Q.1) Which party decided to carry on the quit India movement in the absence of the congress
a) Congress socialist Party
b) Indian Liberal Party
c) Indian labour Union
d) Swantra Party
Q.2) The leader of the congress socialist party who played a key role in the quit India movement
a) Jaya Prakash Narayanan
b) J.B. Kripalani
c) P.C. Joshi
d) Gandhi
Q.3) When was Subhas Chandra Bose Born?
a) 1893
b) 1877
c) 1897
d) 1889
Q.4) Gandhi went on a fast unto death in the ——— jail on 20 September 1932
a) Yeravada
b) Bhopal
c) Gwalior
d) Nasik
Q.5) The Indian struggle was the autobiography
a) Subash Chandra Bose
b) Lajpat Rai
c) Annie Besant
d) Desai
Q.6) The Chauri Chaura incidence occurred on ——- 1922
a) 5 February
b) 12 February
c) 12 March
d) 1 April
Q.7) The khilafat committee launched a non co-operation movement on ———— 1920
a) 31 August
b) 4 May
c) 16 October
d) 23 June
Q.8) When was the HRA Founded?
a) September 1923
b) May 1922
c) October 1924
d) December 1925
Q.9) When did the Chittagong armoury raid take place?
a) March 1929
b) April 1930
c) May 1931
d) June 1933
Q.10) Surya Sen was arrested in ——- 1933
a) March
b) June
c) February
d) October
Q.11) The radical wing of the Congress Party with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main leaders, founded the Independence for India League in opposition to : [1995]
(a) The Finance Commission
(b) The National Development Council
(c) Nehru Report
(d) The Constitution of India
Q.12) Which one of the following was an emigre communist journal of M.N. Roy? [1995]
(a) Kisan Sahba
(b) The Worker
(c) Vanguard
(d) Anushilan
Q.13) What is the correct sequence of the following events?
1. The Lucknow Pact [1995]
2. The Introduction on Dyarchy
3. The Rowlatt Act
4. The Partition of Bengal
Codes:
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 4, 1, 3, 2
(c) 1, 2, 3, 4
(d) 4, 3, 2, 1
Q.14)The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in: [1995]
(a) Bombay–Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) East Bengal
(d) The Madras Presidency
Q.15) In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from: [1995]
(a) Sevagram
(b) Dandi
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Wardha
Q.16) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [1995]
(a) Jamnalal Bajaj—Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji—Bombay Association
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai—National School at Lahore
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak—Satya Shodhak Sabha
Q.17) The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by:
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Chittaranjan Das [1996]
(c) Rajaguru
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q.18)Which one of the following first mooted the idea of a constituent assembly to frame a constitution for India? [1996]
(a) Swaraj Party in 1934
(b) Congress Party in 1936
(c) Muslims League in 1942
(d) All Parties Conference in 1946
Q.19)Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India.
Reason (R): The British sovereign appointed the last Governor General of free India.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct? [1996]
(a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Q.20)Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji? [1996]
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) R.C. Dutt
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Q.21) B.R. Ambedkar was elected to the Constituent Assembly from: [1996]
(a) West Bengal
(b) Bombay President
(c) Madhya Bharat
(d) Punjab
Q.22)The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the: [1996]
(a) Rowlatt Act
(b) Pitt’s India Act
(c) Indian Arms Act
(d) Ilbert Bill
Q.23)The meeting of Indian and British political leaders during 1930–32 in London has often been referred to as the First, Second and Third Round Table Conferences. It would be incorrect to refer to them as such because: [1996]
(a) the Indian National Congress did not take part in two of them
(b) Indian parties other than the Indian National Congress, participating in the conference represented sectional interests and not the whole of India
(c) the British Labour Party had withdrawn from the conference thereby making the proceeding of the conference partisan
(d) It was an instance of a conference held in three session and not that of three separate conference
Q.24)Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party? [1996]
(a) M.N. Roy
(b) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
(c) Pattam Thanu Pillai
(d) Acharya Narendra Dev
Q.25)Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: [1996]
List-I List-II
A. Surendranath Banerjee 1. Hind Swaraj
B. M.K. Gandhi 2. The Indian Struggle
C. Subhash Chandra Bose 3. Autobiographical
D. Lajpat Rai 4. A Nation in Making
Codes:
(a) A – 4; B – 1; C – 3; D – 2
(b) A – 1; B – 4; C – 3; D – 2
(c) A – 4; B – 1; C – 2; D – 3
(d) A – 1; B – 4; C – 2; D – 3
Q.26)Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru: [1996]
1. He was the president of the Congress Party in 1947
2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly
3. He formed the first Congress ministry in United Province before India’s independence
