General Awareness Quiz Set 8

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Question 1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I (Movement)  List-II (Persons) 
(a) Khilafat Movement 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Home Rule Movement 2. Ali Brothers
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement 3. Khan Brothers
(d) Quit India Movement4. B.R. Ambedkar

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)2134
(C)3124
(D)1243
View Answer
(B) 2 1 3 4

Question 2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Vinoba Bhave 1. Home Rule Movement 
(b) B.G. Tilak2. Individual Satyagraha
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali 3. Dharsana Raid
(d) Sarojini Naidu 4. Quit India Movement
 

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)2143
(B)1234
(C)4321
(D)1243
View Answer
(A) 2 1 4 3

Question 3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I (Movement)  List-II (Person)
(a) Home Rule Movement 1. M.K. Gandhi 
(b) Bardoli Satyagraha2. C.R. Das
(c) Non-Co-operation Movement 3. Vallabhbhai Patel 
(d) Establishment of Swaraj Party 4. Annie Besant
 

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)4312
(C)4321
(D)2143
View Answer
(B) 4 3 1 2

Question 4. Match the following.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Mahatma Gandhi 1. Dandi March 
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Red Shirt Movement 
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan3. Bardoli Satyagraha
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel4. Demand for Complete Independence in Lucknow Session 

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)4132
(B)4321
(C)2143
(D)1423
View Answer
(D) 1 4 2 3

Question 5. Match the following female Rulers with their State/Capital.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Rani Durgavati 1.Jhansi
(b) Maharani Ahilya Bai 2.Holkar State
(c) Maharani Lakshmi Bai 3.Gara Mandal
(d) Begum Razia Sultan4.Delhi

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)3214
(B)1423
(C)2341
(D)4321
View Answer
(A) 3 2 1 4

Question 6. In which chronological order the following events took place?

  1. Chauri-Chaura Episode
  2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  3. Rowlatt Satyagraha
  4. Champaran Satyagraha

Code

(A) 3, 2, 4, 1

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 2, 3, 4, 1

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

View Answer
(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

Question 7. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I (Period)  List-II
(a) 18831. Announcement of Communal Award from Whitehall 
(b) 19062. Formation of the All India State People Conference
(c) 19273. Foundation of Muslim League at Dhaka
(d) 19324. First session of National Conference at Kolkata
 

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)4312
(B)3412
(C)4321
(D)3421
View Answer
(C) 4 3 2 1

Question 8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Morley-Minto Reform 1. National Wide Movement 
(b) Simon Commission2. Withdrawal of a Movement
(c) The Chauri-Chaura incident 3. Communal Electorates
(d) The Dandi March4.Illegal manufacturers of salt
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)3452
(B)4123
(C)2344
(D)3124
View Answer
(D) 3 1 2 4

Question 9. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Indian Council Act, 1909 1.Mountbatten Plan 
(b) Government of India Act, 1919 2.Simon Commission Report and Recommendations of joint Select Committee
(c) Government of India Act, 1935 3. Montague Chelmsford Reform
(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947 4. Morley-Minto Reform

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)4321
(C)3412
(D)4123
View Answer
(B) 4 3 2 1

Question 10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) August Declaration 1. Lord Linlithgow 
(b) August Offer2. Montague
(c) August Resolution3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Direct Action Day4. Mahatma Gandhi

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)2143
(B)3412
(C)1324
(D)4231
View Answer
(A) 2 1 4 3

Question 11. Shimla agreement between India and Pakistan was signed in__________.

