Modern Indian History (1857 to the present) 2 | Set 1
1. The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by
Correct : A. v. d. savarkar
2. Brigadier-General ..................with his British troops entered the parkat
Jallianwala Bagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire on the gathered people without any warning.
Correct : C. sir claude auchinleck
3. V.D Savarkar was born in
Correct : B. 1883
4. Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer?
Correct : D. mahathma gandhi
5. In which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial Legislative
Council from Bombay?
Correct : A. 1910
6. Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a
Correct : B. dharma
7. Sree Narayana Guru was born in
Correct : C. chempazanthi
8. SNDP Yogam was formed in the year
Correct : A. 1903
9. The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by
Correct : C. gandhiji
10. Who is the Champion of secularism?
Correct : B. nehru
11. Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?
Correct : A. gandhiji
12. Gandhism is not merely a political creed it is
Correct : B. a message
13. Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar
Correct : D. hindutva1
14. Who condemned Gandhism as a reactionary social philosophy?
Correct : B. m.n.roy
15. Independent India was founded by :
Correct : C. m.n. roy
16. Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by
Correct : A. jayaprakas narayanan
17. Radical Democratic party was organised by
Correct : B. m.n.roy
18. Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human
Revolution’?
Correct : C. jayaprakash narayanan
19. Jinnh’s Two –nation Theory was adopted on
Correct : B. 1940
20. The concept of four pillar state was advocated by
Correct : A. lohia
21. Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?
Correct : C. sarojini naidu
22. Jinnah’s two nation theory was adopted as the
Correct : A. lahore resolution
23. Azad Muslim conference’ was formed in
Correct : B. 1940
24. Name the political leader who supported two nation theory
Correct : C. jinnah
25. All Indian Muslim League was started in :
Correct : B. 1906
26. Glimpses of world History’ was written by
Correct : A. nehru
27. Who is the author of Discovery of India?
Correct : C. nehru
28. The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year;
Correct : C. 1954
29. B.R. Ambedker was born in
Correct : A. 1891
30. A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ................in a smallpark
enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.
Correct : A. jallianwala bagh
31. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October..............
Correct : A. 1869
32. Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year...
Correct : B. 1915
33. . ......................., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to
the concerns in India and the struggle of the people.
Correct : A. tej bahadur sapru
34. The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one
of...................first significant steps to achieve Indian independence.
Correct : B. gandhiji
35. Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, .............gave the call for Quit India Movement.
Correct : A. 1942
36. On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress Working
Committee were arrested in................
Correct : D. mumbai
37. During the First World War, ................joined the central powersagainst
Britain.
Correct : D. turkey
38. A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali,
...................., Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation.
Correct : A. shaukat ali
39. The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the ..............Government
to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.
Correct : A. british
40. October 17, ................was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus along
with Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day.
Correct : D. 1919
41. An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ..............on November 23,1919
with Gandhi as its president.
Correct : D. delhi
42. Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the
....................as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.
Correct : A. khalifat movement
43. .............visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafat
movement.
Correct : A. gandhiji
44. The Constitution of ....................is the largest written liberal democratic
constitution of the world.
Correct : A. india
45. The Constitution of ...................provides for a mixture of federalism
andUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.
Correct : D. india
46. since its inauguration on 26th January.............., the Constitution India has
been successfully guiding the path and progress of India.
Correct : D. 1950
47. Indian Constitution consists of ................ Articles divided into 22 Parts with
12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments.
Correct : D. 395
48. The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitution
which hasonly 7 Articles and the ..................Constitution with its 89 Articles.
Correct : A. french
49. The constitution of India became fully operational with effect
from 26thJanuary..........................
Correct : D. 1950
50. India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for a
fixed term of ................... years.
Correct : D. 5
51. All men and women of ................. years or above of age whose
names are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the members of Lok Sabha
Correct : D. 18
52. . Every voter of .................years or above of age is eligible to contest elections
to the Lok Sabha.
Correct : D. 25
53. The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years.
Correct : D. 5
54. The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was..................
Correct : D. sardar vallabhai patel
55. The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of .................... had brought a
large scale discontentment among the people of India.
Correct : D. 1919
56. The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................had fanned the fire
of this discontentment.
Correct : A. gandhi
57. In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the
Government of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission.
Correct : D. 1935
58. Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of .......................
Correct : D. 1919
59. The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............
Correct : D. 1956.
60. In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when Prime
Minister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.
Correct : A. indira gandhi
61. Officially issued by President................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) of
the Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.
Correct : A. fakhruddin ali
62. On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in
India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces.
Correct : D. 1975
63. Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emerged
victorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
Correct : D. 1966
64. The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against her
calling her corrupt and autocratic.
Correct : A. jaya prakash narayan
65. The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an all
India Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.
Correct : A. george fernandes
66. The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................
who signed it immediately.
Correct : A. fakruddin ali ahmed
67. ................ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took
charge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.
Correct : C. indira gandhi's
68. Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to..................,
was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.
Correct : A. indira gandhi
69. However, .................... shocked everybody by declaring Lok Sabha
elections in January 1977 bringing an end to draconian Emergency.
Correct : A. indira gandhi
70. ...................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata
Party government till 1980.
Correct : A. morarji desai
71. In the ................... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and
remainedin power till her assassination in 1984.
Correct : D. 1980
72. ................... started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in
1947, and immediately launched a number of economic reforms.
Correct : A. nehru
73. One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years
Plan in........................
Correct : D. 1951.
74. Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be .................in nature.
Correct : A. socialist
75. ................... was the main architect of first green revolution of India listed
fivecomponents of Agricultural renewal?
Correct : A. dr. m.s. swaminathan
76. Since......................., the Indian economy has pursued free market liberalisation , greater openness in trade and increase investment in infrastructure.
Correct : D. 1991
77. The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy in India first came into inception on
April 1, ..........................
Correct : D. 2000
78. The prime objective of ................was to enhance foreign investment and
provide an internationally competitive and hassle free environment for exports.
Correct : A. sez
79. ...............is a specifically delineated duty-free enclave and shall be deemed to
be foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations and duties and tariffs.
Correct : A. sez
80. There is no doubt that J.L Nehru's India's first Prime Minister was fully
analysed the indispensability of science and technology in the economic and the social independence.
Correct : A. j.l nehru's
81. soon after becoming the Prime Minister of India, .................created a Ministry
of Scientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic energy programme for peaceful purposes.
Correct : A. nehru
82. In.................., the Atomic Energy Act was passed and the Department of
Atomic Energy was directly under his charge was created.
Correct : D. 1948
83. Under the farsighted leadership of ..................the nation, the government and
the public leaders became committed to the promotion of science and technology.
Correct : A. nehru,
84. ......................appointed a scientific man power committee and five institutes of
technology came up at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi besides a number of regional engineering colleges by his efforts.
Correct : A. j.l. nehru
85. In................., Nehru directed the CSIR to prepare National Register of
Scientific and Technical personnel.
Correct : C. 1948
86. Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ................for the scientific
evolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies.
Correct : A. prof. p.m.s blackett
87. The enthusiastic efforts of Mr. ........................led to the expansion of the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research into a chain of national laboratories spanning a wide spectrum of science, technology, engineering and biomedical sciences.
Correct : A. shanti swarup bhatnagar
88. The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reforms
which began since July 24, ..........................
Correct : D. 1991
89. In....................., the country experienced a balance of payments dilemma
following the Gulf War and the downfall of the erstwhile Soviet Union.