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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) .
| 351. |
Who was the first woman President of Congress? |
| A. | Mrs. Annie Besant |
| B. | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Mrs. Nellie Sengupta |
| D. | Aruna Asaf Ali |
| Answer» A. Mrs. Annie Besant | |
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Explanation: Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist. Writer and ora for and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. When World War I broke out in 1914 she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in In-dia and dominion status within the Empire as a result of which she became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress at its Calcutta session in 1917. |
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| 352. |
The Revolt of 1857 was started by - |
| A. | the Sepoys |
| B. | the Zamindars |
| C. | the Peasants |
| D. | the Plantation Workers |
| Answer» A. the Sepoys | |
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Explanation: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region. |
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| 353. |
Who said that 'the real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind'? |
| A. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Swami Vivekananda |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
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Explanation: The Story of My Experiments with Truth An Auto-biography' brings out that all of his life, experiments ith food were to be part of Gandhi's experiments with truth. While in England, where food is some times tasteless anyway, he decided he could do with outcondiments, for "the real seat of taste [is] not the tongue but the mind. |
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| 354. |
Who is rightly called the "Father of Local Self Government" in India? |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Lord Clive |
| Answer» B. Lord Ripon | |
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Explanation: Lord Ripon is known as the father of local self government in India. The advent of Lord Ripon (1880-84) marked a new chapter in the history of local self-government in India. Before him, the condition of the local bodies was far from satisfactory. |
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| 355. |
Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse? |
| A. | Lord Ripon |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | Lord Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Curzon |
| Answer» B. Lord Dalhousie | |
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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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| 356. |
Who was the Congress President during 1940-46? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| C. | Maulana Azad |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» C. Maulana Azad | |
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Explanation: Abul Kalam Azad served as Congress President from 1940 to 1945, during which the Quit India rebellion was launched and Azad was imprisoned with the entire Congress leadership for three years. Azad became the most prominent Muslim opponent of the demand for a separate Muslim state of Pakistan and served in the interim national government. |
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| 357. |
Who, among the following benefitted most by the British revenue system in India? |
| A. | Sharecroppers |
| B. | Peasants |
| C. | Zamindars |
| D. | Agriculture-labour |
| Answer» B. Peasants | |
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Explanation: By the Permanent Settlement Act of 1793, the Zamindars class became more powerful than they were in the Mughal period. Earlier zamindars in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa had been functionaries who held the right to collect revenue on behalf of the Mugha emperor and his representative or diwan in Bengal. |
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| 358. |
Who, among the following Europeans, established their trade and influence in India first? |
| A. | British |
| B. | French |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | Portuguese |
| Answer» A. British | |
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Explanation: Near the end of the 15th century, Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama became the first European to reestablish direct trade links with India since Roman times by being the first to arrive by circumnavigating Africa (1497- 1499). His subsequent visits laid the foundation of Portuguese rule in India. |
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| 359. |
In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place? |
| A. | Jallandhar |
| B. | Patiala |
| C. | Bhatinda |
| D. | Amritsar |
| Answer» D. Amritsar | |
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Explanation: Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden in Amritsar in the Punjab state of India, and houses a memorial of national importance, established in 1951 to commemorate the murder of peaceful celebrators on the occasion of the Punjabi New Year on April 13, 1919 ín the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre |
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| 360. |
Who is associated with the term Loknayak in India? |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Jay Prakash Narayan |
| D. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| Answer» C. Jay Prakash Narayan | |
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Explanation: Jayaprakash Narayan was fondly called as Lok Nayak or public leader. He was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution. |
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| 361. |
Through which principle or device did Gandhiji strive to bridge economic inequalities? |
| A. | Abolition of machinery |
| B. | Establishment of village industries |
| C. | Trusteeship theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Trusteeship theory | |