(A) 1973

(B) 1972

(C) 1971

(D) 1965

View Answer
(B) 1972 

Question 12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) The Government of India Act 1. 1935
(b) Cripps Proposals2. 1940
(c) August Offer3. 1945
(d) Wavell Plan4.1942
 

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)4321
(B)1423
(C)1432
(D)1234
View Answer
(B) 1 4 2 3

Question 13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Butler Committee Report 1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 
(b) Hartog Committee Report2. Relationship between the Indian State and Paramount Power
(c) Hunter Inquiry Committee Report3. Working of Dyarchy as laid down in the MontagueChelmsford Reforms
(d) Muddiman Committee Report4. The growth of education in British India and potentialities of its further progress

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)3214
(B)1423
(C)2134
(D)2413
View Answer
(D) 2 4 1 3

Question 14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Surat Split 1. 1929
(b) Communal Award 2.1928
(c) All Party Convention3. 1932
(d) Poorna Swaraj Resolution 4. 1907

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)4314
(B)4321
(C)2441
(D)1423
View Answer
(B) 4 3 2 1

Question 15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Simon Commission 1. 1885
(b) Quit India Movement2. 1942
(c) Formation of Indian National Congress 3. 1927
(d) Minto-Morley Reforms4. 1909

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)4321
(C)3214
(D)1324
View Answer
(C) 3 2 1 4

Question 16. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below.

  1. Non-Co-operation Movement
  2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  3. Gandhi’s Champaran Movement
  4. Civil Disobedience Movement

(A) 1, 2, 4, 3

(B) 3, 2, 1, 4

(C) 3, 4, 1, 2

(D) 1, 2, 3,4

View Answer
(B) 3, 2, 1, 4

Question 17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Home Rule League1. Chittranjan Das 
(b) Nationalist Party2. Lokmanya Tilak
(c) National Liberation Front 3. Madan Mohan Malviya 
(d) Swaraj Party4. Tej Bahadur Sapru

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)2341
(B)4213
(C)3214
(D)1234
View Answer
(A) 2 3 4 1

Question 18. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Commencement of Separate electorate 1.1909
(b) Congress League Agreement2.1916
(c) Communal Award3.1932
(d) Deliverance Day4.1939

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)4234
(B)1234
(C)2414
(D)3441
View Answer
(B) 1 2 3 5

Question 19. With reference to colonial period of Indian history, match List-I (Person) with List-II (Event) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) MacDonald 1. Doctrine of Lapse 
(b) Linlithgow2. Communal Award 
(c) Dalhousie3. August Offer
(d) Chelmsford4. Dyarchy

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)3214
(B)3241
(C)2314
(D)2341
View Answer
(C) 2 3 1 4

Question 20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Complete Independence Resolution of Congress 1.26th January 1930
(b) Purna Swaraj Day2. 31st December 1929
(c) Dandi March3. September 1931
(d) Second Round Table Conference4. 12th March 1930

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)2145
(C)5413
(D)3425
View Answer
(B) 2 1 4 5

Question 21. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Annie Besant 1. Home Rule Movement 
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 2. Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru3. Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress, 1916
(d) Ambika Charan Majumdar 4. Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929
 

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1243
(B)1234
(C)4321
(D)3214
View Answer
(A) 1 2 4 3

Question 22. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Non-Co-operation Movement 1. 1942 
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement 2. 1937
(c) Formation of Congress Ministries 3. 1930
(d) Quit India Movement4. 1920

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)4321
(C)2143
(D)3412
View Answer
(B) 4 3 2 1

Question 23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Madan Mohan Malviya 1. Founder of Home Rule League 
(b) Motilal Nehru2. Launched Servants of India Society 
(c) Mrs. Annie Besant3. Founder of Banaras Hindu University
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale4. Established Swaraj Party with others
 

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)3412
(B)4321
(C)1234
(D)2143
View Answer
(A) 3 4 1 2

Question 24. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Indian Council Act, 1909 1. Beginning of Dyarchy System 
(b) Government of India Act, 1935 2. 1916
(c) Lucknow Pact3. Lord Minto
(d) The Government of India Act, 1919 4. Provincial Autonomy

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)4321
(C)2413
(D)3421
View Answer
(D) 3 4 2 1

Question 25. Consider:

  • Assertion (A): Nehru had no reverence towards Upanishads.
  • Reason (R): He has a scientific point of view.

Select the answer by code given below. 

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

View Answer
(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true