1. In which year was the State Congress founded in the Hyderabad state?
2. What goal did the State Congress leaders declare upon founding the organisation?
3. Consider the following statements regarding the State Congress:
(I) It claimed it was not a communal organisation.
(II) It tried to convince Muslim leaders that it had no connection with Congress politics outside the state.
Which of the above is/are correct?
4. Which leader played a prominent role in the Hyderabad freedom struggle despite not being counted among Congress activists?
5. Which organisation grew in Hyderabad state under the banner of Muslim communalism, opposing the nationalist movement?
6. Which Muslim leader held that any form of responsible government in Hyderabad would amount to Hindu majority rule?
7. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi proclaim the Quit India Movement, which subsequently became an all-India movement engulfing Hyderabad as well?
8. On which date did the Nizam's government impose a ban on the State Congress?
9. Which official replaced Sir Akbar Hydari as Prime Minister (Diwan) of Hyderabad state in August 1941?
10. In which district did the 1942 Dichpalli incident, involving a Christian missionary-run leprosy hospital, take place?
11. Consider the following statements regarding the 1942 Dichpalli incident:
(I) Muslims built a platform inside the leprosy hospital premises and began constructing a mosque there.
(II) The authorities demolished the structure as it violated hospital regulations.
(III) The incident triggered widespread Muslim disturbances across the state.
Which of the above is/are correct?
12. Who was the Revenue and Police Minister sympathetic to the missionaries during the 1942 Dichpalli-related riots?
13. Consider the following pairs regarding residences attacked by rioters during the 1942 disturbances:
(I) Prime Minister's official residence – Shamsheergarh
(II) Police Minister Grigson's residence – Greenlands
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
14. Who succeeded Nawab Chhatari as Prime Minister of Hyderabad state?
15. By what nickname did Hyderabad Muslims refer to Sir Mirza Ismail on account of his reformist zeal?
16. In which two princely states did Sir Mirza Ismail earlier introduce revolutionary reforms as Prime Minister, prior to his tenure in Hyderabad?
17. After how many months in office did Sir Mirza Ismail resign as Prime Minister of Hyderabad, in May 1947?
18. Who assumed the leadership of the Ittehadul Muslimeen after the death of Bahadur Yar Jung?
19. In which town did Kasim Razvi practise as a lawyer before taking over the Ittehadul Muslimeen's leadership?
20. What does the term "Razakar" mean?
21. Who presided over the first State Congress conference held in Hyderabad after the ban was lifted?
22. On which date was the first State Congress conference held at Chikkadpally?
23. On the same day as the first State Congress conference, what slogan did Ittehadul Muslimeen leaders raise?
24. How many days before India's independence did the Nizam declare that Hyderabad would remain independent?
25. Which two political groups jointly resolved to hoist the national flag at the Warangal fort?
26. Which volunteer was killed while raising nationalist slogans at the Warangal fort?
27. What was the name of the person who fatally attacked Mogilayya at the Warangal fort?
28. On which date did Mogilayya's murder take place?
29. Whose government had assumed office only a week before Mogilayya's murder occurred?
30. Which noted poet wrote fiery verses in reaction to the government's refusal to let him carry his father's body away after Mogilayya's death?
31. Which minister, on a tour to Hyderabad's forts and monuments following the Mogilayya episode, was criticised for delaying action through leisurely sightseeing?
32. On which date did the British government announce its plan for the partition and transfer of power in India?
33. Which leader is credited with integrating most princely states into the Indian Union through political wisdom and without bloodshed?
34. Which British legal expert was invited by the Nizam to serve as his constitutional advisor?
35. Consider the following pairs regarding the Hyderabad delegation sent to Delhi for negotiations:
(I) Prime Minister – Nawab Chhatari
(II) Constitutional advisor – Sir Walter Monckton
(III) Legal secretary – Aliyawar Jung
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
36. What is the agreement reached between the Hyderabad and Indian governments on 15 August 1947, retaining Indian control over foreign affairs and defence, commonly known as?
37. Consider the following statements regarding additional conditions sought by the Hyderabad government after the Standstill Agreement:
(I) Hyderabad should remain neutral in the event of a war between India and Pakistan.
(II) Hyderabad should have the right to appoint Agent-Generals abroad.
(III) Hyderabad should be free to independently decide on Commonwealth relations.
Which of the above is/are correct?
