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NDA GK Previous Papers Chapterwise MCQs - History of Modern India
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1. Which of the following statements about Ryotwari system is/are correct?
1. The government collected the revenue directly from the individual cultivators.
2. The cultivators were not recognized in law as the owners of the land. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
2. Who among the following first imparted a mass character to the Indian National Congress?
3. Aruna Asaf Ali was associated with which one of the following?
4. Which of the following statements with regard to freedom struggle are correct ?
1. The British rule could prevail in India on the basis of the consent or acquiescence of many sections of Indian people.
2. The social basis of the colonial regime was among the Zamindars and upper classes.
3. The Indian National Army forced the British to withdraw from India.
4. The Hindu Mahasabha supported the partition of India. Select the correct answer using the code given below:Code:
5. Kandh Revolt against the British was led by
6. What was the common element among the following three newspapers?
(i) The Servant of India (ii) Dnyan Prakash (iii) Hitawad
7. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
8. Match List-I with List-ll and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :List-I List-ll (Peasant Movement) (Region)
A. Mappila outbreak 1. Maharashtra
B. Ramosi peasant force 2. Bengal
C. Kuka revolt 3. Malabar
D. Pabna revolt 4. PunjabCode : A B C D
9. Sati was declared illegal and punishable by the Regulation XVII during the Governor Generalship of
10. Consider the following statements:
1. Morley-Minto reforms ended the official majority in state legislative assemblies.
2. Despite the Government of India Act, 1909 the nonofficials were elected to local bodies indirectly. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
11. Which one of the following movements started from Dandi?
12. Who issued firman granting Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the english ?
13. Which one of the following slogans is attributed of Subhash Chandra Bose ?
14. Consider the following statements:
1. Panchsheel was signed between People's Republic of China and India after the Sino-Indian War in 1962.
2. India and China supporting each other in international forum is one of the principles of Panchsheel.
15. Consider the following declaration and identify the person who made it using the codes given below. The times has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation and I, for my part, wish to stand shorn of all special distinction, by the side of my countrymen who, for their so-called insignificance are liable to suffer degradation not fit for human beings.Codes :
16. Consider the following statements about the Indo-Saracenic archi tecture :
1. It combined the Indian with the European style, of architecture in the beginning of the 20th century.
2. The Gateway of India in Mumbai is the most famous example of this style.
3. There are many famous examples of this style in the colonial cities of Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras (Chennai).
4. It takes its imputation from ancient Greece. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
17. Neel Darpan is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860 – 61. Who authored it?
18. Which of the following statements with regard to the 'Fifth Report' is/are correct?
1. It was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813 for consideration.
2. It became the basis of intense parliamentary debates on the nature of the East India Company's rule in India.
3. It was primarily on the economic conditions of the urban and industrial centres of India. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
19. E. V. Ramaswami Naicker was associated with
1. reforming Brahminism
2. the Self-Respect Movement
3. the Low Caste Movement
4. the Communist Movement Select the correct answer using the code given below.
20. Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement?
21. Who among the following was a founder of the Swaraj Party ?
22. Gandhiji’s call for breaking Salt Laws was in response to the
23. Consider the following statements relating to Gandhian strategy of Satyagraha
I. Under the Gandhian strategy, which may be described as Struggle-Truce-Struggle (S-T-S), phase of a vigorous extra-legal mass movement and confrontation with colonial authority alternate with phases, during which direct confrontation is withdrawn.
II. The entire political process of S-T-S was an upward spiraling one, which also assumed that the freedom struggle would pass through several stages, ending with the transfer of power by the colonial regime itself. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
24. Where was the first Peasant Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi ?
25. Which one among the following was the major demand of the Bardauli Satyagraha (1928) organised under the leadership of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel?