Modern History

National Council of Education was established when ? and part of which movement

1906 and part of Swadeshi Movement

Who persuaded Gandhi for Champaran and who associated him ?

Raj kumar Shukla persuaded

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Mazhar-Ul-Haq, Narhari Parekh, Mahadev Desai and JB Kripalani

Maulana Mohd. Ali and Abul Kalam Azad resigned from legislative council from when and during which movement ?

in 1919 during Khilafat movement

Neeldarpan translated into English by

Michael Madhusudan dutta

Who were associated with Ghadar party

Lala Hardayal, Sohan singh bakhna, Ramchandra, Bhagwan Singh, Kartar Singh, Ras behari bose, Barkatullah, Bhai Parmanand

The scheme of National Education formulated by whom and when ?

Satish Chandra Mukherjee in 1889

Jugantar was made by whom and when

Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Aurobindo Ghosh, Bupendranath Dutta in 1916

Alipore or Muzzafarpur bomb conspiracy associated with which group and happened when ?

Anushilan samiti (its inner circle jugantar) in 1908

Bengal National College was founded by whom and when and who was its principal ?

Founded by National Council of Education in 1906 with Aurobindo Ghosh as principal

Who first prepare the survey map of Hampi ?

Colen Mackenzie

Who was the first surveyor general of India

Colen Mackenzie

Who leaded muslim peasants in Barisal during Swadesh Movement ?

Ashwini Kumar Dutta

Rabindranath Tagore advocated for which philosophy ?

Atmashakti

About Ameer Ali

London Branch of All India Muslim League was established in 1908 by him

and became first Indian to be appointed as a member of Judicial Committee in Privy Council in 1909

Who founded All India Muslim League

Aga Khan in 1906

Who introduced first ever bill to make primary education compulsory in India and when ?

1911 by GK Gokhale

congress session, presidency, special thing 1885,1886,1887,1888,1905,1906,1907,1916

1885 - Bombay - Womesh Chandra Banerjee

1886 - Culcutta - Dadabhai Naoroji - merger of INC and National Conference

1887 - Madras - Syed Badruddin Tyyabji - First muslim president

1888 - Allahabad- George Yule - First British President

1905 - Banaras - GK Gokhale - Adopted Vande Mataram

1906 - Calcutta - Dadabhai Naoroji - word “swaraj” mentioned for first time

1907 - Surat - Ras behari Ghosh - Surat split

1916 - Lucknow - AC Mazumdar - Lucknow Pact

Who founded Vijaynagar empire and when ?

Harihara and Bukka in 1336

Rowlatt act passed on the recommendation of which committee

Sedition Committee

Who moved the resolution of Non- cooperation movement and when

in Calcutta session in 1920 by Gandhi

1931 congress session

Karachi

presidency of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

decision to participate in RTC and resolution of FR and National economic programme was adopted

which commission is commonly known as Indian Statutory Commission ?

Simon Commission

Two nation theory was proposed by ?

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association and when ?

Gandhi in 1920

Who founded All India Trade Union Congress and when ?

NM Joshi in 1920

MN Roy

headed the group of Indians in Tashkent and Uzbekistan to establish Communist party of India

Suggest to make constituent assembly for the first time in 1934

UP kisan sabha formed by whom and when ?

Madan Mohan Malviya, Gauri Shankar Misra, Indra Narain Dwivedi in 1918

Do All India Muslim League supported, rejected or was neutralised during bengal participation and separate electorates

supported

Who opposed the formation of INC ?

Syed Ahmed Khan

Sarabandi Campaign led by whom and when ?

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1922

Which act provide All India Federation ?

GOI Act, 1935

Who were associated in INA ?

Shah Nawaz Khan, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, Prem Kumar Sehgal

Royal Mutiny happened in which year ?

1946

What was C. Rajagopalachari formula ?

the solution for constitutional deadlock. Issued a pamphlet entitled “The Way Out”

Who were associated with Individual Satyagraha and when ? in response of and also known as

Vinoba Bhave, JL Nehru, Brahma Dutta in 7 Oct, 1940

in response of August offer

Delhi Chalo Movement

Who hoisted the flag of INC at Gowalia Tank Maidan during Quit India

Aruna Asaf Ali

Food and Agriculture ministry during Interim govt.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Defence ministry in Interim Govt.

Baldev Singh

Finance ministry in Interim Govt.

Liaquat Ali Khan

Labour Ministry in Interim Govt.

Jagjivan Ram

Who was President of Congress during Partition and Independence of India

JB Kripalani

Who was President of Congress during Quit India Movement ?

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

INA was originally formed by whom ?

Ras behari bose and Captain Mohan Singh

Wavell plan

in 1945 at the Shimla Conference

key points :

1. All members of executive council would be Indian except governor general and commander in chief

2. Viceroy and governor general would retain veto power but its use would be minimal

3. Equal representation for caste Hindu and Muslims

4. All portfolios including that of war members were to be held by Indians

where INA was officially formed ?

