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HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY

QUESTION BANK

HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARAY INDIA

BA HISTORY – CORE COURSE

VI Semester

CUCBCSS 2017 Admission onwards

SCHOOLOF DISTANCE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

Prepared by:

Dr.N.PADMANABHAN Associate Professor&Head P.G.Department of History C.A.S.College, Madayi P.O.Payangadi-RS-670358 Dt.Kannur-

1...... is considered as the architect of t he . a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b) c) Mahatma d)Dr.

2. India has adopted the as found in...... a) Afghanistan b) America c) France d) Britain

3. since its inauguration on 26th January...... , the Constitution India has been successfully guiding the path and progress of India. a)1905 b)1915 c)1930 d) 1950

4...... was instrumental in the integration of over 500 princely states into the Indian Union. a) b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar c) Moulana Azad d) Vallabhbhai Patel

5...... was elected as the president of Party for its Karachi session of 1931. a) Vallabhbhai Patel b)Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose c) d). Rajagopalachari

6.The constitution of India became fully operational with effect from 26th January...... a)1905 b)1935 c)1947 d) 1950

7.One of ...... key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years Plan in 1951. a) Mahatma Gandhi’s b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s c) Moulana Azad’s d) Jawaharlal Nehru’s

8. Jawaharlal Nehru advocated a kind of mixed economy in India. a) Vallabhbhai Patel b)Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose c) Rajagopalachari d). Jawaharlal Nehru

9. To guide India through its rapid industrialization, Nehru inaugurated the first of India’s Soviet-style Five Year Plans in...... a)1947 b)1948 c)1950 d)1951

10. The ...... revolution consists of technological improvements which were mainly adopted to increase agriculture productivity. a)White b)Blue c)Red d)Green

11. The first world was considered the...... a)Britain b)France c)Germany d)USA

12.The key person behind the Constitution of India was...... a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b)Jawaharlal Nehru c)Mahatma Gandhi d)Sardar Vallabhai Patel

13...... was considered as part of the third world wand chose to remain neutral. a)Britain b)France c)Germany d) India

14.The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ...... a) Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru c)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar d)Sardar Vallabhai

15.Jawaharlal's concept of nonalignment brought India considerable international prestige among newly independent states. a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b) Sardar Vallabhai Patel c)Mahatma Gandhi d) Jawaharlal Nehru

16. In 1984, ...... was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b) Sardar Vallabhai Patel c)Mahatma Gandhi d)

17.The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November...... a)1916 b)1926 c)1946 d) 1956.

18.In India, "" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when PrimeMinister ...... unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country. a) Indira Gandhi b)Jawaharlal Nehru c)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar d)

19.Officially issued by President ...... Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977. a) Fakhruddin Ali b)Dr.S.Radhakrishnan c)Dr.Rajendra Prasad d)

20.On June 25, ...... prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces. a)1955 b)1965 c)1968 d) 1975

21.Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ...... and then emerged victorious in the 1971 elections. a)1906 b)1916 c)1956 d) 1966

22.The socialist stalwart ...... openly led a mass movement against her calling her corrupt and autocratic. a) Jaya Prakash Narayan b) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed c)EMS d)AKG

23. The firebrand trade union leader ...... had successfully organised an all India Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt. a) b) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed c) Jaya Prakash Narayan d)EMS

24.The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ...... who signed it immediately. a) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed b) George Fernandes c)Dr.Rajendra Prasad d)Manmohan Singh

25...... second son , who was just 29 years old then, took charge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India. a) ’s b) ’s c) Indira Gandhi's d), ’s,

26...... was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1960. a) Indira Gandhi b) George Fernandes,c) AB Vajpayee d)LK Advani,

27. When , died in 1966, ...... was appointed to the post of prime minister. a) Indira Gandhi b)Sanjay Gandhi c) Morarji Desai d) HD Deve Gowda

28. After Sanjay's death, ...... prepared her other son, Rajiv Gandhi for leadership. a) Indira Gandhi b)JB Patnaik,c) , d)

29...... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the government till 1980. a) Morarji Desai b) ,c) Mulayam Singh Yadav d),

30. In the ...... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and remained in power till her in 1984. a)1908 b)1940 c)1970 d) 1980

31...... started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in 1947, a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Indira Gandhi c) Morarji Desai d)Rajiv Gandhi

32.One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years Plan in...... a)1901 b)1911 c)1941 d) 1951.

