Q. Identify the prominent members of the “Servants of india Society”. (1) N.M. Joshi (2) N.H. Kunzru (3) Shri Ram Bajpai (4) Jyotiba Phule (5) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (a) 1, 4, 5 (b) 2, 3, 4 (c) 1, 2, 3 (d) 3, 4, 5 Ans: (c) 1, 2, 3

Q. Swami Dayanand (1) Attacked the spread of western sciences. (2) Organised social services during natural calamities, like floods, droughts, epidemics etc. (3) Encouraged inter-caste marriages and widow remarriage. (4) Opposed child marriages and polygamy. (a) 2 & 3 (b) all of ...

Q. Which of the four linguistic regions in South India remained unaffected by the Non-Cooperation Movement (1921-22) ? (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka Ans: (d) Karnataka

Q. The Ghadar party, formed in the USA, was determined to start a revolt in India. Which among the following provinces did the party choose to begin its armed revolt ? (a) Punjab (b) Bengal (c) United Provinces (d) Bihar Ans: (a) Punjab   Explanation: The Ghadar Party, ...

Q. Which among the following was the reason of the resignations of the Indian Ministers in all the provinces in the year 1939? (a) The Governors refused to act as constitutional heads (b) The Centre did not provide the required financial help to provinces (c) The Governor-General ...

Q. Who among the following was not associated with the activities of the Theosophical Society? (a) Madame H P Blavatsky (b) Mr A O Hume (c) Col H S Olcott (d) Mrs Annie Besant Ans: (b) Mr A O Hume

Q. The social ideals of Mahatma Gandhi were first put forth in (a) Hind Swaraj (b) An Authobiography–The Story of My Experiments with Truth (c) History of the Satyagraha in South Africa (d) The Bhagavad Geeta According to Gandhi Ans: (c) History of the Satyagraha in South Africa

Q. Which one among the following statements about Civil Disobedience Movement is correct? (a) It started with Gandhiji’s march to Champaran (b) Under Gandhi–lrwin agreement Congress agreed to give up Civil Disobedience Movement (c) The British Government was quite soft towards the ...

Q. Who among the following first used the word ‘Swarajya’ in its political sense and accepted Hindi as the national language of India? (a) Rammohan Roy (b) Swami Vivekananda (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Ans: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Explanation: The correct answer is ...

Q. Which one among the following was the primary reason behind the failure of the Young Bengal Movement in Bengal? (a) It did not appeal to educated people (b) Its economic programme was not popular (c) It was too radical (d) It did not have good leaders Ans: (c) It was too radical ...

Q. Consider the following ‘India would be far more reliable as a base foroperations.Moreover, the prospect of a settlement will be greatly enhanced by thedisappearance of Gandhi, who had for years torpedoed every attempt at asettlement.’ The above statement was made by the British in the context ...

Q. Several socio-political organisations were formed in the 19th and 20th centuries in India, Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e- Islam founded in the year 1914 was (a) All India Muslim Ladies Conference (b) A radical wing of the All India Muslim League (c) All India Muslim Student’s Conference (d) ...