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1. What did Gandhiji do to practice the ideas of truth and non-violence in 1916?

(a)
He started an All India Satyagraha
(b)
He joined the Indian National Congress
(c)
He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeeth
(d)
He founded Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad

2. The resolution demanding the establishment of Pakistan was passed by Muslim League in the year

(a)
1905
(b)
1917
(c)
1940
(d)
1946

3. Who among the following characterised the Revolt of 1857 as a conspiracy?

(a)
Sir John Kaye
(b)
G.B. Malleson
(c)
Sir Lawrence
(d)
T. R. Holmes

4. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from

(a)
Tolstoy
(b)
Confucius
(c)
Thoreau
(d)
Ruskin

5. Which of the following movements was started by the Indian National Congress during the course of the Second World War and formed a part of our freedom struggle?

(a)
Civil Disobedience
(b)
Home Rule
(c)
Quit India
(d)
Swedish

6. 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

7. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from

(a)
Sabarmati
(b)
Sevagram
(c)
Dandi
(d)
Wardha

8. The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through

(a)
Government of India Act, 1919
(b)
Indian Council Act, 1909
(c)
Indian Council Act, 1892
(d)
Indian Council Act, 1861

9. Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of the Indian National Congress in 1939 defeating

(a)
Pattabhi Sitaramaiya
(b)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c)
C. Rajagopalachari
(d)
Jawaharlal Nehru

10. Which one of the following Governor Generals is credited with the extermination of the Pindaris?

(a)
Lord Hastings
(b)
Lord Hardings
(c)
Lord Curzon
(d)
Lord Clive

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