Find the odd one.

(a)

William Jones

(b)

Charles Wilkins

(c)

Max Muller

(d)

Aurobindo Ghose

Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following associations?
(i) East India Association
(ii) Madras Mahajana Sabha
(iii) Madras Native Association
(iv) India Society
Select the answer from the codes given below:

(a)

ii, i, iii, iv

(b)

ii, iii, i, iv

(c)

iii, iv, i, ii

(d)

iii, iv, ii, i

Which of the following statements are correct on Orissa famine?
Statement I: In 1866 a million and a half people of Orissa died of starvation.
Statement II: During that time the British exported 200 million pounds of rice to Britain.
Statement III: The Orissa famine prompted Dadabai Naoroji to begin a life long investigation of poverty in India.

(a)

I & II

(b)

I & III

(c)

None of the above

(d)

All of the above

Match List I and List II and select answer with the help of the codes given below.

List I	List II
A. Indian Press Act 1910	1. Self-rule
B. Dawn Society	2. a revolt against their state of dependence
C. Swaraj	3. crushed the nationalistic activities
D. Swadeshi	4. The National Council of education

(a)

A	B	C	D
3	1	4	2

(b)

A	B	C	D
1	2	3	4

(c)

A	B	C	D
3	4	1	2

(d)

A	B	C	D
1	2	4	3

Assertion: V.O. Chidambaram established a Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company.
Reason: He wanted to oppose the monopoly of the British in navigation through the coast.

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

A is correct and R is wrong

(d)

A is wrong and R is correct

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

Which of the following about Annie Besant are correct?
1. Annie Besant was elected the international president of the Theosophical Society, after Col. H.S. Olcott.
2. She started a weekly The Commonweal in 1914.
3. She published a book How India Wrought for Freedom in 1915.

(a)

1 and 2

(b)

2 and 3

(c)

1 and 3

(d)

1, 2 and 3

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

Who was the president of the first All-India Trade Union Congress?

(a)

B.P. Wadia

(b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

(c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

(d)

C.R. Das

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

Which of the following is/are not true?
i) Gandhiji established Sabarmathi Ashram at Ahmedabad.
ii) Vallabhai Patel was a lawer
iii) Simon Commission was welcomed by the Muslim League
iv) Gandhiji attended the Second Round Table Conference
Choose the answer from the code given below

(a)

i

(b)

i and iv

(c)

ii and iii

(d)

only iii

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

The First Cotton Mill in Bombay was started in

(a)

1852

(b)

1854

(c)

1861

(d)

1865

Who among the following was arrested in the Kanpur Conspiracy Case?

(a)

M.N. Roy

(b)

Baghat Singh

(c)

S.A. Dange

(d)

Ram Prasad Bismil

During the Mughal Period the Official and Court language was

(a)

Urdu

(b)

Hindi

(c)

Marathi

(d)

Persian

The Two Nation Theory first came from

(a)

Rajaji

(b)

Ramsay MacDonald

(c)

Mohammad Iqbal

(d)

Sir Wazir Hasan

Wavell was succeeded by

(a)

Linlithgow

(b)

Pethic Lawrence

(c)

Mountbatten

(d)

Chelmsford

The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of

(a)

Lord Wavell

(b)

Lord Linlithgow

(c)

Lord Mountbatten

(d)

None of these

Who ran clandestine radio operations at Bombay during the Quit India Movement?

(a)

Usha Mehta

(b)

Preeti Waddadar

(c)

Asaf Ali

(d)

Captain Lakshmii

Which Viceroy convened the ‘Simla Conference’ in 1945?

(a)

Lord Wavell

(b)

Lord Linlithgow

(c)

Lord Mountbatten

(d)

Clement Attlee

Arrange the following in chronological order.
(i) Atlee’s announcement on India’s independence
(ii) Interim Government under Nehru
(iii) Lord Mountbatten Plan
Choose the answer from the codes given below:

(a)

ii, i, iii

(b)

i, ii, iii

(c)

iii, ii, i

(d)

ii, iii, i

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 first State formed on linguistic basis was

(a)

Kashmir

(b)

Assam

(c)

Andhra

(d)

Orissa

Government of India was committed to a_________ pattern of development

(a)

Capitalistic

(b)

Socialistic

(c)

Theocratic

(d)

Industrial

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in the year ________

(a)

2005

(b)

2006

(c)

2007

(d)

2008

When was Tata Institute of Fundamental Research established?

