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Consider the following statements about the IndoSaracenic architecture:

1. It combined the Indian with the European style of architecture in the beginning of the 20th century.
2. The Gateway of India in Mumbai is the most famous example of this style.
3. There are many famous examples of this style in the colonial cities of Bombay (Mumbai)and Madras (Chennai).
4. It takes its imputation from ancient Greece.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1, 2 and 3

• 2 and 3 only

• 1 and 2 only

• 4 only

Which of the following statements with regard to the 'Fifth Report' is/are correct?

1. It was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813 for consideration.
2. It became the basis of intense parliamentary debates on the nature of the East India Company's rule in India.
3. It was primarily on the economic conditions of the urban and industrial centres of India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1 and 3 only

• 1 and 2 only

• 2 only

• 1 , 2 and 3

Consider the following statements about Salt Satyagraha:

1. It was a form of Civil Disobedience.
2. It was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers.
3. Gandhiji first experimented with Salt Satyagraha in South Africa.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• 1 and 2 only

• 1, 2and 3

Which of the following statements about Ryotwari system is/are correct?

1. The government collected the revenue directly from the individual cultivators.
2. The cultivators were not recognized in law as the owners of the land.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Consider the following statements:

1. Dadabhai Naoroji first put forward 'the theory of drain of wealth'.
2. The Indian National Congress adopted a resolution to criticize the drain of wealth in its annual session at Calcutta in 1896.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Which of the following statements about Quit India Movement of 1942 is/are correct?

1. The movement was massive in character.
2. One of the unique features of the movement was the participation of the communists at the local level defying the official stand of the Communist party.
3. It was a completely non-violent movement.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1 only

• 1 and 2

• 2 only

• 1 and 3

Consider the following statements:

1. Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress.
2. The historic Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916 was presided by Madan Mohan Malviya.
3. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of Congress only once at Belgaum in 1924.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1, 2 and 3

• 2 and 3 only

• 1 and 3 only

• 1 only

For Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha is

1. a political force.
2. a philosophy of life.
3. an ideology of action.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1 and 2 only

• 2 and 3 only

• 1 and 3 only

• 1, 2 and 3

What was the-common element among the following three newspapers?

1. The Servant of India
2. Dnyan Prakash
3. Hitawad

• They were newspapers brought out by the Indian National Congress

• They were newspapers under the influence of socialism

• They were newspapers of moderate views brought out by the Servants of India Society

• They represented the Trade Union Movement in India

".... it has reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the foundations of our culture ... it has degraded us spiritually." This was Mahatma Gandhi complaining of the ill-effect on Indians of which action/policy of the colonial government?

• Salt tax

• Inadequate franchise

• Press Act

• Rowlatt Act