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TEST 7 – MODERN INDIA - II
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1. With respect to early nationalists consider the 3. Which one of the following Metro has been
named as the World's First Green Metro?
following statements
(a) Chennai Metro
1. Their emergence marked the beginning of
(b) Mumbai Metro
the organised national movement in India.
(c) Kolkata Metro
2. They believed in adopting constitutional (d) Delhi Metro
and peaceful means to demand reforms
and achieve their aims.
4. Consider the following statements regarding
"Muntra", which was in news recently
3. Surendranath Banerjee, R.C.Dutt,
1. It is the country's first tracked unmanned
Dadabhai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna
ground vehicle developed by Defence
Gokhale, Pheroze shah Mehta and Research Development Organization
Chidambaram Pillai are some of the early (DRDO)

nationalists. 2. It has been developed for surveillance

missions, mine detection and
Which of the statement given above is/are reconnaissance in areas with nuclear and
bio threats.
correct?
Which of the statements given above is/are
(a) 1 only correct?

(b) 1 and 2 only (a) 1 only

(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

5. The period between 1905 and 1918 in our

2. Which of the following is not a political
national movement is called the Era of
demand of Moderates in Indian freedom Extremists. The Extremists believed in direct
struggle? political action and in demanding Swaraj or
self-rule instead of constitutional reforms.
(a) Expansion of the Legislative Council The radical faction of extremists was led by
the trio. Which of the freedom fighters is/are
and Legislative Assemblies at both Central
not considered as “Trio”?
and Provincial levels.
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) In the beginning of the 20th century, they 2. Ajith singh
demanded for Swaraj within the British 3. Bhagat singh
Empire similar to the self-governing 4. Bipin Chandra Pal
colonies in Canada and Australia. 5. Bankim Chandra

(c) Spread of primary education among the Select the correct answer using the codes
given below.
masses.
(a) 2, 4 and 5 only
(d) Adequate representation of Indians in the
(b) 2, 3, and 5 only
executive council of the Viceroy and those
(c) 3 and 5 only
of the governors.
(d) 2 and 5 only
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6. Which of the following recently became Which of the statements given above is/are
India's first World Heritage City? correct?

(a) 1 only
(a) Madurai
(b) 2 only
(b) Varanasi
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Ahmadabad (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(d) Kolkata

9. The World Heritage Committee selects the

7. Which of the following were the immediate
causes for the raise of Extremism in Indian
freedom struggle?
1. Reactionary rule of Lord Curzon
2. Failure of the Moderates to win any
notable success other than the expansion
sites to be listed as World Heritage Sites,
including the World Heritage List and the List
of World Heritage in Danger. It also monitors
the state of conservation of the World
Heritage properties, defines the use of the
World Heritage Fund and allocates financial
assistance upon requests from States Parties.
It is composed of 21 states parties that are
elected by

of the legislative councils by the Indian (a) UNESCO

Councils Act (1892). (b) UN Security Council

3. The ill-treatment of Indians in South (c) IUCN (International Union for

Conservation of Nature)
Africa on the basis of colour of skin.
(d) UN General Assembly
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below.
10. With respect to the Jiyo Parsi Scheme, which
(a) 1 only was in news recently, which one of the
following statement related to this scheme is
(b) 1 and 2 only
correct?
(c) 1 and 3 only (a) It is a private initiative with respect to the
Mobile number subscription
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) It is a Government of India supported
scheme to arrest the decline in population
of the Parsi Zoroastrian Community in
8. With respect to Lala Lajpat Rai, consider the
India.
following statements
(c) It is a new skill development to promote
1. He founded the Indian Home Rule League entrepreneurship in the country

of America. (d) It is a scheme to spread the Parsi religion

in the Government aided schools and
2. He founded Servants of the People colleges.
Society, a non-profit welfare organization,
in Lahore, which shifted its base to Delhi
after partition of India in 1947.
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11. With respect to Swadeshi movement, consider 13. Consider the following statements regarding

the following statements the Sagar Vani System

1. It has been launched to disseminate

1. It was the most successful of the pre-
ocean related information and alerts to
Gandhian movement. the fishermen community in a timely
manner for their safety.
2. It main aim was Anti partition (Bengal)
2. The system that can send information in
resistance against British.
regional languages through various
Which of the statement given above are platforms including radio, television, voice
calling, text service, social media, mobile
correct?
apps and e-mail.
(a) 1 only
3. It has been developed by the Ministry of

(b) 2 only Science and Technology.

Which of the statements given above is/are

(c) Both 1 and 2
correct?

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

12. Consider the following statements regarding
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Indian National Army - INA:

1. The INA successfully progressed through

14. Consider the following statements regarding
the eastern sector till Guwahati in 1944.
the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

2. Prisoners of INA were tried at the Fort St. 1. It is the first legally binding international
William Trials in Calcutta. agreement to comprehensively prohibit
nuclear weapons, with the goal of leading
3. The Congress leadership came out towards their total elimination.
overwhelmingly in the support of the 2. India and other nuclear-armed nations -
prisoners of the INA. the United States, Russia, Britain, China,
France, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel
Which of the statements given above is/are
had participated in the negotiations.
correct?
Which of the above statements given above

(a) 2 only is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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15. Consider the following statements 17. The Global Cyber Security Index is published
by
1. The Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College
(a) Organization for Economic cooperation
was founded by Maulana Abul Kalam
and Development (OECD)
Azad.
(b) G-20
2. Benaras Hindu University was founded by
(c) World Bank
V.D. Savarkar in the year 1916.
(d) International Telecommunication Union
Which of the statements given above is/are (ITU)
correct?

(a) 1 only 18. Which of the following members established

the Madras Mahajan Sabha in 1884?
(b) 2 only
1. Theagaraya Chetty
(c) Both 1 and 2
2. P. Anandacharlu
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 3. G. Subramaniya Aiyer

4. Arogya Mudhaliar

16. Consider the following pairs Select the correct answer using codes given
below.
Movement Objective (a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

1. Vaikom Against salt law
-
sathyagraha (c) 1, 3 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2. Justice Representation of
Movement - non-Brahmins in
19. Consider the following statements
legislature
1. First women's rights activists in the 19th
3. Bardoli Against oppressive century.
-
movement taxation 2. Founder and president of the "Seva
Sadan".
Which of the pairs given above is/are
3. Established the first girls' high school in
correctly matched? Pune in 1886.

(a) 1 and 2 only Which of the following reformer cum activist

best suited for above activities?
(b) 1 and 3 only
(a) Savitribai Phule
(c) 2 and 3 only
(b) Ramabai Ranade
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Kadambini Ganguly

(d) Basanth devi

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20. Which of the following movements was not led 23. With respect to revolutionary terrorism,
by M.K. Gandhi? consider the following statements

(a) Champaram Sathyagraha 1. Bombay presidency is a pioneer in

organized revolutionary terrorism in India.
(b) Ahmedabad Mill Workers Strike
2. It aims to assassinate the popular British
(c) Kheda Sathyagraha officials and traitors and to organize
dacoities to raise funds for national
(d) Bardoli Sathyagraha
movements.

3. An overemphasis on religion, so no
21. Which of the following is Ramsay MacDonald Muslims participated in both phases of
Associated with? revolutionary terrorism.

(a) Cabinet Mission Which of the statement given above is/are

correct?
(b) August Offer
(a) 1 only
(c) Communal Award for Dalits
(b) 2 only
(d) Legislation for the abolition of Sati.
(c) 3 only

(d) None of the above

22. Consider the following statements regarding

Van Mahotsav
24. With respect to Moderates- Extremist reunion

1. It is an annual tree planting festival in the in 1916, consider the following statements:

month of July all across India and lakhs
of trees are planted during this festival.
2. It is being planned and organized by the
Ministry of Agriculture all across the
states.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
1. To allay moderates suspicions, Tilak
declared that he supported a reform of
administration and not an overthrow of
the government.
2. Death of Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji,
who had led the Moderate opposition to
extremists, facilitated the reunion.
Which of the above statement is/are not

