Q. Which of the following statement(s) regarding the features of Act, 1947 is/ are found to be incorrect? I. The respective Constituent Assemblies of India and Pakistan would be fully sovereign bodies but with a choice to sever their link from the British Commonwealth of Nations. II. The ...

Q. Which of the following was not among the issues of protests undertaken by the Indian Intelligentsia against the colonial policies, during the second half of the nineteenth century?  (a) Writing articles (b) Publishing newspapers for expressing their opinions (c) Constituting ...

Q. Arrange the following Indian leaders in the correct chronological order in which they appeared on the national scene: A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy C. Dadabhai Naoroji B. Mahatma Gandhi D. Motilal Nehru. (a) A, C, D, B (b) B, A, D, C (c) A, B, C, D (d) C, A, D, B Ans: (a) A, ...

Q. A leading nationalist leader while undertaking fast in the prison wrote to the British Governor, ‘The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory.’ Who wrote this statement? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Jatin ...

Q. ‘In 1893, he started using the traditional religious Ganapati festival to stimulate nationalism among young Maharashtrains ….’ This passage refers to (a) Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar (b) V. D. Savarkar (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Ans: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. ...

Q. Which of the following statements correctly defines the term ‘drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji? (a) That the resources of the country were being utilised in the interest of Britain. (b) That a part of India’s national wealth or total annual product was being exported to ...

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true about the Vernacular Press Act, 1878? A. It was passed by Lord Mayo. B. It came to be known as the ‘ Gagging Act’. C. It liberated the Indian press from restrictions. D. It was replaced by Lord Ripon in 1882. Choose the correct answer ...

Q. Which of the following statements about the Indian press is/are not true? A. The Bengal Gazette, a weekly paper, was started by James Augustus Hicky, an Englishman, in 1780. B. Hicky, a pioneer in the history of journalism in India, had very cordial relations with Warren Hastings, the ...

Q. The Indian press played an important role in spreading the message of patriotism and modern ideas among the people. Which of the following is/ are not true about its activities? A. Criticising official policies. B. Urging the people to unite and work for national welfare. C. Putting ...

Q. The administrative and economic unification of India by the British also paved the way for the rise of the Indian National Movement. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect in this regard? A. The British unified India by introducing a uniform and modern system of government ...

Q. One of the main causes for the rise and growth of the Indian National Movements was the grievances of several sections of the Indian society, except a few, against the British. Which of the following sections were the exception? A. Peasants and artisans B. Native rulers and landlords ...

Q. Identify the European who worked ardently for the Indian National Movement and bitterly criticised the British rule by saying ‘The British Empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and mean’. (a) A. O. Hume (b) William Wedderburn (c) Sister Nivedita ...