Q. In which one of the following sessions was the Indian National Congress split into moderates and extremists? (a) Nagpur (b) Allahabad (c) Surat (d) Calcutta Ans: (c) Surat Explanation: The Indian National Congress was split into moderates and extremists during the (c) ...

Q. After 1857, which of the following announced, at a Darbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain? (a) Lord Canning (b) Sir John Lawrence (c) Lord Mayc (d) Lord Northbrok Ans: (a) Lord Canning Explanation: The correct answer is ...

Q. With which one of the following did the Civil Disobedience Movement in India commerce? (a) The Dandi March (b) No Tax campaign by Sardar Patel (c) The unfurling of the National flag by Nehru (d) Mahatma Gandhi’s going on fast Ans: (a) The Dandi March Explanation: The correct ...

Q. Who among the following was the Governor-General of India immediately preceeding Chakravarthi Raja gopalachari? (a) The Marquess of Linlithgow (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) Lord Wavell (d) Lord Chelmsford Ans: (b) Lord Mountbatten

Q. The most fearless and bold woman leader of the peasant movement, who sacrificed her life to protect peasants’ rights, was (a) Ambika Chakraborthy (b) Snehlata Wadekar (c) Veera Gunnamma (d) Preeti Lata Wadekar Ans: (c) Veera Gunnamma Explanation: The most fearless and bold ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the Raja Rammohan Roy’s suggestions for organising the Company’s government on a more rational basis? (a) Constitutional reforms must be guaranteed (b) The rule of law ought to be supreme (c) Civil liberties and individual rights must be guaranteed ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the measures suggested by Raja Rammohan Roy for the betterment of the peasant’s lot? (a) Substitution of ryotwari system for zamindari system (b) Reduction of the rent to be paid by the tenants and the revenue paid by the zamindars (c) Loss is ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the objectives and methods of the Extremists in the Congress? (a) The new leadership sought to create in the people a sense of sacrifice and a readliness- to suffer for the cause of the country (b) The Extremists advocated boycott of foreign goods and ...

Q. Which one of the following was the main reason for the split between the Moderates and the Extremist at the Surat session of the INC in 1905 known as ‘Surat Split’? (a) Attempts of the Extremists to get B.G. Tilak elected as the Congress President (b) The shift of the Congress venue from ...

Q. The special feature of the All India Congress session at Surat was that (a) The Extremists and Moderates competed for getting their own man elected as the President of the session (b) The Moderate attempted to repudiate the resolutions of the Calcutta session (c) Session ended in ...