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| 1. |
The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by |
| A. | v. d. savarkar |
| B. | tilak |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» A. v. d. savarkar | |
| 2. |
Brigadier-General ..................with his British troops entered the parkat Jallianwala Bagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire on the gathered people without any warning. |
| A. | reginald dyer |
| B. | sir stafford cripps |
| C. | sir claude auchinleck |
| D. | general sir rob lockhart. |
| Answer» C. sir claude auchinleck | |
| 3. |
V.D Savarkar was born in |
| A. | 1885 |
| B. | 1883 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1870 |
| Answer» B. 1883 | |
| 4. |
Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | thilak |
| C. | sree narayana guru |
| D. | mahathma gandhi |
| Answer» D. mahathma gandhi | |
| 5. |
In which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council from Bombay? |
| A. | 1910 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1919 |
| D. | 1924 |
| Answer» A. 1910 | |
| 6. |
Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a |
| A. | justice |
| B. | dharma |
| C. | power |
| D. | status |
| Answer» B. dharma | |
| 7. |
Sree Narayana Guru was born in |
| A. | sivagiri |
| B. | aruvipuram |
| C. | chempazanthi |
| D. | kollam |
| Answer» C. chempazanthi | |
| 8. |
SNDP Yogam was formed in the year |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1896 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1914 |
| Answer» A. 1903 | |
| 9. |
The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | gokhale |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. gandhiji | |
| 10. |
Who is the Champion of secularism? |
| A. | jinnah |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | savarkar |
| D. | thilak |
| Answer» B. nehru | |
| 11. |
Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | vivekananda |
| C. | raja ram mohan roy |
| D. | thilak |
| Answer» A. gandhiji | |
| 12. |
Gandhism is not merely a political creed it is |
| A. | a programme of action |
| B. | a message |
| C. | theory |
| D. | working class movement |
| Answer» B. a message | |
| 13. |
Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar |
| A. | princess |
| B. | politics |
| C. | freedom struggle |
| D. | hindutva1 |
| Answer» D. hindutva1 | |
| 14. |
Who condemned Gandhism as a reactionary social philosophy? |
| A. | gopalakrishna gokhale |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» B. m.n.roy | |
| 15. |
Independent India was founded by : |
| A. | gopalakrishna gokhale |
| B. | thilak |
| C. | m.n. roy |
| D. | jayaprakas narayanan |
| Answer» C. m.n. roy | |
| 16. |
Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by |
| A. | jayaprakas narayanan |
| B. | m.n roy |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | thilak |
| Answer» A. jayaprakas narayanan | |
| 17. |
Radical Democratic party was organised by |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| D. | thilak |
| Answer» B. m.n.roy | |
| 18. |
Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human Revolution’? |
| A. | m.n.roy |
| B. | lohia |
| C. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. jayaprakash narayanan | |
| 19. |
Jinnh’s Two –nation Theory was adopted on |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1925 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» B. 1940 | |
| 20. |
The concept of four pillar state was advocated by |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | ambedker |
| Answer» A. lohia | |
| 21. |
Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | thilak |
| C. | sarojini naidu |
| D. | vivekananda |
| Answer» C. sarojini naidu | |
| 22. |
Jinnah’s two nation theory was adopted as the |
| A. | lahore resolution |
| B. | karachi resolution |
| C. | dacca declaration |
| D. | bombay resolution |
| Answer» A. lahore resolution | |
| 23. |
Azad Muslim conference’ was formed in |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1941 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» B. 1940 | |
| 24. |
Name the political leader who supported two nation theory |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | gokhale |
| C. | jinnah |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» C. jinnah | |
| 25. |
All Indian Muslim League was started in : |
| A. | 1960 |
| B. | 1906 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1928 |
| Answer» B. 1906 | |
| 26. |
Glimpses of world History’ was written by |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | thilak |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» A. nehru | |
| 27. |
Who is the author of Discovery of India? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | vivekananda |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» C. nehru | |
| 28. |
The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year; |
| A. | 1961 |
| B. | 1955 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» C. 1954 | |
| 29. |
B.R. Ambedker was born in |
| A. | 1891 |
| B. | 1893 |
| C. | 1898 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» A. 1891 | |
| 30. |
A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ................in a smallpark enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act. |
| A. | jallianwala bagh |
| B. | uttar pradesh |
| C. | mumbai |
| D. | delhi3 |
| Answer» A. jallianwala bagh | |
| 31. |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October.............. |
| A. | 1869 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1889 |
| D. | 1900 |
| Answer» A. 1869 | |
| 32. |
Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year... |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1915 |
| C. | 1916 |
| D. | 1917 |
| Answer» B. 1915 | |
| 33. |
. ......................., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to the concerns in India and the struggle of the people. |
| A. | tej bahadur sapru |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | mohammad ali jinnah |
| D. | gopal krishna gokhale |
| Answer» A. tej bahadur sapru | |
| 34. |
The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one of...................first significant steps to achieve Indian independence. |
| A. | rabindranath tagore’s |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | motilal nehru’s |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah’s |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 35. |
Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, .............gave the call for Quit India Movement. |
| A. | 1942 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» A. 1942 | |
| 36. |
On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee were arrested in................ |
