Q.1 Consider the following statements:
Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the:
- Abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provinces
- Power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own
- abolition of the principle of communal representation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1,2 and 3
Q.2 Consider the following statements:
- The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta
- The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the Presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji
- Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow pact
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
Q.3 Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru, M.A. Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were members of the Constituent Assembly of India
(c) The First Session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held in January, 1947
(d) The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th January, 1950
Q.4 The Montague-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of:
(a) The Indian Councils Act, 1909
(b) The Government of India Act, 1919
(c) The Government of India Act, 1935
(d) The Indian Independence Act, 1947
Q.5 During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?
(a) Mazharul Haque
(b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(d) Abdul Kalam Azad
Q.6 The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:
(a) Tej Bahadur sapru
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan
Q.7 Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle:
- Chauri – Chaura Outrage
- Minto – Morley Reforms
- Dandi March
- Montagu – Chelmsford Reforms
Which one of the following in the correct chronological order of the events above?
(a) 1,3,2,4
(b) 2,4,1,3
(c) 1,4,2,3
(d) 2,3,1,4
Q.8 Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I based?
(a) Central America
(b) North America
(c) West America
(d) South America
Q.9 Consider the following statements:
- Asked the government servants to resign
- Asked the soldiers to leave their posts
- Asked the Princes of the Princely states to accept the sovereignty of their own people.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 1,2 and 3
Q.10 In which one of the following provinces was a Congress ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?
(a) Bihar
(b) Madras
(c) Orissa
(d) Punjab
| Answer key | |
| 1 | B |
| 2 | C |
| 3 | A |
| 4 | B |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | C |
| 7 | B |
| 8 | B |
| 9 | C |
| 10 | D |