Modern History › Advent of Europeans

2008

During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

Options

(a)

Akbar

(b)

Aurangzeb

(c)

Jahangir

(d)

Shah Jahan

Answer

(C)

Modern History › British Policies

2008

Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.
Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.

Options

(a)

Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b)

Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanation of A

(c)

A is true but R is false

(d)

A is false but R is true

Answer

(A)

Modern History › Council Acts, Commissions

2008

Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leader?

Options

(a)

Simon Commission

(b)

Simla Conference

(c)

Cripps Proposal

(d)

Cabinet Mission

Answer

(B)

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Author) List-II (Work)

A. Bankimchandra 1.Shatranj ke Khilari

B. Dinabandhu Mitra 2. Debi Chaudhurani

C. Premchandra 3. Nil-Darpan

4. Chandrakanta

Options

(a)

2 4 1

(b)

3 4 2

(c)

2 3 1

(d)

3 1 4

Answer

(C)

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

Options

(a)

Lord Irwin

(b)

Lord Reading

(c)

Lord Chelmsford

(d)

Lord Wavell

Answer

(C)

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?

Options

(a)

Aurobindo Ghosh

(b)

R.C. Dutt

(c)

Syed Ahmad Khan

(d)

Viraraghavachari

Answer

(A)

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?

Options

(a)

Anandmohan Bose

(b)

Badruddin Tyabji

(c)

Dadabhai Naoroji

(d)

Pherozeshah Mehta

Answer

(C)

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?

Options

(a)

Lala Hardayal

(b)

Rashbehari Bose

(c)

Subhas Chandra Bose

(d)

V.D. Savarkar

Answer

(C)

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

Who among the following rejected the title of knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?

Options

(a)

Motilal Nehru

(b)

M.G. Ranade

(c)

G.K. Gokhale

(d)

B.G. Tilak

Answer

(C)

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?

Options

(a)

A.N. Sinha

(b)

Braj Kishore Prasad

(c)

J.B. Kriplani

(d)

Rajendra Prasad

Answer

(C)

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