NDA History and Geography - Modern India
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
- (a)
Charter Act of 1853 : To regulate company's affairs
- (b)
Charter Act of 1833 : Company's debt taken over by the Government of India
- (c)
Charter Act of 1813 : Company's monopoly of trade with India ended
- (d)
The Pitt's India Act of 1784 : Board of control to guide and control company's affairs.
Match the following:
List I | List II |
---|---|
A.Permanent Settlement | 1.Parts of Madras and Bombay Presidencies |
B. Ryotwari Settlement | 2.Gangetic valley, North-West Provinces, Punjab |
C.Mahalwari Settlement | 3.Bengal and Bihar |
- (a)
A B C 1 2 3 - (b)
A B C 3 1 2 - (c)
A B C 3 2 1 - (d)
A B C 2 1 3
Which among the following was the reason of the resignations of the Indian Ministers in all the provinces in the year 1939?
- (a)
The Governors refused to act constitutional heads
- (b)
The Centre did not provide the required financial help to provinces
- (c)
The Governor-General converted Indian help to provinces
- (d)
India was declared a party to the World War II without the consent of the provincial government
Match the following
List I | List II |
---|---|
A. Independent | 1. MK Gandhi |
B. Hindu | 2. Motilal Nehru |
C. Maratha | 3. G Subramanya Iyer |
D. New Delhi | 4. BG Tilak |
E. Young India | 5. Annie Besant |
- (a)
A B C D E 1 2 3 4 5 - (b)
A B C D E 5 4 3 2 1 - (c)
A B C D E 2 3 4 1 5 - (d)
A B C D E 5 4 2 3 1
Which of the following was the earliest public association to be formed in Modern India?
- (a)
The Madras Native Association
- (b)
The British Indian Association
- (c)
The Bengal British Indian Society
- (d)
The Landholder's Society
After Bengal, the English seemed the right of duty-free trade in the dominion of
- (a)
Raja of Banaras
- (b)
Nawab of Awadh
- (c)
The Nizam of Hyderabad
- (d)
The Jats of Bharatpur
Match the following
List I (Newspapers/Jour nals) |
List II (Editors) |
---|---|
A. Bengal Gazette | 1.Harish Chandra Mukherjee |
B.Sabad Kaumudi | 2.Raja Rammohan Rai |
C.Rast Foftar | 3.James Augustus Hickey |
D.The Hindu Patriot | 4.Dadabhai Naoroji |
- (a)
A B C D 3 2 4 1 - (b)
A B C D 3 1 4 2 - (c)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (d)
A B C D 4 1 2 3
Consider the following statements
1.Lord Ripon usually said, "Judge me by my works and not by my words'.
2.Lord Lansdowne passed the age of Consent Act which forbade marriage of girl below 12 years.
3.Lord Irwin was responsible for creation of a new province called the North-West Frontier Province.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
Only 3
- (c)
All of these
- (d)
None of these
Match the followings
List I | List II |
---|---|
A.Asiatic Society of Bengal | 1.John Eillot Drinkwale |
B.Anglo-Hindu College | 2.Willim Jones |
C.Bethune School | 3.Raja Rammohan Roy |
D.Cental Hindu College at Banaras | 4.Madan Mohan Malaviya |
- (a)
A B C D 1 3 2 4 - (b)
A B C D 4 3 2 1 - (c)
A B C D 2 3 1 4 - (d)
A B C D 1 2 3 4
The interest of the British Government of India in Afganistan in the 19th century came about in order to
- (a)
make use of the natural resources of Afganistan
- (b)
ensure that the Russian empire did not have an influence over Afganistan
- (c)
increase the reach of the British empire
- (d)
establish a monopoly over the markets of Afganistan
Who among the following was not associated with the activities of the Theosophical Society?
- (a)
Madame HP Blavatsky
- (b)
Mr AO Hume
- (c)
Col HS Olcott
- (d)
Mrs Annie Besant
Consider the following statements
1.Battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their in India.
2.The Treaty of Allahabad, concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are corrcet?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was now of the first cities. Which of the following villages were amalgamated to form the city of Calcutta?
- (a)
Midnapur, Chittagong, Burdwan
- (b)
24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
- (c)
Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
- (d)
Midnapur, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur
Consider the following statements about the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1918.
1.It was related to a dispute between the workers and the European mill owners regarding hours of work.
