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What was the reason for Gandhiji’s support for the decentralization of power?
(1) Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy
(2) India had decentralization of power in the past
(3) Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country
(4) Decentralisation can prevent communalism

Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world?
(1) Non-violence of the brave
(2) Non-violence of the weak
(3) Non-violence of the coward

(4) Non-violence of the downtrodden

Who among the following were members of the Swaraj Party?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(1) a and b (2) a only
(3) b and c (4) a, b and c

Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?

(1) Goa                 (2) Calicut
(3) Cannanore      (4) Cochin

The British introduced the railways in India in order to
(1) promote heavy industries in India
(2) facilitate British commerce and administrative control
(3) move foodstuff in case of famine
(4) enable Indians to move freely within the country

According to Dadabhai Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ meant
(1) Complete independence
(2) Self-government
(3) Economic independence
(4) Political independence

Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
(1) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(2) R.G. Bhandarkar
(3) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(4) B.G. Tilak

Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
(1) Robert Clive
(2) Warren Hastings
(3) William Bentinck
(4) Cornwallis

Which scripture was called his ‘mother’ by Gandhiji?
(1) Ramayana
(2) The New Testament
(3) Bhagwat Gita
(4) The Holy Quran

The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of
(1) January               (2) March
(3) August                 (4) December

Match the following :
Column-\(\mathrm{I}\)
(A) Keshab Sen
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Atmaram Pandurang
(D) Syed Ahmad Khan
Column-\(\mathrm{II}\)
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Brahmo Samaj
3. Aligarh Movement
4. Arya Samaj
     A   B   C   D
(1) 4   1   3    2
(2) 1   4   2    3 
(3) 2   4   1    3
(4) 3   2   4    1

Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
(1) George Yule
(2) William Wedderburn
(3) A.O. Hume
(4) Henry Cotton

Which one of the following personalities is known as ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(1) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(2) Dadabhai Naoroji
(3) Motilal Nehru
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai

The pledge for “Poorna Swaraj” was taken at the Congress Session of
(1) Calcutta               (2) Lahore
(3) Allahabad            (4) Madras

Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society’ ?
(1) G.K. Gokhale
(2) M.G. Ranade
(3) B.G. Tilak
(4) Bipin Chandra Pal

Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
(1) Bernard Shaw
(2) Karl Marx
(3) Lenin
(4) Leo Tolstoy

Who is rightly called the “Father of Local Self Government” in India?
(1) Lord Mayo                   (2) Lord Ripon
(3) Lord Curzon                (4) Lord Clive

Which Governor General is associated with the Doctrine of Lapse?
(1) Lord Ripon
(2) Lord Dalhousie
(3) Lord Bentinck
(4) Lord Curzon