(a) 1 only correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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25. The National Anti-profiteering Authority 28. Consider the following statements with
(NAA), which was in News frequently, is respect to Legislature in British India

associated with which of the following 1. Dyarchy was first introduced in provincial
agency? government and later introduced in union
government.
(a) Competition Commission of India
2. Bicameralism was first introduced in
(b) GST Council
union government but it is not introduced
(c) Securities and Exchange Board of India in provincial government.
(SEBI)
Which of the statements given above is /are

(d) Income Tax Department of India correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only
26. With respect to 1917 Montagu’s statement,
consider the following statements: (c) Both 1 and 2

1. British declared its intentions to grant self (d) Neither 1 nor 2

government to Indians.

2. But government alone was to decide the 29. Recently the National Green Tribunal

nature and timing of advance towards a declared which of the following area as ‘No

responsible government. Development Zone’?

(a) The Core Zones in the Western Ghats

Which of the above statements given above
is/are correct? (b) 10 kms. from the edge of Estuaries

(a) 1 only (c) The surrounding areas of Sunderban

forests
(b) 2 only
(d) An area of 100 metres from the edge of
(c) Both 1 and 2 the Ganga river

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

30. With respect to the ‘Sohum’, which was

recently launched by the Ministry of Science
27. Which of the following law/commission first
and Technology, which of the following
recognized the voting rights of women in
statements is correct?
India?
(a) It is a new kind of seed
(a) Lee commission
(b) It is a new variety of Battle tank
(b) Government of India Act 1919
(c) It is an innovative newborn hearing
(c) Government of India Act 1935 screening device

(d) Sandhurst committee (d) It is new kind of Nuclear Reactor

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31. With respect to Gelator, which was in News Which of the above statements given above
recently, which of the following statements is/are correct?
is/are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only
1. It is being used to recover marine oil spills (b) 2 and 3 only
with a simple, efficient and cost effective
(c) 1 and 3 only
method
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. It was developed by a group of scientists
from the Indian Institute of Science,
Education and Research (IISER), 34. Doctrine of nonviolence and civil disobedience
Thiruvananthapuram of Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by

Select the correct answer using the codes 1. John Ruskin

given below 2. Leo Tolstoy
(a) 1 only 3. Henry David Thoreau
(b) 2 only Select the correct answer using the codes
given below.
(c) Both 1 and 2
(a) 1 and 2 only
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2
(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

32. Which of the following committee is appointed
(d) 1, 2 and 3
to examine the nature of relation between
British and princely states?

(a) Andrew Fraser commission 35. Consider the following statements regarding
the Bharat Bill Payments system
(b) Starchy Commission
1. It is a Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(c) Hunter commission conceptualised system driven by National
(d) Butler commission Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

2. It has multiple modes of payment and

provides instant confirmation of payment
33. With respect to Rowlatt Act, consider the via an SMS or receipt.
following statements
3. It is a one-stop payment platform for all
1. The objective of the act was to continue bills providing an interoperable and
the repressive provisions of the accessible “Anytime Anywhere” bill
wartime Defence of India Act (1915) by a payment service to all customers across
permanent law. India with certainty, reliability and safety
of transactions.
2. Government passed Montagu Chelmsford
Which of the statements given above is/are
Reforms and Rowlatt Act that were part of
correct?
the Carrot and Stick policy of the British.
(a) 1 only
3. This act authorized the government to
imprison for a maximum period of two (b) 1 and 2 only
years, without trial, any person suspected (c) 2 and 3 only
of terrorism.
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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36. The Green Climate Fund has been designated 39. Consider the following statements
as an operating entity of the financial
1. Khudai Khidmatgar was a violent struggle
mechanism of the UNFCCC. The decision to
against the British Empire by the
set up the Green Climate fund (GCF) was
Pashtuns in North West frontier province.
taken at COP 16 in Cancun on December
2010 and the GCF was operationalized in 2. It was also called as “Red Shirt” and it

COP 17 in Durban in 2011.In India which of was led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan,

the following agency has been designated as known locally as Bacha Khan
the National Implementing Entity for GCF?
Which of the statements given above is/are
(a) SIDBI correct?

