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1. Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A. Ajatashatru
B. Harshvardhan
C. Bimbisara
D. Ghananand
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Initially, the capital was Rajagriha. Later, it was shifted to Pataliputra, near the present-day Patna in India. The founder of this dynasty was Bimbisara himself. According to the Buddhist text, the Mahavamsa, Bimbisara was anointed king by his father at the age of fifteen.
2. The revolutionary like Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were all associated with :
A. The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
B. 1857 Revolt
C. Chauri Chaura Case
D. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : The Kakori Conspiracy (or Kakori train robbery or Kakori Case) was a train robbery that took place between Kakori and, near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925 during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Indian Government. The robbery was organised by Hindustan Republican Association (HRA).
3. The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
A. Muslim Land Holders
B. The British Government Authority
C. The non-tribal outsiders
D. Hindu Land Holders
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Hindu Land Holders. The Malabar rebellion (also known as the Moplah rebellion and Māppila Lahaḷa in Malayalam) was an armed uprising in 1921 against British authority in the Malabar region of Southern India by Mappilas and the culmination of a series of Mappila revolts that recurred throughout the 19th century and early 20th century.
4. The Rowlatt Act was passed in :
A. 1905
B. 1913
C. 1919
D. 1925
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919 , popularly known as the Rowlatt Act or Black Act, was a legislative act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 10 March 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915 during the First World War.
5. Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :
A. Mill Owners
B. Land Lords
C. The peasants
D. Kol Rebellion
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj, was a Satyagraha movement organized by Mohandas Gandhi. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. It was the third Satyagraha movement after Champaran Satyagraha and Ahmedabad mill strike. Gandhi organised this movement to support peasants of the Kheda district. People of Kheda were unable to pay the high taxes levied by the British due to crop failure and a plague epidemic.
6. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
A. Babar and Humayun
B. Humayun and Jahangir
C. Babar and Jahangir
D. Jahangir and Shahjahan
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Babar and Jahangir were two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories.
7. What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
A. The Religious Cause
B. Question of promotion and pay
C. Political Cause
D. None of these
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : Question of promotion and pay was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857.
8. Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as :
A. Sher-e-Bengal
B. Sher-e-Maharastra
C. Sher-e-Kashmir
D. Sher-e-Punjab
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28 January 1865 in Dhudike (now Moga district) of Punjab. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari meaning The Lion of Punjab also known as Sher-E- Punjab in Punjabi for his contribution to the freedom movement.
9. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A. Chandragupta
B. Ashoka
C. Kanishka
D. Harshavardhan
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Asiatic lions standing back to back, on an elaborate base that includes other animals. A graphic representation of it was adopted as the official Emblem of India in 1950. It was originally placed on the top of the Ashoka pillar at the important Buddhist site of Sarnath by the Emperor Ashoka, in about 250 BCE. The pillar, sometimes called the Aśoka Column, is still in its original location, but the Lion Capital is now in the Sarnath Museum, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
10. The use of spinning wheel (,) became common during the
A. 9th Century AD
B. 10th Century AD
C. 12th Century AD
D. 14th Century AD
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the 14th Century AD.
11. Banga Darshan – a monthly magazine – was started in 1872 from Behrampur by:
A. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B. Umakant desai
C. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D. None of these
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Bangadarshan was a Bengali literary magazine, founded by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1872, and resuscitated in 1901 under the editorship of Rabindranath Tagore. The magazine had a defining influence on the emergence of a Bengali identity and the genesis of nationalism in Bengal.
12. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Basant Kumar Biswas
D. Annie Besant
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : Gopal Krishna Gokhale said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes”.
13. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
A. 1872
B. 1982
C. 1884
D. 1892
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Aurobindo Ghose was born in India on 15th August 1872. At a young age, he was sent to England to be educated at St Paul’s. Sri Aurobindo was an excellent student and won a scholarship to read classics at King’s College Cambridge.
14. Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:
A. April 1907
B. April 1906
C. April 1905
D. April 1904
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in April 1907 by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh.
15. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
A. Bhojpuri
B. Magadhi
C. Pali
D. Sanskrit
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : The language discourses of Gautam Buddha was Pali.
16. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
A. Santhals
B. Ahoms
C. Pagal Panthis
D. Ramosi
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Santhals did not revolt in the 1820s.
