Modern History Part 2 1 / 25 Which of the following was the first English to preside over the Congress Session at Allahabad in 1888? 1. Mrs Annie Besant 2. W Wedderburn 3. AO Hume 4. George Yule 2 / 25 Who was the Governor-General when the 1857 Revolt broke out? 1. Curzon 2. Dalhousie 3. Hastings 4. Canning 3 / 25 Which of the following gave the Communal Award? 1. Stanley Baldwin 2. Lord Ramsay 3. Neville Chamberlain 4. Winston Churchill 4 / 25 Who of the following said that “The Congress is in reality a civil war without arms”? 1. Lord Dufferin 2. Lord Curzon 3. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 4. MA Jinnah 5 / 25 Which of the following leaders of 1857 Revolt escaped to Nepal never to be heard thereafter? 1. Tantia Tope 2. Nana Sahib 3. Maulvi Ahmadullah 4. Kunwar Singh 6 / 25 Which of the following led the 1857 Revolt in Delhi? 1. Khan Bahadur 2. Bakht Khan 3. Bahadur Shah Zafar 4. Kunwar Singh 7 / 25 Why was the Swadeshi Movement started? 1. Lord Curzon divided Bengal 2. The British Government did not grant responsible government to India 3. The British massacred innocent people at Jallianwala Bagh 4. Of de-industrialisation in India 8 / 25 Which of the following was the earliest public association to be formed in Modern India? 1. The Madras Native Association 2. The Bengal British India Society 3. The Landholder’s Society 4. The Madras Native Association 9 / 25 The Lucknow Congress Session of 1916 is noted for 1. the election of a Muslim President of the Congress 2. the merger of the Muslim League with the Congress temporarily 3. the concession given by the Congress to the Muslim League in the former’s acceptance of separate electorates 4. None of the above 10 / 25 The large scale expression of the Militant Nationalism for the first time, was against 1. Official Secrets Acts, 1904 2. The Indian Council Act, 1892 3. Partition of Bengal, 1905 4. Seditious Meetings Act, 1907 11 / 25 Which of the following was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale? 1. Servants of India Society 2. Bombay Presidency Association 3. Landholder’s Society 4. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha 12 / 25 Which of the following was the immediate cause which precipitated the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857? 1. Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse 2. Bid to convert the Indians to Christianity 3. Wide disparity between the salaries of native sepoys and the British soldiers 4. Introduction of cartridges greased with cow’s and pig’s fat 13 / 25 Which of the following was the founder of All India Muslim League? 1. Maulana Mohammed Ali 2. Hasan Imam and Mazhar-ul-Haque 3. Agha Khan and Mohsin-ul-Mulk 4. Hakim Ajmal Khan and Zafar Ali Khan 14 / 25 Which of the following presided the first session of the Indian National Congress? 1. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. Wyomesh Chandra Bannerjee 3. AO Hume 4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 15 / 25 The first session of Congress was held in 1. Calcutta under the Presidentship of WC Bannerjee 2. Delhi under the Presidentship of AO Hume 3. Bombay under the Presidentship of WC Bannerjee 4. Lahore under the Presidentship of AO Hume 16 / 25 Which of the following was the first sepoy, who refused to use the greased cartridge and killed an Adjutant? 1. Hardev 2. Shiv Ram 3. Abdul Rahim 4. Mangal Pandey 17 / 25 Which of the following leaders was not the Moderate? 1. GK Gokhale 2. Lala Lajpat Rai 3. AO Hume 4. Surendranath Bannerjee 18 / 25 Which of the following was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress? 1. Abdul Kalam Azad 2. Hakim Ajmal Khan 3. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 4. Badruddin Tayabjee 19 / 25 Which of the following was secret society of revolutionaries organized by VD Savarkar in 1904? 1. Ghadar 2. Abhinav Bharat 3. Yugantar 4. Sandhya 20 / 25 Which of the following was the most outstanding representative of the Militant Nationalist School? 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2. Bipin Chandra Pal 3. Lala Lajpat Rai 4. Rajanarain Bose 21 / 25 Which of the following was known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’? 1. Rabindranath Tagore 2. Justice Ranade 3. Mahatma Gandhi 4. Dadabhai Naoroji 22 / 25 Which of the following launched the Home Rule Movement during 1915-16? 1. Annie Besant and BG Tilak separately 2. Annie Besant and Mahatma Gandhi together 3. Annie Besant and BG Tilak together 4. The Congress when Mrs Annie Besant was President 23 / 25 Which of the following was not one of the political associations to be set up during the Pre-Congress phase, before the Revolt of 1857? 1. The British Indian Association 2. Landholder’s Society at Calcutta 3. Madras Native Association 4. The Indian Association 24 / 25 Which of the following was not one of the major political causes of the Revolt of 1857? 1. The withdrawal of the pension of Nana Sahib 2. Lord Dalhousie’s policy of discriminate annexation and Doctrine of Lapse 3. After the defeat of the Sikhs and annexation of the Punjab, the properties of the Lahore, Durbar were auctioned and the Kohinoor was sent to England 4. The absence of sovereignship of British rule in India 25 / 25 What was the motto of Home Rule Movement? 1. None of the above 2. Complete Independence to India 3. Self-government for India 4. Introduction of Universal Adult Franchise Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz
