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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: General Knowledge (GK) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 251. |
Cabinet Mission came to India in the year - |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» A. 1946 | |
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Explanation: The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V. |
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| 252. |
Muslim League was founded in the year |
| A. | 1900 |
| B. | 1905 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1902 |
| Answer» C. 1906 | |
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Explanation: The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905. |
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| 253. |
In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress? |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Madras |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | Lahore |
| Answer» D. Lahore | |
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Explanation: The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the BritishEmpire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore. |
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| 254. |
Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha? |
| A. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| B. | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| D. | Acharya J. B. Kripalani |
| Answer» C. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel | |
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Explanation: The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, in the state of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj was a major episode of civil disobedience and revolt in the Indian Independence Movement. Its success gave rise to Vallabhbhai Patel as one of the greatest leaders of the independence struggle. The background to this movement was provided in 1925 when the taluka of Bardoli in Gujarat suffered from floods and famine, causing crop production to suffer and leaving farmers facing great financial troubles. However, the Government of the Bombay Presidency had raised the tax rate by 30% that year, and despite petitions from civic groups, refused to cancel the rise in the face of the calamities. |
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| 255. |
"Go back to Vedas." This call given by - |
| A. | Ramakrishna Paramah-amsa |
| B. | Vivekananda |
| C. | Jyotiba Phule |
| D. | Daynand Saraswati |
| Answer» D. Daynand Saraswati | |
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Explanation: One of the main messages of Swami Dayanand Saraswati was for Hindus to go back to the roots of their religion, which are the Vedas. By doing this, he felt that Hindus would be able to improve the depresssive religious, social, political, and economic conditions prevailing in India in his times. |
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| 256. |
Give below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair. |
| A. | Rani LaxmibaiIndore |
| B. | Khan Bahadur Khan-Ru-helkhand |
| C. | Kunwar Singh Sahabacd |
| D. | Nana Saheb-Kanpur |
| Answer» A. Rani LaxmibaiIndore | |
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Explanation: Rani Lakshmibai was the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi, situated in the north central part of India. She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and for Indian nationalists a symbol of resistance to the rule of the British East India Company in the subcontinent |
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| 257. |
Wo was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail? |
| A. | Nandanlal Bose |
| B. | Ambedkar |
| C. | Vir Savarkar |
| D. | Jyotiba Phule |
| Answer» C. Vir Savarkar | |
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Explanation: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian revolutionary and politician. He wrote more than 10,000 pages in the Marathi language. When in the Cellularail, Savarkar was denied pen and paper. He composed and wrote his poems on the prison walls with thorns and pebbles, memorized thousands lines of his poetry for years till other prisoners returning home brought them to India. |
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| 258. |
The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by - |
| A. | Lord Lytton |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Dufferin |
| D. | Lord Curzon |
| Answer» D. Lord Curzon | |
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Explanation: The decision to affect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took effect in October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. |
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| 259. |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, on its being banned by the Government, he founded at Al-Balagh in - |
| A. | 1913 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1916 |
| Answer» C. 1915 | |
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Explanation: With the onset of World War I, the British stiffened censorship and restrictions on political activity Azad's Al-Hilal was consequently banned in 1914 under the Press Act for spreading extremist views. From November 12, 1915, Azad started a new journal, the Al-Balagh, which increased its active support for nationalist causes and communal unity. |
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| 260. |
Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal? |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Warren Hastings |
| C. | William Bentinck |
| D. | Cornwallis |
| Answer» B. Warren Hastings | |
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Explanation: Warren Hastings was appointed the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1773. He was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. |
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| 261. |
Which scripture was called his mother by Gandhiji? |
| A. | Ramayana |
| B. | The New Testament |
| C. | Bhagwat Gita |
| D. | The Holy Quran |
| Answer» C. Bhagwat Gita | |
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Explanation: Gandhi called the Gita his 'mother,' and his 'spiritual reference book.' It has seemed contradictory to many that a scripture that affirms the duty to kill is the basis for nonviolence. Gandhi explained that the story is not meant to be taken literally. |
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| 262. |
The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against - |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | Great Britain |
| Answer» D. Great Britain | |
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Explanation: Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in South East Asia during World War II. The aim of the army to secure Indian independence with Japanese assistance. |
