Who said, “The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish”?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Shivaswami Ayyar
(3) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru

The Marathas were defeated at Panipat because
(1) The Marathas did not fight bravely
(2) The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
(3) The Martha army was short of food supplies

 (4) The Marathas were considered alien by the local population

Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League?

(1) 3rd September 1946
(2) 16th August 1946
(3) 16th May 1946
(4) 4th December 1946

When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942?
(1) 7th August 1942
(2) 30th April 1942
(3) 9th August 1942
(4) 5th July 1942

Gandhiji believed that
(1) End justifies means
(2) Means justify the end
(3) Neither end justifies means nor means justify the end
(4) End and Means both should be justified

With which ‘Movement’, the following were/are associated?

List-\(\mathrm{I}\)
a. Vinoba Bhave
b. Medha Patkar
c. Sunderlal Bahuguna
d. Jaya Prakash Narayan
List-\(\mathrm{II}\)
1. ‘Chipko’
2. ‘Sampurna Kranti’
3. ‘Narmada Bachao’
4. ‘Bhoodan’
(1) a – 4, c – 1, b – 2, d – 3
(2) a – 4, b – 3, c – 1, d – 2
(3) b – 3, c – 1, a – 2, d – 4
(4) d – 2, a – 4, b – 1, c – 2

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(1) Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse

(2) Lord Minto – Indian Councils Act, 1909

(3) Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
(4) Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878

The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by

(1) Lord Lytton               (2) Lord Ripon
(3) Lord Dufferin            (4) Lord Curzon

The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as
(1) The Montagu Declaration
(2) The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(3) The Morley-Minto Reforms
(4) The Rowlatt Act

The Home Rule League was started by

(1) M.K. Gandhi                 (2) B.G. Tilak
(3) Ranade                        (4) K.T. Telang

The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because

(1) it sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians

(2) it proposed to partition India

(3) it was an all-white commission without Indian representation

(4) it proposed measures to contain nationalism