foreign travellers Paes and Nuniz visited his court
C
Barbosa praised him for the great justice and equity prevailing in his empire
D
He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Hard
Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the Revolt of 1857 ?
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A
The rumour that the British had mixed the bone dust of cows and pigs into the flour being sold in the market
B
The prophecy that British rule would come to an end on the centenary of the Battle of Plassey on 23rd June, 1857
C
Popular discontent with British rule
D
The prophecy that the end of British rule would lead to the end of the Kali Yuga and the return of Ram Rajya
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Q17
#17
History → Modern India → European Trading and Early British Conquest
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Moderate
Which one of the following was NOT a feature of the Subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesley ?
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A
The British were responsible for protecting the ally from any external threats
B
All internal threats were to be handled by the ally alone, with no help from the British
C
The ally was to provide resources for maintaining a British armed contingent stationed in its territory
D
The ally could not enter into any agreement with other rulers without the permission of the British
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Q18
#18
History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
Who among the following is one of the authors of the book 'Philosophy of the Bomb ?'
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A
Bhagat Singh
B
Jawaharlal Nehru
C
Surya Sen
D
Yashpal
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Q19
#19
History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
Which of the following statements about the Chittagong group is NOT correct ?
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A
Its membership included a large number of youth including Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul and Anant Singh
B
Its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group
C
Surya Sen and his group were closely associated with Congress work in Chittagong
D
This group had prepared an action plan to occupy the armouries in Chittagong
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Q20
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
Which one of the following was a significant feature of the Quit India Movement ?
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A
Women did not play an important role in the movement
B
Nasik in Maharashtra was an important regional base during the movement
C
It was marked by anti-zamindar violence
D
It was marked by the emergence of parallel governments in different parts of India
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Q21
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Moderate
Which one of the following characteristics does NOT describe the Khilafat movement ?
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A
Mahatma Gandhi sought to link it to the Non-Cooperation movement
B
It was not supported by the Congress
C
It demanded that the Turkish Sultan must retain control over Muslim sacred spaces in the erstwhile Ottoman empire
D
It was led by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
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Q22
#22
History → Modern India → British Economic Policy and Industrial India
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Hard
Which one of the following was NOT a feature of railways in colonial India ?
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A
The main purpose of the setting up of railways in India was to serve the interest of the empire
B
British capital investments were invited with 15% guaranteed interest to be paid if necessary from Indian revenues
C
The construction work disturbed ecology
D
The construction of the railways was planned in such a way that it connected the internal markets with the ports, but provided no inter-connection between internal market cities
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Hard
Which colonial administrator made the following declaration about the partition of Bengal in 1904 ? 'Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in different ways. That is perfectly true and one of the merits of the scheme'
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A
Lord Curzon
B
H. H. Risley
C
Lord Minto
D
Sir Lancelot Hare
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Q24
#24
History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Easy
Who launched the Bardoli Satyagraha on 4th February, 1928 ?
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A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Vallabhbhai Patel
C
Rajendra Prasad
D
Kalyanji Mehta
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History → Modern India → Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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Hard
Which one of the following Princely States did NOT support the Congress during the course of the Civil Disobedience Movement ?
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Bhavnagar
B
Mysore
C
Junagadh
D
Kathiawar
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