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Test- Modern History

Total Marks =100 (50 × 2) Timing: 1hr

Negative Marking = 1/3

1. Which one was the main cause behind non- Which of the provisions mentioned above were
cooperation movement- recommended by Nehru Reports?
a. Jillian Wala bagh massacre a. 3, 4 b. 2, 3, 4
b. Rawlett Act c. 1, 3, 4 d. 1, 2,3 , 4
c. Khilafat issue 7. Which of the following movements could not have
d. Hunter Commission Report been withdrawn by the congress formally?
2. Put the following incidents in chronological order a. Home Rule Movement
and ascending manner – b. Non-cooperation movement
1. Partition of Bengal c. Civil Disobedience Movement
2. The objective of Swarajya adopted by d. Quit India Movement
the Congress 8. Which of the session or sessions is/are supposed
3. Calcutta University Act to be associated with pro-peasant programme -
a. 1, 2, 3 b. 2, 1, 3 1. Karachi session-1929
c 3, 1, 2 d. 3, 2, 1 2. Lucknow session -1936
3. When Mountbatten came to India in March 1947, 3. Faizpur session-1940
he came with following agenda- a. Only 1 b. Only 2
a. He would try to enforce the Cabinet Mission c. 1, 2 d. 1, 2, 3
Plan. 9. In which session of the Congress Planning
b. He would terminate Cabinet Mission Plan and Committee was formed?
replace it with a new plan. a. Lucknow b. Faizpur
c. To implement partition of India. c. Haripura d. Tripuri
d. To persuade Jinnah to accept partition of 10. According to Redcliff formula for the partition, in
Bengal and that of Punjab. which of the following states legislative assembly
4. Which of the statement/statements is/are correct was not given the right to decide its fate-
about Sawrjya Party? a. Punjab
1. Chitranjan Das and Motilal Nehru came to b. Sind
realize that a long path of the confrontation c. North West Frontier Province
with the British would delay the process of d. Bengal
swarjya. 11. Which of the revolutionary/revolutionaries was/
2. The issue of Khilafat would be detrimental to were associated with Gadar Party?
national politics. 1. Bhai Parmanand
a. Only 1 b. Only 2 2. Sohan Singh Bhakhana
c. 1, 2 d. Neither 1 or 2 3. Yogesh Chandra Chatterjee
5. Which of the following statement/statements is/ 4. Lala Hardayal
are correct about Linlithgo proposal? a. 1, 2 b. Only 4
1. There would have been the formation of c. 1, 2, 4 d. 1, 2, 3, 4
interim government at the centre. 12. Which one was/were the part of Mountbatten
2. There was a provision for a war advisory Plan?
council. 1. Formation of a boundary commission
3. There was a provision for a Constituent 2. Distribution of fund between India and
Assembly after the war. Pakistan.
a. Only 3 b. Only 2, 3 3. Transfer of population from one region to another.
c. Only 1, 2 d. 1, 2, 3 a. Only 1 b. Only 2
6. Read the following choices- c. 1, 2, 3 d. 1, 2
1. A federal system in which the actual power 13. Who was the Congress President at the time of
was vested in states. Cripps Mission and Cabinet Mission?
2. Fundamental Rights (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Responsible government (b) Vallabh Bhai Patel
4. Joint electorate between Hindus and Muslims. (c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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14. At the appeal of which congress leader naval 21. Consider the following statements:
mutineers at Bombay surrendered : Some of the main features of the Government of
(a) Gandhi (b) Nehru India Act, 1935 were the:
(c) Patel (d) Azad 1. Abolition of diarchy in the provinces.
15. Who was the first woman Congress President of 2. Power of the Governors to Veto legislative
Indian National Congress? action and to legislate on their own.
(a) Sarojini Naidu 3. Abolition of the principle of communal
(b) Sucheta Kriplani representation.
(c) Raj KumariAmrit Kaur Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(d) Anni Besant (a) 1 Only (b) 1 and 2
16. In the elections of 1937, the Muslim League could (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
form the government in which provinces mentioned 22. According to Mountbatten Plan in which region
below? plebicite had to be conducted in order to decide its
(a) Punjab and Bengal future?
b) Sind and Bengal 1. Punjab 2. NWFP
(c) Punjab and Assam 3. Bengal 4. Sylhet
(d) None of the Above (a) 1, 3 (b) 2, 4
17. Arrange the following in correct chronological (c) 1, 2, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4
order - 23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
1. Holding of Simla Conference by Wavell. answer using codes given below the lists:
2. The death of Subhas Chandra Bose in an air List-I List-II
crash. A. Chittagong
3. Trial of three INA officers in Red Fort. Armoury Raid 1. Kalpana Dutta
(a) 3,2,1 (b) 1,3,2 B. Abhinav Bharat 2. Guru Ram Singh
(c) 2,3,1 (d) 1, 2,3 C. Anushilan Samiti 3. Vinayak Damodar
18. ‘Plan Balkan’ introduced by Mountbatten referred to- Savarkar
a. The proposal of dividing country at three D. Kuka Movement 4. Aurobindo Ghosh
levels. Codes:
b. The proposal in which transfer of power was (a) A-1; B-3; C-4; D-2
to be made to various states . (b) A-1; B-3; C-3; D-4
c. Clear rejection of the partition of India. (c) A-3; B-1; C-2; D-4
d. The proposal in which power was to be (d) A-3; B-1; C-4; D-2
transferred to the League and the Congress in 24. The Hunter Commission was appointed after the-
a time bound manner. (a) Black-hole incident
19. “I think the only solution of various problems of (b) Jalianwalla Bagh massacre
world and India lies in socialism and when I use (c) Uprising of 1857
this term I use it not as a humanist but in its scientific (d) Partition of Bengal
and economic meaning”. The above statement was 25. Who among the following organized the famous
made by which of the following leaders. Chittagong Armoury raid?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (a) Laxmi Sehgal
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose (b) Surya Sen
(c) M. N. Roy (c) Batukeshwar Datta
(d) P. C. Joshi (d) J.M. Sengupta
20. Communists were involved with which of the 26. Consider the following statements:
conspiracy case - 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when the
1. Kanpur conspiracy case Shimla conference took place.
2. Meerut conspiracy case 2. Indian Naval Mutiny, 1946 occured when the
3. Lahore conspiracy case Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at
4. Peshawar conspiracy case Bombay rose against the Government.
(a) Only 1 Which of the statements given above is/are
(b) 1, 2, 3 correct?
(c) 1, 2, 4 (a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d)Neither 1 nor 2

