Q. With reference to colonial rule in India, what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in 1883? (a) To bring Indians and Europeans on par as far as the criminal jurisdiction of courts was concerned (b) To impose severe restrictions on the freedom of the native press as it was perceived to be ...

Q. An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was : (a) That all Indian States should join the Indian Union as a condition to consider any degree of autonomy for India (b) The creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status very soon after the Second World War (c) The active ...

Q. Which one of the following provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833? (a) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished (b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of India in Council (c) All law-making powers ...

Q. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was: (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Vithalbhai J. Patel (d) Mahadev Desai Ans: (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel  Explanation: The correct answer is (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The leader of the Bardoli ...

Q. Assertion (a): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary. (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct ...

Q. During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts, called for (a) the Union of Pashtun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan (b) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers (c) the ...

Q. With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is correct?  (a) Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the leaders to start a nations list and militant Ahrar movement (b) When the Indian National Congress was formed, Sayyid Ahmad Khan opposed it (c) The ...

Q. With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765? (a) Garo (b) Khasis (c) Kukis (d) Tipperahs Ans: (b) Khasis Explanation: With the grant of Diwani in the year 1765, the British first came ...

Q. With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is correct? (a) Liakat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations (b) In 1989, the scheme of national education was formulated by ...

Q. The President of India National Congress as the time of partition of India was (a) C Rajagopalachari (b) J B Kripalani (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Ans: (b) J B Kripalani Explanation: Acharya J.B Kriplani was the President of Indian National Congress at ...

Q. Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his executive council by substituting “portfolio” or departmental system for corporate functioning? (a) Indian Council Act, 1861 (b) Government of India Act, 1858 (c) Indian Councils Act, 1892 ...

Q. The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to (a) exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the princely states (b) involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony ...