1. Consider the following statements regarding conditions in India after the First World War:
(I) Industry faced a rise in prices followed by a recession coupled with increased foreign investment
(II) Peasants faced high taxation and poverty
(III) Soldiers returning from the war found the country more prosperous and freer than before
Which of the above is/are correct?
2. Which section of the Indian population was noted as facing unemployment along with an acute awareness of racism in British attitudes?
3. The nationalist resurgence after the First World War was also fuelled by the Allied powers' broken promise, made to rally colonies during the war, of an era of:
4. The Russian Revolution that overthrew the Czarist regime and founded the Soviet Union occurred on:
5. The Bolshevik Party that overthrew the Czarist regime was led by:
6. Consider the following statements regarding the impact of the Russian Revolution on Asian nationalism:
(I) The Soviet Union unilaterally renounced Czarist imperialist rights in China and the rest of Asia
(II) It gave rights of self-determination to former Czarist colonies in Asia
(III) It brought home the message that the masses were capable of challenging tyrants if organised, united and determined
Which of the above is/are correct?
7. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, announced in July 1918, were based on the government policy contained in Montagu's statement of which earlier date?
8. Under the dyarchy system introduced by the Government of India Act, 1919, 'reserved' subjects such as law and order, finance, and land revenue were administered by:
9. Under dyarchy, which of the following was true of the ministers handling transferred subjects, as distinct from the executive councillors?
10. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, what percentage of members of the provincial legislative councils were to be elected?
11. Under the Act's provisions for provincial legislatures, if the legislative council rejected the budget, who could restore it?
12. In the viceroy's executive council of eight members under the Government of India Act, 1919, how many were to be Indians?
13. Consider the following statements on the bicameral central legislature introduced by the Government of India Act, 1919 (as per the figures given by Subhash Kashyap):
(I) The Central Legislative Assembly (lower house) had 145 members, with a 3-year tenure
(II) The Council of State (upper house) had 60 members, with a 5-year tenure and only male members
(III) 75 per cent of the central budget remained non-votable by the legislature
Which of the above is/are correct?
14. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the Secretary of State for India's salary was, for the first time, to be paid out of:
15. Which of the following was NOT a drawback of the Montford Reforms as enacted through the Government of India Act, 1919?
16. The Congress special session that declared the Montford Reforms "disappointing" and "unsatisfactory," held at Bombay in August 1918, was presided over by:
17. Who described the Montford Reforms as "unworthy and disappointing—a sunless dawn"?
18. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, in the princely state of:
19. Gandhi went to South Africa in 1893 in connection with a legal case involving a client named:
20. Consider the following statements regarding the categories of Indians in South Africa:
(I) Indentured Indian labour, mainly from south India, had migrated after 1890 to work on sugar plantations
(II) Merchants were mostly Meman Muslims who had followed the labourers
(III) Ex-indentured labourers had all returned to India after the expiry of their contracts
Which of the above is/are correct?
21. During the Moderate phase of struggle (1894–1906) in South Africa, Gandhi set up an organisation to unite different sections of Indians. What was it called?
22. Gandhi's second phase of struggle in South Africa, beginning in 1906 and characterised by passive resistance, was known by what name that he coined?
23. The 1906 satyagraha in South Africa was launched in protest against a law requiring Indians to carry certificates of registration bearing their:
24. The poll tax imposed on all ex-indentured Indians in South Africa, which became too burdensome for the poor, was of what amount?
25. A South African Supreme Court order invalidated all marriages not conducted according to which rites, sparking protest by Hindus, Muslims and Parsis?
26. Who toured India mobilising public opinion in support of the Indians in South Africa during the campaign against the Transvaal Immigration Act?
