Find the odd one.

(a)

William Jones

(b)

Charles Wilkins

(c)

Max Muller

(d)

Aurobindo Ghose

Who was called the ‘Grand Old Man of India?

(a)

Bala Gangadhar Tilak

(b)

M.K. Gandhi

(c)

Dadabhai Naoroji

(d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

Assertion: Dadabhai Naoroji was elected thrice as the President of the Indian National Congress.
Reason: The Indian National Movement upto 1905 was dominated by Constitutionalists.

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

A is true but R is false

(d)

A is false but R is true

Anushilan Samity of Calcutta was founded by

(a)

Pulin Behari Das

(b)

Hemachandra Kanungo

(c)

Jatindernath Banerjee and Barindar Kumar Ghose

(d)

Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki

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 Ghadar Party was started by

(a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

(b)

A.C. Mazumdar

(c)

Lala Hardayal

(d)

Sankarlal Banker

After returning from South Africa Gandhi launched his first successful Satyagraha in

(a)

Kheda

(b)

Dandi

(c)

Champaran

(d)

Bardoli

What was the name of the party formed by Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das in 1923?

(a)

Swaraj Party

(b)

Ghadar Party

(c)

Swantara Party

(d)

Communist Party

Which of the following is not correctly paired?

(a)

Lt. Governor of Punjab - Reginad Dyer

(b)

Dalit-Bahujan Movement - Dr. Ambedkar

(c)

Self Respect Movement - Periyar E.V.R.

(d)

Satyagraha Sabha - Rowlatt Act

Which of the undermentioned personality is unrelated to Swaraj Party?

(a)

Rajaji

(b)

Chitaranjan Das

(c)

Motilal Nehru

(d)

Sathya murthi

Kalpana Dutt was associated with

(a)

Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

(b)

Bengal Association

(c)

Communist Party of India

(d)

Indian Republican Army

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

The first passenger train ran in 1853 between

(a)

Madras – Arakkonam

(b)

Bombay – Pune

(c)

Bombay – Thane

(d)

Kolkata – Hoogly

Assertion: The Bengal government’s order of 1870 created apprehension in the minds of Muslim professional groups.
Reason: It replaced Urdu by Hindi and the Perso-Arabic script in the courts and offices.

(a)

A is correct R does not explain A

(b)

A is correct and R explains A

(c)

A is wrong and R is correct

(d)

Both A and R are wrong

In the 1937 elections, Congress won in

(a)

12 Provinces

(b)

7 Provinces

(c)

5 Provinces

(d)

8 Provinces

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

Mahatma Gandhi gave the call ‘Do or Die’ during the

(a)

Civil Disobedience Movement

(b)

Non-Cooperation Movement

(c)

Quit India Movement

(d)

All of the above

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement started in 1942?

(a)

Lord Wavell

(b)

Lord Linlithgow

(c)

Lord Mountbatten

(d)

Winston Churchill

Which Viceroy convened the ‘Simla Conference’ in 1945?

(a)

Lord Wavell

(b)

Lord Linlithgow

(c)

Lord Mountbatten

(d)

Clement Attlee

British had their intention to leave India by

(a)

August 15, 1947

(b)

January 26, 1950

(c)

June, 1948

(d)

December, 1949

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

(a)

Potti Sriramulu

(b)

Pattabhi Sitaramayya

(c)

K.M. Panikkar

(d)

T. Prakasam

Assertion: Radcliffe’s award contained all kinds of anomalies.
Reason: Despite anomalies the award was accepted by all stakeholders.

(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

The adoption of the Constitution was on

(a)

January 30, 1949

(b)

August 15, 1947

(c)

January 30, 1949

(d)

November 26, 1949

When was the first amendment to the constitution of India made?

(a)

1951

(b)

1952

(c)

1976

(d)

1978

Land Ceiling Act in Tamilnadu was for the second time implemented in the year _________

(a)

1961

(b)

1972

(c)

1976

(d)

1978

The Industrial Development and Regulation Act was passed in the year _________

(a)

1951

(b)

1961

(c)

1971

(d)

1972

How many public sector enterprises were functioning in India in 1951?

(a)

5

(b)

7

(c)

6

(d)

225

Whose success encouraged overseas enterprises enormously?

(a)

Marco Polo

(b)

Roger Bacon

(c)

Columbus

(d)

Bartholomew Diaz

Who came to Italy seeking the help of the West in the war against the Turks?

(a)

Giovanni Aurispa

(b)

Manuel Chrysaloras

(c)

Roger Bacon

(d)

Columbus

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(a)

Marlowe - Dido

(b)

Shakespeare - King Lear

(c)

Francis Bacon - Novum Organum

(d)

Roger Bacon - Decameron

Assertion: England passed the Navigation Acts.
Reason: The Act mandated that colonial produce should be exported only in British ships.

(a)

Both A and R are correct, R explains A

(b)

Both A and R are correct, R does not explain A

(c)

A is correct but R is wrong

(d)

A is wrong but R is correct

Which of the following statement/s is/are Correct?

Statement I:	The peasantry made up the bulk of French society.
Statement II:	The peasants in France were serfs.
Statement III:	The peasants had to work certain days in the week for their lords for remuneration.

(a)

I and II

(b)

II and III

(c)

I and III

(d)

All are Correct

During the French Revolution  _________  was dissatisfied with the Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen, as it excluded women.

(a)

Olympe de Gouges

(b)

Mary Antoinette

(c)

Roget de Lisle

(d)

Robespierre

The liberator of Argentina was ___________

(a)

San Martin

(b)

Dom Pedro

(c)

Bernardo O’Higgins

(d)

Marina Morelos

Napoleon was defeated by the allied forces of British, Belgians and Prussians at Waterloo in__________

(a)

France

(b)

Germany

(c)

Belgium

(d)

Italy

The author of Code de la Nature is __________

(a)

Charles Fourier

(b)

Étienne-Gabriel Morally

(c)

Saint Simon

(d)

Bakunin

 __________ delivered a series of Addresses to the German Nation.

(a)

Johann von Herder

(b)

Friedrich Schliegel

(c)

J.G. Fichte

(d)

Otto von Bismarck

 England decided on free trade policy in _________

(a)

1833

(b)

1836

(c)

1843

(d)

1858

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

The first Secretary General of the League of Nations Eric Drummond belonged to _________

(a)

France

(b)

South Africa

(c)

Britain

(d)

USA

Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, a plebiscite was to be held in _________ in January 1935.

(a)

Sudetenland

(b)

Rhineland

(c)

Saar

(d)

Alsace

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.

The dispute that led to the Spanish-American War in 1898 was on _________

(a)

Cuba

(b)

the Philippines

(c)

Puerto Rico

(d)

Batavia

Marshall aid was for the purpose of _________

(a)

Economic reconstruction of Europe

(b)

Protection of capitalistic enterprises.

(c)

Establishment of American hegemony in Europe

(d)

forming a military alliance against Soviet Russia

The term “Third World” was coined by ________

(a)

Alfred Sauvy

(b)

Marshall

(c)

Molotov

(d)

Harry Truman

On 24 October 1945, the UNO came into existence with _______

(a)

100 members

(b)

72 members

(c)

51 members

(d)

126 members

Soviet Union disintegrated on _________

(a)

November 17, 1991

(b)

December 8, 1991

(c)

May 1, 1991

(d)

October 17, 1991