Q1. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Shyamji Krishna Verma?
(a) He was a native of Mandvi.
(b) He started a monthly journal ‘Indian Sociologist’.
(c) He established a hostel for Indian students in London which was called ‘India House’.
(d) He was the editor of Journal ‘Ghadar’.
Q2. Who addressed whom as the spiritual father of Indian Nationalism?
(a) Lala Hardayal – Tilak
(b) Subhashchandra Bose – Swami Vivekanand
(c) Bipinchandra Pal – Swami Dayanand Sarswati
(d) Balgangadhar Tilak – Madan Mohan Malviya
Q3. Which among the following statements with regard to Raja Rammohan Roy are correct?
1. He started the Atmiya Sabha
2. He wrote the Gift of Monotheist
3. He published the Precepts of Jesus
4. He founded the Brahmo Sabha
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 2, 3 and 4 only
(b) 1, 2, and 3 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q4. Which one among the following was not true about the Kerala king Martanda Verma?
(a) He ruled over Travancore
(b) He subdued the feudatories
(c) He gave heavy bribes to the European officers to maintain peace
(d) He organized a strong modern army
Q5. Consider the following statements:
1. The East India Company for the first time through the Charter Act of 1813, adopted a provision to spend one lakh rupees per annum for the spread of education in India.
2. The Wood's Dispatch of 1854 recommended the establishment of one university each in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras on the model of the London University.
Which one of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q6. The province where Indian National Congress did not form Ministry after the general election of 1937 was
(a) Odisha
(b) Bihar
(c) Madras
(d) Bengal
Q7. In which of the following jails, the book “Discovery of India” was written by Jawahar Lal Nehru?
(a) Ahmadnagar Fort Jail
(b) Alipur Central Jail
(c) Yervada Jail
(d) Deoli Camp Jail
Q8. The person who on April 4, 1919 delivered a speech on Hindu-Muslim Unity from the pulpit of Jama Masjid in Delhi was
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Mohammad Ali
(c) Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya
(d) Swami Shradhanand
Q9. The person who returned his token of honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919 was
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(c) Ravindranath Tagore
(d) Jamna Lal Bajaj
Q10. Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his Political Guru?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Feroz Shah Mehta
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q11. Who played an important role in signing of Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
(a) Moti Lal Nahru
(b) Madan Mohan Malviya
(c) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(d) Chintamani
Q12. During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India, were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Cheimsford
Q13. The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar took place on
(a) 1st June 1918
(b) 13th March 1919
(c) 12th April 1919
(d) 13th April 1919
Q14. Which of the following Acts was described by Jawahar Lal Nehru as ‘New Charter of Slavery’?
(a) Regulating Act 1773
(b) Government of India Act 1909
(c) Government of India Act 1919
(d) Government of India Act 1935
Q15. The Muslim League demanded separate Pakistan for the first time in the year
(a) 1939
(b) 1940
(c) 1941
(d) 1942
Solutions
1.D
2.B
3.D
4.C
5.C
6.D
7.A
8.D
9.C
10.D
11.C
12.B
13.D
14.D
15.B
