Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the code given below the Viceroy who made the statement and when:
"In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise."
(a) Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900.
(b) Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal
(c) Lord Duffer in, during the farewell speech at Calcutta.
(d) Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906
Answer. (a)
At which Congress session did Dadabhai Naoroji announce that Swaraj was the goal of
India’s political efforts?
(a) 1886 Calcutta session
(b) 1893 Lahore session
(c) 1905 Banaras session
(d) 1906 Calcutta session
Answer. (d)
Arrange the following in a chronological order:
I. Landholder’s Society
II. India League
III. Bombay Presidency Association
IV. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
(a) I, II, IV, VI
(b) I, IV, II, III
(c) III, II, I, IV
(d) II, IV, I, III
Answer. (b)
Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer. (b)
Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama:
1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the international Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907.
2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 3 only
Answer. (a)
Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English?
(a) William Jones
(b) Charles Wilkins
(c) James Prinsep
(d) Sir Alexander Cunningham
Answer. (b)
The first Governor General of Bengal was:
(a) Lord Conwallis
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Warren Hastings
Answer. (d)
Who among the following started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848?
(a) Lord William Bentinck
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer. (b)
The most important All India Nationalist Organisation before the Congress was
(a) The East India Association
(b) The Indian Association of Calcutta
(c) The Bombay Presidency Association
(d) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Answer. (b)
The oldest surviving newspaper in India is the:
(a) Bombay Samachar
(b) Bombay Herald
(c) Bombay Courier
(d) Samachar Darpan
Answer. (a)
"In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise."
(a) Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900.
(b) Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal
(c) Lord Duffer in, during the farewell speech at Calcutta.
(d) Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906
Answer. (a)
At which Congress session did Dadabhai Naoroji announce that Swaraj was the goal of
India’s political efforts?
(a) 1886 Calcutta session
(b) 1893 Lahore session
(c) 1905 Banaras session
(d) 1906 Calcutta session
Answer. (d)
Arrange the following in a chronological order:
I. Landholder’s Society
II. India League
III. Bombay Presidency Association
IV. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
(a) I, II, IV, VI
(b) I, IV, II, III
(c) III, II, I, IV
(d) II, IV, I, III
Answer. (b)
Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer. (b)
Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama:
1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the international Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907.
2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 3 only
Answer. (a)
Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita into English?
(a) William Jones
(b) Charles Wilkins
(c) James Prinsep
(d) Sir Alexander Cunningham
Answer. (b)
The first Governor General of Bengal was:
(a) Lord Conwallis
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Warren Hastings
Answer. (d)
Who among the following started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848?
(a) Lord William Bentinck
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer. (b)
The most important All India Nationalist Organisation before the Congress was
(a) The East India Association
(b) The Indian Association of Calcutta
(c) The Bombay Presidency Association
(d) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Answer. (b)
The oldest surviving newspaper in India is the:
(a) Bombay Samachar
(b) Bombay Herald
(c) Bombay Courier
(d) Samachar Darpan
Answer. (a)