1. The Monotheism and soical reform preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har Movement (1870) turned into a—
(A) Violent movement against the Zamindars
(B) Peasant movement demanding reduction in rent
(C) Campaign against revenue settlement
(D) Movement for a separate State
Ans : (C)
2. The Kheda peasants grievance was against—
(A) European planters
(B) Moneylenders
(C) The Government
(D) All of the above
Ans : (C)
3. The tinkathia system practiced in Champaran and which hurt the peasants, demanded that—
(A) The peasants cultivate indigo on 3/20 th of their holdings
(B) The peasants give up their share of revenue on growing indigo to the extent of 3/20 to the planters
(C) The peasants pay a large revenue to the planters for being allowed to cultivate indigo
(D) The peasants give to the state one-third of the indigo they cultivated
Ans : (A)
4. The Kheda Satyagraha was withdrawn—
(A) Because the Government agreed to meet the demands of the peasants
(B) Because the peasants fell out with Gandhi over the efficiency of the Satyagraha in the face of government repression
(C) By Gandhi when he got to know that the Government had issued secret instructions not to collect revenue for the year
(D) By Gandhi when he got to know that instructions had been issued in private that revenue be recovered only from those peasants who could afford it
Ans : (D)
5. The general reasons for tribal unrest in the period of British rule did not include—
1. Authorities curbing shifting cultivation
2. Setting up of reserved forests
3. Attempt to bring in a uniform Civil Code
4. Harassment of money landers who were helpful towards tribals
(A) 3 and 4
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2
Ans : (A)
6. Which of the following factors were responsible in the growth of modern nationalism ?
1. Political, administrative and economic unification of the country
2. Western thought and education
3. Role of press and literature
4. Rise of middle class intelligntia
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans : (D)
7. The British contributed to the rise of nationalism in India by—
1. Introducing English language which provided Indians with a ‘lingua franca’
2. Introducing modern means of transport and communication
3. Excluding Indians from responsible posts and thus creating bitter feelings
4. Encouraging a free press
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans : (A)
8. Which one of the following was the common factor for all the tribal uprisings ?
(A) The influx of the Christian missionaries into the tribal areas
(B) Efforts of the colonial administration to end the relative isolation of the tribals and bring them within the ambit of colonialism
(C) Restrictions placed by the colonial administration on access to forest products for the tribals
(D) The complete destruction of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities by the colonial administration
Ans : (D)
9. In the second half of the 19th century, the Indian intellectual class started opposing the different colonial policies. which of the following was not the part of their opposition ?
(A) To write articles and books on this issue
(B) To publish newspapers in order to clarify their thoughts
(C) To form committees, institutions and organisation in order to complain
(D) Shelter of armed resistance
Ans : (D)
10. Dadabhai Naoroji did for the first time explain the drain of Indian wealth to England in his article—
(A) England’s debt to India
(B) The wants and means of India
(C) On the commerce of India
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)
11. Which among the following factors caused greatest racial cleavage in India before 1885 ?
(A) The Arms Act of 1878
(B) The Vernacular Press Act
(C) The Ilbert Bill controversy
(D) Reduction of age for entry to the civil service
Ans : (C)
12. The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, adopted by Lord Lytton, intended to—
(A) Promote freedom of the press
(B) Help English newspapers
(C) Curb freedom of the press in general
(D) Restrain newspapers published in Indian languages
Ans : (D)
13. The most important aspect in Queen Victoria’s proclamation was—
(A) The Governor of Bengal came to be called as Governor General
(B) Provincial autonomy was accorded
(C) Property qualifications were prescribed for franchise
(D) The administration in India was taken over by the crown
Ans : (D)
14. Who among the following wrote ‘Unhappy India’ ?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans : (A)
15. Which one of the following factors did ‘not’ help in the growth of Indian nationalism in the 19th century ?
(A) Western education
(B) Russophobia
(C) Racial arrogance of the British
(D) Pro-Muslim attitude of the British
Ans : (B)
16. The offence for which Tilak and others were imprisoned in 1897 was—
(A) Spreading disaffection against the British rule through speeches and writings
(B) Breaking the salt laws
(C) Violating the Arms Act
(D) Refusal to appear before the court
Ans : (A)
17. By which Act the Viceroy was empowered to raise the strength of his Executive Council ?
(A) 1858
(B) 1861
(C) 1892
(D) 1909
Ans : (B)
18. Which of the following Acts introduced the principle of the ‘constitutional autocracy’ ?
(A) The Indian Council Act of 1909
(B) Government of India Act of 1919
(C) The Act of 1935
(D) Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans : (C)
19. Re-marriage of widows was legalized in—
(A) 1859
(B) 1856
(C) 1872
(D) 1869
Ans : (B)
20. The Morley-Minto reforms mainly aimed at—
(A) Delegating more powers to the Indians
(B) Wooing the Moderates in the Indian National Congress
(C) Expansion of the legislature
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)
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