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Modern Indian History and Freedom Struggle: Practice Questions with Answers
235 practice questions on Modern Indian History and Freedom Struggle, with answers; most also have an explanation or a worked solution. Try each one before you open its answer.
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Q.1
Which of the following pairs (centre of the 1857 Revolt : leader) is NOT correctly matched?
- A Bareilly : Kunwar Singh
- B Lucknow : Begum Hazrat Mahal
- C Kanpur : Nana Sahib
- D Delhi : Bakht Khan
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Correct answer: (A) Bareilly : Kunwar Singh
Bareilly was led by Khan Bahadur Khan. Kunwar Singh, the zamindar of Jagdishpur, led the revolt at Arrah in Bihar.
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Q.2
Who renounced his knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
- A Rabindranath Tagore
- B Mahatma Gandhi
- C Jagadish Chandra Bose
- D Satyendra Prasad Sinha
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Correct answer: (A) Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore returned his knighthood in a letter to Viceroy Chelmsford in May 1919. Gandhi had no knighthood; he returned his Kaiser-i-Hind medal in 1920 during the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation campaign.
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Q.3
The Kakori train action of 9 August 1925 was carried out by members of the Hindustan Republican Association led by
- A Bhagat Singh
- B Chandra Shekhar Azad
- C Surya Sen
- D Ram Prasad Bismil
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Correct answer: (D) Ram Prasad Bismil
Ram Prasad Bismil led the looting of the government treasury on the train near Kakori; Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were hanged in 1927. Azad took part but escaped.
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Q.4
The Sanyasi-Fakir rebellion in late 18th-century Bengal forms the background of which novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay?
- A Durgeshnandini
- B Anandamath
- C Kapalkundala
- D Krishnakanter Will
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Correct answer: (B) Anandamath
Anandamath (1882) is set against the Sanyasi rebellion and contains the song 'Vande Mataram'. Durgeshnandini (1865) was Bankim's first Bengali novel.
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Q.5
The Ilbert Bill controversy of 1883, over a proposal to let Indian judges try European offenders, arose during the viceroyalty of
- A Lord Ripon
- B Lord Lytton
- C Lord Curzon
- D Lord Dufferin
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Correct answer: (A) Lord Ripon
The bill was drafted by C.P. Ilbert, law member in Ripon's council. The fierce European agitation (the 'White Mutiny') forced its dilution and taught Indians the value of organised agitation.
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Q.6
Rani Chennamma, who took up arms against the East India Company in 1824, was the queen of
- A Jhansi
- B Sivaganga
- C Ramgarh
- D Kittur
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Correct answer: (D) Kittur
Rani Chennamma of Kittur (in present-day Belagavi district, Karnataka) resisted the Company's refusal to recognise her adopted son. Her associate Sangolli Rayanna continued the struggle until he was hanged in 1831.
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Q.7
Which of the following was NOT a measure of Lord Curzon (1899-1905)?
- A Appointment of the Hunter Commission on education
- B Indian Universities Act, 1904
- C Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904
- D Creation of the North-West Frontier Province, 1901
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Correct answer: (A) Appointment of the Hunter Commission on education
The Hunter Commission (1882) was appointed under Lord Ripon. Curzon passed the Universities Act and the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act in 1904 and carved out the North-West Frontier Province in 1901.
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Q.8
Which future British Prime Minister, who was in office when India became independent, had been a member of the Simon Commission?
- A Winston Churchill
- B Clement Attlee
- C Ramsay MacDonald
- D Stanley Baldwin
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Correct answer: (B) Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee was one of the seven British MPs on the Simon Commission (1927-28), headed by Sir John Simon. As Labour Prime Minister he oversaw the transfer of power in 1947.
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Q.9
Tirot Singh led the resistance of 1829-33 against the British in the hills of present-day Meghalaya. He was a chief of the
- A Ahoms
- B Kols
- C Bhils
- D Khasis
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Correct answer: (D) Khasis
Tirot Singh, chief of Nongkhlaw, rose against the British plan to build a road through the Khasi hills linking the Brahmaputra valley with Sylhet. He surrendered in 1833 and died in captivity at Dhaka.
