Free Modern History - 14 Practice Test - IAS 

Question 1

Who among the following was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?

A. George Yule
B. A. Webb
C. Henry Cotton
D. William Wedderburn

SOLUTION

Solution : A

Option: a

Question 2

Simon Commission failed because

A. It had no Indian members (all Englishmen)
B. Muslim League boycotted it
C. Congress also boycotted it
D. None of these

SOLUTION

Solution : A

Option: a

Question 3

Where did Netaji form the provincial Government of Free India?

A. Japan
B. Germany
C. Russia
D. Singapore

SOLUTION

Solution : D

Option: d

Question 4

Who said; ‘The Muslims were fools to ask for safeguards and the Hindus were greater fools to refuse them’?

A. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Muhammad Ali
D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

SOLUTION

Solution : D

Option: d

Question 5

The Author who described the Revolt of 1857 as the `First War of Independence` was

A. Ashok Mehta
B. R. C. Majumdar
C. S. N. Sen
D. V. D. Savarkar

SOLUTION

Solution : D

Option: d

Question 6

Which of the following statements regarding the Nath Panth movement is/are correct?1.It was essentially confined to Western India 2.It challenged the superiority of the Brahmins. 3.It advocated Hindu-Muslim unity.Select the answer from the codes given below

A. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 2 only

SOLUTION

Solution : C

Option: c

Question 7

What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?1.The founding of the Ghadar Party 2.The Chauri-Chaura incident3.The education of Khudiram Bose 4.Moplah Rebellion in Malabar

A. 1 3 2 4
B. 2 1 4 3
C. 3 4 1 2
D. 3 1 4 2

SOLUTION

Solution : D

Option: d

Question 8

The INC gave up its ideal of united India & accepted partition because

A. The INC was shrinking was fearful of losing control
B. The INC leaders felt that partition is a lesser evil than civil war
C. The INC leaders succumbed to the temptation of power and stuck a deal with British
D. The Interim Govt had become an arena of struggle.

SOLUTION

Solution : B

Option: b

Question 9

The revolutionaries who were arrested in the assembly bomb case were?

A. Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
B. Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekar Azad
C. Bhagat Singh & Sachindranath Sanyal
D. Jathin Bose & Bhagat Singh

SOLUTION

Solution : A

Option: a

Question 10

The concept of national education was propounded during the course of the _______ movement:

A. Home Rule
B. Swadeshi
C. Non-Cooperation
D. Civil Disobedience

SOLUTION

Solution : B

Option: b

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