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The Indigo Rebellion was about
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the peasant wanting to grow indigo but being forced not to
the peasant not wanting to grow indigo but being forced to grow at a price that was unacceptable
a protest movement that carried and indigo-coloured flag
None of the above
Kuka Movement was organized by –
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Guru Ram Das
Guru Ram Singh
Guru Gobind Singh
None of the above
Who founded the ‘Pagal Panth’?
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Bulleh Shah
Karam Shah
Yaduvendra Singh
None of the above
Who were the Faraizis?
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Followers of Haji Shariatullah
Followers of the Arya Samaj
Followers of the Muslim League
None of the above
Who founded Ramosi Krishak Jatha in Maharashtra?
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Justice Ranade
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Vasudev Balwant Phadke
None of the above
The correct geographical location for the Ramosi Uprising was –
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Western India
Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats
None of the above
Trace the tribe that rebelled against Britishers because human sacrifice system was banned –
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Kuki
Khond
Oraon
None of the above
Kol Mutiny of 1831 under Buddho Bhagat took place in which of the following regions?
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Kutch
Western Ghats
Satara
None of the above
The Waghera Uprising happened in –
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Surat
Poona
Baroda
None of the above
The immediate cause of the Deccan Riots of 1875 was
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the shadow of a famine
high interest rates charged by Mahajans
high land revenue rates
None of the above
Who among the following greatmen is called the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
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Vivekananda
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
Raja Rammohan Roy established Brahmo Samaj in
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1818
1825
1828
1832
The best representative of Neo-Hindustan in the second half of the nineteenth century was –
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Ramkrishna Paramhansa
Swami Vivekananda
Raja Rammohan Roy
None of the above
Who among the following participated in the parliament of Religions held at Chicago in 1893?
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Ramkrishna Paramhansa
Swami Vivekananda
Raja Rammohan Roy
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Who established the 'Arya Samaj'?
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Ranade
Dayananda Saraswati
Swami Vivekananda
Keshab Chandra Sen
Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj’?
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Atmaram Panduranga
Annie Besant
Rash Behari Ghosh
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
‘'Satyashodhak Samaj’ was founded by
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
Jyotiba Phule
Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Who began the Faraizi Movement?
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Haji Shariatullah
Syed Ahmed
Salimullah
None of the above
The most important of the pre-Congress Nationalist Organisation was the
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Bengal British India Society
East India Association
Indian Association of Calcutta
None of the above
The Madras Mahajan Sabha was established in the year-
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1880
1882
1884
1886
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was founded in:
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1858 by Mahadev Govind Ranade
1870 by Mahadev Govind Ranade
1870 by Pandita Ramabai Ranade
1858 by Pandita Ramabai Ranade
Which of the above pairs is not correctly matched?
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Radhakanta Deb - First President of the British Indian Association
Gazulu Lakshmi Narasu Chetty - Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
Surendranath Banerjee - Founder of the Indian
Association
None of the above
The Congress took a Critical stand over the Montford Reforms in 1918, which led to break up with the old moderate remnants (Sapru, Jayakar and Chintamani) who formed the
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Servants of India Society
Swaraj Party
Indian National Liberation Federation
None of the above
Match the List-I with List-II & select correct answer by using codes gives below:-
List- I
A. Bardoli
B. Chauri-Chaura
C. Yarwada
D. Noakhali
List- II
1. Maharashtra
2. Gujarat
3. WestBengal
4. Uttar Pradesh
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A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
During the freedom struggle, a parallel movement launched in the Indian States (in the States ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was
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State People’s Movement
Praja Mandal Movement
Swaraj Movement
None of the above
The first meeting of the Congress Socialist Party was held in :
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Delhi
Nasik
Patna
Calcutta
The first session of Congress Socialist Party was held in year –
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1921
1934
1937
1939
The Congress Socialist Party was founded in 1934 by:
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Jawaharlal Nehru and Vinoba Bhave
Jawaharlal Nehru and Jay Prakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Dev
Rajendra Prasad and Shri Krishna Singh
All India State Peoples Conference was set up –
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in 1924
in 1926
in 1927
in 1929
Who was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Satyagraha Movement?