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Q.10
Arrange the following Viceroys in the chronological order of their tenure: (A) Lord Lytton (B) Lord Dufferin (C) Lord Mayo (D) Lord Ripon
- A A, C, D, B
- B C, A, B, D
- C C, D, A, B
- D C, A, D, B
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Correct answer: (D) C, A, D, B
Mayo (1869-72), Lytton (1876-80), Ripon (1880-84) and Dufferin (1884-88) give the order C, A, D, B. Lord Northbrook served between Mayo and Lytton.
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Q.11
The Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League (March 1940), which demanded independent states for the Muslim-majority areas, was moved by
- A Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- B Liaquat Ali Khan
- C Khizar Hayat Tiwana
- D A.K. Fazlul Huq
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Correct answer: (D) A.K. Fazlul Huq
Fazlul Huq, then Premier of Bengal, moved the resolution at the session presided over by Jinnah. It came to be called the Pakistan Resolution.
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Q.12
After the suppression of the Revolt, the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II was tried by the British and exiled to
- A Mandalay
- B Port Blair
- C Aden
- D Rangoon
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Correct answer: (D) Rangoon
Bahadur Shah II (Zafar) was tried at the Red Fort in 1858 and deported to Rangoon in Burma, where he died in 1862. Mandalay is where Tilak was later imprisoned (1908-14).
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Q.13
The First Anglo-Maratha War began after the Company's Bombay government signed the Treaty of Surat (1775) with
- A Mahadji Scindia
- B Raghunath Rao (Raghoba)
- C Nana Phadnavis
- D Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan
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Correct answer: (B) Raghunath Rao (Raghoba)
Raghunath Rao, a claimant to the Peshwaship, sought English help through the Treaty of Surat, which drew the Company into the war of 1775-82. Nana Phadnavis headed the Maratha regency council that opposed him.
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Q.14
The Government of India Act, 1919 extended the system of separate electorates, earlier given to Muslims, to which of the following?
- A The Depressed Classes
- B Women
- C Labour
- D Sikhs
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Correct answer: (D) Sikhs
The 1919 Act extended communal representation to Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans. Reserved elected seats for the Depressed Classes (in joint electorates, under the Poona Pact), women and labour came only with the Act of 1935; under the 1919 Act these groups were represented, if at all, mainly by nominated members.
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Q.15
The Poona Pact of September 1932 between Gandhi and Dr B.R. Ambedkar
- A Granted separate electorates to the Depressed Classes
- B Abolished untouchability by law
- C Replaced separate electorates for the Depressed Classes with reserved seats in joint electorates
- D Accepted Jinnah's Fourteen Points
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Correct answer: (C) Replaced separate electorates for the Depressed Classes with reserved seats in joint electorates
Gandhi's fast in Yerwada jail against the Communal Award (August 1932) led to the Pact, which gave the Depressed Classes 148 reserved seats in provincial legislatures under joint electorates instead of separate electorates.
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Q.16
By the Treaty of Bassein (1802), which Peshwa accepted the Subsidiary Alliance, leading to the Second Anglo-Maratha War?
- A Madhav Rao II
- B Raghunath Rao
- C Baji Rao II
- D Nana Phadnavis
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Correct answer: (C) Baji Rao II
Baji Rao II, the last Peshwa, signed the Treaty of Bassein after fleeing from Holkar. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18) the Peshwaship was abolished and he was pensioned off to Bithur near Kanpur.
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Q.17
Under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931, the Congress agreed to
- A Suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement and attend the Second Round Table Conference
- B Accept the Communal Award
- C Join the Viceroy's Executive Council
- D Give up the demand for Purna Swaraj
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Correct answer: (A) Suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement and attend the Second Round Table Conference
In return the government agreed to release political prisoners not convicted of violence and to let people in coastal villages make salt for their own use. The Communal Award came later, in August 1932.