33.Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be ...... in nature. a) Socialist b)Communist c)Capitalist d)Utopian Socialism

\34...... was the main architect of first green revolution of India. a) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan b) Lalu Prasad Yadav,c) Mulayam Singh Yadav d) Sharad Yadav

35.Since...... , the Indian economy has pursued free market liberalisation, greater openness in trade and increase investment in infrastructure. a)1961 b)1971 c)1981 d) 1991

36. The National Herald newspaper was founded by in...... a)Delhi b)Bombay c)Madras d)

37.To deal with the anti-Sikh agitation, that followed the death of his mother, ...... signed an accord with Akali Dal president Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, on 24 July, 1985. a) Rajiv Gandhi b)Sanjay Gandhi c)Zail Sing d) Lalu Prasad Yadav

38.The infamous that still haunts the political walls of the country was exposed during Rajiv Gandhi's reign. a) Rajiv Gandhi b)Sanjay Gandhi c)Zail Sing d) Mulayam Singh Yadav

39...... is called the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms," a) Morarji Desai b) Lalu Prasad Yadav,c) Mulayam Singh Yadav d) P.V. Narasimha Rao

40...... belonged to a wealthy Telugu Brahmin family from a village called Vangara, Bheemadevarpalle sub-district in the Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, India. a) P.V Narasimha Rao b) J.L Nehru c) prof. P.M.S Blackett d) Vajpayee

41. Soon after becoming the , ...... created a Ministry of Scientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic energy programme for peaceful purposes. a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Narasimha Rao c) prof. P.M.S Blackett d) Vajpayee

42. Along with his cousin Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao, ...... edited a Telugu weekly magazine called Kakatiya Patrika from 1948 to 1955. a) Jawaharlal Nehru b)Rajive Gandhi c) prof. P.M.S Blackett d) Narasimha Rao

43.Under the farsighted leadership of ...... the nation, the government and the public leaders became committed to the promotion of science and technology. a) Nehru, b)Narasimha Rao c) prof. P.M.S Blackett d) Vajpayee

44...... appointed a scientific man power committee and five institutes of technology came up at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi besides a number of regional engineering colleges by his efforts. a) J.L. Nehru b) prof. P.M.S Blackett c) Indira Gandhi d) Vajpayee

45. When the Indian National Congress split in 1969 ...... stayed on the side of the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and remained loyal to her during the Emergency period (1975 - 77). a) J.L. Nehru b) prof. P.M.S Blackett c) P.V.Narasimha Rao d) Vajpayee

46.Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ...... for the scientific evolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies. a) prof. P.M.S Blackett b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Indira Gandhi

47...... is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. a) Manmohan Singh b) P. V.Narasimha Rao c) d)

48. The Muslim League had been founded in in 1906. a)1906 b)1916 c)1920 d)1926

49. The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reforms which began since July 24,...... a)1961 b)1971 c)1981 d) 1991

50.The CPM had originally split from the united CPI in 1964 on grounds of differences over revolutionary politics, reformist parliamentary politics. a)1951 b) 1956 c)1968 d) 1964

51...... was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India (1991–1996). a) P.V.Narasimha Rao b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Indira Gandhi

52...... ascendancy to the prime minister ship was politically significant in that he was the first holder of this office from non-Hindi-speaking south India. a) Narasimha Rao’s b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Indira Gandhi

53...... is often referred to as the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms". a) Narasimha Rao b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Indira Gandhi

54. Future Prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh continued the economic reform policies pioneered by ...... government. a) Narasimha Rao's b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Rajiv Gandhi

55...... accelerated the dismantling of the License Raj, reversing the socialist policies of Rajiv Gandhi's government. a) Narasimha Rao b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Rajedra Prsad 56...... employed Dr.Manmohan Singh as his Finance Minister to embark on historic economic transition. a) Vajpayee b) Narasimha Rao c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Rajedra Prsad

57.With ...... mandate, Dr.Manmohan Singh launched India’s globalisation angle of the reforms that implemented the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies to rescue the almost bankrupt nation from economic collapse. a) Vajpayee .b) Narasimha Rao's c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Rajiv Gandhi

58...... was referred to as Chanakya for his ability to steer tough economic and political legislation through the parliament at a time when he headed a minority government. a) Narasimha Rao b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Rajiv Gandhi

59. 11th President of India ...... described Rao as a "patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system". a) Vajpayee b) APJ Abdul Kalam c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Manmohan Singh

60...... was an Indian economist who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. a) Manmohan Singh b)Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Narasimha Rao

