Modern Indian History MCQs

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Gandhi had established the All-India Village Industries Association in 1934 at Wardha. Jamnalal Bajaj had provided aample land with buildings for the use of the All-India Village Industries Association. In 1935, Gandhi organzied first All-India Village Industries Exhibition at Indore. All-India Spinners Association was established by Gandhi in 1925. Harijan Sevak Sangh was established by him in 1932.

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Kanpur Conspiracy Case 1924 was against the newbie communists which were abhorred by the British Government such as M N Roy, Muzaffar Ahamed, S A Dange, Shaukat Usmani, Nalini Gupta, Singaravelu Chettiar, Ghulam Hussain were caught by the Government and were trailed for conspiring against the Government.

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In February 1919 Gandhiji founded the Satyagraha Sabha to protest against the Rowlatt Act. Members took a pledge to disobey the Act and thus to court arrest. It was characterized by refusal to cooperate with the government, boycott of foreign cloth and schools or individual acts of terrorism were the only forms of political work known to the nationalists

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On 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay. There were 72 delegates in attendance. A.O.Hume assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected President.

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The correct chronological order of the events in the Indian national movement is: 1. Champaran Satyagraha (1917), 2. Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22), 3. Dandi March (1930), and 4. Quit India Movement (1942). Champaran Satyagraha marked the beginning of Gandhi’s mass involvement in Indian politics. Non-Cooperation Movement was launched after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Dandi March was part of the Civil Disobedience Movement. Finally, the Quit India Movement was an intensified effort for complete independence during World War II.

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The Government of India Act, 1919 provided for the establishment of a Public Service Commission. Hence, a central public service commission was set up in 1926 for recruiting the civil servants.

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Charter Act of 1833, section 87 stated that no person of India or the Crown would be debarred from any place, post or service subject to the Company on the ground of religion, place of birth, decent or color or any of them.

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The first factory of French East India Company was set up at Surat in December 1667 by the then Director-General, Francis Caron.

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English army was led by General Eyre Coote in the Battle of Wandiwash (1760).  His sepoy troop called him as Coote Bahadur, which means Coote the Brave.

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During the time of the first treaty of Banaras in 1773, Warren Hastings sold Kora and Allahabad to the Nawab of Oudh (Shuja-Ud-Daula) for a payment of Rs. 50 lakhs.