TEST 02 - MODERN HISTORY

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1. Consider the following statement:

1. In 1871, the colonial government in India passed the Criminal Tribes Act

2. Once this Act came into force, many communities were classified as Criminal Tribes and were put
into concentration camps.

Which of the following statement is/are incorrect?

1 point

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) None of the above

2. How did colonial government made unwilling cultivators to produce opium? *

1 point

(a) By giving advances

(b) By increasing purchasing price of opium

(d) By abolishing monopoly on opium trade

3. When did Mahatama Gandhi returned from South Africa? *

1 point

a) 1915

b) 1917

c) 1916

d) 1914

4. Who was the writer of the book Hind Swaraj? *

1 point

a) Bal gangadhar Tilak

b) Motilal nehru

c) Gopalkrishna Gokhale

d) Mahatama Gandhi

5. Who was the viceroy of India during Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930? *

1 point

(a) Lord Irwin

(b) Lord willingdon

(d) Lord Lansdowne

6. Consider the following statement:
1. Oudh Kisan Sabha formed in 1920 was headed by Jawaharlal Nehru.
2. In Madras, Justice Party boycotted council election during Non-Cooperation movement.

Which of the following statement is correct?

1 point

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) None of them

7. Which of the following was principal western port of East India Company in mid of 17th century? *

1 point

a) Surat

b) Bombay

c) Bangaluru

d) Coramandel coast

8. Who among them introduced printing press in India? *

1 point

a) Mughals

b) Turks

c) Portuguese

d) English

9. For what purpose British East India Company hired Francis Buchanan? *

1 point

(a) For detailed survey of areas under EIC jurisdiction.

(b) For position of commanding officer.

(d) For Zamindar.

10. Why British govt. did not expand Permanent Settlement beyond Bengal? *

1 point

(a) Permanent Settlement was ineffective.

(b) Due to frequent revolt.

(d) To get claim over enhanced income.

11. Consider the following statements regarding the early years of the East India Company
establishment in India:

(1). The colonial rule was first established in The Bengal.
(2). In the beginning, the earliest attempts were made to reorder rural society and establish a new
regime of land rights and a new revenue system.
(3). The Permanent Settlement had come into operation in 1793. The East India Company had fixed
the revenue that each zamindar had to pay.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1 point

(a) Only 1

(b) 1 and 2 only

(d) All of the above

12. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1893, the Zamindars are required to issue pattas to the
farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars.

The reason was:

1 point

(a) The Zamindars were trusted by the farmers.

(b) There was no officials check upon the Zamindars.

(d) The farmers were not interested in getting pattas

13. Under which one of the following systems of assessment, the British Government collected
revenue directly from the farmers? *

1 point

(a) Zamindari

(b) Annawari

(d) Desaiwari

14. Consider the following statements:

1. Governor General Lord Dalhousie described the kingdom of Poona as “a cherry that will drop into
our mouth one day
2. Satara was first princely state to be annexed under Doctrine of lapse.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1 point

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) None of the above.

15. .“The Sepoys Mutiny and the rebellion of 1857” written by: *

1 point

A. Karl Marx

B. Syed Ahmad Khan

C. R. C. Mazumdar

D. S. N. Senn

16. Who was the prominent leader in Delhi during the Revolt of 1857? *

1 point

A. Begum Hazrat Mahal

B. Rani Laxmi Bai

C. Kunwar Singh

D. Bahadur Shah Zafar

17. With which uprising is Mangal Pandey associated? *

1 point

(a) Barrackpur

(b) Delhi

(d) Berhampur

18. In which of the centre of revolt resistance to the British lasted longest in 1857 Revolt *

1 point

(a) Delhi

(b) Awadh

(d) Bihar

19. During 1857 revolt which proclamation criticized the attitude of British towards native public
servant? *

1 point

a) Delhi proclamation

b) Lucknow proclamation

c) Azamgarh proclamation

d) Kanpur proclamation

20. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857 ? *

1 point

(a) Jhansi

(b) Chittor

(d) Lucknow

21. Which of the following monument was built in Gujarati style to welcome King George V in
1911? *

1 point

(a) National library of India, Kolkata.

(b) Viceroy's House (Rashtrapati bhawan), Delhi

(d) Gateway of India, Mumbai

22. The three Presidency cities Madras, Calcutta, Bombay were originally: *

1 point

(a) Fishing and weaving villages

(b) Commercial cities.

(d) Abandoned locations.

