Q . Modern History Misc.

Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

a) Annie Besant
b) A O Hume
c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
d) R Palme Dutt
Answer: a
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Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?

a) General Henry Prendergast
b) Captain Sleeman
c) Alexander Burres
d) Captain Robert Pemberton
Answer: b
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Which of the following international events influenced the course of the national movement in India before the advent of Mahatma Gandhi? I. Italian Abyssinian War, 1898 II. Boxer Movement in China III. Revolutionary Movement in Ireland IV. Victory of Japan in the Russo Japanese War Choose the correct answer from the code given below. Codes:

a) I, II and III only
b) I, II and IV only
c) III and IV only
d) I, II, III and IV
Answer: d
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The founder of Boys Scouts and Girl Guides Movement in India was

a) Charles Andrews
b) Robert Montgomery
c) Richard Temple
d) Baden Powel
Answer: d
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“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Who said this?

a) Winston Churchill
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Mao Tse-Tunq
Answer: a
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Through the general elections in March 1991 which of the following countries has become a democratic country?

a) Nepal
b) Burma
c) Bangladesh
d) Albania
Answer: c
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In 1989, Bahadur Prasad broke a two decade old national athletics record established earlier by

a) Milkha Singh
b) Edward Sequeira
c) Shriram Singh
d) Shivnath Singh
Answer: b
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Which of the following events is not correctly matched?

a) Liberation of Goa—1961
b) Death of Jawaharlal Nehru—1966
c) Indo-China War—1962
d) First General Elections—1950
Answer: b
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Q . Modern History Misc.

“Once again India leads the world” are the words of

a) S. N. Bannerjee
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) None of these
Answer: d
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Which head of state has based his foreign policy largely on Human Rights?

a) President Zia-ur-Rahman of Bangladesh
b) President Jimmy Carter of U.S.A
c) President Anwar Sadat of Egypt
d) President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania
Answer: b
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Q . Modern History Misc.

The Prime Minister of Interim Government of India after Independence was

a) Gandhi
b) Nehru
c) Jinnah
d) Rajgopalachari
Answer: b
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Q . Modern History Misc.

Which of the following countries did not suffer imperial aggression?

a) Ethiopia
b) Somalia
c) Mauritania
d) Liberia
Answer: d
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