(b) NABARD (a) 1 only

(c) State Bank of India (b) 2 only

(d) Reserve Bank of India

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

37. The Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
(PMVVY), a unique pension scheme which
was recently by the Government of India, will 40. Who among the following were the part of

be implemented by which of the following Khilafat committee?

agency/Ministry? 1. Shaukat Ali

(a) NITI Aayog

2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

(b) Ministry of Social Justice and

3. Ajmal Khan
Empowerment
4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Ministry of Finance
5. Hasrat Mohani
(d) General Insurance corporation of India
(GIC) Select the correct answer using the codes

given below.

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only

38. “Sarda Act” refers to
(b) 1, 3 and 5 only
(a) Restriction of child labours in hazardous
fields. (c) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only

(b) Establishment of minimum marriage age (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

(c) Legalizing widow remarriage

(d) Voting rights for women

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41. Consider the following statements regarding
the Mercosur, which was in news recently
1. Its purpose is to promote free trade and
the free movement of goods, people, and
currency.
2. Its associate countries are located in
South America and Asia-Pacific region.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) 1 only
43. Government at a Glance 2017, a report on
public service performance data and
comparisons, providing a vision of the state of
the public sector and the trends, is released
by which of the following agency?
(a) World Economic Forum
(b) United Nations Development Program
(c) The World Bank
(d) Organisation of Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD)
44. Who among the following was/were founding
members of Congress Socialist Party?

(b) 2 only 1. Acharya Naredra Dev

2. Ram Manohar Lohia

(c) Both 1 and 2
3. J.P. Narayan
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2 Select the correct answer using the codes
given below.

(a) 1 and 2 only

42. Clean Ganga Fund, under the ‘Namami
(b) 2 and 3 only
Ganga’, can be used for which of the following
(c) 1 and 3 only
activities?
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1. Setting up of waste treatment plant

45. Consider the following pairs

2. Conservation of biotic diversity of the
river Movements Viceroy
1. Non cooperation - Lord Chelmsford
3. Development of public amenities
movement
4. Linking Ganga with Yamuna and other 2. Civil disobedient - Lord Irwin
rivers to control the floods movement
3. Quit India - Lord Wavell
Select the correct answer using the codes movement
given below. Which of the pair given above is/are correctly
matched?
(a) 1 and 4 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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46. Who coined the term Harijan to address the Which of the statements given above is/are
depressed classes? correct?

(a) E.V. Ramasami (a) 1 only

(b) B.R. Ambedkar

(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidhya Sagar
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2
(d) M.K. Gandhi

49. Consider the following statements regarding

47. Recently the Union Cabinet approved the new the ‘Island Development Agency’ (IDA)
wage code bill which will ensure a minimum
1. It aims at promoting and implementing
wage across all sectors by integrating which development based on sustainable
of the following labour laws? approach to build a thriving maritime
economy of the Islands of the country.
1. Minimum Wages Act, 1948
2. It is being headed by the Prime Minister of
2. Payment of Wages Act, 1936 India and its projects are guided by the
3. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 NITI Aayog.

Which of the statements given above is/are

4. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
correct?
Select the correct answer using the codes (a) 1 only
given below.
(b) 2 only
(a) 1 and 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2, and 3 only (d) Neither 1 Nor 2
(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 50. Which of the following type of agitation was

happened during non cooperation movement?

1. Boycott of schools, colleges, Courts,

48. ‘The International Tiger Day’ was observed on legislative council and foreign clothes
July 29 in this year recently. In this context,
2. Renunciation of government honours and
consider the following statements regarding titles.
the National Tiger Conservation Authority
3. Resignation from government offices.
(NTCA)
4. Non payment of taxes
1. It is a statutory body under the Ministry
5. Railway strikes
of Environment, Forests and Climate
Change constituted under enabling 6. Isolated instances of assassinations

provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, Which of the statement given above is/are
1972 correct?

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only

2. It is being presided by the Prime Minister
of India as chairman and Minister of (b) 1, 2 and 3 only
Environment, Forest and climate change (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 only
as Vice Chairman.
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
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51. Consider the following statements regarding Which of the statements given above is/are
Lucknow Pact correct?

