Modern Indian History Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 20)

His sons were returned roughly two years later, once the full war indemnity was paid.

Azad helped set up the University Grants Commission in 1953. He also helped establish the first IIT, at Kharagpur, in 1951.

Azad opposed Partition, but at the AICC session on 3 June 1947 that approved the resolution, he abstained from voting and remained silent throughout.

Azad was elected Congress President in 1923 at just 35 years old, making him the youngest person to ever hold that post.

Al-Hilal criticised British rule and urged Indian Muslims to join the freedom movement. The British banned it in 1914, under the Press Act.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born Muhiyuddin Ahmad in 1888, in Mecca. He later adopted the pen name Azad, meaning free.

Jawaharlal Nehru disagreed with his father’s support for dominion status, pushing instead for full independence. Gandhi’s compromise gave Britain one year before Congress would demand it outright.

The all-party committee Motilal Nehru chaired in 1928 produced the Nehru Report, the first constitution drafted entirely by Indians. It proposed dominion status for India.

A mob killed policemen at Chauri Chaura in February 1922. Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement in response, a decision Motilal Nehru publicly opposed.

Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das founded the Swaraj Party on 1 January 1923, after their proposal for council entry was rejected at the Gaya Congress session in December 1922.

Motilal Nehru purchased the house in Allahabad’s Civil Lines in 1900 and renamed it Anand Bhawan (“House of Joy”). It later became a hub of the freedom movement.

Prince Salim, whose guardianship Akbar gave to Man Singh in 1594, later ruled as Emperor Jahangir.

Man Singh built the Govind Dev Temple at Vrindavan, and also funded work on the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and rebuilt the Jagannath Temple (which already existed) at Puri.

After conquering Orissa, Man Singh became Mughal viceroy of Bengal in 1594-95, founding the new capital city of Akbarnagar.

Man Singh I commanded Akbar’s Mughal army at Haldighati in 1576, against Maharana Pratap’s Mewar forces.

Man Singh I belonged to the Kachwaha Rajput clan, rulers of Amber, near present-day Jaipur.

Subhas Chandra Bose was appointed Chief Executive Officer, his first serious administrative role, with Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy as Deputy Mayor. Das was Bose’s political mentor. Bipin Chandra Pal and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay were both real associates of Das, but through his journal Narayana, not the Corporation.

The pact set an eventual target of 55% of government posts for Muslims, with 80% of new appointments going to them until that share was reached. The 60/40 figure was the majority/minority split for local bodies. Congress rejected the pact at its Coconada session weeks later.

Das was presiding over the Gaya session when his council-entry motion was defeated. He resigned the Congress presidency and moved within days to form what became the Swarajya Party, with Motilal Nehru. He did not leave the Congress, and was never expelled — the Swarajists operated as a party within it.

The Swarajists, or ‘pro-changers’, wanted to contest elections and enter the councils to obstruct the government from inside. Boycotting the councils for the constructive programme was the rival ‘no-changer’ position, which defeated Das’s motion at the Gaya session in December 1922.

Das defended Aurobindo Ghose in the Alipore Bomb Case and won his acquittal, taking the brief without a fee. The Kakori, Meerut and Lahore conspiracy cases were all real trials, but came later and involved different accused.

Kumbha’s own son, Udai Singh I, murdered him at Kumbhalgarh in 1468, and was remembered afterward as Hatyara, “the Murderer.”

Kumbha had Rao Ranmal, the regent of Marwar, assassinated over the growing Rathore influence at the Mewar court.

Kumbha built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) at Chittor, a nine-storey tower about 37 metres tall, commemorating his victory over Malwa and Gujarat’s combined armies.

At 1,100 metres elevation, Kumbhalgarh is the highest fort in Rajasthan, with an outer wall running about 38 kilometres.