After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named
A. Socialist Bloc
B. Revolutionary Socialist Bloc
C. Forward Bloc
D. Socialist-Congress Bloc
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Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?
A. The Government of India Act, 1858
B. The Ilbert Bill
C. Indian Councils Act of 1892
D. Queen Victoria's Proclamation
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The Diwani Adalat was presided over by
A. Collector
B. Governor
C. Resident
D. Nawabs
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An emigre (a person or thing who/which has emigrated) communist journal brought out by M N Roy was
A. Anushilan
B. The Worker
C. Kisan Sabha
D. Vanguard
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Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Mahatma Ghandhi
D. Pingali Venkaiya
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The First World Conference on Women in __________, generated a new interest in and debate on women's issues
A. Delhi
B. Hyderabad
C. Mexico
D. Copenhagen
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Narain Malhar Joshi founded
A. the Social Service League in Bombay in 1911
B. All India Trade Union Congress 1920
C. Both A and B above
D. The Deccan Education Society 1884
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Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India
A. Clive
B. Comwallis
C. Warren Hastings
D. Wellesley
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The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at __________
A. Hugli
B. Kassimbazar
C. Patna
D. Calcutta
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'Swaathanthrya gadha' – was written by the great poet __________
A. Cherusseri
B. O. N. V. Kurup
C. G. Sankara kurup
D. Kumaranaasan
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Queen Victoria became the Empress of India according to the Act of
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Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in the year
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The first political association of India founded in 1891 was the
A. Landholders Society of Calcutta
B. Indian Association
C. British Indian Association
D. Madras Native Association
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After the ruin of India's trade, industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
A. Zamindars
B. Peasantry
C. Income-tax payers
D. All the above
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The National Anthem was first sung in year 1911 at the Annual session of the India National Congress held at
A. Pune
B. Mumbai
C. Kolkata
D. Lucknow
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First Indian Commander-in-Chief was
A. Gen. K. S. Thimayya
B. Gen. K. M. Kariappa
C. S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
D. None of the above
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In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered "Guru" and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
A. Travancore
B. Malabar
C. Cochi
D. Kottayam
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Who instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to create a scientific temperament among the Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language?
A. Mohammad Iqbal
B. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
C. Karim Ali
D. Inayat Ali
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The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into __________ provinces
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Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country's unity?
A. Sardar Patel
B. Hume
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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