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