| A. | up |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | ahmedabad |
| D. | mumbai |
| Answer» D. mumbai | |
| 37. |
During the First World War, ................joined the central powersagainst Britain. |
| A. | america |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | turkey |
| Answer» D. turkey | |
| 38. |
A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali, ...................., Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation. |
| A. | shaukat ali |
| B. | qutubuddin ahmad |
| C. | shamsuddin hussain |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah |
| Answer» A. shaukat ali | |
| 39. |
The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the ..............Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan. |
| A. | british |
| B. | austrian |
| C. | american |
| D. | serbian |
| Answer» A. british | |
| 40. |
October 17, ................was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus along with Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1909 |
| C. | 1916 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» D. 1919 | |
| 41. |
An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ..............on November 23,1919 with Gandhi as its president. |
| A. | calcutta |
| B. | punjab |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» D. delhi | |
| 42. |
Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the ....................as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British. |
| A. | khalifat movement |
| B. | khudai khidmatgars |
| C. | peasant movement |
| D. | womens’ movement |
| Answer» A. khalifat movement | |
| 43. |
.............visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafat movement. |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | motilal nehru |
| C. | bal gangadhar tilak |
| D. | sri aurobindo |
| Answer» A. gandhiji | |
| 44. |
The Constitution of ....................is the largest written liberal democratic constitution of the world. |
| A. | india |
| B. | america |
| C. | pakistan |
| D. | afghanistan |
| Answer» A. india | |
| 45. |
The Constitution of ...................provides for a mixture of federalism andUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity. |
| A. | afghanistan |
| B. | america |
| C. | pakistan |
| D. | india |
| Answer» D. india | |
| 46. |
since its inauguration on 26th January.............., the Constitution India has been successfully guiding the path and progress of India. |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1915 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» D. 1950 | |
| 47. |
Indian Constitution consists of ................ Articles divided into 22 Parts with 12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments. |
| A. | 295 |
| B. | 305 |
| C. | 388 |
| D. | 395 |
| Answer» D. 395 | |
| 48. |
The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitution which hasonly 7 Articles and the ..................Constitution with its 89 Articles. |
| A. | french |
| B. | dutch |
| C. | pakistan |
| D. | afghanistan |
| Answer» A. french | |
| 49. |
The constitution of India became fully operational with effect from 26thJanuary.......................... |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» D. 1950 | |
| 50. |
India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for a fixed term of ................... years. |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» D. 5 | |
| 51. |
All men and women of ................. years or above of age whose names are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the members of Lok Sabha |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 17 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» D. 18 | |
| 52. |
. Every voter of .................years or above of age is eligible to contest elections to the Lok Sabha. |
| A. | 21 |
| B. | 23 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» D. 25 | |
| 53. |
The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years. |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» D. 5 | |
| 54. |
The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was.................. |
| A. | dr. |
| B. | r. ambedkar b) jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | sardar vallabhai patel |
| Answer» D. sardar vallabhai patel | |
| 55. |
The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of .................... had brought a large scale discontentment among the people of India. |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1916 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» D. 1919 | |
| 56. |
The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................had fanned the fire of this discontentment. |
| A. | gandhi |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | dr. b.r. ambedkar |
| D. | sardar vallabhai |
| Answer» A. gandhi | |
| 57. |
In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission. |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1915 |
| C. | 1925 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» D. 1935 | |
| 58. |
Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of ....................... |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» D. 1919 | |
| 59. |
The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November.............. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1946 |
| D. | 1956. |
| Answer» D. 1956. | |
| 60. |
In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when Prime Minister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country. |
| A. | indira gandhi |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | dr. b.r. ambedkar |
| D. | rajiv gandhi |
| Answer» A. indira gandhi | |
| 61. |
Officially issued by President................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977. |
| A. | fakhruddin ali |
| B. | dr. s. radhakrishnan |
| C. | dr. rajendra prasad |
| D. | manmohan singh |
| Answer» A. fakhruddin ali | |
| 62. |
On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces. |
| A. | 1955 |
| B. | 1965 |
| C. | 1968 |
| D. | 1975 |
| Answer» D. 1975 | |
| 63. |
Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emerged victorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1966 |
| Answer» D. 1966 | |
| 64. |
The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against her calling her corrupt and autocratic. |
| A. | jaya prakash narayan |
| B. | fakruddin ali ahmed |
| C. | ems |
| D. | akg |
| Answer» A. jaya prakash narayan | |
| 65. |
The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an all India Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt. |
| A. | george fernandes |
| B. | fakruddin ali ahmed |
| C. | jaya prakash narayan |
| D. | ems |