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Q.18
Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1 November 1858, which transferred the government of India from the Company to the Crown, was read out at Allahabad by
- A Lord Canning
- B Lord Dalhousie
- C Lord Elgin
- D Lord Mayo
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Correct answer: (A) Lord Canning
Lord Canning, the Governor-General during the Revolt, read the Proclamation and became the first Viceroy of India under the Government of India Act, 1858.
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Q.19
Which Act of the British Parliament designated the Governor of Bengal as 'Governor-General of Bengal' and provided for a Supreme Court at Calcutta?
- A Pitt's India Act, 1784
- B Charter Act, 1813
- C Charter Act, 1833
- D Regulating Act, 1773
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Correct answer: (D) Regulating Act, 1773
The Regulating Act of 1773 made Warren Hastings the first Governor-General of Bengal with a council of four, and the Supreme Court at Calcutta was set up in 1774 under Sir Elijah Impey.
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Q.20
The boundary commissions that drew the India-Pakistan border in Punjab and Bengal in 1947 were chaired by
- A Sir Cyril Radcliffe
- B Lord Mountbatten
- C Sir Stafford Cripps
- D Lord Pethick-Lawrence
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Correct answer: (A) Sir Cyril Radcliffe
Radcliffe, a British lawyer who had never been to India before, finished the work in about five weeks; the awards were made public on 17 August 1947, two days after independence.
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Q.21
The Mountbatten Plan for the partition of India and transfer of power was announced on
- A 15 August 1947
- B 18 July 1947
- C 20 February 1947
- D 3 June 1947
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Correct answer: (D) 3 June 1947
The 3 June Plan was accepted by the Congress and the League. Attlee's statement of 20 February 1947 had fixed June 1948 as the deadline, and the Indian Independence Act received royal assent on 18 July 1947.
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Q.22
The bomb attack on Viceroy Lord Hardinge during his state entry into Delhi on 23 December 1912 was planned by
- A Khudiram Bose
- B Rash Behari Bose
- C Barindra Kumar Ghosh
- D Surya Sen
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Correct answer: (B) Rash Behari Bose
Rash Behari Bose organised the attack (the Delhi Conspiracy Case), in which Basanta Kumar Biswas threw the bomb. Bose later escaped to Japan in 1915.
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Q.23
The Indian National Army was first raised in 1942 at Singapore with Japanese support by
- A Rash Behari Bose
- B Shah Nawaz Khan
- C Captain Mohan Singh
- D Subhas Chandra Bose
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Correct answer: (C) Captain Mohan Singh
Captain Mohan Singh organised the first INA from Indian prisoners of war; Rash Behari Bose headed the Indian Independence League. Subhas Bose took command of the INA in July 1943 and set up the Azad Hind Government on 21 October 1943.
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Q.24
The village of Plassey (Palashi), where Robert Clive defeated the Nawab of Bengal on 23 June 1757, lies on the bank of which river?
- A Damodar
- B Mahananda
- C Teesta
- D Bhagirathi
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Correct answer: (D) Bhagirathi
Plassey (Palashi) lies in Nadia district of West Bengal on the Bhagirathi, the channel of the Ganga that continues south as the Hooghly. The Teesta and the Mahananda flow in north Bengal.
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Q.25
The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, passed by Lord Lytton to curb the Indian-language press, was repealed in 1882 by
- A Lord Dufferin
- B Lord Mayo
- C Lord Ripon
- D Lord Lansdowne
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Correct answer: (C) Lord Ripon
Ripon repealed the 'Gagging Act' in 1882; he is also known for the Local Self-Government resolution (1882), the first Factory Act (1881) and the Hunter Commission on education (1882).
