'Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it’ was said by

(a)

Bala Gangadhar Tilak

(b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

(c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

(d)

Bharathi

Who was called the ‘Grand Old Man of India?

(a)

Bala Gangadhar Tilak

(b)

M.K. Gandhi

(c)

Dadabhai Naoroji

(d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

Whose name was proposed as president by militant nationalists for the surat session of the Congress?

(a)

Aurobindo Ghose

(b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

(c)

Pherozesha Mehta

(d)

Lala Lajpat Rai

Which of the following statement is not true about Subramania Bharati?

(a)

Bharati was the sub-editor of Swadesamitran

(b)

He translated Tilak’s Tenets of the New Party into Tamil

(c)

Bharati’s Gurumani was Swami Vivekananda

(d)

He was editor of a woman’s magazine byname Chakravartini

The Lucknow session of 1916 is noted for

(a)

Resurgence of Muslim League

(b)

Temporary merger of Muslims League into Congress

(c)

Congress’ acceptance of League’s demand for separate electorates for Muslims

(d)

Jinnah’s negative role in the joint-session of the League and the Congress

The Ghadar Party was started by

(a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

(b)

A.C. Mazumdar

(c)

Lala Hardayal

(d)

Sankarlal Banker

Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Congress

(a)

There was no recommendation for bestowing dominion status on India in its report

(b)

It did not provide any safeguards for minorities

(c)

It had excluded Indians from its fold.

(d)

It did not hold any promise for total independence

Gandhi set out on the March and reached Dandi on _____

(a)

6th April 1930

(b)

6th March 1930

(c)

4th April 1939

(d)

4th March 1930

Who died in jail after 64 days of hunger strike?

(a)

Pulin Das

(b)

Sachin Sanyal

(c)

Jatindra Nath Das

(d)

Preet Waddadar

During the Mughal Period the Official and Court language was

(a)

Urdu

(b)

Hindi

(c)

Marathi

(d)

Persian

In the 1937 elections, Congress won in

(a)

12 Provinces

(b)

7 Provinces

(c)

5 Provinces

(d)

8 Provinces

The Muslim League celebrated the end of Congress rule as a Day of Deliverance on

(a)

22 December 1940

(b)

5 February 1939

(c)

23 March 1937

(d)

22 December 1939

Assertion: The institution of separate electorate was the principle adopted by the British Government for fostering and spreading communalism.
Reason: The people were split into separate constituencies so that they voted communally.

(a)

A is correct, R is not the correct explanation of A

(b)

A is correct, R is wrong

(c)

A and R are wrong

(d)

A is correct, R is the correct explanation of A

The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of

(a)

Lord Wavell

(b)

Lord Linlithgow

(c)

Lord Mountbatten

(d)

None of these

Assertion: Quit India Movement could not achieve its goal.
Reason: The government of the day adopted a very repressive policy.

(a)

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b)

Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

(c)

A is true but R is false

(d)

A is false but R is true

Name the British Prime Minister who announced the transfer of power to the Indian hands?

(a)

Winston Churchill

(b)

Lord Mountbatten

(c)

Clement Attlee

(d)

F.D. Roosevelt

Who was the first to raise the demand for Andhra province?

(a)

Potti Sriramulu

(b)

Pattabhi Sitaramayya

(c)

K.M. Panikkar

(d)

T. Prakasam

The adoption of the Constitution was on

(a)

January 30, 1949

(b)

August 15, 1947

(c)

January 30, 1949

(d)

November 26, 1949

Government of India was committed to a_________ pattern of development

(a)

Capitalistic

(b)

Socialistic

(c)

Theocratic

(d)

Industrial

Bhoodan movement was started by _________

(a)

Ram Manohar Lohia

(b)

Jayaprakash Narayan

(c)

Vinoba Bhave

(d)

Sundar Lal Bahuguna

Which one of the following had relegated religion to a subordinate place?

(a)

Renaissance

(b)

Reformation

(c)

Geographical Discovery

(d)

Commercial Revolution

Which one of the following was not the work of Leonardo da Vinci?

(a)

Virgin of the Rocks

(b)

Last Supper

(c)

Mona Lisa

(d)

Madonna and Child

Who was the ruler of Germany excommunicated by Gregory VII?

(a)

Henry VII

(b)

Henry VIII

(c)

Henry II

(d)

Henry IV

Boston Tea Party incident took place in the year _________

(a)

1775

(b)

1773

(c)

1784

(d)

1799

The noble who led the protest that led to Tennis Court Oath was _________

(a)

Marat

(b)

Danton

(c)

Lafayette

(d)

Mirabeau

The liberator of Argentina was ___________

(a)

San Martin

(b)

Dom Pedro

(c)

Bernardo O’Higgins

(d)

Marina Morelos

Labour Unions were legalised in England in__________

(a)

1815

(b)

1822

(c)

1824

(d)

1827

 The Seven Weeks’ War was fought between__________

(a)

Denmark and Prussia

(b)

Piedmont-Sardinia and Austria

(c)

France and Prussia

(d)

Austria and Prussia

Tariff Act, 1879 was enacted by _________

(a)

Germany

(b)

France

(c)

Britain

(d)

USA

Assertion: The Great Depression which affected the entire world had made no impact on USSR.
Reason: Land was declared as social property and distributed among poor Peasants.

(a)

A and R are correct. R explains A.

(b)

A and R are correct but R does not explain A.

(c)

A is correct but R is wrong.

(d)

A is wrong. R is correct.

_______ emerged as the most powerful Industrial country in continental Europe towards the close of nineteenth century.

(a)

France

(b)

Spain

(c)

Germany

(d)

Austria

Which one of the following was not the result of the Second World War?

(a)

Second World War was fatal to many European monarchies.

(b)

The Labour Party government in Britain established a welfare state.

(c)

The struggle against Fascism ended in the triumph of Imperialism

(d)

The United States and Soviet Russia emerged as two super powers in the world.

By the end of 1947 the only country left out of the Soviet influence in eastern Europe was _______

(a)

East Germany

(b)

Czechoslovakia

(c)

Greece

(d)

Turkey

The aim of the Baghdad Pact was to _________

(a)

protect England’s leadership in the Middle East

(b)

exploit the oil resources in the region

(c)

prevent communist influence

(d)

destabilise the government in Iraq

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
Statement I: The Birth of UNO coincided  with the beginning of Cold War.
Statement II: During the Cold War period, the UNO played an important role in preventing wars.
Statement III: But in disputes involving the permanent members of the Security Council, the UNO was a mute spectator.

(a)

I, II

(b)

II, III

(c)

I, III

(d)

All the above