61...... was the first prime minister of India a) Jawaharlal Nehru b)Vajpayee c) Manmohan Singh d) Narasimha Rao

62. In 1991, as India faced a severe economic crisis, newly elected Prime Minister ...... Rao surprisingly inducted the apolitical Singh into his cabinet as Finance Minister. a) P. V. Narasimha Rao b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Indira Gandhi

63. The Chipko movement was started by Mr. Sundarlal Bahuguna in Tehri-Garhwal district of ...... against ruthless felling of trees and destruction of forests by contractors. a) Uttaranchal b) Santhals c) Agra d)Calcutta

64. To implement their political line, the rebel CPM leaders launched a peasant uprising in the small Naxalbari area of northern...... a) West b) Assam c) UP d)Andhra

65.There is another parallel movement in the South ‘the Apiko Movement’ the western Ghats of ...... started by Medha Patekar. a) Karnataka b)Bengal c)Delhi d)

66. After the Allahabad High Court verdict, ...... gave the call for a “Total Revolution” a) b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)Indira Gandhi

67. The aimed to create a separate ...... country. a) Sikh b)Christian c)Hindu d)Muslim

68.Narmada Bachao Andolan, with its leading spokespersons Medha Patkar and , received the Right Livelihood Award in...... a)1961 b)1971 c) 1991.d)1981

69.The Narmada flows from Amarkantak in ...... and after long journey, ends up in the Arabian Sea. a) b)Bihar c)UP d)Assam

70.In 1969, the Communist Party Marxist-Leninist (ML) was formed under the leadership of...... a) Charu Majumdar b)Jyoti Basu, c) P.Chidambaram d)E.K.Nayanar.

71...... is considered as “the Gandhi of Independent India”. a) Jayaprakash Narayan b)Vajpayee c) Manmohan Singh d) Narasimha Rao

72.In June 1984, during ...... , Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to attack the and eliminate any insurgents, as it had been occupied by Sikh separatists who were allegedly stockpiling weaponOperation Blue Stars. a) b) Operation Red Star c) Operation White Star d) Operation Green Star

73.The violence in Delhi was triggered by the assassination of...... , India's prime minister, on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards in response to her actions authorising the military operation. a) Indira Gandhi b)P. V. Narasimha c) Jawaharlal Nehru d ) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

74. Rama Janma Bhoomi is the name given to the site that many Hindus believe to be the birthplace of Rama, the...... avatar of deity Vishnu. a) 7 th b)8 th c)9 th d)10 th

75.In...... , the demolition of by Hindu nationalists triggered widespread Hindu-Muslim violence. a)1982 b) 1992 c)1995 d)1998

76. A ...... lawyer, Peter Beneson, founded Amnesty International (AI) in 1961. a) Spain b)French c) British d)Portuguese

77...... is a noted Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam dancer. a) b) c) d)

78...... has received the "French Palme D'or'', the highest civilian award of France. a) Mallika Sarabhai b) Mahasweta Devi c) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay d) Satyajit Ray

79..Born to famous dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and reputed space scientist , ...... is a woman of many dimensions and talents. a) Mallika Sarabhai b) Mahasweta Devi c) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay d) Satyajit Ray

80...... is an eminent Indian Bengali writer a) Mahasweta Devi b) Shri c) Ayyankali’s d)Anantha Theerther

81...... is an eminent Indian Bengali writer, who has been studying and writing incessantly about the life and struggles faced by the tribal communities in the states like Bihar, , Madhya Pradesh and . a) Satyajit Ray b) c) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay d) Mahasweta Devi

82...... is a reputed Indian writer who was born in the year 1926 into a middle class Bengali family at Dacca, which is located in present day . a) Satyajit Ray b) Ritwik Ghatak c) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay d) Mahasweta Devi

83. Mahasweta Devi received her education from the prestigious set up by great Indian philosopher and thinker, that went on to become a part of the Visva Bharti University later on. a) Satyajit Ray b) Ritwik Ghatak c) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay d) Mahasweta Devi

84...... was one of the leading Bengali novelists. a) Satyajit Ray b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay

85...... was born at his ancestral home at Labhpur village in , Bengal Province, British India (now Paschimbanga, India ) to Haridas Bandyopadhyay and Prabhabati Devi. a) Satyajit Ray b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Bandyopadhyay

86...... passed the Matriculation examination from Labhpur Jadablal H. E. School in 1916 and was later admitted first to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and then to South Suburban College. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

87.In 1932, ...... met Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan for the first time. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

