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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 101. |
Author of ‘Culture ideology Hegemony Intellectual and Social consciousnessin Colonial India’ is ……… |
| A. | k.n.ganesh |
| B. | k.n.panikkar |
| C. | r.c. majumdar |
| D. | herman kulke |
| Answer» B. k.n.panikkar | |
| 102. |
Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is…………… |
| A. | romilathapar |
| B. | irfanhabib |
| C. | s.c.ghosh |
| D. | naorojidadabhai |
| Answer» D. naorojidadabhai | |
| 103. |
Writing Social History is the book of ………… |
| A. | anialoomba |
| B. | sumitsarkar |
| C. | cohn bernard |
| D. | ranajithguha |
| Answer» B. sumitsarkar | |
| 104. |
The Peasant and the Raj is the work of ………. |
| A. | eric stokes |
| B. | a.r.desai |
| C. | d.n.dhanagare |
| D. | shirin mehta |
| Answer» A. eric stokes | |
| 105. |
In the year 1919, the British Government passed a new rulecalled…………………, under which the Government had the authority and power toarrest people and keep them in prisons without any trial if they are suspected with thecharge of terrorism. |
| A. | rowlatt act |
| B. | trade union act |
| C. | gandhi-irwin pact |
| D. | minto-morley act |
| Answer» A. rowlatt act | |
| 106. |
The Rowlatt act was effective from 10th March,…………….. |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1923 |
| D. | 1927 |
| Answer» B. 1919 | |
| 107. |
In Punjab the protest movement was vast and strong.On 10th April, 1919 tworenowned leaders of the Congress, …………….and Dr. SaifuddinKithlew werearrested and were taken to unknown place. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | dr. satya pal |
| C. | gopal krishna gokhale |
| D. | rabindranath tagore |
| Answer» B. dr. satya pal | |
| 108. |
A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at …………….in a small parkenclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the arrest. |
| A. | jallianwalabagh |
| B. | uttar pradesh |
| C. | mumbai |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» A. jallianwalabagh | |
| 109. |
Brigadier-General ………………with his British troops entered the park atJallianwalaBagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire onthe gathered people without any warning. |
| A. | reginald dyer |
| B. | sir stafford cripps |
| C. | sir claude auchinleck |
| D. | general sir rob lockhart. |
| Answer» A. reginald dyer | |
| 110. |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October………….. |
| A. | 1859 |
| B. | 1869 |
| C. | 1889 |
| D. | 1900 |
| Answer» B. 1869 | |
| 111. |
After …………….came back to India from South Africa, where he worked asa barrister. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | gopalkrishna gokhale |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 112. |
………………….., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhito the concerns in India and the struggle of the people. |
| A. | tejbahadursapru |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | mohammad ali jinnah |
| D. | gopal krishna gokhale |
| Answer» D. gopal krishna gokhale | |
| 113. |
A series of non-violence campaigns of Civil Disobedience Movement werelaunched by the Indian National Congress under the leadershipof………………………. |
| A. | mohammad ali jinnah |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | motilalnehru |
| D. | sri aurobindo |
| Answer» B. mahatma gandhi | |
| 114. |
The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one of……………….first significant steps to achieve Indian independence. |
| A. | gandhi`s |
| B. | rabindranath tagore’s |
| C. | motilal nehru’s |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah’s |
| Answer» A. gandhi`s | |
| 115. |
Mahatma Gandhi went to Champaran in …………….in 1917 at the request ofthe poor peasants to enquire about the situation as they were compelled by Britishindigo planters to grow indigo on 15% of their land and part with the whole crop forrent. |
| A. | bihar |
| B. | gujarat |
| C. | uttar pradesh |
| D. | mumbai |
| Answer» A. bihar | |
| 116. |
. …………………accorded Mahatma (Great Soul) title to Gandhi in the year1920. |
| A. | mohammed ali jinnah |
| B. | motilal nehru |
| C. | rabindranath tagore |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» C. rabindranath tagore | |
| 117. |
The ……………….Era in the Indian Freedom Struggle took place with theNon Cooperation Movement. |
| A. | gandhi |
| B. | balgangadhartilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» A. gandhi | |
| 118. |
Non Cooperation movement was led by ………………..and the IndianNational Congress. |
| A. | motilal nehru |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» C. mahatma gandhi | |
| 119. |
The Non Cooperation movement took place from September ……………..until February 1922. |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1920 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» C. 1920 | |