1. It refers to the agreement reached (a) 1 only

between M.K. Gandhi and Lord Irwin. (b) 2 only

2. In this pact, the Congress accepted the (c) Both 1 and 2

communal electorates given to the (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Muslims in the 1909 Morley – Minto
reforms.
54. With respect to G20 group of nations,
Which of the statements given above is/are consider the following statements
correct? 1. The group's chair rotates annually among
the members and is selected from a
(a) 1 only
different regional grouping of countries.
(b) 2 only
2. The European Union is also one of the
(c) Both 1 and 2 member of this group.

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 3. The Permanent secretariat for this Group

is located at New York of USA

Which of the statements given above is/are

52. With respect to Gandhi, consider the correct?
following statements (a) 1 only
1. Champaran Movement was the first (b) 1 and 2 only
venture of Gandhi in all India Politics.
(c) 2 and 3 only
2. “Indian Opinion” was the first paper (d) 1, 2 and 3
published by Gandhi.

Which of the statements given above is/are 55. Consider the following statements with
correct? reference to Railways in British India

(a) 1 only 1. Introduction of railways in India was set

in motion by Lord Dalhousie.
(b) 2 only
2. The railways were intended principally to
(c) Both 1 and 2 transport extracted resources – coal, iron
ore, cotton and so on to ports for the
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
British to ship home to use in their
factories.

53. Consider the following statements regarding Which of the statements given above is/are
Non Cooperation Movement correct?

(a) 1 only
1. Non cooperation movement led to the
growth of Hindu-Muslim unity. (b) 2 only

2. It was withdrawn owing to violence in (c) Both 1 and 2

Chauri Chaura. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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56. With respect to Udan Scheme, which was Which of the above pair is/are correctly
often in News, which one of the following matched?
statements is correct? (a) 1 and 2 only
(a) It is a scheme aimed to provide skill (b) 2 and 3 only
development for weaker sections of the
(c) 1 and 3 only
society
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) It is port led development scheme to
develop the infrastructure of the Ports
with Hinterlands. 59. Which of the following movements happened
(c) It is an innovative scheme to develop the simultaneously during Non cooperation
regional aviation market. movement?

(d) It is an agricultural scheme to provide free 1. Mappila revolt

access to financial services. 2. Eka movement

3. Tebhaga movement

57. Consider the following statements regarding Select the correct answer using the codes
Gopal Krishna Gokhale given below.

1. He was one of the prominent leaders of (a) 1 and 2 only

the extremist faction of the congress. (b) 2 and 3 only
2. He founded the servants of India Society (c) 1 and 3 only
to further the cause of education in India.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3. He is regarded as a mentor to Mahatma
Gandhi.
60. Consider the following statements regarding
Which of the statements given above is/are
Lord Curzon
correct?
1. For famine and plague relief, he appointed
(a) 1 only
a Famine commission.
(b) 1 and 2 only
2. He started Agricultural Research
(c) 2 and 3 only Institution at Pusa, Bengal.

(d) 1, 2 and 3 3. The imperial cadet corps was founded to

train young men.

4. He established the department of

58. Consider the following pairs
Archaeology and Epigraphy.

Women freedom Movement Which of the statements given above is/are

fighter correct?

(a) 1 and 4 only

1. Annie Besant - Non cooperation
(b) 1 and 2 only
2. Sarojini Naidu - Civil Disobedience
(c) 2 and 3 only
3. Aruna Asif Ali - Quit India (d) 1, 2, 3 and 3

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61. Recently The Department of Industrial Policy 64. Consider the following pairs
and Promotion (DIPP) signed an institutional
agreement with Punjab to establish India’s Social reformer Reforms
first Technology and Innovation Support
Centre (TISC) at Patent Information Centre,
1. Dayanand - He was the great believer
Punjab. This program comes under which of
the following organization? Saraswati in the teachings of Vedas;

(a) World Trade Organization (WTO) he gave the slogan:

(b) World Intellectual Property Organization ‘Return to Vedas’