23. In which of the following session of Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi had said,
"Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever"? *

1 point

(a) Calcutta Session 1928

(b) Lahore Session 1929

(d) Ramgarh Session 1940

24. Which struggle against British made Mahatama Gandhi a truly national leader? *

1 point

(a) Champaran Satyagraha

(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha

(d) Non-cooperation Movement.

25. Which one of the following was a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha? *

1 point

A. Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement

B. Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement

C. Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement.

D. Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops.

26. Who addressed Gandhiji as the "Father of the Nation" for the first time? *

1 point

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

27. Which of the following statement is not correct regarding Lucknow pact? *

1 point

A. It was signed between Congress and Muslim league

B. Congress accepted separate electorate demand.

C. Extremists were readmitted to Congress.

D. Congress accepted to support Khilafat issue.

28. Which act was considered as first step towards communal politics in India? *

1 point

(a) Government of India Act 1858.

(b) Indian Council Act of 1861.

(d) Government of India Act 1919.

29. How were the members of Constituent Assembly elected? *

1 point

A. On the basis of universal Franchise.

B. On the basis of limited Franchise.

C. Choosen by British Parliament.

D. Choosen by Provincial legislature.

30. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was one of the prominent member of Constituent Assembly. From
which of following political party, he was associated? *

1 point

(a) Congress party

(b) Unionist Scheduled castes

(d) Independent candidates

31. The "Objective Resolution" was moved by? *

1 point

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Bhim Rao Ambedkar

(d) Rajendra Prasad

32. Who among them was not a part of Drafting Committee of Constituent Assempbly *

1 point

a) Dr. K M Munshi

b) Dr. B R Ambedkar

c) N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar

d) Usha Nath Sen

33. Who was chosen as Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India? *

1 point

A. B. N. Rau

B. S. N Mukherjee

C. S. Varada Chari

D. Dr. K M Munshi

34. Who pointed out that Constituent Assembly was British made and it is working under
British influence? *

1 point

(A). M. N. Roy

(B). S. V. Ghate

(C). Z. A. Ahmad

(D). Somnath Lahiri

35. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between *

1 point

Nehru and Ambedkar

Gandhi and Ambedkar

Malaviya and Ambedkar

Gandhi and Nehru

36. Who was the author of the book My Experiment with Truth? *

1 point

Aurobindo

Tilak

Gandhi

Vinobha

37. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because *

1 point

It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians

It proposed to partition India

It was an all-white commission without Indian representation

It proposed measures to contain nationalism

38. 'Lucknow pact' was a deal between *

1 point

Indians and the British about legislative seats

Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures

Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations

Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations

39. Which of the following leader organised the Swaraja Party? *

1 point

A. Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta

B. Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant

C. C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru

D. C. Rajagopalachari and C. Y. Chintamani

40. Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement? *

1 point

A. The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic

B. The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it

C. Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government

D. Chauri Chaura incident

41. Which one of the following factories in Bengal was established by Portuguese? *

1 point

) Srirampur

b) Chinsura

c) Kasim Bazar

d) Hoogly

42. The treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following? *

1 point

a) Lord Minto

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Cornwallis

d) Lord Hastings

43. Who was the Nawab of Bengal when Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to East India Company? *

1 point

a) Mir Jafar

b) Nazam-ud-Daulah

c) Siraj-ud-Daulah

d) Mir Kasim

44. Who said, ‘Swaraj is my Birth Right and I will have it‘? *

1 point

(A) Subhas Chandra Bose

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Motilal Nehru

45. How many delegates attended the first session of the Indian National Congress? *

1 point

(A) 72

(B) 325

(D) 74

46. Who was the first Indian woman to become the president of Indian National Congress? *

1 point

(A) Sarojini Naidu

(B) Sucheta Kripalni

(D) Aruna Asaf Ali

47. Who started the newspaper ‘Vande Mataram‘? *

1 point

(A) Bipin Chandra Pal

(B) Aurobindo Ghosh

(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

48. Who among the following is known as Punjab Kesari? *

1 point

(A) Bhagat Singh

(B) Bipin Chandra Pal

(D) Ranjit Singh

49. Which Viceroy of India ordered partition of Bengal through a royal proclamation? *

1 point

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) Lord Minto

(D) Lord Lytton

50. Which Viceroy of India shifted the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911? *

1 point

(A) Lord Minto

(B) Lord Hardinge

(D) Lord Curzon

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