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Complementary Course HIS4(3)C01

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MODERN INDIAN HISTORY (1857 TO THE PRESENT): II

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual
life.?
a) Gopala Krishna Gokhale b ) Nehru
c) Ambedkar d) Vivekanada

2. Who is the chief exponent of Two nation theory

a) Vivikananda b ) Gokhale
c) Gandhiji d) Mohammed Ali Jinnah

3. The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by

a) V. D. Savarkar b) Tilak c) Gandhiji d) Nehru

4. The theory of ‘Cultural Nationalism’ was expounded by

a) Gokhale b) Vivekananda c) Savarkar d) Nehru

5. V.D Savarkar was born in

a)1885 b) 1883 c) 1888 d) 1870

6. Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born in

a) Lahore b) Bombay c) Delhi d) Karachi

7. In which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial Legislative
Council from Bombay?
a)1910 b) 1914 c) 1919 d) 1924

8. Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a

a) Justice b) Dharma c) power d) Status

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9. Sree Narayana Guru was born in

a) Sivagiri b) Aruvipuram c) Chempazanthi d) Kollam

10.SNDP Yogam was formed in the year

a)1903 b) 1896 c) 1908 d) 1914

11. The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by

a) Tilak b) Gokhale c) Gandhiji d) Nehru

12. Who is the Champion of secularism?

a) Jinnah b) Nehru c) Savarkar d) Thilak

13. Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?
a) Gandhiji b) Vivekananda
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy d) Thilak

14. Gandhism is not merely a political creed it is

a) A programme of action b) A message
c) theory d) Working class movement

15.Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar

a) Princess b) Politics
c) Freedom struggle d) Hindutva1

6.Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer?

a) Nehru b) Thilak
c) Sree Narayana Guru d) Mahathma Gandhi

17.Who condemned Gandhism as a reactionary social philosophy?

a) Gopalakrishna Gokhale b) M.N.Roy
c) Nehru d) Lohia

18.Independent India was founded by :

a)Gopalakrishna Gokhale b) Thilak
c) M.N. Roy d) Jayaprakas Narayanan

19.Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by

a)Jayaprakas Narayanan b) M.N Roy
c) Gandhiji d) Thilak

20.Radical Democratic party was organised by

a)Lohia b) M.N.Roy
c) Jayaprakash Narayanan d) Thilak

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21. Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human
Revolution’?
a)M.N.Roy b) Lohia
c) Jayaprakash Narayanan d) Nehru

22. Jinnh’s Two –nation Theory was adopted on

a)1935 b) 1940 c) 1925 d) 1947

23. The concept of four pillar state was advocated by

a)Lohia b) M.N.Roy c) Nehru d) Ambedker

24. Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?

a) Gandhiji b) Thilak c) Sarojini Naidu d) Vivekananda

25. Jinnah’s two nation theory was adopted as the

a) Lahore Resolution b) Karachi Resolution
c) Dacca Declaration d) Bombay resolution

26. Azad Muslim conference’ was formed in

a)1939 b) 1940 c) 1941 d) 1947

27. Name the political leader who supported two nation theory
a) Gandhiji b) Gokhale c) Jinnah d) Tilak

28.All Indian Muslim League was started in :

a)1960 b) 1906 c) 1921 d) 1928

29. Glimpses of world History’ was written by

a) Nehru b) Gandhiji c) Thilak d) Ambedkar

30. Who is the author of Discovery of India?

a) Gandhiji b) Vivekananda c) Nehru d) Gokhale

31.The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year;
a)1961 b) 1955 c) 1954 d) 1950

32.B.R. Ambedker was born in

a)1891 b) 1893 c) 1898 d) 1901

33. A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ................in a smallpark
enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.
a) Jallianwala Bagh b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Mumbai d) Delhi3

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4.Brigadier-General ..................with his British troops entered the parkat

Jallianwala Bagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to
fire on the gathered people without any warning.
a) Reginald Dyer b) Sir Stafford Cripps
c) Sir Claude Auchinleck d) General Sir Rob Lockhart.

35.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October..............

a)1869 b) 1859 c) 1889 d) 1900

36. Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year...
a)1914 b) 1915 c) 1916 d) 1917

37.. ......................., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to
the concerns in India and the struggle of the people.
a) Tej Bahadur Sapru b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

38. A series of non-violence campaigns of Civil Disobedience Movement were

launched by the Indian National Congress under the leadership
of............................
a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah b) Sri Aurabindo
c) Motilal Nehru d) Mahatma Gandhi

39.The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one

of...................first significant steps to achieve Indian independence.
a) Rabindranath Tagore’s b) Gandhiji
c) Motilal Nehru’s d) Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s

40.Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, .............gave the call for Quit India Movement.
a)1942 b) 1920 c) 1930 d) 1940

41...................called on all Congressmen and Indians to maintain discipline via

nonviolence and Do or Die in order to achieve ultimate freedom.
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Motilal Nehru
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak d) Sri Aurobindo

42.On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress Working
Committee were arrested in................
a) UP b) Delhi c) Ahmedabad d) Mumbai