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| 263. |
Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of - |
| A. | Lord Lytton |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Ripon |
| D. | Lord Hardinge-I |
| Answer» B. Lord Curzon | |
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Explanation: Lord Curzon was the first person to appoint a commission on University education. On January 27, 1902, the Indian University Commission was appointed under the Chairmanship of Sir Thoma Ralley to enquire into the conditions of the Universities established in British India, and to consider and report upon the proposals for improving their constitution and working. |
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| 264. |
Which of the following authorized the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law? |
| A. | Rowlatt Act of 1999 |
| B. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| C. | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
| D. | Government of India Act of 1919 |
| Answer» A. Rowlatt Act of 1999 | |
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Explanation: The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in London on 10 March, 1919, indefinitely extending "emergency measures" (of the Defence of India Regulations Act) enacted during the First World War in order to control public unrest and root out conspiracy. |
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| 265. |
Gandhi-Irwin Pact is associated with - |
| A. | Quit India Movement |
| B. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| C. | Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement |
| D. | Rowlatt Agitation |
| Answer» B. Civil Disobedience Movement | |
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Explanation: The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London. One of the proposed conditions for the conference was the discontinuation of the civil disobedience movement by the Indian National Congress. |
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| 266. |
Which among the following States was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947? |
| A. | Hyderabd |
| B. | Kashmir |
| C. | Patiala |
| D. | Mysore |
| Answer» A. Hyderabd | |
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Explanation: Hyderabad was the state which was forcibly merged with the Union of India. Operation Polo code name for The Hyderabad Police Action was a military operation in September 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad and ended the rule of Nizarm, annexing the state into the Indian Union. |
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| 267. |
Who gave the solgan - Jai Hind'? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Moti Lal Nehru |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» A. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
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Explanation: Jai Hind was coined by Chempakaraman Pillai, of Indian Independence Movement and Hindu-German Conspiracy. It was immortalized by Subhas Chandra Bose as the battle cry of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj). |
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| 268. |
Wich Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress? |
| A. | Indian National Army |
| B. | Republican Party |
| C. | Forward Block |
| D. | Socialist Party |
| Answer» C. Forward Block | |
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Explanation: The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. |
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| 269. |
The Rama Krishna Mission was established by: |
| A. | Vivekananda |
| B. | Rama Krishna |
| C. | M.G. Ranade |
| D. | Keshab Chandra Sen |
| Answer» A. Vivekananda | |
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Explanation: The Rama Krishna Mission is a philanthropic, volunteer organization founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897. |
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| 270. |
Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» C. Jawahar Lal Nehru | |
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Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru formed the first human rights organization in India, the Indian Civil Liberties Union (ICLU), in Bombay in 1936. While inaugurating ICLU, he said that the idea behind its formation was to have the right to oppose the government. |
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| 271. |
Which of the following was established first? |
| A. | Banaras Hindu University |
| B. | University of Bombay |
| C. | Aligarh Muslim University |
| D. | University of Allahabad |
| Answer» B. University of Bombay | |
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Explanation: Benares Hindu University: 1916; University of Bombay: 1857; Aligarh Muslim University: 1875; and University of Allahabad: 1887.Q.2) The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a non-violent mass struggle on the widest possible scale. |
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| 272. |
Who gave the mantra "Do or Die" for this struggle? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» A. Mahatma Gandhi | |
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Explanation: The Quit India speech made by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942 is remembered due to his call for ‘Do or Die.' It was a radical departure from his earlier stances advocating passive resistance. |
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| 273. |
hich Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company's monopoly in India's foreign trade? |
| A. | Charter Act of 1853 |
| B. | Charter Act of 1793 |
| C. | Charter Act of 1813 |
| D. | Charter Act of 1833 |
| Answer» C. Charter Act of 1813 | |
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Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 was an Act of the British Parliament which renewed the charter of the British East India Company, and continued the Company's rule in India. However, the Company's commercial monopoly rights over trade with India were ended except for the tea trade and the trade with China. |
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| 274. |
Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took place? |
| A. | Monghyr |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Murshidabad |
| D. | Dacca |
| Answer» B. Calcutta | |
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Explanation: The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William in Calcutta, India, where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Sirajud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of the fort on 20 June 1756. |
