Insights Revision Plan for Prelims 2016: Test – 8

At the Calcutta Congress session in 1906, when tension between moderates and extremists was brewing, Four important compromise Resolutions were passed under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji. Which of the following is/are NOT one of them?

1. Swadeshi
2. Boycott
3. National Education
4. Self – Government

Select the correct answer using the codes below:

With reference to split between moderates and extremists, consider the following statements:

1. Moderates wanted split in Congress as they were afraid of Government’s use of power to destroy Congress itself
2. Impending Minto and Morley reforms gave hope to moderates about Indians sharing political and administrative power in near future, encouraging them to split from extremists

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to the Indian Councils Act of 1909, consider the following statements:

1. It increased the number of elected members in the provincial legislative councils
2. An Indian was to be appointed a member of the Governor-General’s Executive Council
3. It increased member’s power to ask questions
4. It introduced an element of democracy or self-government

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following revolutionaries tried to kill the Viceroy, Lord Hardinge by throwing bomb at him?

In USA, Yugantar Ashram became a centre of activity for the Gadhar Movement where it became the home and headquarters and refuge of these political workers. In which city was Yugantar Ashram set up?

With reference to Komagata Maru incident, consider the following statements:

1. This incident involved violent clashes between passengers and authorities in Canada resulting in death of innocent passengers
2. The journey of Komagata Maru was inspired by Supreme Court of Canada’s judgement allowing few Indians who had not made a continuous journey to enter Canada

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Gadhar Movement in India, consider the following statements:

1. Rash Behari Bose was part of the movement
2. The failure of Gadhar movement in India was partly due to lack of support from civilians in Punjab

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

In the early decades after Permanent Settlement, many Zamindars failed to pay the revenue demand. This is because

1. Fixed and high demand by the Company
2. Regardless of the harvest, revenue was to be paid in fixed prices
3. Authority and autonomy of zamindars were curbed by the British

Which of the above reasons is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Since the East India Company established its rule over Bengal, its activities were neither watched nor debated closely from Britain
2. The East India Company resulted in complete collapse of Zamindari power

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following national leaders, through newspapers New India and Commonweal organized public meetings and conferences to demand that India be granted self-government on the lines of the White colonies after the War?

Consider the following statements:

1. Tilak’s Home Rule League and Annie Besant’s Home Rule League did not quarrel as they had clearly demarcated their areas of operation
2. Both factions of Home Rule League did not unite due to the British policy of divide and rule

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. In 1917, many others including Jawaharlal Nehru in Allahabad and B. Chakravarti and J. Banerjea in Calcutta joined the Home Rule League led by Tilak
2. Tilak and Annie Besant’s role was important in signing the Congress League Pact between Congress and Muslim League
3. Tilak and his men were welcomed back into the Congress during the Lucknow session of the Congress in December 1916

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Gandhiji’s political activism in South Africa, consider the following statements:

1. Gandhiji’s political activities from 1894 to 1906 used the method of passive resistance or civil disobedience
2. Gandhiji believed that the British sense of justice and fair play would intervene on behalf of Indians if he provided all the facts of the case to the Imperial Government
3. The instrument of Satyagraha was first used when the Government in South Africa enacted legislation making it compulsory for Indians to take out certificates of registration which held their finger prints

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Tolstoy Farm was set up to house the families of the Satyagrahis and give them a way to sustain themselves
2. No one from India funded Tolstoy Farm and its activities.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The tinkathia system refers to

Consider the following statements:

1. The American Civil War between 1861 – 1864 brought prosperity to all cotton producers in India
2. After the American Civil War, cotton exports from India continued to expand thank to expansion in acreage during the War

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Gandhiji’s decision to withdraw the Non-Cooperation movement in response to the violence at Chauri Chaura was welcomed by C R Das and Motilal Nehru
2. The decision to withdraw the Non-Cooperation movement was ratified by the Congress Working Committee

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

With reference to the Eka or unity movement, consider the following statements:

1. The Eka Movement included in its ranks many small zamindars
2. Till the end the Eka movement was led by the Congress and Khilafat leaders

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following leader was a veteran and main force of the Nagpur Flag Satyagraha and the Borsad Punitive Tax Satyagraha?

Consider the following statements:

1. On his return from South Africa, apart from travelling around India, Gandhiji actively got involved in Home Rule League movement
2. Between 1917 and early 1918, Gandhiji was involved in local agitations mainly concerned with economic demands of the masses

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following information regarding the performance of class of 1000 students in four different tests:

If a student scores 74 marks in each of the four tests, in which one of the following tests is her performance the best comparatively?

Six squares are coloured, front and back, red(R), blue(B), yellow (Y), green (G), white (W), orange (O) and are hinged together as shown in the figure given below. If they were folded to form a cube what would be the face opposite to white face?

Three views of a cube following a particular motion are given below:

What is letter opposite to A?