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Books & authors in modern india - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    Who wrote the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?
    1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    2. Dadabhai Naoroji
    3. M.G. Ranade
    4. R.C. Dutt
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  2. Question 2

    The play ‘Nil Darpan’ which depicted the plight of indigo farmers was written by —
    1. Dinabandhu Mitra
    2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
    3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    4. Michael Madhusudan Dutt
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  3. Question 3

    Who is the author of ‘The Discovery of India’?
    1. M.K. Gandhi
    2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru
    4. B.R. Ambedkar
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  4. Question 4

    Who among the following authored the ‘Annihilation of Caste’?
    1. Periyar
    2. Jyotiba Phule
    3. B.R. Ambedkar
    4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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  5. Question 5

    The book ‘Hind Swaraj’ was written by —
    1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    2. Mahatma Gandhi
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru
    4. Subhas Chandra Bose
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  6. Question 6

    Which revolutionary authored ‘Bhawani Mandir’ advocating Hindu spiritual nationalism?
    1. Bankim Chandra
    2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    3. Aurobindo Ghosh
    4. Rabindranath Tagore
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  7. Question 7

    The author of ‘The Indian Struggle’ was —
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. M.K. Gandhi
    3. B.R. Ambedkar
    4. Subhas Chandra Bose
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  8. Question 8

    Who wrote the book ‘India Divided’ opposing the partition of India?
    1. C. Rajagopalachari
    2. Rajendra Prasad
    3. Vallabhbhai Patel
    4. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
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  9. Question 9

    ‘Letters from a Father to His Daughter’ was written by —
    1. Motilal Nehru
    2. Rabindranath Tagore
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru
    4. M.K. Gandhi
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  10. Question 10

    Who wrote ‘Gita Rahasya’ while in Mandalay Jail?
    1. M.K. Gandhi
    2. Vinoba Bhave
    3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    4. Aurobindo Ghosh
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  11. Question 11

    Who is the author of ‘Satyarth Prakash’?
    1. Swami Vivekananda
    2. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    3. Aurobindo Ghosh
    4. Raja Rammohan Roy
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  12. Question 12

    The author of ‘Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?’ is —
    1. V.D. Savarkar
    2. B.G. Tilak
    3. Aurobindo Ghosh
    4. Lala Lajpat Rai
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  13. Question 13

    Who translated ‘Nil Darpan’ into English, leading to his imprisonment by the British?
    1. Surendranath Banerjee
    2. James Long
    3. George Yule
    4. Henry Cotton
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  14. Question 14

    Which of the following is a work of Swami Vivekananda?
    1. The Religion of Man
    2. The Discovery of India
    3. My Experiments with Truth
    4. Raja Yoga
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  15. Question 15

    The book ‘Unhappy India’ was written by —
    1. Lala Lajpat Rai
    2. Motilal Nehru
    3. C.R. Das
    4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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  16. Question 16

    Who among the following published ‘The Economic History of India’?
    1. Romesh Chunder Dutt
    2. Dadabhai Naoroji
    3. M.G. Ranade
    4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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  17. Question 17

    ‘Brahmo Dharma’ was authored by —
    1. Raja Rammohan Roy
    2. Keshab Chandra Sen
    3. Debendranath Tagore
    4. Radhakanta Deb
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  18. Question 18

    Who wrote ‘Gulamgiri’, a pioneering work on caste discrimination?
    1. Jyotiba Phule
    2. Dr. Ambedkar
    3. M.G. Ranade
    4. Rajaram Mohan Roy
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  19. Question 19

    Satyarth Prakash, a significant reformist text, was authored by —
    1. Raja Rammohan Roy
    2. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    4. Jyotiba Phule
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  20. Question 20

    Who authored ‘India Wins Freedom’?
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. Rajendra Prasad
    3. B.R. Ambedkar
    4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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