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  1. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil

    Disobedience from:

  2. A.

    Thoureau

    B.

    Ruskin

    C.

    Confucius

    D.

    Tolstoy


  3. The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was:

  4. A.

    Satyendra Nath Tagore

    B.

    Sarojini Naidu

    C.

    Lala Lajpat Rai

    D.

    C.R. Das


  5. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by :

  6. A.

    Indian Council Act of 1892

    B.

    Minto-Morley reforms of 1909

    C.

    Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919

    D.

    Government of India of 1935


  7. Who represented India in The Second Round

    Table Conference?

  8. A.

    Aruna Asaf Ali

    B.

    Sucheta Kripalani

    C.

    Sarojini Naidu

    D.

    Kalpana Joshi


  9. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India

    Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?

  10. A.

    Mahatma Gandhi

    B.

    Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

    C.

    Vallabh Bhai Patel and M.A. Jinnah

    D.

    Morarji desai and J.B. Kripalani


  11. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against:

  12. A.

    British repression of the Satyagrahis.

    B.

    Violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

    C.

    Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald.

    D.

    Communal Roits in Calcutta.


  13. One time associated of Mahatma Ghandhi, broke

    off from him and launched a radical movement called 'self-respect movement'. Who was he?

  14. A.

    P. Thyagaraja Shetti

    B.

    Chhatrapati Maharaj

    C.

    E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker

    D.

    Jyotirao Govindrao Phule


  15. What did Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?

  16. A.

    Saving the lower castes from hypocritical

    Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures

    B.

    Attacking the caste system

    C.

    Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara

    D.

    Seperate representation for untouchables


  17. In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?

  18. A.

    Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22

    B.

    Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919

    C.

    Ahmedabad Strike, 1918

    D.

    Bardoli Satyagraha


  19. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?

  20. A.

    Annie Besant

    B.

    Mridula Sarabhai

    C.

    Muthu Lakshmi

    D.

    Sarojini Naidu