GK Questions: Indian History – Set 12

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1. First Round Table Conference was held in …………..
   1.1930
   2.1931
   3.1932
   4.1929
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1.1930
   Explanation :
   The Round Table Conference was opened officially by Lord Irwin on November 12, 1930 at London and chaired by the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald.
   
   
   
2. First non-cooperation movement Kheda Satyagraha was held in ……………
   1.1916
   2.1920
   3.1918
   4.1023
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3.1918
   Explanation :
   The first non-Cooperation movement Kheda Satyagraha movement inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and occurred in  Kheda district of Gujarat on 1918 .
   
   
   
3. Ramakrishna mission was established by ………………..
   1.Nehruji
   2.Swami Vivekanand
   3.Ganhiji
   4.Swami Dayanand Saraswati
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.Swami Vivekanand
   Explanation :
   The mission is a philanthropic, volunteer organisation founded  by Ramakrishna’s chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897
   
   
   
4. Who appointed a Police Commission in 1902 under Andrew Frazer ?
   1.Lord Lytton
   2.Lord Minto-II
   3.Lord Chelmsford
   4.Lord Curzon
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4.Lord Curzon
   Explanation :
   In 1902-03, a Police Commission was established for the Police reforms under Sir Andrew Frazer and Lord Curzon got much success in the Police intelligence.
   
   
   
5. …………………………. Was regarded as the ‘Father of Modern Western Education in India’
   1.Sir Charles Metcalfe
   2.Lord Auckland
   3.Lord William Bentinck
   4.Lord Hardinge
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3.Lord William Bentinck
   Explanation :
   Lord William Bentinck who was not only a social reformer but also known as “Maker of Modern India” or “Father of Modern India”
   
   
   
6. Second round table conference was held in ……………..
   1.1934
   2.1930
   3.1931
   4.1935
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3.1931
   Explanation :
   The second Round Table Conference was held in London from 7 September 1931 to 1 December 1931 with the participation of Gandhi
   
   
   
7. Who among the following coined the term ‘ Pakisan’ ?
   1.Chaudhary Rehmat Ali
   2.Sikandar Hayat Khan
   3.Fazlul Haq
   4.Khaliquuzzaman
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1.Chaudhary Rehmat Ali
   Explanation :
   Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was a Pakistani .He is credited with creating the name “Pakistan” for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia and is generally known as the founder of the movement for its creation. He is best known as the author of a famous 1933 pamphlet titled “Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever”, also known as the Pakistan Declaration.
   
   
   
8. The idea of Indian National Army(INA) was first conceived in Malaya by who ?
   1.Jinnah
   2.Mohan Singh
   3.Lord Wavell
   4.Ras Bihari Bose
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.Mohan Singh
   Explanation :
   The Indian National Army was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. The idea of Indian National Army(INA) was first conceived in Malaya by Mohan Singh
   
   
   
9. The year 1942 is related to …………………….
   1.Fourth Round Table Conference
   2.August Offer
   3.Quit India Movement
   4.Government of India Act
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3.Quit India Movement
   Explanation :
   The Quit India Movement or the India August  Movement  (August Kranti), was a civil disobedience movement launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India
   
   
   
10. Third Round Table conference was held in ……………..
    1.1934
    2.1933
    3.1931
    4.1932
    5.None of these
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4.1932
    Explanation :
    The third and last session assembled on November 17, 1932. Only forty-six delegates attended since most of the main political figures of India were not present. The Labour Party from Britain and the Indian National Congress refused to attend