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NDA GK Previous Papers Chapterwise MCQs - History of Modern India
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1. What was the effect of the Government of India Act of 1935 on the national movement?
2. Which of the following statements with regards to the Civil Disobedience movement is/are correct ?
1. The movement received massive response from business groups and peasantry
2. The movement coincided with large scale labour upsurge in Maharashtra
3. The movement was marked by the mass participation of lawyers and students Select the correct answer using the code given below :
3. Match List_I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:List-I List-II
A. Ryotwari Settlement 1. Singapore
B. Formation of Azad 2. Allahabad Hind Fauj
C. All party conference 3. North-western resolution to boycott frontier province school, college and law court in 1920.
D. Referendum held for 4. Madras and provinces to join Pakistan. Bombay presidency A B C D
4. 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.
5. Which of the following features of the Permanent Settlement of 1793 is / are correct?
1. The Permanent Settlement vested Land ownership rights in the peasants
2. The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the Zamindars
3. The Zamindars had to pay a fixed amount of rent by a particular date
4. The Zamindars benefited hugely from the Permanent Settlement while the peasants suffered Select the correct answer using the code given below:
6. Which one of the following organizations was started by Jyotirao Phule in 1873 ?
7. The core of the safety-valve thesis rests on the assumption that
8. Who among the following has authored the book Hind Swaraj ?
9. Who among the following was not associated with the Sarvodaya movement ?
10. Which one among the following prominently rose in revolt against the British in 1857 ?
11. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
12. Consider the following statement. 'We believe that it is the inalienable right of the Indian people as of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life so that they may have full opportunities of growth.' Identify the correct context of this statement from below.
13. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:List I List II (Book/Journal) (Author/Editor)
A. Bande Mataram 1. Aurobindo Ghosh
B. New India 2. Mahatma Gandhi
C. India Today 3. Bipin Chandra Pal
D. Young India 4. R. P DuttCode: A B C D
14. Planning in India drew on
15. Which colonial administrator made the following declaration about the partition of Bengal in 1904? “Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in different ways. That is perfectly true and one of the merits of the scheme”
16. The Salt Satyagraha called by Mahatma Gandhi saw the
1. violation of salt laws along coastal India
2. participation of women
3. upward swing when it came to the working class joining in Select the correct answer using the code given below.
17. Why did Gandhiji go to Champaran ?
18. Who was the Governor General of India during the Revolt of 1857 ?
19. Consider the following statement No Indian could have started the Indian National congress.. If the founder of the congress had not been a great Englishman and a distinguished ex-official, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that the authority would have at once found some way or the other to suppress the movement. Who among the following gave the statement on the establishment of Indian National Congress?
20. Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the Revolt of 1857?
21. Consider the following statements.
1. Charles Wood's Despatch of 1854 laid exclusive emphasis on the development of higher education in India and neglected primary and secondary education.
2. The Carlyle Circular issued by RW Carlyle sought to check the spread of revolutionary activities in educational institutions. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
22. The Swadeshi Movement evoked serious responses in
23. Who among the following was the author of 'Neel Darpan' published in 1860 ?
24. Arrange the following events of Indian freedom movement in correct sequence beginning from the earliest:
1. Second Round Table Conference
2. Communal Award
3. Poona Pact
4. Simon Commission Select the correct answer using the code given below:
25. Which one of the following Princely States did NOT support the Congress during the course of the Civil Disobedience Movement?