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1. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :




2. The Kakori Conspiracy took place in :




3. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar took place on :




4. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?




5. The organization of Khudai Khidmatgar was established:




6. Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :




7. Who founded Abhinav Bharat ?




8. The two names which were associates with the publication of the paper ‘Yugantar’ are:




9. Delhi was formally declared the future capital of the British India in :




10. The year which is associated with the Gadar movement is:




11. The Queen Victoria assumed the title of the Empress of India in 1876 by :




12. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?




13. The newspapers ‘The Punjabi and The pupil’ were published by :




14. The National College in Calcutta had been established on :




15. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:




16. Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915?




17. In 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the Bengal quarterly:




18. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:




19. Who established East India Association in London 1866?




20. In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant:




21. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started:




22. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :




23. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?




24. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?




25. Who was the founder of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ?




26. Maulana qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Sheikhul Hind Maulana- Mahmud-ul Hasan were the prominent figures who represented?




27. In the history of Indian National Movement Santhal Rebellion took place between :




28. The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck :




29. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?




30. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?




31. Who said, “this (the revolt 1857) was an eruption of social volcano, where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars if rebellion remained deep and shining?”




32. Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherhee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:




33. Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?




34. The Cabinet mission arrived in Delhi on:




35. The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in:




36. Under which British Act was the provision to establish a Federation of India concession of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made?




37. When was Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed?




38. The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on




39. Who said, “India is for Indians?”




40. Who said,” One Country One God, One Caste, one Mind brothers all of us Without Difference, without Doubt ?”




41. United India House organizes Unity among Indians in the United states of America in




42. The Indian People play people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of:




43. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?




44. In 1942 who appealed the Britishers to leave India in God’s hands?




45. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:




46. In 1906 to protest discrimination against Indians in S. Africa Mahatma Gandhi started




47. Which slogan was given by the Congress in opposition to British Government involving India in Second World War in 1939 without consulting the people of India ?




48. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :




49. Bal Gangadhar Tilak began his drive for new awakening among the Indians by publishing two newspapers in 1881




50. In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :




51. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?




52. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?




53. Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma samaj on




54. Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in:




55. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of




56. From where did the quit India Movement begin?




57. Abhinav Bharat organized in 1904 was :




58. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were




59. Who was the selected as first satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin individual satyagraha in 1940?




60. Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at chandani chowk in Delhi in 1912?




61. Quit India movement began on:




62. Under which document was the separate electorate granted for muslims ?




63. Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:




64. During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?




65. The main centre of Wahabi Movement during the freedom movement was




66. Swami Dayanand established the head quarters of Arya Samaj in:




67. In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper




68. The Indian National congress decided to launch an individual civil disobedience in place of Mass civil Disobedience in:




69. Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?




70. When did Mahatma Gandhi go on fast unto death for the first time?




71. What is called the magna carta of Western Education system in Indian?




72. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?




73. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”




74. On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?




75. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?




76. Which revolutionary was associated with the foundation of the Punjab Navjivan Bharat Sabha in 1926?




77. The novel ‘Neel Darpan’ depicting the harassment and oppression of Indigo farmers by the Britishers was written by:




78. Who led the revolt in 1857 in Bihar and defeated the British Army near Aara?




79. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:




80. Who has written about the revolt of 1857- ‘this was an eruption of social volcano’ where many spent forces found vent. After the vent the whole social topography has changed. The scars of rebellion remained deep and shining?”