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Explanation: Trusteeship is a socio-economic philosophy that was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi. It provides a means by which the wealthy people would be the trustees of trusts that looked after the welfare of the people in general. This concept was condemned by socialists as being in favor of the landlords, feudal prinond the capitalists. Gandhi believed that the rich people could be persuaded to part with their wealth to help the poor. The founder of the Tata group, JRD Tata was influenced by Gandhi's idea of trusteeship. He developed his personal and professional life based on this idea. |
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| 362. |
Apat from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters were done on 9th August? |
| A. | Salt Satyagraha |
| B. | Boycott of Simon Commission |
| C. | Champaran Satyagraha |
| D. | Kakori Mail train "robbery" |
| Answer» D. Kakori Mail train "robbery" | |
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Explanation: Kakori conspiracy (also called the Kakori train robbery or Kakori Case) was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and Alamnagar, near Lucknow on 9 August 1925 during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Indian Government. |
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| 363. |
Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao II? |
| A. | The Treaty of Purandhar |
| B. | Convention of Wadgaon |
| C. | Treaty of Bassein |
| D. | Treaty of Salbai |
| Answer» C. Treaty of Bassein | |
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Explanation: The Treaty of Bassein (Now called Vasai) was pact signed on December 31, 1802 between the British East India Company and Baji Rao II, the Maratha Peshwa of Pune (Poona) in India after the Battle of Poona. |
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| 364. |
'Permanent Settlement, the system of revenue collection was introduced in India by |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | Lord Hastings |
| D. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Answer» D. Lord Cornwallis | |
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Explanation: Lord Cornwallis concluded the Permanent Settles, anent Act of 1793, permanent Settlement was and contract between the East India Company and the Landholders of Bengal (Zaminciars and independent Talukdars of all designations). Under this act, the landholders and Zamindars were admitted as the ab. solute owners of landed property to the colonial state system. |
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| 365. |
The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is - |
| A. | Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat |
| B. | Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta |
| C. | Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta |
| D. | Surat, Madras, Calcutta Bombay |
| Answer» C. Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta | |
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Explanation: 1613-14: British East India Company set up trading post at Surat; 1639: The local king of Madras granted the Company a lease; 1662: King Charles II of England was given Bombay as dowry after marrying the Portuguese princess: and, 1667: The English obtained the royal farman to trade in Bengal from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. |
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| 366. |
Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress? |
| A. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| B. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| C. | Hassan Imam |
| D. | M.A.Ansari |
| Answer» A. Badruddin Tyabji | |
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Explanation: Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress. He presided over the third session of Indian National Congress held in 1 in Madras. |
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| 367. |
Who was the first Indian Governor General after Lord Mountbatten? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Pattabi Sitaramayya |
| Answer» B. C. Rajagopalachari | |
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Explanation: C. Rajagopalachari was the first and the last Indian Governor-General. |
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| 368. |
Who said "Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God"? |
| A. | Swamy Vivekananda |
| B. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| C. | M.K.Gandhi |
| D. | Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» C. M.K.Gandhi | |
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Explanation: Gandhi was known to have considered truth something similar to that. Baruch Spinoza considered ultimate truth as the ultimate reality of a rationally ordered system that is God. This ultimate truth is Goods God is also Truth) and morality - the moral laws and code - its basis. |
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| 369. |
Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat" movement? |
| A. | Uraon |
| B. | Munda |
| C. | Santhal |
| D. | Kondadora |
| Answer» A. Uraon | |
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Explanation: Just like the Birsa's religious movement among the Mundas, a similar religious movement gained among the Oraon known as Tana Bhagat. The movement was apparently initiated in 1914 by a young Oraon tribesman known as Jatra Oraon. |
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| 370. |
he first Mysore War fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767 69 A.D., came to an end by the - |
| A. | Treaty of Pondicherry |
| B. | Treaty of Madras |
| C. | Treaty of Mysore |
| D. | Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle |
| Answer» B. Treaty of Madras | |
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Explanation: The Treaty of Madras was a peace agreement signed in 1769 between Mysore and the British East India Company which brought an end to the First Anglo-Mysore War. The Treaty contained a clause requiring the British to assist Hyder Ali if he was attacked by his neighbours. |
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| 371. |
The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the - |
| A. | Regulating Act |
| B. | Pitt's India Act |