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Q.26
The Asiatic Society of Bengal, founded at Calcutta in 1784 to promote the study of Indian languages and history, was established by
- A Sir William Jones
- B James Prinsep
- C Max Muller
- D Alexander Cunningham
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Correct answer: (A) Sir William Jones
Sir William Jones, a judge of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, founded the Society and its journal Asiatick Researches. James Prinsep, a later secretary of the Society, deciphered the Brahmi script in the 1830s.
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Q.27
Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) Komagata Maru incident (B) Indian Councils Act (Morley-Minto Reforms) (C) Rowlatt Act (D) Montagu's August Declaration
- A A, B, D, C
- B B, A, D, C
- C B, D, A, C
- D B, A, C, D
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Correct answer: (B) B, A, D, C
Indian Councils Act (1909), Komagata Maru incident (1914), August Declaration (August 1917), Rowlatt Act (March 1919).
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Q.28
The split in Keshab Chandra Sen's Brahmo Samaj of India in 1878, which led to the formation of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, was caused mainly by
- A Keshab's opposition to widow remarriage
- B The Samaj's decision to permit idol worship
- C Keshab's marriage of his under-age daughter to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
- D Keshab's decision to join the Theosophical Society
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Correct answer: (C) Keshab's marriage of his under-age daughter to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
Keshab had campaigned for the Native Marriage Act of 1872, which fixed minimum ages for marriage, yet married his under-age daughter to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. Followers who protested, including Sivanath Sastri, formed the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
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Q.29
Gandhi described the proposals of which mission as 'a post-dated cheque'?
- A Cabinet Mission, 1946
- B Simon Commission, 1928
- C Wavell Plan, 1945
- D Cripps Mission, 1942
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Correct answer: (D) Cripps Mission, 1942
The Cripps Mission offered dominion status after the war and the right of provinces to opt out, which the Congress rejected; the phrase 'post-dated cheque' is associated with Gandhi's dismissal of it.
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Q.30
During its 1944 campaign towards Imphal, the INA hoisted its flag on the Indian mainland on 14 April 1944 at
- A Dimapur (Nagaland)
- B Silchar (Assam)
- C Moirang (Manipur)
- D Agartala (Tripura)
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Correct answer: (C) Moirang (Manipur)
Moirang, near Loktak Lake south of Imphal, has an INA memorial marking the event. The Japanese and INA advance on Imphal and Kohima failed by mid-1944.
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Q.31
Mangal Pandey, who attacked British officers at Barrackpore on 29 March 1857, was a sepoy of the
- A 19th Bengal Native Infantry
- B 34th Bengal Native Infantry
- C 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
- D 11th Bengal Native Infantry
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Correct answer: (B) 34th Bengal Native Infantry
Mangal Pandey of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry was hanged on 8 April 1857 and his regiment was disbanded. The 19th Native Infantry, fearing greased cartridges, had refused its parade ammunition at Berhampore in February 1857, and troopers of the 3rd Light Cavalry were imprisoned at Meerut in May.
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Q.32
The Ryotwari system, under which land revenue was settled directly with the individual cultivator, is most closely associated with
- A Thomas Munro
- B Holt Mackenzie
- C John Shore
- D Lord Cornwallis
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Correct answer: (A) Thomas Munro
Alexander Read and Thomas Munro developed the Ryotwari system in the Madras Presidency, and it was later extended to the Bombay Presidency. Holt Mackenzie is linked with the Mahalwari system of the North-Western Provinces.
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Q.33
Which of the following was NOT a member of the Cabinet Mission that came to India in 1946?
- A Lord Wavell
- B Lord Pethick-Lawrence
- C Sir Stafford Cripps
- D A.V. Alexander
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Correct answer: (A) Lord Wavell
The Mission consisted of three British cabinet ministers: Pethick-Lawrence, Cripps and Alexander. Wavell was the Viceroy who hosted it. The Mission rejected Pakistan and proposed a grouping of provinces and a Constituent Assembly.