43.In 1946, upon persuasion of....................., Mahatma Gandhi reluctantly accepted

the proposal of partition and independence offered by the British cabinet, in order
to evade a civil war.
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b) Rajguru
c) Sukhdev d) Mohammed Ali Jinnah

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44.During the First World War, ................joined the central powersagainst

Britain.
a) America b) Britain c) France d) Turkey

45.A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali,
...................., Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide
agitation.
a) Shaukat Ali b) Qutubuddin Ahmad
c) Shamsuddin Hussain d) Mohammed Ali Jinnah

46.The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the ..............Government

to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.
a) British b) Austrian c) American d) Serbian

47.October 17, ................was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus along
with Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day.
a)1908 b)1909 c) 1916 d)1919

48.An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ..............on November 23,1919
with Gandhi as its president.
a) Calcutta b) Punjab c) Gujarat d) Delhi

49.Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the
....................as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.
a) Khalifat Movement b) Khudai Khidmatgars
c) Peasant movement d) Womens’ movement

50..............visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafat

movement.
a) Gandhiji b) Motilal Nehru
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak d) Sri Aurobindo

51.The speed with which the Khilafat agitation spread, especially in

the..............and Valluvanad taluks in Malabar, created alarm in official circles.
a) Eranad b) Tellicherry c) Kannur d) Edappal

51. The Constitution of ....................is the largest written liberal democratic

constitution of the world.
a) India b) America c) Pakistan d) Afghanistan

52. The Constitution of ...................provides for a mixture of federalism

andUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.
a) Afghanistan b) America c) Pakistan d) India

53. since its inauguration on 26th January.............., the Constitution India has
been successfully guiding the path and progress of India.

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a)1905 b)1915 c)1930 d) 1950

54. Indian Constitution consists of ................ Articles divided into 22 Parts with
12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments.
a)295 b)305 c)388 d) 395

55. The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitution
which hasonly 7 Articles and the ..................Constitution with its 89 Articles.
a) French b) Dutch c) Pakistan d)Afghanistan

56. The constitution of India became fully operational with effect

from 26thJanuary..........................
a)1905 b)1935 c)1947 d) 1950

57. Although, right from the beginning the Indian Constitution fully reflected
the spirit of democratic socialism, it was only in ................. that the Preamble was
amended to include the term ‘Socialism’.
a)1936 b)1946 c)1956 d) 1976

58.India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for a
fixed term of ................... years.
a)2 b)3 c)4 d) 5

59. All men and women of ................. years or above of age whose
names are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the
members of Lok Sabha
a)14 b)16 c) 17 d) 18

60.. Every voter of .................years or above of age is eligible to contest elections

to the Lok Sabha.
a)21 b)23 c)24 d) 25

61. The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years. a)2 b)3 c)4 d) 512.The key
person behind the Constitution of India was..................
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c)Mahatma Gandhi d)Sardar Vallabhai Patel

63.The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of .................... had brought a

large scale discontentment among the people of India.
a)1909 b)1911 c)1916 d) 1919

64.The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................had fanned the fire

of this discontentment.
a) Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar d)Sardar Vallabhai

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65. In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the
Government of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of the
recommendation of Simon Commission.
a)1905 b)1915 c)1925 d) 1935

66. Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of .......................

a)1908 b)1913 c)1915 d) 1919

67. The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............

a)1916 b)1926 c)1946 d) 1956.

68. In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when Prime
Minister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.
a) Indira Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar d) Rajiv Gandhi

69. Officially issued by President................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) of

the Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25
June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.
a) Fakhruddin Ali b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
c)Dr. Rajendra Prasad d)Manmohan Singh

70.On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in

India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from
both internal and external forces.
a)1955 b)1965 c)1968 d) 1975

71. Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emerged
victorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
a)1906 b)1916 c)1956 d) 1966

72. The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against her
calling her corrupt and autocratic.
a) Jaya Prakash Narayan b) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
c)EMS d)AKG

73. The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an all
India Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.
a) George Fernandes b) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
c) Jaya Prakash Narayan d)EMS

74. The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................
who signed it immediately.
a) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed b) George Fernandes
c)Dr.Rajendra Prasad d)ManmohanSingh

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75................. second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took
charge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers
to jails across India.
a) Nanaji Deshmukh’s b) Morarji Desai’s
c) Indira Gandhi's d), Subramanian Swamy’s,

76. Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to..................,
was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.
a) Indira Gandhi b) JP, George Fernandes,
c) AB Vajpayee d)LK Advani,

77. However, .................... shocked everybody by declaring Lok Sabha

elections in January 1977 bringing an end to draconian Emergency.
a) Indira Gandhi b) Ramakrishna Hegde,
c) HD Deve Gowda, d)M Karunanidhi.