| C. | Charter Act |
| D. | Company Act |
| Answer» A. Regulating Act | |
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Explanation: The Regulating Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India. The Act elevated Governor of Bengal, Warren Hastings to Governor-General of Bengal and subsumed the presidencies of Madras and Bombay under Bengal's control. |
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| 372. |
The Panchsheel agreement was between India and: |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | China |
| C. | Brazil |
| D. | Sri Lanka |
| Answer» B. China | |
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Explanation: The Panchsheel (Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence) agreement was signedbetween China and India in 1954. It formed part the preamble to the Agreement on trade and intercourse between Tibet Region of China and India", which was signed in Pe king on 29 April 1954. |
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| 373. |
Which of the following event in 1976 was an outcome of “Simla Agreement" between India and Pakistan? |
| A. | End of IndoPak war over Kashmir. |
| B. | Halt in production of nuclear weapon |
| C. | Aries wars condition in both the countries |
| D. | Aries conflicts in trade and mutual benefits between both the countries |
| Answer» A. End of IndoPak war over Kashmir. | |
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Explanation: Two of the options (3 and 4) in the question, in their present form, are incomprehensible. The steps toward normalization envisaged in the Simla Agreement of 1972 led to resumption of diplomatic relations at the level of Ambassador in July 1976. |
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| 374. |
Who propounded the "Doctrine of Passive Resistance"? |
| A. | Balgangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Answer» B. Aurobindo Ghosh | |
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Explanation: The Doctrine of Passive Resistance was propounded by Aurobindo Ghosh in a series of articles that were published in the journal Bande Mataram in April 1907. As a political leader and writer Aurobindo made an intense and passionate appeal of passive resistance, or, as it could be more comprehensively termed defensive resistance. |
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| 375. |
The first Muslim to be elected President of 'Indian National Congress' was? |
| A. | Maulana Azad |
| B. | Mohammed Ali |
| C. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| D. | Shah Waliullah |
| Answer» C. Badruddin Tyabji | |
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Explanation: Badruddin Tyabji served as the first Muslim President of the Indian NationalCongress. He became the Congress President at its Madras session in 1887. One of the prominent leaders of the Congress in its earliest phase, he, along with Pherozshah Mehta, Kashinath Trimbak Telang and others, had formed the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885. |
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| 376. |
Gandhiji's first Satyagraha in India was held at - |
| A. | Champaran |
| B. | Ahmedabad |
| C. | Kheda |
| D. | Allahabad |
| Answer» A. Champaran | |
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Explanation: The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma Gandhi's first Satyagraha in India. Gandhi took up the cause of hapless indigo peasants under the ‘Tinkathia system' and waged Satyagraha against the European indigo planters. Champaran Satyagraha was the first to be started, but the word Satyagraha was used for the first time in Anti Rowlatt Act agitation. |
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| 377. |
Who introduced Mansabdari system in India? |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» C. Akbar | |
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Explanation: The Mansabdari system' was the administrative system of the Mughal Empire introduced by Akbar in 1595-96 A.D. The word mansab is of Arabic origin meaning rank or position. The system, hence, determined the rank of a government official. |
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| 378. |
During the period of which Governor General/Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced? |
| A. | Dalhousie |
| B. | Curzon |
| C. | Bentick |
| D. | Cornwallis |
| Answer» D. Cornwallis | |
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Explanation: Lord Cornwallis started the Civil Service in Indian to effectively administer British territories in India. He introduced strict regulations for the officials, raised their salariesand linked promotion to seniority. He is called the "Father of Indian Civil Service. |
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| 379. |
hich rebellion in Bengal was highlighted by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel 'Anand Math'? |
| A. | Chaur Uprising |
| B. | Sanyasi Rebellion |
| C. | Kol Uprising |
| D. | Santhal Uprising |
| Answer» B. Sanyasi Rebellion | |
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Explanation: Anandamath is set in the background of the Sanyasi Rebellion and the devastating Bengal famine of the late 18th century. In the novel, Bankim Chandra dreamt of an India rid of the British. In this dream he imagined untrained Sanyasi soldiers fighting and beating the highly experienced Royal Army. |
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| 380. |
Who founded The Gadar Party in Sanfrancisco in the USA? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | Lala Lazpat Rai |
| C. | Azit Singh |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Paul |
| Answer» A. Lala Hardayal | |
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Explanation: The Ghadar Party, initially the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, was formed in 1913 in the United States under the leadership of Har Dayal. The members of the party were Indian immigrants, largely from Punjab. |
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| 381. |
Who founded the Naujawan Bhar at Sabha? |
| A. | B.C.Pal |
| B. | G. Subramania Iyer |
| C. | Sardar Bagat Singh |
| D. | Rukmani Lakshmipath |
| Answer» C. Sardar Bagat Singh | |