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Q.34
Under the Lucknow Pact of 1916 between the Congress and the Muslim League
- A The League gave up its demand for separate electorates
- B The two organisations merged into one
- C The Congress rejected all Muslim demands
- D The Congress accepted separate electorates for Muslims and both agreed on a joint demand for self-government
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Correct answer: (D) The Congress accepted separate electorates for Muslims and both agreed on a joint demand for self-government
The Lucknow Pact marked Congress's acceptance of separate electorates in return for League support for self-government. Jinnah, who negotiated it, was called the 'ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity' by Sarojini Naidu.
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Q.35
Tipu Sultan was killed in May 1799 while defending Seringapatam in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Who was the Governor-General at that time?
- A Lord Cornwallis
- B Sir John Shore
- C Lord Minto I
- D Lord Wellesley
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Correct answer: (D) Lord Wellesley
The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was fought under Lord Wellesley (1798-1805). After Tipu's death the Wodeyar dynasty was restored in a reduced Mysore, which was placed under a subsidiary alliance.
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Q.36
The 'Amrita Bazar Patrika' (1868) was founded by
- A Surendranath Banerjea
- B Harish Chandra Mukherjee
- C G. Subramania Iyer
- D Sisir Kumar Ghosh
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Correct answer: (D) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and his brother Motilal Ghosh started Amrita Bazar Patrika, which turned into an English paper overnight to escape the Vernacular Press Act of 1878. Banerjea edited 'The Bengalee' and Subramania Iyer founded 'The Hindu'.
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Q.37
The system of 'Dual Government' in Bengal (1765-72), under which the Company collected the revenue while the Nawab's officials carried on the administration, is associated with
- A Robert Clive
- B Warren Hastings
- C Lord Cornwallis
- D Henry Vansittart
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Correct answer: (A) Robert Clive
Clive introduced Dual Government after obtaining the Diwani in 1765; it gave the Company power without responsibility. Warren Hastings ended it in 1772, when the Company took over the administration directly.
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Q.38
Arrange the following associations in the chronological order of their founding: (A) Madras Mahajan Sabha (B) Landholders' Society (C) Indian Association (D) British Indian Association
- A D, B, C, A
- B B, D, C, A
- C B, C, D, A
- D B, D, A, C
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Correct answer: (B) B, D, C, A
Landholders' Society (1838), British Indian Association (1851), Indian Association (1876) and Madras Mahajan Sabha (1884) give the order B, D, C, A.
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Q.39
Who was the president of the Surat session of the Indian National Congress (1907), at which the Moderates and the Extremists split?
- A Rash Behari Bose
- B Dadabhai Naoroji
- C Lala Lajpat Rai
- D Rash Behari Ghosh
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Correct answer: (D) Rash Behari Ghosh
Rash Behari Ghosh, a Moderate, was the president-elect; the Extremists had wanted Tilak or Lala Lajpat Rai, and the session broke up in disorder. Do not confuse him with the revolutionary Rash Behari Bose.
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Q.40
Which was the first state annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?
- A Jhansi
- B Satara
- C Nagpur
- D Sambalpur
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Correct answer: (B) Satara
Satara was annexed in 1848; Jaitpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur followed between 1849 and 1854. Under the doctrine, a dependent state whose ruler died without a natural heir passed to the Company, as adopted heirs were not recognised.
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Q.41
Which of the following pairs (Viceroy : event during his tenure) is correctly matched?
- A Lord Reading : Jallianwala Bagh massacre
- B Lord Irwin : Dandi March
- C Lord Willingdon : Arrival of the Simon Commission
- D Lord Linlithgow : Chauri Chaura incident
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Correct answer: (B) Lord Irwin : Dandi March
Lord Irwin (1926-31) was Viceroy during both the Simon Commission and the Dandi March. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place under Lord Chelmsford and the Chauri Chaura incident under Lord Reading, while Lord Linlithgow's term saw the Quit India Movement.
