461. With which of the following movements was Gandhiji NOT associated?
1. Moplah movement
2. Individual Satyagraha Movement
3. Quit India Movement
4. Non-cooperation movement
Option “1” is correct. Gandhiji was not associated with the Moplah Movement. The Moplah peasant movement was engineered in August 1921 among the peasants of Malabar district in Kerala. The Moplah tenants were Muslims and they agitated against the Hindu landlords and the British government. Their grievances related to lack of any security of tenure, renewal fees, high rents and other oppressive landlord exactions.
462. Who of the following was a founder of the Bharat Naujawan Sabha in 1926?
Option “2” is correct. Naujawan Bharat Sabha was a left-wing Indian association that sought to foment revolution against the British Raj by gathering together worker and peasant youths. It was founded by Bhagat Singh in March 1926.
463. On which one of the following dates Jawahar Lal Nehru unfurl the tri-colour national flag on the banks of the Ravi as the clock struck the midnight?
Option “1” is correct. On 31st December, 1929, when the clock struck the mid-night hour, Jawaharlal Nehru, the then President of the Congress unfurled the tricolour national flag on he banks of the River Raviand proclaimed that .
464. Who prescribed the separate electorates for India on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932?
1. Lord Irwin
2. Ramsay Mac Donald
3. Lord Linlithgow
4. Winston Churchill
Option “2” is correct. On August 16, 1932, the British Prime Minister McDonald announced the Communal Award. Thus it is also known as McDonald Award. The Communal Award was basically a proposal on minority representation
465. Which organization had proposed first to constitute the Constitution Assembly to form the Indian Constitution?
1. Swaraj Party in 1928
2. Indian National Congress in 1935
3. Muslim League in 1942
4. By all parties convention in 1946
Option “2” is correct. In the Lahore session of 1929, Congress adopted the Poorna Swarajya. In 1934, the demand for a constituent assembly was raised for the first time, which was later became an official demand in 1935.
466. What was the immediate aim of the Treaty of Purander in 1665?
1. To gain goodwill of Shivaji
2. To sow seeds of contention between Shivaji and Sultan of Bijapur
3. To deceive Shivaji
4. To make Shivaji a puppet of Mughals
Option “2” is correct. The Treaty of Purandar was signed between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Raja Jai Singh (on behalf of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb).There were some secret clauses in the treaty as well, which provided for Shivaji’s participation in the war against Bijapur on behalf of the Emperor.
467. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty ruled over Warangal, part of modern Andhra Pradesh?
Option “1” is correct. Rudramadevi was a monarch of the Kakatiya dynasty in the Deccan Plateau modern Andhra Pradesh, from 1263 until her death. She probably began her rule of the Kakatiya kingdom jointly with her father, Ganapatideva, as his co-regent, from 1261-62. She assumed full sovereignty in 1263.
468. Which dynasty came to power in India after the Tughlaq dynasty?
1. The Guptas
2. The Khiljis
3. The Mughals
4. The Sayyids
Option “4” is correct. Sayyid dynasty, rulers of Delhi sultanate (c. 1414–51) as successors of the Tughluq dynasty until displaced by the Afghan Lodis.This family claimed to be sayyids, or descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
469. Who had given the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhi?
1. B. G. Tilak
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Moti Lal Nehru
4. RabindraNath Tagore
Option “4” is correct. Mahatma Gandhi’s title “Mahatma” According to some authors Rabindranath Tagore is said to have used on March 6, 1915, this title for Gandhi.
470. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his knighthood for which reason?
1. Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
2. Cruel suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement
3. Bhagat Singh was hanged
4. Chauri-Chaura incident
Option “1” is correct. In 1915, Rabindranath Tagore was granted a knighthood by the British Crown, which he renounced after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, protesting the mistreatment of Indians by the British. It was an act of solidarity that had moral and political undertones.
