Modern India & the freedom struggle: practice set 3

Consider the following subjects with regard to Non-Cooperation Programme:

1. I.Boycott of law-courts and foreign cloth
2. II.Observance of strict non-violence
3. III.Retention of titles and honours without using them in public
4. IV.Establishment of Panchayats for settling disputes

How many of the above were parts of Non-Cooperation Programme?

Consider the following pairs:

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Who provided legal defence to the people arrested in the aftermath of Chauri Chaura incident?

Consider the following fruits:

1. I.Papaya
2. II.Pineapple
3. III.Guava

How many of the above were introduced in India by the Portuguese in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?

Consider the following statements:

1. Statement-I: 7th August is declared as the National Handloom Day.
2. Statement-II: It was in 1905 that the Swadeshi Movement was launched on the same day.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.
2. 2.Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
3. 3.The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21.
2. 2.The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following is associated with 'Songs from Prison', a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?

Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?

Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century?

With reference to the book "Desher Katha" written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements:

1. 1.It warned against the Colonial State's hypnotic conquest of the mind.
2. 2.It inspired the performance of swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
3. 3.The use of 'desh' by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the British colonial rule in India, consider the following statements:

1. 1.Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in the abolition of the system of 'indentured labour'.
2. 2.In Lord Chelmsford's 'War Conference', Mahatma Gandhi did not support the resolution on recruiting Indians for World War.
3. 3.Consequent upon the breaking of Salt Law by Indian people, the Indian National Congress was declared illegal by the colonial rulers.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?

1. 1.Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
2. 2.Establishment of universities was recommended.
3. 3.English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was/were the measure/measures taken by the colonial government?

1. 1.The territories called 'Santhal Paraganas' were created.
2. 2.It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?

In 1920, which of the following changed its name to “Swarajya Sabha”?

Which among the following events happened earliest?

With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

Consider the following events:

1. 1.The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India.
2. 2.India’s then largest bank, ‘Imperial Bank of India’, was renamed ‘State Bank of India’.
3. 3.Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier.
4. 4.Goa became a part of independent India.

Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions.
2. 2.N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

Consider the following pairs:

1. 1.Radhakanta Deb — First President of the British Indian Association
2. 2.Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty — Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
3. 3.Surendranath Banerjee — Founder of the Indian Association

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?