Modern Indian History 1857 To The Present Set 5
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This set of Modern Indian History (1857 to the present) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Indian History 1857 To The Present Set 5
Q1 | An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ..............on November 23,1919with Gandhi as its president.
- Calcutta
- Punjab
- Gujarat
- Delhi
Q2 | Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the....................as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.
- Khalifat Movement
- Khudai Khidmatgars
- Peasant movement
- Womens’ movement
Q3 | .............visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafatmovement.
- Gandhiji
- Motilal Nehru
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Sri Aurobindo
Q4 | The Constitution of ....................is the largest written liberal democraticconstitution of the world.
- India
- America
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
Q5 | The Constitution of ...................provides for a mixture of federalismandUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.
- Afghanistan
- America
- Pakistan
- India
Q6 | Indian Constitution consists of ................ Articles divided into 22 Parts with12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments.
- 295
- 305
- 388
- 395
Q7 | The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitutionwhich hasonly 7 Articles and the ..................Constitution with its 89 Articles.
- French
- Dutch
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
Q8 | The constitution of India became fully operational with effectfrom 26thJanuary..........................
- 1905
- 1935
- 1947
- 1950
Q9 | India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for afixed term of ................... years.
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Q10 | . Every voter of .................years or above of age is eligible to contest electionsto the Lok Sabha.
- 21
- 23
- 24
- 25
Q11 | The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years. a)2 b)3 c)4 d) 512.The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was..................
- Dr.
- R. Ambedkar b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Q12 | The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of .................... had brought alarge scale discontentment among the people of India.
- 1909
- 1911
- 1916
- 1919
Q13 | The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................had fanned the fireof this discontentment.
- Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- Sardar Vallabhai
Q14 | In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of therecommendation of Simon Commission.
- 1905
- 1915
- 1925
- 1935
Q15 | Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of .......................
- 1908
- 1913
- 1915
- 1919
Q16 | The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............
- 1916
- 1926
- 1946
- 1956.
Q17 | In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when PrimeMinister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.
- Indira Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- Rajiv Gandhi
Q18 | Officially issued by President................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) ofthe Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.
- Fakhruddin Ali
- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Manmohan Singh
Q19 | On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency inIndia citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces.
- 1955
- 1965
- 1968
- 1975
Q20 | Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emergedvictorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
- 1906
- 1916
- 1956
- 1966
Q21 | The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against hercalling her corrupt and autocratic.
- Jaya Prakash Narayan
- Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
- EMS
- AKG
Q22 | The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an allIndia Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.
- George Fernandes
- Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
- Jaya Prakash Narayan
- EMS
Q23 | The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................who signed it immediately.
- Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
- George Fernandes
- Dr.Rajendra Prasad
- ManmohanSingh
Q24 | ................ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, tookcharge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.
- Nanaji Deshmukh’s
- Morarji Desai’s
- Indira Gandhi\s
- , Subramanian Swamy’s,
Q25 | Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to.................., was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.
- Indira Gandhi
- JP, George Fernandes,
- AB Vajpayee
- LK Advani,