| Answer» A. george fernandes | |
| 66. |
The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................ who signed it immediately. |
| A. | fakruddin ali ahmed |
| B. | george fernandes |
| C. | dr.rajendra prasad |
| D. | manmohansingh |
| Answer» A. fakruddin ali ahmed | |
| 67. |
................ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took charge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India. |
| A. | nanaji deshmukh’s |
| B. | morarji desai’s |
| C. | indira gandhi's |
| D. | , subramanian swamy’s, |
| Answer» C. indira gandhi's | |
| 68. |
Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to.................., was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government. |
| A. | indira gandhi |
| B. | jp, george fernandes, |
| C. | ab vajpayee |
| D. | lk advani, |
| Answer» A. indira gandhi | |
| 69. |
However, .................... shocked everybody by declaring Lok Sabha elections in January 1977 bringing an end to draconian Emergency. |
| A. | indira gandhi |
| B. | ramakrishna hegde, |
| C. | hd deve gowda, |
| D. | m karunanidhi. |
| Answer» A. indira gandhi | |
| 70. |
...................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata Party government till 1980. |
| A. | morarji desai |
| B. | lalu prasad yadav, |
| C. | mulayam singh yadav |
| D. | , sharad yadav |
| Answer» A. morarji desai | |
| 71. |
In the ................... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and remainedin power till her assassination in 1984. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1970 |
| D. | 1980 |
| Answer» D. 1980 | |
| 72. |
................... started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in 1947, and immediately launched a number of economic reforms. |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | indira gandhi |
| C. | morarji desai |
| D. | rajiv gandhi |
| Answer» A. nehru | |
| 73. |
One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years Plan in........................ |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1941 |
| D. | 1951. |
| Answer» D. 1951. | |
| 74. |
Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be .................in nature. |
| A. | socialist |
| B. | communist |
| C. | capitalist |
| D. | utopian socialism |
| Answer» A. socialist | |
| 75. |
................... was the main architect of first green revolution of India listed fivecomponents of Agricultural renewal? |
| A. | dr. m.s. swaminathan |
| B. | lalu prasad yadav, |
| C. | mulayam singh yadav |
| D. | sharad yadav |
| Answer» A. dr. m.s. swaminathan | |
| 76. |
Since......................., the Indian economy has pursued free market liberalisation , greater openness in trade and increase investment in infrastructure. |
| A. | 1961 |
| B. | 1971 |
| C. | 1981 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» D. 1991 | |
| 77. |
The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy in India first came into inception on April 1, .......................... |
| A. | 1900 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 2000 |
| Answer» D. 2000 | |
| 78. |
The prime objective of ................was to enhance foreign investment and provide an internationally competitive and hassle free environment for exports. |
| A. | sez |
| B. | land grabbing |
| C. | liberalization |
| D. | privatization |
| Answer» A. sez | |
| 79. |
...............is a specifically delineated duty-free enclave and shall be deemed to be foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations and duties and tariffs. |
| A. | sez |
| B. | liberalization |
| C. | privatization |
| D. | globalization |
| Answer» A. sez | |
| 80. |
There is no doubt that J.L Nehru's India's first Prime Minister was fully analysed the indispensability of science and technology in the economic and the social independence. |
| A. | j.l nehru's |
| B. | narasimha rao |
| C. | prof. p.m.s blackett |
| D. | vajpayee |
| Answer» A. j.l nehru's | |
| 81. |
soon after becoming the Prime Minister of India, .................created a Ministry of Scientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic energy programme for peaceful purposes. |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | narasimha rao |
| C. | prof. p.m.s blackett |
| D. | vajpayee5 |
| Answer» A. nehru | |
| 82. |
In.................., the Atomic Energy Act was passed and the Department of Atomic Energy was directly under his charge was created. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1938 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» D. 1948 | |
| 83. |
Under the farsighted leadership of ..................the nation, the government and the public leaders became committed to the promotion of science and technology. |
| A. | nehru, |
| B. | narasimha rao |
| C. | prof. p.m.s blackett |
| D. | vajpayee |
| Answer» A. nehru, | |
| 84. |
......................appointed a scientific man power committee and five institutes of technology came up at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi besides a number of regional engineering colleges by his efforts. |
| A. | j.l. nehru |
| B. | prof. p.m.s blackett |
| C. | indira gandhi |
| D. | vajpayee |
| Answer» A. j.l. nehru | |
| 85. |
In................., Nehru directed the CSIR to prepare National Register of Scientific and Technical personnel. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1938 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» C. 1948 | |
| 86. |
Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ................for the scientific evolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies. |
| A. | prof. p.m.s blackett |
| B. | vajpayee |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | indira gandhi |
| Answer» A. prof. p.m.s blackett | |
| 87. |
The enthusiastic efforts of Mr. ........................led to the expansion of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research into a chain of national laboratories spanning a wide spectrum of science, technology, engineering and biomedical sciences. |
| A. | shanti swarup bhatnagar |
| B. | vajpayee |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | sardar patel |
| Answer» A. shanti swarup bhatnagar | |
| 88. |
The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reforms which began since July 24, .......................... |
| A. | 1961 |
| B. | 1971 |
| C. | 1981 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» D. 1991 | |
| 89. |
In....................., the country experienced a balance of payments dilemma following the Gulf War and the downfall of the erstwhile Soviet Union. |
| A. | 1951 |
| B. | 1961 |
| C. | 1971 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» D. 1991 | |
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