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27. The “Instrument of Instructions” contained in the A B C D

Government of India Act, 1935 have been (a) 1 2 4 3
incorporated in the Constitution of India in year (b) 2 1 4 3
1950 as: (c) 2 4 3 1
(a) Fundamental Rights (d) 1 4 3 2
(b) Directive Principles of State Policy 33. Which of the movements enjoyed the support of
(c) Extent of executive power of state Hindu-Muslim unity?
(d) Conduct of business of the Government of 1. Non-Cooperation movement
India. 2. Civil Disobedience Movement
28. Which of the Congress leaders mentioned below 3. Quit India Movement
gave support to the formation of the Congress (a) Only 1 (b) 1, 2
Socialist Party (CSP) but not himself became a (c) 1, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3
member of it- Instruction (Ques. 34-41):
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru Read the following choices and answer the
(b) Acharya Narendra Dera following questions accordingly-
(c) Jay Prakash Narayan (a) Both A are R are true and R is the correct
(d) Ashok Mehta explanation of A.
29. Which of the movements mentioned below was (b) Both A are R are true but R is not the correct
not launched through a Congress proposal? explanation of A.
(a) Swadeshi Movement (c) A is true but R is false
(b) Home Rule Movement (d) A is false but R is true
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement 34. Assertion (A)- In 1937 election, Congress got
(d) Civil disobedience Movement land slide victory.
30. Which one of the following pairs is incorrect? Reason (R)- The success of the Congress terrified
(a) Swadesh Sewak Home the Muslim League which felt itself marginalized
in election politics in India.
-G.D. Kumar
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(b) India House
35. Assertion (A)- India got freedom not on the basis
- Shyamji Krishna Verma
of the complete freedom but on the basis of
(c) Abhinav Bharat
Dominion status.
- V.D. Sararkar
Reason (R)- India was in need of taking support
(d) Naujawan Bharat Sabha
from the British army and bureaucracy.
- Chandra Sekhar Azad
(a) (b) (c) (d)
31. Put the following events in chronological order in
36. Assertion (A)- After independence Nehru adopted
ascending manner.
the model of mixed economy.
1. Individual Satyagrah
Reason (R)- The support of the state as well as
2. Cripps Mission
private capital both was required for promoting
3. Quit India Movement
industrialization.
4. Wavell Plan (a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 37. Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the
(b) 2, 3, 1, 4 number of Hindu and Muslim members in the
(c) 4, 3, 2, 1 Executive Council were to be equal.
(d) 2, 4, 3, 1 Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement
32. Match list-I with List -II and select the right would have avoided the partition of India.
choice (Journals and editors) - (a) (b) (c) (d)
List-I List-II 38. Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the
(Journals) (editors) provinces resigned in the year 1939.
A. Swadesamitran 1. G. Subramaniam Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the
Iyer decision of the Viceroy to declare India to be a
B. Amrit Bazar Patrika 2.Sisir Kumar Ghosh belligerent nation against Germany in the context
C. Sudhakar 3.Surendra Nath of the Second World War.
Banerjee (a) (b) (c) (d)
D. Bengali 4. G.K. Gokhale