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Explanation: The Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded by Bhagat Singh in March 1926 and was declared illegal under the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1908 in September 1934. Its purpose was to help foster revolution against the British Raj by gathering together worker and peasant youth. |
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| 382. |
The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by - |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Duke of Cannaught |
| D. | Duke of Wellingdon |
| Answer» C. Duke of Cannaught | |
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Explanation: It was by a royal proclamation that the Chamber of Princes was instituted on 8 February 1921.The inauguration ceremony was performed by His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught in the Diwan-i-am of RedFort on behalf of His Majesty the King Emperor. |
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| 383. |
Where did the so-called 'Black Hole Tragedy' take place? |
| A. | Dacca |
| B. | Monghyr |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Murshidabad |
| Answer» C. Calcutta | |
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Explanation: Fort William at Calcutta was besieged on June 15, 1756 by Nawab of Bengal Síraj-ud-daula and he captured it. English prisoners at Calcutta were lodged in a prison room of the fort. |
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| 384. |
India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister : |
| A. | Clement Attlee |
| B. | Winston Churchil |
| C. | Ramsay MacDonald |
| D. | William Pitt |
| Answer» A. Clement Attlee | |
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Explanation: India attained Independence on August 15, 1947. At that time Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of Britain. |
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| 385. |
Gandhiji was the staunch supporter of |
| A. | big industries |
| B. | cottage industries |
| C. | both big as well as small industries |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. cottage industries | |
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Explanation: Gandhi believed that the country can only prosper if we make our villageseconomically independent through cottage industries. This was the principle behind the Khadi movement, behind Gandhi's urging that Indians spin their own clothing rather than buy British goods. |
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| 386. |
Who was the last Viceroy of India? |
| A. | Lord Linlithgow |
| B. | Lord Mountbatten |
| C. | Lord Wavell |
| D. | Clement Attlee |
| Answer» B. Lord Mountbatten | |
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Explanation: Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor- General of the independent Union of India (1947-48), from which the modern Republic of India emerged in 1950, When India and Pakistan attained independence at midnight on the night of 14-15 August 1947. |
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| 387. |
Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement? |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Debendranath Tagore |
| C. | Henry Vivian Derozio |
| D. | David Hare |
| Answer» C. Henry Vivian Derozio | |
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Explanation: The Young Bengal movement was a group of radical Bengali free thinkers emerging from Hindu College, Calcutta in the year 1905. They were also known as Derozians, after their firebrand teacher at Hindu College, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio. The Young Bengals were inspired and excited by the spirit of free thought and revolt against the existing social and religious structure of Hindu society. |
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| 388. |
When and where did the Theosophical Society establish its headquarters in India? |
| A. | 1882-Adyar |
| B. | 1885-Belur |
| C. | 1890-Avadi |
| D. | 1895-Vellore |
| Answer» A. 1882-Adyar | |
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Explanation: The Theosophical Society was officially formed in New York City, United States, in November 1875 by Helena Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others. |
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| 389. |
What are the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 known for? |
| A. | Separate Electorates |
| B. | Provincial Dyarchy |
| C. | Provincial Autonomy |
| D. | Federalism |
| Answer» A. Separate Electorates | |
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Explanation: Separate electorates were given statutory recognition in the Indian Councils Act of 1909. Muslims were accorded not only the right to elect their representatives by separate electorates, but also the right to vote in general constituencies. In addition, they were also given weightage in representation. |
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| 390. |
India attained 'Dominion Status' on - |
| A. | 15th January, 1947 |
| B. | 15th August, 1947 |
| C. | 15th August, 1950 |
| D. | 15th October, 1947 |
| Answer» B. 15th August, 1947 | |
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Explanation: Independence coincided with the partition of India, in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into two new states-the Dominion of India (later the Republic of India) and the Dominion of Pakistan (later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Bangladesh); the partition was accompanied by violent communal riots. |
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| 391. |
Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of - |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1909 |
| D. | 1858 |
| Answer» A. 1935 | |
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Explanation: The Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of an All India Federation and a new system of government for the provinces on the basis of provincial autonomy. The federation was to be based on union of the provinces of British India and the princely states. |
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| 392. |
