1. Assertion (A) : According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal. Reason (R) : Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
Both A are R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
2. Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?
The Arms Act
The Public Safety Act
The Rowlatt Act
The Vernacular Press Act
3. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Ahmedabad
Bardoli
Champaran
Kheda
4. The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
Rajni Kanta Sen
Dwijendralal Ray
Mukunda Das
Rabindranath Tagore
5. Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
Dayanand Saraswati
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Raja Rammohan Roy
Surendranath Banerjee