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(1) The theory of ‘Sub-contractors’ as an explanation for Gandhi’s political mobilization is attributed to whom ?
(1) Anil Seal
(2) Morris D. Morris
(3) Judith Brown
(4) Ranjit Guha
Answer: Judith Brown
(2) Consider the following events :

1. Cripps Mission

2. Quit India Movement

3. Nehru Report

4. Wavell Plan

The correct chronological order of these events is

(1) 3, 1, 2, 4
(2) 4, 2, 1, 3
(3) 3, 4, 2, 1
(4) 2, 3, 4, 1
Answer: 3, 1, 2, 4

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(3) During 1937-39 the Congress Ministry in Madras was headed by
(1) Subramaniam Bharti
(2) T. Prakasham
(3) C. Rajgopalachari
(4) C.P. Ramaswami Iyer
Answer: C. Rajgopalachari
(4) Maulana Abdul Bari belonged to the
(1) Aligarh School
(2) Deoband School
(3) Nadwatul Ulema
(4) Firangi Mahal
Answer: Firangi Mahal
(5) ‘Greatest good of the greatest number’ was the principle of which group of thinkers ?
(1) Utilitarian
(2) Socialists
(3) Liberals
(4) Conservatives
Answer: Utilitarian
(6) Gandhi’s intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike in 1917 led to the enhancement of wages for the workers by
(1) 25 %
(2) 35 %
(3) 45 %
(4) 55 %
Answer: 35 %
(7) Who acted on ‘the theory that the annexation of Sind would be a very beneficent piece of rascality …. a robbery to be plausibly effected ?
(1) Lord Auckland
(2) Sir Charles Napier
(3) Sir John Keane
(4) Major James Outram
Answer: Sir Charles Napier
(8) Who said that the Shimla Deputation (1907) had been stage managed by the British and was no more than a ‘command performance’ ?
(1) Abul Kalam Azad
(2) Mohammad Ali
(3) Hasrat Mohani
(4) Syed Amir Ali
Answer: Mohammad Ali
(9) What was not a part of the Mountbatten Plan ?
(1) It gave the Indian States the right to decide their future
(2) It proposed India’s partition
(3) It was not specific about the date of India’s partition
(4) It was accepted by the Congress and the Muslim League
Answer: It was not specific about the date of India’s partition
(10) Who wrote that ‘Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains’ ?
(1) Montesquieu
(2) Voltaire
(3) Diderot
(4) Rousseau
Answer: Rousseau
(11) Name the policy adopted by the United States of America to meet the economic crisis caused by the Great Depression of 1929.
(1) Open Door
(2) Marshall Plan
(3) Protectionism
(4) New Deal
Answer: New Deal
(12) Who was the recognized leader of Utilitarianism ?
(1) Adam Smith.
(2) Jeremy Bentham.
(3) Friedrich Engels.
(4) Edmund Burke.
Answer: Jeremy Bentham.
(13) Which Viceroy was stabbed to death by a convict in Andaman Islands ?
(1) Elgin.
(2) Lytton.
(3) Mayo.
(4) Ripon.
Answer: Mayo.
(14) Which of the following was not a part of the Government of India Act, 1935 ?
(1) The Provincial Autonomy
(2) Appointment of an Indian as a Governor
(3) The All India Federation
(4) Reserve Bank of India
Answer: Appointment of an Indian as a Governor
(15) The journal, Review of Historical Synthesis, which focuses on the synthesis of all activities of man in society was founded in 1900 by
(1) Lucien Febvre
(2) March Block
(3) Henri Berr
(4) Fernand Braudel
Answer: Henri Berr

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