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Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India's direct representation in the British Parliament?

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Important Questions on Modern History

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The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to:-
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Match List I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with List II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists                        

List I                                                                                                   List II

(Acts of Colonial Government of India)                                           (Provisions)

A. Charter Act, 1813                                        1. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the East India.

B. Regulating Act, 1773                                   2. Company's trade monopoly in India was ended.

C. Act of 1858                                                  3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown.

D. Pitt's India Act                                             4. The Company's Directors were asked to present to the British Government all

                                                                             correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of the company.

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Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy's authority over his executive council by substituting 'portfolio' or departmental system for corporate functioning?
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President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was:-
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With reference to the colonial period of Indian history, match List I (Person) with List II (Event) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Person) List II (Events/Programme)
A. Ramsay MacDonald 1. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Linlithgow 2. Communal Award
C. Lord Dalhousie 3. August Offer
D. Lord Chelmsford 4. Dyarchy


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During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts called for:-

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Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak.

Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.

Find the correct relation between A and R.

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The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of:-