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39. Assertion (A)- civil Disobedience Movement 45. In Bombay Plan of 1944, eight big industrialists of
enjoyed the support of business class in India. India prescribed certain economic measures for
Reason (R)- The Congress gave assurance to the the development of India. What was its suggestion?
business class that after independence the Indian (a) The government should introduce a free
government would not take initiative for economy system.
nationalization of industries in India. (b) The government should develop infrastructure
(a) (b) (c) (d) and make a positive intervention in the
40. Assertion (A)-During Quit India Movement Gandhi economy.
was not ready to withdraw the movement in spite (c) The government should introduce Russian
of the violent method adopted by the government model of reforms.
and counter violence caused by the people. (d) The government should join IMF and World
Reason (R)- Gandhi lost his faith in the method Bank.
of non-violence. 46. Put the following events in chronological order in
(a) (b) (c) (d) ascending manner-
41. Assertion (A)- Socialism of Nehru was different 1. Dandi March
from Marxism. 2. Karachi Session
Reason (R)-In Nehurvian socialism there was 3. Communal Award
much emphasis on individual freedom. 4. Gandhi Irvin Pact
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 1, 4, 2, 3
42. The Akali Movement which erupted in Punjab in (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 2, 3, 1, 4
1920s was guided by which of the objectives 47. In which of the proposals mentioned below the
mentioned below? British for the first time provided the Muslim
(a) The movement arose with the objective of League the right to Veto on any provision of future
freeing the Sikh temples from the control of constitutional development in India?
corrupt mahants (priests). (a) Linlithgo Proposal
(b) To make the Khalsa College free from the (b) Cripps Mission
clutch of the government and make it an (c) Wavell Plan
autonomous body. (d) Communal Award
(c) To regain the Sikh state conquered and annexed 48. Which of the Congress leaders was associated with
by Lord Dalhousie in the second Anglo-Sikh Bardoli Satyagrah-
war (1849). (a) J. L. Nehru
(d) To give support to the Sikh prisoners (b) Maulana Azad
implicated in Kamagatamaru case. (c) Vallabh Bhai Patel
43. Which of the movement/movements was/were (d) Mahatma Gandhi
associated with amelioration of lower caste 49. Consider the following events:
movement- 1. Indigo Revolt
1. Vaikom Satyagrah (1925) 2. Santhal Rebellion
2. Guruveyur Satyagrah (1931) 3. Deccan Riot
3. Rajkot Satyagrah 4. Mutiny of the Sepoys
(a) Only 1 (b) 1, 2 The correct chronological sequence of these events
(c) 1, 2, 3 (d) only 3 is:
44. Read thefollowing choices - (a) 4, 2, 1, 3 (b) 4, 2, 3, 1
1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad (c) 2, 4, 3, 1 (d) 2, 4, 1, 3
2. Motilal Nehru 50. The President of Indian National Congress at the
3. Vallabh Bhai Patel time of partition of India was:
Which of the leaders mentioned above was (a) C. Rajagopalachari
associated with Swarajya Party - (b) J.B. Kripalani
(a) Only 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) 1, 2, 3 (d) 1, 2 (d) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

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