(a)

1905

(b)

1921

(c)

1945

(d)

1957

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

(a)

Renaissance

(b)

Reformation

(c)

Geographical Discovery

(d)

Commercial Revolution

Who wanted humankind to be ruled not by dogma and authority but rather by reason?

(a)

Dante

(b)

Machiavelli

(c)

Roger Bacon

(d)

Petrarch

Who conquered Mexico for Spain?

(a)

Pedro Cabral

(b)

Columbus

(c)

Hernan Cortes

(d)

James Cook

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

__________ city acquired the nickname “Cottonopolis’’.

(a)

Manchester

(b)

Lancashire

(c)

Liverpool

(d)

Glasgow

Napoleon was exiled first time to__________

(a)

Elba

(b)

St. Helena

(c)

Corsica

(d)

Waterloo

Louis Napoleon, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, assumed the title __________

(a)

Napoleon II

(b)

Napoleon III

(c)

Duke of Orleans

(d)

Napoleon IV

 __________ delivered a series of Addresses to the German Nation.

(a)

Johann von Herder

(b)

Friedrich Schliegel

(c)

J.G. Fichte

(d)

Otto von Bismarck

'An inquiry into the Nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations' was authored by ________

(a)

Adam smith

(b)

Thomas Paine

(c)

Quesnay

(d)

Karl Marx

The new state of Albania was created based on the _________

(a)

Treaty of Bucharest, 1913

(b)

Treaty of Versailles, 1919

(c)

Treaty of London, 1913

(d)

Treaty of St. Germaine

What was the name of journal Mussolini edited?

(a)

Avanti

(b)

Pravda

(c)

Marxist

(d)

Mein Kampf

In which year did Japan invade and seize Manchuria from China?

(a)

1931

(b)

1932

(c)

1933

(d)

1934

In 1939 Germany signed Non-aggression pact with _______

(a)

Austria

(b)

Italy

(c)

Russia

(d)

Britain

Which one of the following was not a declaration of the Potsdam conference?

(a)

East Prussia to be divided into two parts: northern part going to the Soviet Union, and the southern art to Poland.

(b)

Poland to receive the former free city of Danzig.

(c)

Germany to be divided into four occupation zones to be governed by the USSR, Great Britain, the United States and France

(d)

Trieste was to be divided into Zone A and Zone B. Zone A went to Italy, while zone B was awarded to Yugoslavia.

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

Truman doctrine advocated ______

(a)

financial aid to stop the spread of communism

(b)

supply of weapons to the insurgents in colonies

(c)

interference in internal affairs of east European countries

(d)

permanent army to UN under US Commander

The first Summit of NAM was held at ________

(a)

Belgrade

(b)

Beijing

(c)

Bandung

(d)

Pali

Nationalism means

(a)

loyalty and devotion

(b)

culture

(c)

struggles

(d)

property in land

Which of the following statements are correct.
Statement I: The growth of newspapers, both in English and Tamil language, aided the swadeshi movement in Tamil Nadu.
Statement II: G. Subramaniam was one of the first among the leaders to use newspapers to spread the nationalist message across a larger audience.
Statement III: In 1916 a book was published by Subramaniam to condemn the British actions during the Congress Conference in Barsal.

(a)

I & II

(b)

I & III

(c)

None of the above

(d)

All ofthe above

Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood immediately after.

(a)

The Kheda Satyagraha

(b)

Champran' Movement

(c)

Non-Brahman Movement

(d)

the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre

The policy or technique of refraining from the use of violence.

(a)

Non-violence

(b)

untouchablity

(c)

civil liberties

(d)

fundamental Rights

A desire to revive a former customs or practice

(a)

communalism

(b)

nationalism

(c)

revivalism

(d)

imperialism