(WIPO)
2. Jyotirao Phule - His first and foremost
(c) World Economic Forum
work was in the field of
(d) Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) women’s education

3. Ishwar Chandra - His most important

62. Consider the territories of Puducherry
Vidyasagar contribution to India and
matched with states
its society is his work for
Territory Enclaved
the care, empowerment
within State
and rehabilitation of
1. Karaikal Tamilnadu
people sufferings of

2. Mahe Kerala leprosy.

3. Yanam Karnataka Which of the pairs given above is/are

Select the correct answer using the codes matched correctly?

given below.
(a) 1 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 2 only

(d) 2 and 3 only (d) 1 and 2 only

63. Daman and Diu is a union territory in

Western India. With an area of 112 square 65. The book ‘Why Socialism’ was written by
km, it is the smallest federal division of India
on the mainland. The territory comprises two (a) Ram Manohar Lohia
distinct regions Daman and Diu, which are
geographically separated by (b) M N Roy

(a) Gulf of Kutch (c) J.P. Narayan

(b) Gulf of Khambhat
(d) Subash Chandra Bose
(c) Gulf of Mannar
(d) Nine Degree Channel

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66. Consider the following statements with 68. The Daman Ganga also called Dawan River is
regards to tribal policy in British India. a river in western India. The river's
headwaters are on the western slope of the
1. Majority of the administrative officers
Western Ghats range, and it flows west into
owing to tribal practices introduced the Arabian Sea. The river flows through
differential method of revenue collection which of the following regions?
compared to uniform method followed in
1. Maharashtra
Plains.
2. Gujarat
2. Though British administration had no
3. Diu and Daman
intention in interfering in the tribal affairs
establishment of uniform law and order in 4. Dadra Nagar and Haveli

these areas exposed the tribal population Select the correct answer using the codes
to outside pressure which helped them in given below.
assimilate into general population (a) 1 and 2 only
gradually.
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
Which of the statements given above is/are
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
correct?
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only
69. Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of
(c) Both 1 and 2 faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a
sacred or holy river. Traditionally, four fairs
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
are widely recognized as the Kumbh Melas.
These four fairs are held periodically by
rotation at which of the following states?
67. Modern Delhi, referred to as 'Dilli' locally,
1. Uttar Pradesh
derived from its historical name Dhili, is an
amalgamation of which of the following cities? 2. Uttarkhand

1. Firozabad 3. Maharashtra

2. Siri Fort 4. Madhya Pradesh

5. West Bengal
3. Tughluqabad
Select the correct answer using the codes
4. Shajahanabad
given below.
5. Aurangabad
(a) All the places given above excluding
Select the correct answer using the codes Maharashtra
given below. (b) All the places given above excluding
Madhya Pradesh
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) All the places given above excluding West
(b) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
Bengal
(c) 1, 2, 4 and 5 only
(d) All the places given above excluding
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only Uttarkhand
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70. Which of the following Tiger Reserves is/are 72. India's only tri-service theatre command of

located within the state of West Bengal? the armed forces is located in which of the
following region?
1. Sunderban
(a) Kolkata
2. Buxa (b) Port-Blair

3. Valmiki (c) Mumbai

(d) Chennai
4. Pilibhit

Select the correct answer using the codes

73. With respect to Nehru report, consider the
given below.
following statements

(a) 1 only 1. Demanded complete independence.

(b) 1 and 2 only 2. Demanded linguistic provinces

3. Equal voting rights for women

(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
Which of the statements given above is/are
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 not correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 2 only

71. With respect to the state of Uttar Pradesh,

which of the following geographical features (c) 1 and 3 only

is/are present in the state? (d) 1, 2 and 3

1. Tiger Reserves under the Project Tiger

74. Consider the following statements regarding
2. Wetlands under the Ramsar Convention the song “Amar Sonar Banga”?

3. Elephant Reserves under the Project 1. It was written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Elephant 2. It was composed in backdrop of the

partition of Bengal
4. Biosphere Reserves under the UNESCO
3. It later became the national anthem of
list
Bangladesh.
Select the correct answer using the codes Which of the statements given above is/are
given below. correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

(d) 1, 3 and 4 only

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75. With respect to Karachi Session, consider the Which of the statement given above is/are
following statements: not correct?