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| 275. |
Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy? |
| A. | General Dyer |
| B. | Arthur Wellesly |
| C. | General Harris |
| D. | Colonel Wellesly |
| Answer» A. General Dyer | |
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Explanation: The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer. Dyer was removed from duty, but he became a celebrated hero in Britain. |
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| 276. |
Who coined the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"? |
| A. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Balagangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Sukhdev |
| Answer» C. Bhagat Singh | |
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Explanation: Inquilab Zindabad is an Urdu phrase which translates to Long Live the Revolution!" The slogan was coined by Hasrat Mohani. Its first use by a revolutionary was in 1929 when Bhagat Singh shouted it after bombing the Central Assembly in Delhi. |
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| 277. |
Who introduced Western education? |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| C. | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy | |
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Explanation: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, introduced western education in India. He protested against the East India Company's decision to support vernacular education and insisted that English replace Sanskrit and Persian in India. |
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| 278. |
The system of Budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of - |
| A. | Canning |
| B. | Dalhousie |
| C. | Ripon |
| D. | Elgin |
| Answer» A. Canning | |
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Explanation: The budget was first introduced in India on 7 April, 1860 during the viceroyalty of Lord Canning. The budget was presented by the East-India Company to the British Crown. James Wilson presented the budget in 1860. |
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| 279. |
Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence? |
| A. | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
| B. | J. B. Kriplani |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» B. J. B. Kriplani | |
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Explanation: J. B. Kripalani was an Indian politician, noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947. Kripalani was a Gandhian socialist, environmentali mystic and independence activist. He was one of Gandhi's most ardent disciples. |
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| 280. |
Who is popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India? |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| C. | Mahadeva Govinda Ranade |
| D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Answer» A. Dadabhai Naoroji | |
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Explanation: Dadabhai Naoroji, a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader, is known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume. His book Poverty and Un- British Rule in India' brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain. |
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| 281. |
Who was the founder of the Indian National Army? |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Gandhiji |
| Answer» B. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
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Explanation: The Indian National Army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, byIndian prisoners of war of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. However, it soon fell into decline. It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Souteast Asia in 1943. |
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| 282. |
There are no politics devoid of religion' is stated by - |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Vinoba Bhave |
| D. | Jaya Prakash Narayan |
| Answer» B. Gandhi | |
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Explanation: Gandhi said, ‘Those who talk about the separation of religion and politics do not know what religion is.' He added, 'for me there is no politics without religion-not the religion of the superstitious and the blind, religion that hates and fights, but the universal religion of toleration. |
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| 283. |
Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757? |
| A. | Hyder Ali |
| B. | Mir Qasim |
| C. | Mir Jaffar |
| D. | Nawab of Oudh |
| Answer» C. Mir Jaffar | |
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Explanation: Mir Jafar rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. His rule is widely considered the start of British rule in India. |
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| 284. |
Who gave the title of "Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya? |
| A. | Dada Bhai Naurozi |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi | |
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Explanation: The people of India addressed him as Mahamana meaning Most Respected. However, the honorific title was popularized and used for him by Mahatma Gandhi. |
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| 285. |
Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement? |
| A. | Lord Mountbatten |
| B. | Lord Wavell |
| C. | Lord Lin Lithgow |
| D. | Lord Irwin |
| Answer» C. Lord Lin Lithgow | |
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Explanation: The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for Satyagraha (independence). Lord Linlithgow (1936-1943) was the Viceroy then. |
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| 286. |
In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in - |
| A. | 7 states |
| B. | 9 states |
| C. | 5 states |
| D. | 4 states |
| Answer» A. 7 states | |
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Explanation: The Congress Party gained an absolute majority in Bombay, Madras, U.P., Bihar, Orissa and the Central Provinces and was that largest single party in the NWFP Congress ministries were formed in July 1937 in seven out of eleven provinces. |
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| 287. |
Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942? |
| A. | Severe unrest among the people |
| B. | Report of Simon Commission |
| C. | Failure of the Cripps Mission |
| D. | British involved in the World War II |
| Answer» C. Failure of the Cripps Mission | |
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Explanation: After the failure of the Cripps Mission, the All India Congress Committee meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 adopted the 'Ouit Indla' resolution. |
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| 288. |
Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed? |
| A. | The Hindu |
| B. | The Bengal Gazette |
| C. | The Anand Bazaar Patrika |
| D. | The Times of India |
| Answer» B. The Bengal Gazette | |
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Explanation: The first major newspaper in India - The Bengal Gazette-was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hickey. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), The Bombay Herald (1789) etc. soon followed. |
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| 289. |
Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement? |
| A. | Shyamaji Krishnavarma |
| B. | M. N. Roy |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Lala Har Dayal |
| Answer» D. Lala Har Dayal | |
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Explanation: Lala Har Dayal was an Indian nationalist revisionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellect acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperiaism during the First World War. |
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| 290. |
Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi? |
| A. | Champaran Satyagraha |
| B. | Wahabi Movement |
| C. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| D. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| Answer» B. Wahabi Movement | |
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Explanation: Wahhabism was a popular revivalist movement stigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhanmad ibn Abd al- Wahhab (1703-1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia. |
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| 291. |
The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was - |
| A. | Ramprasad Bismil |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Batukeshwar Datta |
| D. | Barkatulla |
| Answer» A. Ramprasad Bismil | |
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Explanation: In the Kakori Rail Dacoity which took place on August 9, 1925, Ramprasad Bismil along with his nine revolutionary followers looted the British government's money from the guard's carriage. The incident jolted the government and they issued arrest warrantsagainst the participants and other leaders of the Hindusthan Republican Association. |
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| 292. |
The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was |
| A. | Montague |
| B. | Tez Bahadur Sapru |
| C. | Lionel Curtis |
| D. | Chelmsford |
| Answer» A. Montague | |
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Explanation: Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India 1916- 21). It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India. |
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| 293. |
The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of - |
| A. | January |
| B. | March |
| C. | August |
| D. | December |
| Answer» C. August | |
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Explanation: The Quit India Movement or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. |
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| 294. |
Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress? |
| A. | George Yule |
| B. | William Wedderburn |
| C. | A.O. Hume |
| D. | Henry Cotton |
| Answer» A. George Yule | |
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Explanation: George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and as President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. |
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| 295. |
High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in - |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1892 |
| D. | 1861 |
| Answer» D. 1861 | |
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Explanation: British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennaí), Bombay (Mumba), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June, 1862. The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861 |
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| 296. |
Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress? |
| A. | Sarojini Naidu |
| B. | Sucheta Kripalani |
| C. | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| D. | Annie Besant |
| Answer» D. Annie Besant | |
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Explanation: Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Annie Besant was of Irish origin and was one of the few foreigners who played a significant role in the Indian freedom movement. |
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| 297. |
The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as - |
| A. | The Montagu Declaration |
| B. | The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms |
| C. | The Morley-Minto Reforms |
| D. | The Rowlatt Act |
| Answer» C. The Morley-Minto Reforms | |
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Explanation: Government of India Act of 1909 is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms. After Lord Curzon's partitioning of Bengal, terrorism invoked in the land of Bengal and it was an absolute necessity to restore stability of the British Raj. |
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| 298. |
The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai……’ was composed by - |
| A. | Bhagat Singh |
| B. | Khudiram Bose |
| C. | Chandrasekhar Azad |
| D. | Ramprasad Bismil |
| Answer» D. Ramprasad Bismil | |
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Explanation: Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem in. Urdu, written by Pandit Ram Prasad, (pen name: Bismil ) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known popularly with Kakori. Train Robbery, during British Raj in India. |
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| 299. |
The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of - |
| A. | Satara |
| B. | Jhansi |
| C. | Oudh |
| D. | Jaunpur |
| Answer» A. Satara | |
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Explanation: The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856. |
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| 300. |
Naokhali is situated in - |
| A. | West Bengal |
| B. | Bangladesh |
| C. | Tripura |
| D. | Bihar |
| Answer» B. Bangladesh | |
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Explanation: Noakhali is a district in South- eastern Bangladesh It is located in the Chittagong Division. This place is remembered for the genocide in form of a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali and Tipperah in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October-November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Gandhi camped in Noakhali for four months and toured the district in a mission to restore peace and communal harmony |
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