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History - Modern India Flashcards

1
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The First Independence Day was decided in this session.

A

Lahore session, 1929

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2
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First independence day was decided as _____.

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26th Jan, 1930

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3
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Civil Disobedience movement happened in this year.

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1930

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4
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Dandi March happened on ____.

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12 March, 1930

  • from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi
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5
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___ was known as frontier Gandhi.

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Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

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6
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The Pathans organised the ___ which meant ‘servants of God’ aka Red Shirts.

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Khudai Khidmatgars

  • pledged to non-violence through the freedom struggle
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7
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This 13 year old took part in the freedom struggle and was captured in 1932.

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Rani Gaidilieu

  • released after independence
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8
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The First Round Table Conference was summoned by the British in London on ____.

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12 Nov, 1930

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9
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The Delhi pact was a series of negotiations between ____.

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Gandhi & Irwin

  • March, 1931
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10
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Who is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries?

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Madam Cama

  • credited with designing India’s first tricolour flag with green, saffron and red stripes
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11
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On the suggestion of Rabindra Nath Tagore, the date of partition of Bengal (October 16, 1905) was celebrated as ___.

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Rakhi Bandhan Day

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12
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Who was father of renaissance of Western India?

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MG Ranade

  • one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress
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13
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Lucknow pact was signed between Indian National Congress and _____ in 1916.

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Muslim League

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14
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Who is known as the “Saint of Dakhineshwar”?

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Ramkrishna Paramahansa

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15
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Satyagraha was started by Gandhi in 1919 to protest against the _____.

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Rowlatt Act

  • empowered the government to punish anyone without trial and judicial review
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16
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The term ‘Boycott of British Goods’ was used in which of the movements?

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Swadeshi Movement

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17
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At which place was the All India Khilafat Conference held in 1919?

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Delhi

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18
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Which Union Territory of India was occupied by Japan during World War II?

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Andaman and Nicobar

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19
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Who among the following fixed August 16, 1946 as ‘Direct Action Day’?

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Muslim League

  • also known as Calcutta Killings was a communal violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta
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Who was the editor of Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser, which was the first English language newspaper, and first printed newspaper, to be published in the Indian sub-continent?

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James Augustus Hickey

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21
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Who prepared the draft of Quit India Resolution?

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Nehru

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22
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This Act allowed for the establishment of the All India Federation.

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Government of India Act, 1935

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23
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Muslim League observed 22 Dec, 1939 as ____ day.

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Deliverance Day.

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24
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____ was the outcome of the August Offer to adhere the taste of freedom and was a movement not only to seek independence but also to affirm the right of speech.

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Individual satyagarh

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25
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Who was the first individual Satyagrahi?

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Vinoba Bhave

  • Jawaharlal Nehru was second
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26
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Who put forward the August Offer?

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Lord Linlithgow

  • dominion in unforeseen future
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27
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The Congress met here when it passed the Quit India Movement, 1942.

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Gowaliya Tank, Bombay

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28
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Gandhi gave the slogan Do or Die during this time.

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Quit India Movement, 1942

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29
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The first parallel government was set up in ____.

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Balia, UP

  • by Chittu Pandeya
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30
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The parallel government with the longest term was ____.

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Satara, Maharashtra

  • by Chavan and Nana Patil
31
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‘Qui India’ term was coined by ____.

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Yusuf Meherally

32
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____ was a plan for a new Executive Council in which all members except the Viceroy and the Commander in Chief would be Indians.

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Wavell Plan, 1945

  • aka Shimla Conference
33
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Jinnah proposed the Two-Nation theory in this session.

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Lahore session, 1940

  • for creation of Pakistan
34
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The idea for an Indian National Army was conceived by _____.

A

Mohan Singh

35
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INA Day

A

12 Nov, 1945

36
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16 August 1946 is considered as ____.

A

Direct Action Day

37
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____ played the most important role in the integration of states.

A

Vallabhai Patel

38
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First Indian to demand Swaraj

A

Dadabhai Naoroji

  • aka Indian Gladstone / Grand ol’ Man of India
39
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First Indian to be elected to House of Commons on liberal party ticket

A

Dadabhai Naoroji

40
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____ prepared the Lotus Son [English translation of Gita]

A

Annie Besant

41
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____ founded the Home Rule League.

A

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  • ‘swaraj is my birthright’ guy
42
Q

First novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

A

Durgesnandini

43
Q

___ was titled ‘mightiest Prophet of Nationalism’ by Aurobindo Ghosh.

A

Bipin Chandra Pal

44
Q

Tagore’s first poem was published in the ____.

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Amrita Bazar Patrika

45
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Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913 for this work.

A

Gitanjali

46
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Sher-a-Punjab (Lion of Punjab)

A

Lala Lajpat Rai

47
Q

First woman to participate in the Indian freedom struggle.

A

Sarojini Naidu

48
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Sarojini Naidu became the first woman to be the Governor of ____.

A

Uttar Pradesh

49
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Books by Sarojini Naidu

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The Golden Threshold
Feather of the Dawn
Bird of Time
Broken Wing

50
Q

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was awarded the ____ in 1954.

A

Bharat Ratna

51
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Architect of Modern India

A

Nehru

52
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Ambedkar introduced the ____ bill.

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Hindu Code Bill

53
Q

_____ gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’.

A

Subhash Chandra Bose

54
Q

The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at ____.

A

Surat

55
Q

The revolutionary organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by ____.

A

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

56
Q

Which newspapers were started by Annie Besant?

A

The Commonweal

New India

57
Q

The Lahore Conspiracy Case (1928-31) was registered against whom?

A

Bhagat Singh

58
Q

Who founded the newspaper “The Tribune” in 1881?

A

Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

59
Q

On which date was the resolution for giving effect to Constitution of India adopted?

A

22nd January, 1947

60
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Where did Vasco Da Gama set up a factory when he came to India for the second time?

A

Cannanore

61
Q

One of the popular contributions of Ranjit Singh was the rebuilt of Harmandir Sahib. What is another name of Harmandir Sahib?

A

Golden Temple

62
Q

The Durand line agreement between India and Afghanistan was approved in which year?

A

1893

63
Q

Who influenced Gandhiji by the philosophy of civil disobedience?

A

David Thoreau

64
Q

In which year was the Press Trust of India Ltd established?

A

1947

  • started functioning in 1949
65
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Rabindranath Tagore quoted “One wonders how God, in the process of producing forty million Bengalis, produced a man” about whom?

A

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

66
Q

Which act was passed to suppress the Indigo revolt?

A

Act XI 1860

67
Q

In which year did Vasco da Gama discover the sea route to India?

A

1498

68
Q

Where is the tomb of Lord Cornwallis situated?

A

Ghazipur

69
Q

Which parties did not support Quit India Movement?

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The Hindu Mahasabha
The Communist Party of India
The Unionist Party of Punjab

70
Q

The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to this event.

A

Simon Commission

71
Q

Partition of Bengal took place in which year?

A

1905

72
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The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was endorsed in which session of the Congress?

A

Karachi

73
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Who was the finance minister in the interim government formed on 2 September 1946?

A

Liaqat Ali

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