1. Poorna Swaraj was first reiterated in (a) 1 only

Karachi session.
(b) 2 only
2. It is a special session headed by Sardar
(c) Both 1 and 2
Patel.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
3. Patel drafted the Karachi resolution.

Which of the statement given above is/are

correct? 78. Which of the following was an initiative of
Ambedkar?
(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 2 only 1. Independent Labour party

(c) 2 and 3 only 2. Republican party of India

(d) 1 and 3 only 3. All India Forward Block

Select the correct answer using the codes

given below.
76. With respect to Round Table Conference,
consider the following statements (a) 1 and 2 only

1. Jinnah, Ambedkar and Madan Mohan (b) 2 and 3 only

Malaviya attended all the three Round
(c) 1 and 3 only
Table Conferences.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu did not
participate in Second Round Table
Conference. 79. Consider the following pairs
Which of the statements given above is/are
Institutions Founder
correct?

(a) 1 only 1. Sevagram - Gandhiji

(b) 2 only
2. Santiniketan - Rabindranath
(c) Both 1 and 2 Tagore
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
3. Brahma Vidya - Vinoba Bhave
Mandir
77. With respect to Poona pact, consider the
Which of the pairs given above is/are
following statements
correctly matched?
1. It was signed between Gandhi and
(a) 1 and 2 only
Jinnah.

2. It was accepted by the British government (b) 2 and 3 only

as an amendment to the communal (c) 1 and 3 only

award.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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80. Which of the following is the correct Which of the statements given above is/are
chronological order? correct?

(a) 1 only
(a) August Offer - Cripps Mission- Individual
Satyagraha - Quit India Movement (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(b) Individual Satyagraha - August Offer -
Quit India Movement - Cripps Mission (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(c) August Offer - Individual Satyagraha -

Cripps Mission - Quit India Movement 83. Consider the following statements about
Individual Sathyagraha
(d) August Offer - Quit India Movement -
1. This involved various leaders going to
Cripps Mission - Individual Satyagraha
different places individually to break the
salt law.

81. Arrange the following regions in the order of 2. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first
Sathyagrahi identified by Gandhi for the
Maximum to Minimum in terms of number of
individual Sathyagraha.
border sharing States/Union Territories
Which of the statements given above is/are
1. Uttar Pradesh correct?

2. Assam (a) 1 only

3. Rajasthan (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

4. Meghalaya
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below
84. Consider the following statements
(a) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
1. Shimla Conference (1945) was a meeting
(b) 2 - 1 - 3 - 4 between the Viceroy and the major
political leaders of British India at Shimla,
(c) 2 - 4 - 3 - 1
convened to agree on and approve the
(d) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 Wavell Plan for Indian self-government.

2. Congress accepted the cabinet mission

plan, even though it was provided only
82. Consider the following statements with the dominion status to India.

1. The first effort at drafting a Dominion Which of the statements given above is/are
Status Constitution for India was made in correct?

response to Montague-Chelmsford (a) 1 only

Reforms (b) 2 only

2. Cripps mission was the blue print of (c) Both 1 and 2

Indian partition because it gave option to (d) Neither 1 nor 2
every province to have a separate
constitution.
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85. The ‘Jugantar Pathrika’ was associated with 88. With respect to Indian Factory act 1881,
which of the following organisations? consider the following statements

(a) Poona Sarvajanik Samithi 1. Reduced the minimum working hours for
(b) Hindustan Socialist Republican children to 7 hours a day.
Association
2. This act prohibit the employment of
(c) Anushilan Samithi
children under seven years of age
(d) Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj)
Which of the above statement is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
86. With respect to All India State People
Conference, consider the following (b) 2 only

statements: (c) Both 1 and 2

1. All India States Peoples'

(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Conference (AISPC) was a conglomeration
of political movements in the princely
states of the British Raj. 89. Consider the following statements with
2. The first session of the organisation was reference to Deoband School
held in Bombay in December 1927.
1. The movement was inspired by scholar
3. The main leaders were Balwant Rai
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703–1762), and
Mehta, Mani Lai Kothari, G.R. Abhyankar.
was founded in 1867 in the wake of the
Which of the statements given above is/are failed Sepoy Rebellion in northern India a
correct?
decade earlier.
(a) 1 and 2 only
2. It was reformist movement among
(b) 2 and 3 only
Muslims in India to advance scientific
(c) 1 and 3 only knowledge and temper.

