Q.1 Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama:
- Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907.
- Madam Cam served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
- Madam Cama was born to a Parsi.
Which of the statement (s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 3 only
Q.2 Which Portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?
(a) Defence
(b) External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
(c) Food and Agriculture
(d) None of the above
Q.3 Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal.
Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
(a) Both A are R are true but R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Q.4 Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?
(a) The Arms Act
(b) The Public Safety Act
(c) The Rowlatt Act
(d) The Vernacular Press Act
Q.5 At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bardoli
(c) Champaran
(d) Kheda
Q.6 The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
(a) Rajni Kanta sen
(b) Dwijendrala Ray
(c) Mukunda Das
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Q.7 Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) M G Ranade
(c) G K Gokhale
(d) BG Tilak
Q.8 During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Rashbehari Bose
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) V D Savarkar
Q.9 Who suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy Executive Council in which all the Portfolios Including that of War members were to be held by the Indian leaders?
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Shimla Conference
(c) Cripps Proposal
(d) Cabinet Mission
Q.10 Who gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New lamps for old?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) R C Dutt
(c) Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Viraraghavachari
| Answer key | |
| 1 | B |
| 2 | C |
| 3 | C |
| 4 | C |
| 5 | C |
| 6 | D |
| 7 | C |
| 8 | C |
| 9 | B |
| 10 | A |