88...... ’s first novel Chaitali Ghurni was published on the same year. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

89.In 1942, ...... presided over the Birbhum District Literature Conferenceand became the president of the Anti-Fascist Writers and Artists Association in Bengal. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

90.In 1944, ...... presided over the Kanpur Conference arranged by the non-resident Bengalis living there. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

91. In 1947, ...... inaugurated Prabasi Banga Sahitya Sammelan held in Calcutta. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

92.In 1955, ...... was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar by theGovernment of West Bengal. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

93.In 1959, ...... received the Jagattarini Gold Medal from the , and presided over All India Writer's Conference in Madras. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

94...... ‘s historical novel Ganna Begum is an attempt worth mentioning for its traditional values. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

95. In 1957, ...... led the Indian delegation of writers at the Asian Writers' Conference in Tashkent. a) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Satyajit Ray

96...... was an Indian Bengali filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Satyajit Ray c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Darbar Bhaduri

97...... 's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the1956 Cannes Film Festival . a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Satyajit Ray c) Ritwik Ghatak d) Darbar Bhaduri

98. In 1948, ...... wrote his first play Kalo sayar (The Dark Lake) and participated in a revival of the landmark play Nabanna. a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Ritwik Ghatak c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

99.In 1951, ...... joined the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Ritwik Ghatak c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

100.In the early 1970s, ...... wrote and directed his last play Jwala (The Burning). a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Ritwik Ghatak c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

101.The music director was Darbar Bhaduri, who was called by ...... 'Dada' or 'Guru." a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Ritwik Ghatak c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

102...... 's first commercial release was Ajantrik (1958), a comedy-drama film with science fiction themes. a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Ritwik Ghatak c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

103...... 's greatest commercial success as a script writer was for Madhumati (1958), one of the earliest films to deal with the theme of reincarnation. a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Ritwik Ghatak c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

104...... moved briefly to in 1966, where he taught at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). a) Mahasweta Devi b ) Ritwik Ghatak c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

105.Bagalar Banga Darshan (1964) is an incomplete Bengali film created by legendary filmmaker...... a) Ritwik Ghatak. b ) Mahasweta Devi c) Girish Kasaravalli d) Darbar Bhaduri

106...... is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema. a) Girish Kasaravalli b ) Ritwik Ghatak. C) Mahasweta Devi d) Darbar Bhaduri

107...... was born in Kesalur, a village in the Tirthahalli taluk in Shimoga district on 3 December 1950 to Ganesh Rao, an agriculturist, as well as a freedom fighter, and Lakshmidevi, a homemaker, one of 10 children (five brothers and four sisters). a) Girish Kasaravalli b ) Ritwik Ghatak. C) Mahasweta Devi d) Darbar Bhaduri

108...... ’s first film as an independent director was Ghatashraddha in 1977; it won him the Golden Lotus and a few international awards. a) Girish Kasaravalli b ) Ritwik Ghatak. C) Mahasweta Devi d) Darbar Bhaduri

109...... was the leader of the Chengara Land Struggle. a) C.K.Janu b)V S Achutanandan c) Laha Gopalan d) Shri Narayana guru

110...... historic movement for ’ rights to walk on public roads, known as “Villuvandi Yatra” (travel in a bullock cart through public roads) a) Chttampi Swamikal b) Shri Narayana guru c) Ayyankali’s d)Anantha Theerther

Answer Key

1.a 2.d 3.d 4.d 5.a 6.d 7.d 8.d 9.d 10.d 11.d 12.d 13.d 14.a 15.d 16.d 17.d

18.a 19.a 20.d 21.d 22.a 23.a 24.a 25.c 26.a 27.a 28.a 29.a 30.d 31.a 32.d 33.a 34.a

35.d 36.d 37.a 38.a 39.d 40. 41.a 42.d 43.a 44.a 45.c 46.a 47.a 48.a 49.d 50.d 51.a

52.a 53.a 54.a 55.a 56.b 57.b 58.a 59.b 60.a 61.a 62.a 63.a 64.a 65.a 66.a 67.a 68.c

69.a 70.a 71.a 72.a 73.a 74.a 75.b 76.c 77.a 78.a 79.a 80.a 81.d 82.d 83.d 84.d 85.d

86.a 87.a 88.a 89.a 90.a 91.a 92.a 93.a 94.a 95.a 96.b 97.b 98.b 99.b 100.b 101.b

102.b 103.b 104.b 105.a 106.a 107.a 108.a 109.c 110.c School of Distance Education Page 1