(d) 1, 2 and 3 3. It embraced all sects of Islam into its fold

Which of the statements given above is/are

87. Which of the following is considered the correct?
Magna Carta for the Western System of
(a) 1 only
education in India?

(a) Macaulay Commission Report (b) 2 only

(b) Woods Dispatch (c) 2 and 3 only

(c) Wardha Education Scheme (d) 1 and 3 only

(d) The W.W. Hunter Firman

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90. Who was the viceroy of India when the INC 93. What was the Rajaji Formula?
was formed in 1885?
(a) It was electoral arithmetic to ensure that
(a) Lord Dufferin
the congress captured as many provincial
(b) Lord William Bentinck
legislatures as possible in the 1945
(c) Lord Hardinge
elections.
(d) Lord Curzon
(b) It was a framework of well articulated

demands for the Poorna Swaraj that was

91. Consider the following statements about RIN
submitted to the Viceroy.
Mutiny

1. The mutiny started in Karachi. (c) It was a proposal for a plebiscite to decide

2. It was condemned by both the Congress the fate of the Muslim majority provinces

and the Muslim League. and their aspirations for an independent

Which of the statements given above is/are country.

correct?
(d) Both (b) and (c)
(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 94. Consider the following about ‘Direct Action

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Day’.

1. It refers to the general strike called by the

92. Which of the following is true about August Congress to protest the British proposal of
Offer? a separate Pakistan.
1. It was an effort to win over the support of
2. Direct Action Day say large scale rioting
the Indian political leadership for the
British War effort. and massacres in the Bengal province.

2. It was rejected by both the Congress and 3. The day was on January 26th, 1947.
the Muslim League.
Which of the statements given above is/are
3. It was delivered by Lord Willington.
correct?
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below. (a) 2 only

(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 3 only
(d) 3 only

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95. Which of the following was not part of the 97. Consider the following pairs

Queen’s proclamation of 1858?

Book Author
1. Abolition of the powers of the Board of

Control. 1. Hind Swaraj - Subash Chandra

Bose
2. The renunciation of any plans of further

annexation. 2. The Golden - Sarojini Naidu

Threshold
3. The establishment of a competitive exam

for recruitment to the civil services. 3. Discovery of - M.K. Gandhi

India
Select the correct answer using the codes

given below. 4. Gita Rahasya - V.D. Savarkar

(a) 1 only
Which of the pairs given above are correctly
(b) 2 only matched?

(c) 3 only (a) 2 only

(b) 2, 3 and 4 only

(d) None of the above
(c) 3 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
96. After the revolt of 1857 there were many

changes introduced by the British, Which are

98. Who among the following was associated with
them?
the Gadhar Party?
1. Efforts were made by the British to reach
1. Kartar Singh
out to reactionary elements of the society.
2. Sohan Singh Bhakna
2. Process of financial devolution to local
3. Mohammad Barakatullah
bodies.
4. M.N. Roy
Which of the statements given above is/are
5. Rash Behari Bose
not correct?
Select the correct answer using the codes
(a) 1 only given below.

(b) 2 only (a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2, 3 and 4 only

(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) 3, 4 and 5 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only

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99. Consider the following statements regarding
Home Rule Movement:

1. Bal Gangadar Tilak and Anne Besant

were the prominent leaders of the
movement.

2. This movement was the first to make a

call for “Complete Independence”.

3. The popular support for this movement

pressured the British to bring in the
Montague-Chelmsford Reforms.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

100. Who among the following was not part of the

Congress Swarajists?

(a) Vallabhai Patel

(b) Ajmal Khan

(c) C.R. Das

(d) Mothilal Nehru

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