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1251.

Through which principle or device did Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics inequalities?$?

A. Abolition of machinery
B. Establishment of village industries
C. Trustrieeship theory
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
1252.

The Pakistan panacea was sponsored by$?

A. Azad Kalam
B. Jinnah
C. Md Iqbal
D. Liyakat All Khan
Answer» D. Liyakat All Khan
1253.

When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was$?

A. Salisbury
B. Curzon
C. Wedgwood Benn
D. Montagu
Answer» D. Montagu
1254.

The Ganapati festival was started in __________$?

A. 1792
B. 1793
C. 1893
D. 1904
Answer» D. 1904
1255.

Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?$?

A. Lord Mayo
B. Lord Hardinge
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Lytton
Answer» E.
1256.

According to __________ the Mutiny was a purely military outbreak$?

A. VD Sarkar
B. VASmith
C. Sir John Lawrence
D. Roberts
Answer» D. Roberts
1257.

At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi's official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi's nominee?$?

A. Abdul Kalam Azad
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
D. Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer» D. Vallabhbhai Patel
1258.

As per Wavell's Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________$?

A. Viceroy
B. Parliament
C. An Indian Member of the Executive Council
D. Secretary of State
Answer» D. Secretary of State
1259.

The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of$?

A. unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
B. the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
C. Both (a) and (b) above
D. the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
Answer» D. the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
1260.

Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?$?

A. Shyamji Krishna Varma
B. Ashfaqullah
C. Lala Hardayal
D. V D Savarkar
Answer» C. Lala Hardayal
1261.

Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?$?

A. General Dyer
B. Arthur Wellesly
C. General Harris
D. Colonel Wellesly
Answer» B. Arthur Wellesly
1262.

Which of the following Acts gave representation of the Indians for the first time in legislation?$?

A. Indian Councils Act, 1909
B. Indian Councils Act, 1919
C. Government of India Act, 1935
D. Government of India Act, 1935
Answer» B. Indian Councils Act, 1919
1263.

The 'Hero of Plassey' was$?

A. Warren Hastings
B. Dupleix
C. Clive
D. Shuja-ud-Daulah
Answer» D. Shuja-ud-Daulah
1264.

Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?$?

A. Lokamanya Tilak
B. Aurobindo Ghose
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Hume
Answer» E.
1265.

From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was$?

A. wider employment of Indians in higher public services
B. establishment of representative institutions
C. self-government to India
D. Only (a) and (b) above
Answer» E.
1266.

Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad?$?

A. Chandrashekhar Azad
B. Subhash Chandra Bose
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Iqbal
Answer» D. Iqbal
1267.

Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of$?

A. Lord Lytton
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Ripon
D. Lord Hardinge-I
Answer» C. Lord Ripon
1268.

The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940$?

A. Lahore
B. Allahabad
C. Karachi
D. Dacca
Answer» B. Allahabad
1269.

In May__________, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha$?

A. 1783
B. 1784
C. 1872
D. 1884
Answer» E.
1270.

The Charter Act of 1813 left intact the Company's monopoly of __________ trade$?

A. China
B. Jawa
C. Ceylon
D. Japan
Answer» B. Jawa
1271.

__________'s Darsana Mala is written Sanskrit$?

A. Sree Narayana Guru
B. Chattambi Swamikal
C. C.Kesavan
D. Dr.Palpu
Answer» B. Chattambi Swamikal
1272.

__________ made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said, "Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it."$?

A. Tilak
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Gokhale
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi
1273.

With whom was the seven-year rule of' "missions, omissions and commissions' associated?$?

A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Lytton
D. Lord Mayo
Answer» C. Lord Lytton
1274.

Who shot dead John Saunder on 17th December 1928?$?

A. Bhagat Singh
B. Mangal Pandey
C. Sukhdev
D. Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer» B. Mangal Pandey
1275.

One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. who was he?$?

A. Kalpana Dutt
B. Surya Sen
C. Pritialata Woddekar
D. Dinesh Gupta
Answer» E.
1276.

Indirect election was introduced in India by the Act of$?

