appsc generastudies - indian history - 3
1. Who was elected as the permanent President of the Muslim League in 1908 ?
(A) Nawab Salimullah
(B) Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Aga Khan
(D) Syed Amir Ali
Ans : (C)
2. According to Sarojini Naidu who was ‘‘the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity’’ ?
(A) Syed Ahmad Khan
(B) Hasrat Mohani
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Ans : (C)
3. Which of the following statements are not true of the Home Rule Movement ?
I. The demand was for selfgovernment and not complete independence.
II. The movement included promoting political education to build a base for selfgovernment
III. It did not achieve much impact or popularity.
IV. The movement was the part of the Congress activity.
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Ans : (C)
4. The two Home Leagues were founded in 1916. Their founders were—
I. Annie Besant
II. B. G. Tilak
III. Motilal Nehru
IV. Sardar Patel
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Ans : (A)
5. The partition of Bengal made in 1905—
(A) Was annulled as a result of the Morley-Minto Reforms in 1919
(B) Was withdrawn in 1908 because of the immense protests it evoked
(C) Was annulled by the king’s proclamation at the Delhi Durbar in 1911
(D) Continued till India got independence
Ans : (C)
6. The basic defect of the Lucknow Pact was—
(A) It was an agreement purely based on the bond of common hatred of the foreign rule
(B) It was based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities
(C) It was a marriage of convenience without a pontiff
(D) It was a pact between powerless potentates
Ans : (B)
7. Who among the following is known as ‘the liberator of the press’ ?
(A) William Jones
(B) Wellesley
(C) Sir Charles Metcalfe
(D) Lord Minto
Ans : (C)
8. Who had given the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhi ?
(A) B. G. Tilak
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Moti Lal Nehru
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ans : (D)
9. Who had said on the death of Tilak ‘my strongest bulkwar is gone’ ?
(A) Shaukat Ali
(B) Muhammad Ali
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans : (D)
10. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his knighthood for which reason ?
(A) Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
(B) Cruel suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Bhagat Singh was hanged
(D) Chauri-Chaura incident
Ans : (A)
11. Which among the following pair accused for killing English officers in England was hanged ?
(A) Raj Guru and Sukhdev
(B) Khudi Ram Bose and Suryasen
(C) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
(D) Kartar Singh Sarabhai and Ashfaqullah Khan
Ans : (C)
12. Write the correct chronological order of the following :
1. Foundation of Swaraj Party
2. Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
3. Congress-Muslim League Pact
4. Chauri-Chaura incident
(A) 2, 3, 1, 4
(B) 3, 2, 1, 4
(C) 3, 2, 4, 1
(D) 2, 3, 4, 1
Ans : (C)
13. In 1908 an attempt was made on the life of Kingsford, the unpopular judge at Muzzafarpur by—
1. Satyen Bose
2. Barindra Ghosh
3. Prafulla Chaki
4. Khudiram Bose
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
Ans : (B)
14. Which of the following were involved in throwing a bomb at the procession of Lord Hardinge through Chandni Chowk (Delhi) in 1912 ?
1. Pulin Das
2. Bal Mukund
3 Avadh Behari
4. Amir Chand
(A) 1, 2, 3
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
15. Who defended Aurbindo Ghosh in the Alipur bomb case ?
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) Motilal Nehru
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Ans : (B)
16. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ‘Lokmanya’ during—
(A) Home Rule Movement
(B) Surat Split
(C) Swadeshi Movement
(D) His imprisonment in 1908
Ans : (A)
17. The only Indian prince who actively participated in the Revolutionary Movement within and outside India was—
(A) Raja Aridaman Singh
(B) Raja Hari Singh
(C) Raja Kumar Singh
(D) Raja Mahendra Pratap
Ans : (D)
18. Curzon Wyllie, who was murdered by Modan Lal Dhingra in London, was—
(A) Secretary of State for India
(B) Adviser to the Secretary of State for India
(C) Law Member
(D) Governor of Bengal
Ans : (B)
19. Who edited ‘Basumati’, the oldest Bengali Daily paper ?
(A) Anand Mohan Bose
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Barinder Ghosh
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Ans : (C)
20. Who said the following ‘‘the only lesson required in India at present is to learn how to die and the only way to teach is by dying ourselves. Therefore, I die and glory in my martyrdom’’ ?