27. The compromise solution to the South African Indian struggle was reached through negotiations involving Gandhi, Lord Hardinge, C.F. Andrews, and:
28. The Tolstoy Farm, founded in 1910 to house the families of satyagrahis, was named by Gandhi's associate:
29. Gandhi's first farm settlement in South Africa, set up in 1904 in Natal and inspired by a reading of John Ruskin's *Unto This Last*, was called:
30. Consider the following statements on the tenets of Gandhi's technique of Satyagraha:
(I) A satyagrahi should be ready to accept suffering in the struggle against the wrong-doer
(II) A satyagrahi could harbour ill feeling toward the wrong-doer as a matter of strategy
(III) Satyagraha was suited only for the brave and strong, not the weak and cowardly
Which of the above is/are correct?
31. Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in which month and year?
32. Gandhi was requested by Rajkumar Shukla, a local man, to look into the problems of indigo farmers in which region, leading to his first satyagraha in India?
33. Under the Champaran system by which European planters forced peasants to grow indigo on a fixed portion of their land, what fraction of land was involved?
34. As a compromise with the Champaran planters, what percentage of the illegally extracted dues did Gandhi agree should be compensated to the peasants?
35. Consider the following pairs of leaders associated with the Champaran Satyagraha:
(I) Rajendra Prasad
(II) Mazharul Haq
(III) J.B. Kripalani
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as having joined Gandhi at Champaran?
36. In the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1918, the dispute between mill owners and workers arose primarily over:
37. In the Ahmedabad Mill Strike, workers initially demanded a wage rise of 50 per cent, but Gandhi advised them to demand:
38. Who was the social worker who approached Gandhi to intervene in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike, despite being the sister of a mill owner?
39. The Ahmedabad Mill Strike is remembered as Gandhi's first use of which method, undertaken to strengthen the striking workers' resolve?
40. The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 arose after crop failure due to drought, when farmers were entitled to revenue remission if the yield fell below what fraction of normal produce?
41. In the Kheda Satyagraha, who provided the on-ground political leadership by organising the villagers, while Gandhi remained mainly the spiritual head?
42. The Kheda Satyagraha (1918) is regarded as Gandhi's first experiment in which technique?
43. The Rowlatt Act, passed in March 1919, was officially known as the:
44. The Rowlatt Act was based on recommendations of a committee headed by which British judge?
45. Consider the following statements regarding the Rowlatt Act:
(I) It allowed arrest of Indians without warrant on mere suspicion of treason
(II) Suspects could be tried in secrecy without recourse to legal help
(III) It provided a right of appeal above the special panel of three high court judges
Which of the above is/are correct?
46. All the elected Indian members of the Imperial Legislative Council, including Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Madan Mohan Malaviya and Mazhar Ul Haq, responded to the passage of the Rowlatt Act by:
47. What name did Gandhi give to the Rowlatt Act in his protest against it?
48. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on April 13, 1919, which also coincided with which festival?
49. The two nationalist leaders arrested without provocation on April 9, 1919 in Amritsar, whose arrest triggered mass protests, were Dr Satyapal and:
50. Who was the Brigadier-General responsible for ordering troops to fire on the unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh?
51. According to official British Indian sources, how many people were identified as dead in the Jallianwala Bagh firing?
52. In protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood, while Gandhi gave up a title bestowed on him for his work during the Boer War. What was that title?
53. Gandhi withdrew the Rowlatt Satyagraha movement, overwhelmed by the atmosphere of violence, on:
54. Who later assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and was hanged in 1940 for the act?
55. The Government of India announced the formation of the Disorders Inquiry Committee, popularly known after its chairman as the:
56. Consider the following statements on the findings of the Hunter Committee's final report (March 1920):
(I) The lack of notice to disperse the crowd at the Bagh was found to be an error
(II) Dyer was found to have overstepped the bounds of his authority
(III) The committee found evidence of a conspiracy to overthrow British rule in Punjab
Which of the above is/are correct?
57. The Act passed by the government before the Hunter Committee began proceedings, protecting its officers and criticised as a "white washing bill" by Motilal Nehru, was the:
58. In the House of Commons, which British Secretary of State for War condemned the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as "monstrous"?
59. Dyer was ultimately relieved of his command in March 1920 and recalled to England, but faced what further consequence?
60. The clergy of the Golden Temple, led by Arur Singh, controversially honoured Dyer by declaring him a:
