21. Who among the following Britishers were associated with the introduction of the Mahalwari System?
(A) William Karey
(B) Sir Alexandar Cunningham
(C) R.M. Bird
(D) Sir John Lawrence
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] R.M. Bird
22. Which of the following is correctly paired?
(A) Establishment of an agricultural Research Institution at Pusa - Lord Minto
(B) Rowlatt Act - Lord Chelmsford
(C) Antipartition and Swadeshi Movements -Lord Lansdowne
(D) Factory Act of 1891-Lord Curzon
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Rowlatt Act - Lord Chelmsford
23. Who made the 'Dipawali Declaration' and when
(A) Gandhi 1930
(B) Subhas Bose in 1941
(C) Lord Irwin in 1929
(D) Lord Linlithgow in 1940
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lord Irwin in 1929
24. Indian National Congress Which session of the Congress had 1889 Delegates?
(A) Fifth Session at Bombay
(B) Sixth Session at Calcutta
(C) Third Session of Madras
(D) Fourth Session of Allahabad
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Fifth Session at Bombay
25. Who founded the Indian Reforms Association in 1870?
(A) Keshab Chandra Sen
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Debendranath Tagore
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Keshab Chandra Sen
26. When and by whom was the 'Nair Service Society' founded?
(A) 1914 - M. Padmanabha Pillai
(B) 1916 - K. Ramakrishna Pillai
(C) 1905 - Narayana Guru
(D) 1910 - T.M. Nair
Answer
Correct Answer: [A] 1914 - M. Padmanabha Pillai
27. Keshab Chandra Sen
(i) Adopted a radical and comprehensive scheme of social reforms.
(ii) Infused the concept of Bhakti into Brahmoism
(iii) Influenced the socio-religious reformers in Bombay and Madras
(iv) Opposed the introduction of western education in India.
Which one is correct
(A) i, iii and iv
(B) ii, iii and iv
(C) i, ii and iii
(D) All of them
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] i, ii and iii
28. Which of the following sections remained at a distance during Swadeshi Movement of 1905?
(A) Students
(B) Intelligentsia
(C) Women
(D) Peasantry
Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Peasantry
29. Who said on Gandhiji's death "The light has gone out of our lives"?
(A) S. Radha Krishnan
(B) Bidhan Chandra Roy
(C) J. L. Nehru
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer
Correct Answer: [C] J. L. Nehru
30. Who was the last Governor-General in India?
(A) Lord Mountbatten
(B) Chakraborty Raja Gopalachari
(C) Lord William Bentinck
(D) Lord Canning
Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Chakraborty Raja Gopalachari