(A) Aurbindo Ghosh
(B) Khudiram Bose
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Madan Lal Dhingra
Ans : (D)
(A) Nawab Salimullah
(B) Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Aga Khan
(D) Syed Amir Ali
Ans : (C)
2. According to Sarojini Naidu who was ‘‘the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity’’ ?
(A) Syed Ahmad Khan
(B) Hasrat Mohani
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Ans : (C)
3. Which of the following statements are not true of the Home Rule Movement ?
I. The demand was for selfgovernment and not complete independence.
II. The movement included promoting political education to build a base for selfgovernment
III. It did not achieve much impact or popularity.
IV. The movement was the part of the Congress activity.
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Ans : (C)
4. The two Home Leagues were founded in 1916. Their founders were—
I. Annie Besant
II. B. G. Tilak
III. Motilal Nehru
IV. Sardar Patel
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Ans : (A)
5. The partition of Bengal made in 1905—
(A) Was annulled as a result of the Morley-Minto Reforms in 1919
(B) Was withdrawn in 1908 because of the immense protests it evoked
(C) Was annulled by the king’s proclamation at the Delhi Durbar in 1911
(D) Continued till India got independence
Ans : (C)
6. The basic defect of the Lucknow Pact was—
(A) It was an agreement purely based on the bond of common hatred of the foreign rule
(B) It was based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities
(C) It was a marriage of convenience without a pontiff
(D) It was a pact between powerless potentates
Ans : (B)
7. Who among the following is known as ‘the liberator of the press’ ?
(A) William Jones
(B) Wellesley
(C) Sir Charles Metcalfe
(D) Lord Minto
Ans : (C)
8. Who had given the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhi ?
(A) B. G. Tilak
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Moti Lal Nehru
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ans : (D)
9. Who had said on the death of Tilak ‘my strongest bulkwar is gone’ ?
(A) Shaukat Ali
(B) Muhammad Ali
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans : (D)
10. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his knighthood for which reason ?
(A) Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
(B) Cruel suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Bhagat Singh was hanged
(D) Chauri-Chaura incident
Ans : (A)
11. Which among the following pair accused for killing English officers in England was hanged ?
(A) Raj Guru and Sukhdev
(B) Khudi Ram Bose and Suryasen
(C) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
(D) Kartar Singh Sarabhai and Ashfaqullah Khan
Ans : (C)
12. Write the correct chronological order of the following :
1. Foundation of Swaraj Party
2. Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
3. Congress-Muslim League Pact
4. Chauri-Chaura incident
(A) 2, 3, 1, 4
(B) 3, 2, 1, 4
(C) 3, 2, 4, 1
(D) 2, 3, 4, 1
Ans : (C)
13. In 1908 an attempt was made on the life of Kingsford, the unpopular judge at Muzzafarpur by—
1. Satyen Bose
2. Barindra Ghosh
3. Prafulla Chaki
4. Khudiram Bose
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
Ans : (B)
14. Which of the following were involved in throwing a bomb at the procession of Lord Hardinge through Chandni Chowk (Delhi) in 1912 ?
1. Pulin Das
2. Bal Mukund
3 Avadh Behari
4. Amir Chand
(A) 1, 2, 3
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
15. Who defended Aurbindo Ghosh in the Alipur bomb case ?
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) Motilal Nehru
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Ans : (B)
16. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of ‘Lokmanya’ during—
(A) Home Rule Movement
(B) Surat Split
(C) Swadeshi Movement
(D) His imprisonment in 1908
Ans : (A)
17. The only Indian prince who actively participated in the Revolutionary Movement within and outside India was—
(A) Raja Aridaman Singh
(B) Raja Hari Singh
(C) Raja Kumar Singh
(D) Raja Mahendra Pratap
Ans : (D)
18. Curzon Wyllie, who was murdered by Modan Lal Dhingra in London, was—
(A) Secretary of State for India
(B) Adviser to the Secretary of State for India
(C) Law Member
(D) Governor of Bengal
Ans : (B)
19. Who edited ‘Basumati’, the oldest Bengali Daily paper ?
(A) Anand Mohan Bose
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Barinder Ghosh
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Ans : (C)
20. Who said the following ‘‘the only lesson required in India at present is to learn how to die and the only way to teach is by dying ourselves. Therefore, I die and glory in my martyrdom’’ ?
(A) Aurbindo Ghosh
(B) Khudiram Bose
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Madan Lal Dhingra
Ans : (D)
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