Which of the following was not of the achievements of the Exteremist Group in the Congress?
A. The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911
B. The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
C. Nationalism took root among the progressive sections of society
D. The Extremists taught people self-confidence and selfreliance and prepared the social base of the nationalist movement
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Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
A. Communist Party of India
B. Forward Block
C. Socialist-Swarajist Party
D. Swarajya Party
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Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal?
A. Lord Cornwallis
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. William Bentinck
D. Lord Curzon
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Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
A. Northbrook
B. Dufferin
C. Elgin-II
D. Ripon
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To avenge the brutal lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai (October 30, 1928), which was believed to have caused his death subsequently, who murdered Saunders, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lahore?
A. Batukeshwar Dutt
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Chandra Shekhar Azad
D. Sachindra Sanyal
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Who is the founder of the concept "Sarvodaya"?
A. Vinobha Bhave
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Jai Prakash Narayan
D. K. G. Mushroowala
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Who among the following is known as the "Father of the Indian Renaissance"?
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Rabindra Nath Tagore
C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Swami Vivekanand
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The Battle of Buxar was fought between the combined armies (of the Nawab of Awadh, the Mughal Emperor and Mir Qasim) and the
A. French
B. Dutch
C. Portuguese
D. English
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In 1934 Mahatma Gandhi withdrew from active politics and even resigned his membership of the Congress because
A. of the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement
B. the political climate of India was unsuitable for any political movement
C. he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
D. of his opposition to the desire of congressmen to enter legislatures under the Government of India Act of 1935
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A new phase began in the Guru's life in 1904. He decided to give up his wandering life and settle down in a place to continue his Sadhana (spiritual practice). He chose__________, twenty miles north of Thiruvananthapuram
A. Karunagapally
B. Sivagiri
C. Kayamkulam
D. Kannur
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The quintessence of Gandhian thought is
A. Satyagraha
B. Metaphysics
C. Spiritualism
D. Moksha
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The day (22 December 1939) the Congress Ministries resigned in the Provinces the Muslim League observed
A. Deliverance Day
B. Direct Action Day
C. Victory Day
D. Alliance Day
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Who was the Congress President at the time when India become free?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. V. L. Pandit
C. Sardar Patel
D. J. B. Kripalani
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The historic fast by Gandhi came to an end as a result of the
A. Poona Pact
B. Issue of White Paper
C. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
D. Arrival of Simon Commission
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Who among the following was impeached in the UK for his actions in India?
A. Lord Wavell
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Hastings
D. Lord Cornwallis
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Which is the oldest trade Union organisation in India?
A. Indian National Trade Union Cogress (INTUC)
B. Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
C. All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
D. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
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In the famous Kakori Conspiracy Case (August 1925) which of the following revolutionaries was not hanged?
A. Ram Prasad Bismil
B. Asafaqulla Khan
C. Snehlata
D. Suhasini Sarkar
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Infanticide was completely banned by the
A. Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
B. Sharda Act, 1930
C. Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
D. Minto-Morley reforms
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The revolutionary who died of a 64 days hunger strike was
A. Sukh Dev
B. Batukeshwar Dutt
C. Jatin Das
D. Raj Guru
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The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was
A. Pheroze Shah Mehta
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. BG Tilak
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