38. Which Governor-General firmly refused to alter the original terms of the Standstill Agreement sought by Hyderabad?
39. Who was appointed by the Hyderabad government as its Agent-General in Delhi?
40. On which date was a grenade thrown at the Nizam's car near All Saints School?
41. Who threw the grenade at the Nizam's car?
42. Where was the Nizam headed daily at 5 pm by car, the route on which the grenade attack occurred?
43. What sentence did the Sessions Court award to Narayana Rao Pawar for the grenade attack?
44. Who ultimately pardoned and released Narayana Rao Pawar from prison?
45. According to Sardar Patel's statement, how many refugees were provided housing in Hyderabad state as part of the Nizam's policy to alter the population balance?
46. Of these refugees, how many were recruited into the Nizam's army, as stated by Sardar Patel?
47. Which local university professor suggested relocating Hindus from Hyderabad state to Madras and Madhya Pradesh while bringing Muslims from those regions into Hyderabad, a proposal that was rejected as impractical?
48. On which date did the Hyderabad state government lift the ban on the Communist Party?
49. Consider the following statements regarding Kasim Razvi's declarations at Razakar meetings:
(I) He described Hindus as uncivilised and referred to them contemptuously in religious terms.
(II) He declared that Hyderabad would annex the surrounding Seeded (ceded) districts.
(III) He proclaimed he would hoist the Asafia flag over the Red Fort.
Which of the above is/are correct?
50. Whom did Lord Mountbatten send as his special envoy to Hyderabad to hold talks with the Nizam, Razvi, and Laik Ali?
51. On which date did the Hyderabad government suspend the use of Indian currency in cash trade?
52. From which date was entry into Hyderabad state restricted to Muslim refugees only?
53. On which date did Sardar Patel announce in Parliament the Hyderabad government's financial misuse under Laik Ali?
54. Consider the following statements regarding the financial misuse detailed by Sardar Patel in Parliament:
(I) About 8 crore 60 lakh rupees were spent to wage war against the Indian Union.
(II) 50 lakh rupees were spent on propaganda for an independent Hyderabad in India and abroad.
(III) 50 lakh rupees were spent to argue Hyderabad's case before the Security Council.
Which of the above is/are correct?
55. What name did the group of unopposed, wealthy, and landlord members who formed the ministry after national parties boycotted the legislative assembly give themselves?
56. Which member from this group secured a place in Laik Ali's cabinet?
57. Near which district was the village of Nanaj, which was raided by Razakars, located?
58. On which date and at which venue did Razakars hold a condolence meeting for those killed in the Nanaj retaliation?
59. How much property, in rupees, did a group of 20 Razakars loot after entering Madras state's border districts from Hyderabad?
60. Who, as Madras state's Home Minister, reported the Razakar looting of border districts to the Madras legislative assembly on 27 February 1948?
61. Which newspaper, known for its independent views, was banned by the Nizam's government before the founding of Imroze?
62. Who was the editor of Rayyat, admired for his independent opinions?
63. Which intelligence department officer personally delivered the ban orders to Rayyat's office?
64. With Mandumula Narsingarao's help, which newspaper did Shoaib Ullah Khan go on to establish?
65. On which date was Imroze's first issue published?
66. Who provided financial assistance for the founding of Imroze, and later housed its office within his own residence?
67. Consider the following statements regarding Hyderabad state's population at the time:
(I) The total population was about 1 crore 56 lakh.
(II) The Muslim population was about 20 lakh 70 thousand.
(III) Kasim Razvi's active followers numbered only about 5 lakh.
Which of the above is/are correct?
68. Which young editor alone courageously opposed Razakar atrocities through his newspaper, drawing Razvi's hostility?
69. On which date did Razakar violence in the city cross all limits, leading Hindu shopkeepers to close their shops by evening?
70. Whose house, where the Imroze office was located, remained the only one lit up in the deserted Chappal Bazaar locality that night?
71. Near which crossroads was Shoaib Ullah Khan attacked and murdered at midnight?
72. On which date did the Nizam's government issue a notification requiring newspapers such as Deccan Chronicle, Imroze, Payam, and Daily News to submit editorials and letters to a censor beforehand?
73. Which newspaper was not permitted to write editorials for about two months under Nizam government restrictions?
74. On which date did State Congress women volunteers observe a 24-hour hunger strike amid Hyderabad's tense situation?
75. How many Muslim leaders submitted a memorandum to the Nizam appealing for policies that would restore peace for the people of the state, given its eventual merger into the Indian Union?
76. Consider the following pairs regarding signatories of the memorandum submitted to the Nizam:
(I) Nawab Manzoor Jung – formerly a Subedar close to the Nizam
(II) Mahmood Hussain Zafari – Director of the Education department
(III) Farid Mirza – a Tehsildar who resigned his post to sign the memorandum
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
77. To which international body did Sardar Patel forward a copy of the Muslim leaders' memorandum?
78. On which date was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
79. Given the abnormal conditions in Hyderabad state, what did the courts decide regarding the appearance of accused persons?