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Q.42
The Nehru Report of 1928, the first attempt by Indians to draft a constitution, recommended
- A Dominion status for India
- B Complete independence
- C A federation with separate electorates
- D Partition of the country
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Correct answer: (A) Dominion status for India
The committee chaired by Motilal Nehru proposed dominion status, joint electorates and fundamental rights. Jinnah responded with his Fourteen Points in March 1929, and the younger Congress leaders pressed for complete independence instead.
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Q.43
The Rani of Jhansi Regiment, the women's wing of the Indian National Army, was commanded by
- A Aruna Asaf Ali
- B Usha Mehta
- C Lakshmi Swaminathan (later Lakshmi Sahgal)
- D Kalpana Dutt
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Correct answer: (C) Lakshmi Swaminathan (later Lakshmi Sahgal)
Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan, a doctor in Singapore, led the regiment formed in 1943 and was in charge of women's affairs in the Provisional Government. Usha Mehta ran the underground Congress Radio during Quit India.
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Q.44
The first session of the Indian National Congress, held in December 1885 at the Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, was attended by how many delegates?
- A 52
- B 100
- C 434
- D 72
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Correct answer: (D) 72
Seventy-two delegates from different parts of India attended the first session. It had originally been planned to meet at Poona.
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Q.45
The Age of Consent Act of 1891, which raised the age of consent for girls to twelve, followed a campaign led by
- A Harbilas Sarda
- B D.K. Karve
- C Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- D Behramji M. Malabari
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Correct answer: (D) Behramji M. Malabari
The Parsi journalist Behramji Malabari campaigned against child marriage, notably through his 'Notes on Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood' (1884). Harbilas Sarda's name is linked with the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929.
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Q.46
After resigning the Congress presidency in 1939, Subhas Chandra Bose formed the
- A Congress Socialist Party
- B Swaraj Party
- C Forward Bloc
- D Indian Independence League
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Correct answer: (C) Forward Bloc
Bose founded the Forward Bloc in May 1939 within the Congress to rally its left wing. The Congress Socialist Party had been formed in 1934 by Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev and others.
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Q.47
Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote his commentary 'Gita Rahasya' while serving a six-year sentence for sedition (1908-14) at
- A Mandalay (Burma)
- B Yerwada jail (Poona)
- C Cellular Jail (Port Blair)
- D Ahmednagar Fort
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Correct answer: (A) Mandalay (Burma)
Tilak was convicted in 1908 for his writings in Kesari and imprisoned at Mandalay, where he wrote Gita Rahasya. Ahmednagar Fort is where Jawaharlal Nehru, imprisoned there from 1942 to 1945, wrote 'The Discovery of India' in 1944.
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Q.48
In December 1928, Bhagat Singh and Rajguru, with Chandra Shekhar Azad covering their escape, shot the police officer J.P. Saunders at Lahore to avenge the death of
- A Ram Prasad Bismil
- B Lala Lajpat Rai
- C Kartar Singh Sarabha
- D Jatindra Nath Das
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Correct answer: (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
Lajpat Rai died in November 1928 after being injured in a police lathi-charge on a protest against the Simon Commission at Lahore. Jatindra Nath Das died later, in 1929, after a hunger strike in Lahore jail.
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Q.49
Lord Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856 on the ground of
- A Doctrine of Lapse
- B Alleged misgovernment
- C Failure to pay the subsidy
- D Refusal to sign the Subsidiary Alliance
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Correct answer: (B) Alleged misgovernment
Awadh was annexed on the plea of misgovernment and Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was deposed; the Doctrine of Lapse was used for states such as Satara, Jhansi and Nagpur. The annexation of Awadh was a major cause of the Revolt of 1857.
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Q.50
In which city was the Arya Samaj founded in 1875?
- A Bombay
- B Lahore
- C Ajmer
- D Haridwar
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Correct answer: (A) Bombay
Swami Dayananda Saraswati set up the first Arya Samaj at Bombay on 10 April 1875; its stronghold later became Punjab, with Lahore a major centre from 1877. Dayananda died at Ajmer in 1883.
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