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Sarojini Naidu
C. Rajagopalachari
Vinoba Bhave
None of the above
The Banaras Session of August, 1923 of the Hindu Mahasabha was presided over by :
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Swami Shraddhananda
Rajendra Prasad
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
None of the above
Identify the years those are closest to the founding of the Communist Party of India and the RSS respectively.
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1915, 1914
1925, 1925
1928, 1929
1918, 1919
Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948?
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B. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. George
Jayaprakash narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. Roy
Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta
None of the above
Who organised the 'Khudai Khidmatgar' in 1929?
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Abdul Gaffar Khan
Ali Brothers
Ansari Brothers
None of the above
In 1920, which of the following changed its name to "Swarajya Sabha"?
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All India Home Rule League
Hindu Mahasabha
South Indian Liberal Federation
None of the above
The Bombay Presidency Association was formed by _________ in 1885.
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Badruddin Tayyabji
Pherozeshah mehta
K T Telang
More than one of the above
When was Hindustan Republican Association formed?
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1920
1924
1928
1932
Consider the following freedom fighters
1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh
2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee
3. Rash Behari Bose
Who of the above was/were actively associated with the Ghadar Party?
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1 and 2 only
3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
Who established Indian Association in 1876 AD?
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Surendranath Banerjee
Chittaranjan Das
W. C. Banerjee
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Which among the following organisations was responsible for throwing a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge in Delhi?
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United Patriotic Association
Yugantar
Anushilan Samiti
All India Labour Association
Who established the Servants of India Society in 1905 AD?
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Mahadev Govind Ranade
Bipin Chandra Pal
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Lala Lajpat Rai
Where was the Ghadar Party established?
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USA
France
England
Japan
In Anandamath of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, which revolt is mentioned?
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Sanyasi
Kuka
Neel (Indigo)
More than one of the above
Who was the third Satyagrahi of Individual Satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1940?
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
Brahma Dutt
None of the above
Who successfully led the Bardoli Satyagraha?
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J. B. Kripalani
Jawaharlal Nehru
Vallabhbhai Patel
None of the above
Who took the lead of the Santhal Rebellion of 1855 AD?
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Sidhu and Kanhu
Mulu Manek and Jodha Manek
Budhu Bhagat and Teja Bhagat
None of the above
Baba Thakur Das established which Society in Patna?
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Servants of India Society
Ramakrishna Mission Society
Seva Samiti
Anushilan Society
Consider the following statements with reference to the Bhoodan Movement:
1. Vinoba Bhave organized "The Sarvodaya Samaj' to take up the work of non-violent transformation in India
2. Jayaprakash Narayan withdrew from active politics to join the Bhoodan Movement in 1953
3. In the wake of the Bhoodan Movement the first donation of land was made in the village of Pochampalli in Telangana
How many of the statements given above is/are correct?
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1
2
3
0
Match List–I with List–II :
List—I
a. Servants of India Society
b. Tattwabodhini Sabha
c. Atmiya Sabha
List—II
1. Debendranath Tagore
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Ram Mohan Roy
4. Keshab Chandra Sen
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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a-2, b-1, c-3
a-2, b-4, c-3
a-1, b-2, c-3
a-1, b-4, c-3
Consider the following statements about the early phase of the National Movement in India:
1. Ferozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji, and others formed the Bombay Presidency Association.
2. Surendranath Banerjee and his group planned an Indian National Conference at Calcutta.
3. Allan Octavian Hume decided to create an all-India body as a rival to the above organisations to give vent to the grievances of the poor and marginalized Indians.
How many of the above statements are correct?
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1
2
3
0
Given below are two statements, in which one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : The Bengal British Indian Society was founded in 1843 as a result of George Thompson's efforts.
Reason (R) : George Thompson was brought out from England by Dwarkanath Tagore to organise the political movement.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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(A) is true but (R) is false.
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).