Who was the Governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857? |
| A. | Lord Dalhousie |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord Mayo |
| D. | Lord Ripon |
| Answer» B. Lord Canning | |
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Explanation: In consequence of the departure of Lord Dalhousie in 1855 and a vacancy in the governor-generalship of India, Lord Canning was selected by Lord Palmerston to succeed to that great position. The most significant event during his administration was the outbreak of the Sepoy Revolt, 1857. |
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| 393. |
After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named - |
| A. | Socialist Bloc |
| B. | Revolutionary Socialist Bloc |
| C. | Forward Bloc |
| D. | Socialist-Congress Bloc |
| Answer» C. Forward Bloc | |
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Explanation: The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalis political party in India which emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The Forward Bloc of the Indian National Congress was formed on 3 May 1939 by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who had resigned from the presidency of the Indian National Congress on April 29 after being outmaneuvered by Mohandas K. Gandhi. |
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| 394. |
hich Indian statesman usedthese magic words, "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge . |
| A. | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| B. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| C. | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
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Explanation: Tryst with Destiny was a speech made by Jawharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independen India. The speech was made to the Indian Constient Assembly, on the eve of India's Independence towards midnight on 14 August 1947. |
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| 395. |
Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from |
| A. | Tuoreau |
| B. | Ruskin |
| C. | Confucius |
| D. | Tolstoy |
| Answer» A. Tuoreau | |
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Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi got inspiration of Civil Disobedience by reading a book of David Thoreau who was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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| 396. |
The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was: |
| A. | Surendra Nath Banerji |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Satyendranath Tagore |
| Answer» D. Satyendranath Tagore | |
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Explanation: Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. He was an author, song composer, linguist and made significant contribution towards the emancipation of women in Indian society during the British Raj. Satyendranath was selected for the Indian Civil Service in June, 1863. He served the ICS for about thirty years and retired as Judge Satara in Maharashtra in 1897. He was a brother of Ravindranath Tagore. Surendranath Banerjee appeared at the examination in 1869 and joined the service in 1871. Romesh Dutt and Behari Lal Gupta were the second and third Indian to qualify in the India Civil Services Examination in 1869 |
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| 397. |
The Simon Commission was formed to review - |
| A. | Legislatures of India for further |
| B. | fitness of India for further reforms |
| C. | the position of the viceroy |
| D. | a Constitution for India |
| Answer» B. fitness of India for further reforms | |
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Explanation: The Indian Statutory Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament that had been dispatched to India in 1927 to study constitutional reform in Britain's most important colonial dependency. It was commonly referred to as the Simon Commission after its chairman, Sir John Simon. The Indian national leaders had been continuously demanding constitutional reforms since 1919 when the Montague-Chelmsford Reform (1919) was introduced by the British government. Under the circumstances, in 1927 the British government in England formally constituted an enquiry commission to recommend further constitutional reform that may be introduced in India. |
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| 398. |
Satyagraha finds expression in - |
| A. | Sudden outbursts of violence |
| B. | Armed conflicts |
| C. | Non-cooperation |
| D. | Communal riots |
| Answer» C. Non-cooperation | |
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Explanation: Satyagraha and sarvodaya were Mahatma Gandhi's most significant and revolutionary contributions to contemporary political thought. He felt that the exercise of satyagraha could be carried out through non cooperation. |
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| 399. |
The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State - |
| A. | At its birth in 1906 |
| B. | During the Khilafat Movement |
| C. | In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement |
| D. | At the Lahore Session of 1940 |
| Answer» D. At the Lahore Session of 1940 | |
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Explanation: In 1940 at the Lahore session of the Muslim League, the demand for a separate state of Pakistan was made. |
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| 400. |
Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council? |
| A. | M. A. Jinnah |
| B. | Lord Mountbatten |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | V. P. Menon |
| Answer» B. Lord Mountbatten | |
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Explanation: Before the Partition Council, a Partition Committee was formed which was chaired by Lord Mountbatten and its members were Vallabh Bhai Patel. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Liagat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Ishtar. Later this committee was replaced by a Partition Coun-cil. In this council, Congress was represented by Sar-dar Patel and Dr. Rajendra Prasad, with C. Rajgo-palachari as alternate member. |
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