78. In the historic Lok Sabha election held in March 1977, ...............-led Congress
lost power.
a) Indira Gandhi b) JB Patnaik,
c) Jyoti Basu, d)Madhu Dandavate
79....................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata
Party government till 1980.
a) Morarji Desai b) Lalu Prasad Yadav,
c) Mulayam Singh Yadav d), Sharad Yadav

80. In the ................... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and
remainedin power till her assassination in 1984.
a)1908 b)1940 c)1970 d) 1980

81.................... started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in

1947, and immediately launched a number of economic reforms.
a) Nehru b) Indira Gandhi c) Morarji Desai d)Rajiv Gandhi

82.One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years
Plan in........................
a)1901 b)1911 c)1941 d) 1951.

83.Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be .................in nature.

a) Socialist b) Communist
c) Capitalist d) Utopian Socialism

84.................... was the main architect of first green revolution of India listed
fivecomponents of Agricultural renewal?
a) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan b) Lalu Prasad Yadav,
c) Mulayam Singh Yadav d) Sharad Yadav

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85. Since......................., the Indian economy has pursued free market liberalisation ,
greater openness in trade and increase investment in infrastructure.
a)1961 b)1971 c)1981 d) 1991

86. The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy in India first came into inception on
April 1, ..........................
a)1900 b)1947 c)1991 d) 2000

87.The prime objective of ................was to enhance foreign investment and

provide an internationally competitive and hassle free environment for exports.
a) SEZ b) Land Grabbing
c) Liberalization d) Privatization

88. ...............is a specifically delineated duty-free enclave and shall be deemed to

be foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations and duties and tariffs.
a) SEZ b) Liberalization
c) Privatization d) Globalization

89. In................, with the emergence of a new politically independent nation,

India continued to march ahead pursuing a programme of using
modern science and technology for national development.
a)1907 b)1917 c)1937 d) 1947

90.There is no doubt that J.L Nehru's India's first Prime Minister was fully
analysed the indispensability of science and technology in the economic
and the social independence.
a) J.L Nehru's b) Narasimha Rao
c) Prof. P.M.S Blackett d) Vajpayee

91. soon after becoming the Prime Minister of India, .................created a Ministry
of Scientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic
energy programme for peaceful purposes.
a) Nehru b) Narasimha Rao
c) Prof. P.M.S Blackett d) Vajpayee5

92. In.................., the Atomic Energy Act was passed and the Department of
Atomic Energy was directly under his charge was created.
a)1908 b)1938 c)1945 d) 1948

93. Under the farsighted leadership of ..................the nation, the government and
the public leaders became committed to the promotion of science and technology.
a) Nehru, b) Narasimha Rao
c) Prof. P.M.S Blackett d) Vajpayee

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94. ......................appointed a scientific man power committee and five institutes of

technology came up at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi
besides a number of regional engineering colleges by his efforts.
a) J.L. Nehru b) Prof. P.M.S Blackett
c)Indira Gandhi d) Vajpayee

95.In................., Nehru directed the CSIR to prepare National Register of

Scientific and Technical personnel.
a)1908 b)1938 c) 1948 d)1958

96.Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ................for the scientific

evolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies.
a) Prof. P.M.S Blackett b) Vajpayee
c)Jawaharlal Nehru d)Indira Gandhi

97.The enthusiastic efforts of Mr. ........................led to the expansion of the

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research into a chain of national laboratories
spanning a wide spectrum of science, technology, engineering and biomedical
sciences.
a) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar b) Vajpayee
c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Sardar Patel

98.The vision of Homi. ..................also led to advanced research in nuclear energy

and other fundamental areas through the creation of the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research which is now known as the Bhabha Atomic Research
Center (BARC).
a) J. Bhabha b) Vajpayee
c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Sardar Patel

99. The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reforms
which began since July 24, ..........................
a)1961 b)1971 c)1981 d) 1991

100.In....................., the country experienced a balance of payments dilemma

following the Gulf War and the downfall of the erstwhile Soviet Union.
a)1951 b) 1961 c)1971 d) 1991

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ANSWER KEY

1.D 21.C 41.A 61.D 81.A

2.D 22.B 42.D 62.D 82.D

3.A 23.A 43.A 63.D 83.A

4.C 24.C 44.D 64.A 84.A

5.B 25.A 45.A 65.D 85.D

6.D 26.B 46.A 66.D 86.D

7.A 27.C 47.D 67.D 87.A

8.B 28.B 48.D 68.A 88.A

9.C 29.A 49.A 69.A 89.D

10.A 30.C 50.A 70.D 90.A

11.C 31.C 51.A 71.D 91.A

12.B 32.A 52.D 72.A 92.D

13.A 33.A 53.D 73.A 93.A

14.B 34.A 54.D 74.A 94.A

15.D 35.A 55.A 75.C 95.C

16.C 36.B 56.D 76.A 96.A

17.B 37.A 57.D 77.A 97.A

18.C 38.D 58.D 78.A 98.A

19.A 39.B 59.D 79.A 99.D

20.B 40.A 60.D 80.D 100.D

Prepared by:
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Sri. Sunil Kumar G Dr. N. PADMANABHAN
Asst: Professor Associate Professor & Head
N.S.S. College, Manjeri. P.G. Department of History
C.A.S. College, Madayi P.O.
Payangadi-RS-670358Dt.Kannur-
Kerala

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