A. 1853
B. 1858
C. 1892
D. 1833
Answer» D. 1833
1277.

The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of$?

A. Lord Hastings
B. Lord Minto
C. Lord metcalfe
D. Lord Macaulay
Answer» B. Lord Minto
1278.

At Jallianwaia Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire$?

A. Benn
B. Irwin
C. Dyer
D. Montagu
Answer» D. Montagu
1279.

Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?$?

A. Act of 1909
B. Act of 1919
C. Act of 1935
D. Act of 1947
Answer» B. Act of 1919
1280.

The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from$?

A. The Constitution of the USA
B. The Constitution of Australia
C. From the Government of India Act of 1919
D. From Pitt's India Act
Answer» D. From Pitt's India Act
1281.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with$?

A. Mazzini
B. Cavour
C. Garibaldi
D. Bismarck
Answer» E.
1282.

According to Dadabhai Naoroji 'Swaraj' means$?

A. Complete independence
B. Self government
C. Economic independence
D. Political independence
Answer» C. Economic independence
1283.

Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?$?

A. Lord Wavell
B. Lord Irwin
C. Lord Willingdon
D. Winston Churchill
Answer» E.
1284.

Zamindari Association was the . political association of modern India$?

A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
Answer» B. Second
1285.

The office of Governor-General of India was created by the$?

A. Government of India Act, 1833
B. Government of India Act, 1858
C. Charter Act, 1833
D. Charter Act, 1813
Answer» D. Charter Act, 1813
1286.

Who gave the title or "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya?$?

A. Dada Bhai Naurozi
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Rabindra Nath Tagore
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer» D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1287.

The Frontier Gandhi actively participated in$?

A. Khilafat Movement
B. Non-Cooperation Movement
C. Civil Disobedience Movement
D. All the above
Answer» D. All the above
1288.

Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?$?

A. Ramabai Saraswati
B. Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
C. Lord Edwin Montague
D. Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Answer» B. Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
1289.

"India Wins Freedom" is the autobiography of$?

A. Abdul Kalam Azad
B. Muhammad Ali
C. Zakir Hussain
D. Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer» B. Muhammad Ali
1290.

Which of the following pair is incorrect?$?

A. Comrade - Mohammed Ali
B. Indian Sociologist - Lala Har Dayal
C. Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Common Weal - Annie Besant
Answer» D. Common Weal - Annie Besant
1291.

In November 1881, Narendra went to meet __________who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar$?

A. Sri Ramakrishna
B. Rashik Krishna Mallik
C. Dakhinaranjan Mukhopadhyay
D. Ramgopal Ghose
Answer» B. Rashik Krishna Mallik
1292.

The immortal national Song 'Vande Mataram' has been written by$?

A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
C. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
D. Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
Answer» D. Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
1293.

On June 14, 1927 __________consecrated a mirror - with the message "Om shanti" written on the surface - in a temple in Kalavankode$?

A. Rajaram Mohan Roy
B. T. K. Madhavan
C. Sree Narayana Guru
D. Govindan Vaidyar
Answer» D. Govindan Vaidyar
1294.

The Sikhs were defeated by the English at __________ in 1856$?

A. Sobraon
B. Amritsar
C. Lahore
D. Kashmir
Answer» B. Amritsar
1295.

The battle of Balakot was in __________$?

A. 1806
B. 1821
C. 1831
D. 1896
Answer» D. 1896
1296.

Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856??

A. The Religious Disabilities Act
B. The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
C. Both the above
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
1297.

When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was?

A. Salisbury
B. Curzon
C. Wedgwood Benn
D. Montagu
Answer» D. Montagu
1298.

For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms??

A. Jews
B. Muslims
C. Christians
D. Sikhs
Answer» C. Christians
1299.

In which session of Congress the demand of "PurnaSwaraj" was accepted as the aim of the congress ??

A. Calcutta
B. Madras
C. Nagpur
D. Lahore
Answer» D. Lahore
1300.

The leader of the Anuslian Samiti was?

A. Barindra Kumar Ghosh
B. Pulin Das
C. Kanai Lal Dutta
D. Prafulla Chaki
Answer» B. Pulin Das