| 120. |
In the fight against injustice, ……………..weapons were non-cooperation andpeaceful resistance. |
| A. | gandhi`s |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» A. gandhi`s | |
| 121. |
…………………. addressed all the Indians to wear Khadi (homespun cloth)instead of British-made textiles. |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | sukhdev |
| Answer» C. mahatma gandhi | |
| 122. |
……………….. strongly appealed to all Indians to spend some time spinningkhadi for supporting the independence movement of India. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | sukhdev |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 123. |
……………….. urged to boycott the British educational institutions, to resignfrom government jobs, and to leave British titles. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | sukhdev |
| D. | qutubuddin ahmad |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 124. |
Nobel laureate ……………….resigned the title knight from the British soonafter the Jalianwalabagh Massacre as a protest. |
| A. | rabindranath tagore |
| B. | balgangadhartilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | ems |
| Answer» A. rabindranath tagore | |
| 125. |
When the movement reached great success, it ended unexpectedly after theviolent clash at ChauriChaura in…………………. |
| A. | kashmir |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | uttar pradesh |
| Answer» D. uttar pradesh | |
| 126. |
On March 12, …………..Gandhi launched a new Satyagraha against the taxon salt known as Dandi March. |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» D. 1930 | |
| 127. |
……………. started the historic Dandi March, by walking from Ahmedabadto Dandi, to break the law that had deprived the poor of his right to make his ownsalt. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | motilal nehru |
| C. | balgangadhartilak |
| D. | sri aurobindo |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 128. |
…………….. movement stimulated the entire nation and it came to be knownas Civil Disobedience Movement. |
| A. | dandi |
| B. | mumbai |
| C. | chaurichaura |
| D. | kheda |
| Answer» A. dandi | |
| 129. |
On 8th May, 1933, ……………..started a 21-day fast of self-purification inorder to help the Harijan movement. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | balgangadhartilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 130. |
Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, ………….gave the call for Quit IndiaMovement. |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» D. 1942 | |
| 131. |
………………called on all Congressmen and Indians to maintain disciplinevia non violence and Do or Die in order to achieve ultimate freedom. |
| A. | mahatmagandhi |
| B. | motilal nehru |
| C. | balgangadhartilak |
| D. | sri aurobindo |
| Answer» A. mahatmagandhi | |
| 132. |
On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress WorkingCommittee were arrested in……………. |
| A. | up |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | ahmedabad |
| D. | mumbai |
| Answer» D. mumbai | |
| 133. |
In 1946, upon persuasion of…………………, Mahatma Gandhi reluctantlyaccepted the proposal of partition and independence offered by the British cabinet, inorder to evade a civil war. |
| A. | sardarvallabhbhai patel |
| B. | rajguru |
| C. | sukhdev |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah |
| Answer» A. sardarvallabhbhai patel | |
| 134. |
During the First World War, …………….joined the central powers againstBritain. |
| A. | america |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | turkey |
| Answer» D. turkey | |
| 135. |
A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali,………………..,Maulana Azad and HasratMohini to organise a country-wideagitation. |
| A. | shaukat ali |
| B. | qutubuddin ahmad |
| C. | shamsuddinhussain |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah |
| Answer» A. shaukat ali | |
| 136. |
The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the…………..Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore theSultan. |
| A. | british |
| B. | austrian |
| C. | american |
| D. | serbian |
| Answer» A. british | |
| 137. |
Which Gandhian movement has been called a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’? |
| A. | champaran movement |
| B. | non-cooperation movement |
| C. | civil disobedience movement |
| D. | quit india movement |
| Answer» D. quit india movement | |
| 138. |
The inspirational leader behind the founding of the All India Women’s Conference was |
| A. | durgabaideshmukh |
| B. | margaret cousins |
| C. | madam cama |
| D. | mutthulaxmi reddy. |
| Answer» B. margaret cousins | |
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