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What is the correct chronological order of the following events?
1. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
2. The Congress split at Surat.
3. The Partition of Bengal.
4. The establishment of the Home Rule League.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

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Important Questions on Modern History

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Consider the following statements:

1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.

2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under Dadabhai Naoroji.

3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

  List I   List II
A Surat Split 1 1929
B Communal Award 2 1928
C All Party Convention 3 1932
D Poorna Swaraj Resolution 4 1907
    5 1905
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Which among the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the last century?
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What was the proposal made by Lokmanya Tilak at the Lucknow Session of the Congress in 1916 to transform the Congress from a deliberative body into one capable of leading a sustained movement?
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Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress:

1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress.

2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress.

3. The first British to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian (AO) Hume.

4. Alfred was the President of the Congress in 1894.

Which of these statements are correct?

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Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama:
1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in 1907.
2. Madam Cama served as a private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct? 

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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I (Person) List II (Associated in Formation of)
A. GK Gokhale 1. Servants of Indian Society
B. MM Malaviya 2. Banaras Hindu University.
C. Rajgopalachari  3. Free India Society
D. VD Savarkar 4. Swatantra Party

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The myth is that the Indian National Congress was started by AO Hume and others under the official direction, guidance and advice of no less a person than Lord Dufferin, the Viceroy, to provide a safe, mild, peaceful and constitutional outlet of safety-valve for the rising discontent among the masses, which was inevitably leading towards a popular and violent revolution. Consequently, the revolutionary potential was nipped in the bud. Most writers accept the core of the myth, that a violent revolution was on the cards at the time and was avoided only by the foundations of the congress,.... All of them agree that the manner of its birth affected the basic character and future work of the congress in a crucial manner.
The Colonial Rulers, according to the Safety Valve thesis, were trying to use Congress as