Modern History Of India (Railway)

Total Questions: 50

31. When was the Second Round Table Conference held? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) 1931
(2) 1929
(3) 1950
(4) 1940

Correct Answer: (1) 1931

Solution:The three Round Table Conferences of 1930-32 were a series of peace conferences organized by the British Government and Indian national congress was participant to discuss constitutional reforms in India. The second session (September December 1931) was attended by Mahatma Gandhi as the Congress representative: it failed to reach agreement, elther constitutionally or on communal representation. The third session (Nov. 17-Dec. 24, 1932) was shorter and less important, with neither the Con- gress nor the British Labour Party attending.

32. In which of the following year was the August resolution moved by Lord Linlithgow? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) 1942
(2) 1946
(3) 1940
(4) 1939

Correct Answer: (3) 1940

Solution:During the Second World War, the Indian National Congress (INC) leaders were upset with the British government for having pulled India into a war without the consent of Indians. Lord Linlithgow had declared india to be at war with Germany without consultation.

On 8 August 1940. early In the Battle of Britain, the Vice roy of India, Lord Linlithgow, made the so called "August Offer", a fresh proposal promising the expansion of the Executive Council to include more Indians. the establish ment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians' right to frame their own constitution (after the end of the war). In return, it was hoped that all parties and communities in India would cooperate in Britain's war effort.

33. Who gave this slogan 'Do or die? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam. 13.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Lala Lajpat Ral
(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: (1) Mahatma Gandhi

Solution:The Quit India Movement was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II. demanding an end to British Rule of India. During his speech at the Gowalia Tank Maidan park in Bombay, he gave the slogan of 'Do or Die'.

34. Who was the first Indian Governor General of independent India? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam. 13.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) Lord Wavell
(3) Lord Mountbatten
(4) C. Rajagopalachari

Correct Answer: (4) C. Rajagopalachari

Solution:C. Rajagopalachart served as Governor General of India from June 1948 until 26 January 1950, and was not only the last Governor General of India, but the only Indian national ever to hold the office.

35. When was the announcement to control Indian rule by 'Queen Victoria'? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) 1957
(2) 1951
(3) 1858
(4) 1947

Correct Answer: (3) 1858

Solution:Following the 1857 Rebellion, the East India Company's rule in India came to an end. Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1 November 1858 declared that thereafter India would be governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State.

36. By which act did the process of decentralization of the legislative powers of Madras and Bombay start? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) Montagu Chelmsford Reform 1919
(2) Morley Minto Reforms, 1909
(3) Act 1858 for better governance and welfare
(4) Indian Councils Act 1861

Correct Answer: (4) Indian Councils Act 1861

Solution:The Indian Councils Act 1861 was an act of the British Parliament that made signifi- cant changes in the Governor- General's Council. This Act restored the legislative powers of the Governor in Councils of the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay (which was taken away by the Charter Act of 1833). The legislative council of Calcutta had extensive pow- er to pass laws for the whole of British India.

37. By which British government reform the provinces got autonomy? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 16.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) Government of India Act, 1935
(2) Government of India Act. 1909
(3) Government of India Act. 1919
(4) Queen's proclamation in 1858

Correct Answer: (1) Government of India Act, 1935

Solution:On August 1935, the Govern ment of India passed longest act 1.e. Government of India Act 1935 under the British Act of Parliament. This act also inclu ded the Government of Burma Act 1935. It introduced what is known as provincial autonomy. The ministers of the provincial governments, according to it, were to be responsible to the legislature. The powers of the legislature were increased.

38. The Indian National Congress was established in [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 17.01.2019 Shift- III]

(1) 1885
(2) 1950
(3) 1889
(4) 1947

Correct Answer: (1) 1885

Solution:The Indian National Congress was established on 28 December, 1885 in Bombay.

W.C Banerjee chaired First congress session in 1885, at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit Mahavidhyalaya Bombay. Total 72 members participation first congress session apart from S.N Banerjee.

It was started by a retired British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume along with Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha.

39. When was the first universal council held? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 17.01.2019 (Shift-III)]

(1) 1873
(2) 1839
(3) 1883
(4) 1893

Correct Answer: (4) 1893

Solution:The Parliament of World's Religions, held for the first time on 11 September 1893 in Chicago.

Swami Vivekananda repгеsented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893).

40. Who discovered the sea route of India? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 17.01.2019 Shift-III]

(1) Captain cook
(2) Christopher Columbus
(3) Vasco da Gama
(4) Amerigo Vespucci

Correct Answer: (3) Vasco da Gama

Solution:Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast.

• He reached India by sea route on May 17, 1498.

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