2.Gandhiji advised the workers to go on strike
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
Which one among the following statements regarding the social and religious reform ideas of Raja Rammohan Roy is not correct?
- (a)
His efforts led to the formation of Brahmo Samaj in 1828
- (b)
He considered different religions as embodiments of universal theism
- (c)
His Vedantic monism was strengthened after 1815 since an exposure to Christian Unitarianism
- (d)
He paid attention exclusively to the problems/Issues of the emerging middle class of India.
Consider the following statements about Dr Ram Manohar Lohia
1.He believed the Satyagraha without constructive work is like a sentence without a verb.
2.He wrote his PhD thesis paper on the topic of Salt Satyagraha, focusing on Mahatma Gandhi's socio-economic theory.
3.He recognised that caste, more than class was the hge stumbling block to India's progress.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
All of these
Which among the following are the five principles of peaceful co-existence of Panchsheel as outlined by Jawaharlal Nehru?
- (a)
Mutual respect, military collaboration, economic collaboration, de-colonisation and territorial integrity
- (b)
Mutual respect for each other territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference, equality and mutual benefit and peaceful co-existence
- (c)
Peaceful co-existence, economic collaboration cultural interaction, territorial integrity and decolonisation
- (d)
Disarmament, peaceful co-existence, economic collaboration, cultural interaction and territorial integrity.
Who of the following evolved the subsidiary alliance system?
- (a)
Wellesley
- (b)
Cornwallis
- (c)
Dalhousie
- (d)
Warren Hastings
Who was the Governor - General when the 1857 Revolt broke out?
- (a)
Canning
- (b)
Hastings
- (c)
Dalhousie
- (d)
Curzon
The large scale expression of the Militant Nationalism for the first time, was against
- (a)
Official Secrets Acts, 1904
- (b)
The Indian Council Act, 1892
- (c)
Partition of Bengal, 1905
- (d)
Seditious Meetings Act, 1907
Who opposed to the formation of ministries by the Congress?
- (a)
Abdul Gaffar Khan
- (b)
Mahatma Gandhi
- (c)
Jawaharlal Nehru
- (d)
All of the above
Which of the following movements was launched along with the Khilafat Movement?
- (a)
Non - Cooperation Movement
- (b)
Civil Disobedience Movement
- (c)
Home Rule Movement
- (d)
Swadeshi Movement
In which of the following years was the Quit India Movement launched?
- (a)
1945
- (b)
1942
- (c)
1939
- (d)
1931
The Indians celebrated the Independence Day for the first time on
- (a)
26th January, 1950
- (b)
15th August, 1947
- (c)
1st January, 1930
- (d)
26th January, 1930
Consider the following statements
1. Morley-Minto reforms ended the official majority in State Legislative Assemblies.
2. Despite the Government of India Act, 1909 the non-officials were elected to local bodies indirectly.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
Match the following:
List I (Book/Journal) | List II (Author/Editor) |
A. Vande Mataram | 1. Aurobindo Ghosh |
B. New India | 2. Mahatma Gandhi |
C. India Today | 3. Bipin Chandra Pal |
D. Young India | 4. R P Dutt |
- (a)
A B C D 1 4 3 2 - (b)
A B C D 1 3 4 2 - (c)
A B C D 2 3 4 1 - (d)
A B C D 2 4 3 1
Consider the following statements
"No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress, if the founder of the Congress had not been a great Englishman and a distinguished ex-official, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that the authority would have at once found some way or the other to suppress the movement."
Who among the following gave the statement on the establishment of Indian National Congress?
- (a)
W Wedderburn
- (b)
GK Gokhale
- (c)
R Palme Dutt
- (d)
Allan Octavia Hume
William Bentinck attempted to reform Hindu society by suppressing/abolishing social evils. Which one among the following was not included in them?
- (a)
Sati
- (b)
Infanticide
- (c)
Thugee
- (d)
Slavery
Consider the following statements
1. Charles Wood's Despatch of 1854 laid exclusive emphasis on the development of higher education in India and neglected primary and secondary education.
2. The Carlyle Circular issued by RW Carlyle sought to check the spread of revolutionary activities in educational institutions.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
Rajmohan Gandhi's book 'A Tale of Two Revolts' (2009) deals with the
- (a)
Taiping and Indigo revolts
- (b)
Revolt of 1857 and the American Civil War
- (c)
Revolt of 1857 and the Deccan Uprising
- (d)
American Civil War and Santhal Uprising