Sunday, January 25, 2009

Crack Modern India : for GS & Optionals

In the questions with 2 statements, mark a) if only 1 b) if only 2 c) Both d) None is correct

1) 1 : The Imperial Legislative Council could not discuss the actions of the administration under the provisions of the Indian Councils Act (1861)
2 : Charles Wood was the Secretary of State for India in 1861

2) Who among the following opposed the reduction of the Salt tax in 1882 ?
1 : Jotendra Nath Tagore 2 : Durga Charan Laha 3 : Peary Mohan Mukherjea
a) All b) None c) 1 & 2 d) Only 3

3) Who among the following took part in effecting the first walk-out in India’s Legislative History ?
1 : B C Krishna 2 : G K Parekh 3 : D A Khare 4 : G V Joshi
a) All b) 1,2 & 3 c) Only 4 d) None

4) Which among the following is wrongly matched with regard to spreading the Swadeshi Movement
a) Syed Haider Raza : Delhi
b) Chidambaram Pillai : Central Provinces
c) Lokmanya Tilak : Poona
d) Bipan Chandra Pal : Madras

5) Which Indian artist tried to develop a pan-Asian model of art ?
a) Nandalal Bose b) Abanindranath Tagore c) Jamini Roy d) None

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