Codes
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(b) 1 and 3 are correct
(c) 1 and 2 are correct
(d) None is correct
Q.27)Which one of the following is not correct’ about the Cabinet Mission Plan? [1996]
(a) Provincial grouping
(b) Interim Cabinet of Indians
(c) Acceptance of Pakistan
(d) Constitution framing right
Q.28)Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: [1996]
List-I List-II
A. Abhinav Bharat Society 1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
B. Anushilan Samiti 2. Lala Hardayal
C. Gadar Party 3. C.R. Das
D. Swaraj Party 4. V.D. Savarkar
Codes:
(a) A – 4; B – 1; C – 3; D – 2
(b) A – 1; B – 4; C – 3; D – 2
(c) A – 1; B – 4; C – 2; D – 3
(d) A – 4; B – 1; C – 2; D – 3
Q.29)Match List I with II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1996]
List-I (Period) List-II (Event)
A. 1883 1. Announcement of Communal Award from Whitehall
B. 1906 2. Formation of the All India State Peoples Conference
C. 1927 3. Foundation of Muslim League at Dacca
D. 1932 4. First session of National Conference at Calcutta
Codes:
(a) A – 4; B – 3; C – 1; D – 2
(b) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
(c) A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 1
(d) A – 3; B – 4; C – 2; D – 1
Q.30)Consider the following statements: [1996]
The Non-Cooperation Movement led to :
1. Congress becoming a mass movement for the first time
2. Growth of Hindu-Muslims unity
3. Removal of fear of the British might from the minds of the people
4. British government’s willingness to grant political concessions to Indians
Of these statements:
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(b) 2 and 3 are correct
(c) 1 and 3 are correct
(d) 3 and 4 are correct
Q.31) The revolutionary who laid down his life after a 63 day fast
a) Surya sen
b) Sachin Sanyal
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Jatin Das
Q.32) When in1931 were Bhaagat Singh, Sukhdev and Raj Guru executed
a) 23 March
b) 28 April
c) 2 June
d) 30 May
Q.33) When did Gandhi go to South Africa?
a) 1892
b) 1893
c) 1894
d) 1895
Q.34) The Khudai Khidmatgars were also known as ——– shirts
a) Black
b) Yellow
c) Red
d) Green
Q.35) The faizpur session of the congress was held in ——
a) 1936
b) 1931
c) 1933
d) 1934
Q.36) Gandhi went to England in —— 1931 to attend the second round table conference
a) October 1931
b) September 1931
c) November 1931
d) June 1931
Q.37) Where was the Quit India resolution passed?
a) Nagpur
b) Poona
c) Madrass
d) Bombay
Q.38) The INA joined the Japanese army in its march on India from —-
a) Singapore
b) Burma
c) China
d) Bhutan
Q.39) Which of the following was the first Indian governor general of India?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Radhakrishnan
c) C. Rajagopalachari
d) V.V. Giri
Q.40) Who among the following resorted to guerilla technique of warfare in the revolt of 1857?
a) Nanasaheb
b) Bhakt Khan
c) Kanwar Singh
d) Tantia Topi
Q.41) “Give me blood in turn, I will give you freedom”. Whose words are these?
a) Subhash Chandra Bose
b) Bhagat Singh
c) Arabindo Ghosh
d) Chandrasekhar Azad
Q.42) Safety valve theory is associated with
a) De Industrialization
b) Industrial Revolution
c) Jallian Wala Bagh Massacre
d) Indian National Congress
Q.43) Drain theory was propounded by
a) Naoroji
b) D.D. Kosambi
c) S.N. Banerji
d) R.C. Dutt
Q.44) M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the: [1997]
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) All India National Liberal Federation
(c) Madras Labour Union
(d) Servants of India Society
Q.45) Which one of the following is not a principle of “Panchsheel”? [1997]
(a) Non-alignment
(b) Peaceful Co-existence
(c) Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
(d) Mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs
Q.46) What is the correct sequence of the following events? [1998]
1. Tilak’s Home Rule League
2. Karnagatamaru Incident
3. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 3, 2, 1
(c) 2,1, 3
(d) 2, 3, 1
Q.47) Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because: [1998]
(a) There was no Indian member in the Commission
(b) It supported the Muslim League
(c) Congress felt that the people of India are entitled to Swaraj
(d) There were differences among the members
Q.48) The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of : [1998]
(a) influence’ of Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan
(b) anti-Muslim attitude of Extremist leaders
(c) indifference shown to Muslim aspirations
(d) extremists’ policy of harping on Hindu aspect
Q.49) Which one of the following events, was characterized by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’? [1998]
(a) Killing of INA activities
(b) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
(c) Shooting of the Mahatma
(d) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe
Q.50) What is the correct sequence of the following events? [1998]
1. The August offer
2. The I.N.A trial
3. The Quit India Movement
4. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings’ Revolt.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 3, 1, 2, 4
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2
(d) 3, 1, 4, 2