In Singapore

Covenanted Civil Services created by whom ?

Cornwallis

Things happened during canning regime

3 Universities established in 1857 - Madras, Bombay, Calcutta

ICA, 1861 enacted

White mutiny in 1859

Who founded East India Association ?

Dadabhai Naoriji in London

When vernacular press Act enacted and when repealed and by whom ?

By Lytton in 1878 and repealed by Rippon in 1882

Who was governor general when Pitts India came and when it came ?

1784, Warren Hastings

When Ilbert bill came and who was viceroy ?

1883, Lord Rippon

Who followed “forward policy” towards Afghanistan and Central Asia ?

Lord Lytton

What was happened during the reign of Lord Lytton ?

Great Indian Famine, Second Anglo- Afghan war, Arms act (1878)

Doctrine of Subsidiary Alliance implemented by ?

Wellesley

Treaty of Bassein happened when and with whom ?

During Wellesley in 1802 with Peshwa

Permanent Settlement introduced by whom, when and where ?

Also known as Zamindari system

by Cornwallis in 1793

in Mainly Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Banaras

When police commission was appointed ?

1902

Ambedkar was elected from constituent assembly

West Bengal

Which act reserved seats for woman and labour workers ?

GOI, 1935

about Charter Act 1813

give permission to chai and china

company’s territory in India came under the sovereignty of British govt.

Allocating fund for promoting education

Revenue of India was controlled by British Parliament through which act ?

Pitts India

Dyarchy was implemented in how many provinces in GOI 1919

8 provinces

Which act clearly defined the jurisdiction of central and provincial govt.

GOI 1919

Who known as the father of communal award in India

Lord Minto

Which act abolished council of India

GOI 1935

Which Parliamentary committee was set up to agitate for Indian Political reforms in the House of Commons ?

Indian Parliamentary committee in 1893 by William Wedderburn, WS caine

First telegraph line was laid between and when

Kolkata and Diamond Harbour in 1850

First export processing zone in India was set up where and when ?

in Kandla, 1965

term “aurang” means

Warehouse

term “Banian” means

Indian agent of EIC

term “Mirasidar” means

Designated revenue payer to the state

Who submitted a petition to the house of commons demanding India’s direct representation in British Parliament and when

Poorna Sarvajanik Sabha in 1875

First railway line established from where and when

Bombay to Thane in 1853

Rubber came in India from where ?

Brazil

What Portuguese brought in India

Guava, pineapple, papaya, tobacco, tomato, potato, chilli, cashews, peanut

Do we export or import saltpetre

export

Do we export or import opium

export

Who is known as Father of Trade Union ?

NM Lokhande

first use of mobile canons was when

in battle of Adoni in 1368

by Brahmani king and Vijaynagar king

What was Whitley commission for and when it came. ?

to report existing conditions of Labour and to make recommendation

in 1929

Which bank was first bank of limited liability, when founded and managed by whom

Oudh commercial bank

founded in 1881

managed by Indian

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

associated as secretary with Hindu Female School / Bethune Female school (founded by John Elliot in 1849)

Wrote shome prakash and bahubivah

was the Principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta

was a Government Inspector of Schools

Who founded Widow Remarriage Association

M.G Ranade

Sanskrit College of Benaras founded by whom and when

Johnathan Duncan in 1791

Calcutta Madarsa founded by whom and when

Warren Hastings in 1781

Fort William College was founded by whom and when

Richard Wellesley in 1800

Asiatic society of bengal founded by whom and when

William Jones in 1784

Hindu College at Calcutta founded by whom and when

Raja Ram Mohan Roy, David Hare, Alexander Duff in 1817

Adam’s report

1819-1838

survey on education in Bengal and Bihar

Macaulay’ minute on Education happened when

1835

Wood’s dispatch happened when

1854

Hunter commission happened when and what is its other name and why

Indian Education Commission in 1882

to check wood’s dispatch progress

In which education report there was recommendation for free and compulsory education for children upto 14 years

Sargent Education Report in 1944

Rabindranath Tagore translates the National Anthem in which language and where

from Bengali to English in Madanpalle, Andhra pradesh

Annie basant

was president of INC in 1917

wrote Commonweal and New India

established Central Hindu College in Benaras 1898 (now BHU in 1916)

Theosophical society was founded by

Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott in 1875

established in Adayar in Madras in 1882

National Anthem first sung by whom and when ?

Rabindranath Tagore in 1911 Calcutta session (Bishan Narayan Dar president)

Who designed tricolor and when it presented ?

Pingali Venkayya and presented in 1921 Vijaywada session

Who associated with “Song from Prison” ?

Gandhi during Yeravda Jail, Poona in 1934

About Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar

wrote Desher katha

used the term “swaraj” for first time in 1902

introduced Shivaji Festival in Bengali