17. Which revolutionary said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective?”
A. Vinoba Bhave
B. Narayan Guru
C. Dayanand Sarshwati
D. Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Aurobindo Ghosh said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective”.
18. Who was the commander of 1857 revolt in Rohilkhand?
A. Ahmadullah
B. Begum Hazrat Mahal
C. Jung Bahadur Rana
D. Tatya Tope
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Ahmadullah Shah (1787 – 5 June 1858) famous as Maulavi of Faizabad, was a leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah was known as the Lighthouse of Rebellion in Awadh region.
19. Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom”?
A. Syed Hasan Imam
B. Dr. S.Gopal
C. M.
D. Bharat Kumar
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : Dr. S.Gopal said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom”.
20. The Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in :
A. 1872
B. 1883
C. 1886
D. 1893
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : 1893.
21. The East India Association was set up in :
A. 1866
B. 1857
C. 1836
D. 1885
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : The East India Association was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866, in collaboration with Indians and retired British officials in London. It superseded the London Indian Society and was a platform for discussing matters and ideas about India, and to provide representation for Indians to the Government.
22. Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Raja Ram Mohan Rai
C. Dyanand Sarshawati
D. Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Two Brothers- Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar began the process of revolutionary activities in India. They formed the ‘Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha’ in 1893 and started celebrating the birthday of Shivaji and Ganesh Utsavs.
23. Bande Matram was a series of articles published in the year 1907 by :
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
C. Domadar Chapekar
D. Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : Vande Matram was a series of articles published in the year 1907 by Sri Auronbindo Ghosh.
24. Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : Rabindranath Tagore called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak.
25. Who founded Anushulin Samiti in 1907 in Dhaka?
A. Shambhuchand Mukherjee
B. Kali Mohan Das
C. Barindra Ghosh and Bhupendra Nath Dutt
D. Jogesh Chandra Dutt E. Pulin Behari Das
Answer
Answer: Option E
Explanation : Dhaka Anushilan Samiti was a branch of the Anushilan Samiti founded in the city of Dhaka in November 1905. Initially a group of eighty under the leadership of Pulin Behari Das, it “spread like wildfire” throughout the province of East Bengal. More than 500 branches were opened, linked by a “close and detailed organization” to Palin’s headquarters at Dhaka. It absorbed smaller groups in the province and soon overshadowed its parent organization in Calcutta. Source : wikipedia.org
26. Who was admired as tempestuous Hindu in 1893 in the World Parliament of Religious in Chicago ?
A. Swami Dyanand Sarshawati
B. Rabindra Nath Tagore
C. Gautam Budha
D. Swami Vivekanand
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Swami Vivekananda represented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions (1893). This was the first World’s Parliament of Religions and it was held from 11 to 27 September 1893.
27. Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?
A. Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh
B. Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh
C. Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
D. None of these
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta.
28. The prominent leaders of Indian Association which was established in Bengal in July 26, 1876 were :
A. Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
B. Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das
C. Kali Mohan Das and Shambhuchand Mukherjee
D. Shambhuchand Mukherjee and Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : The Reform Association faction on July 26, 1876 established a Bharat Sabha with Bengali leaders like Surendranath Banerjee, Sivanath Sastri, Ananda Mohan Bose etc. and held its first annual conference in Calcutta. Initially under Sen it was pro-Crown.
29. Sarojini Naidu was elected Congress President at :
A. Haripura 1938
B. Bombay 1934
C. Madras Session 1927
D. Kanpur Session 1925
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : In 1925, Naidu presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress at Cawnpore (now Kanpur). In 1929, she presided over East African Indian Congress in South Africa. She was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal by the British government for her work during the plague epidemic in India.
30. In 1918 who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ?
A. Annie Besant
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : In the year 1918 father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi along with Anasuya Sarabhai and Shankerlal Banker founded the Ahmadabad textile labour association.
31. The third person who presented himself for individual Satyagrah launched by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940 was:
A. Brahma Datt
B. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
C. Jawahar Lal Nehru
D. None of these
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : The first Satyagrahi selected was Acharya Vinoba Bhave, who was sent to Jail when he spoke against the war. Second Satyagrahi was Jawahar Lal Nehru. Third was Brahma Datt, one of the inmates of the Gandhi’s Ashram.
32. Who called Government India Act 1935 a Charter of Slavery ?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Subhash Chandra Bose
C. Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
D. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru called Government India Act 1935 a Charter of Slavery.
33. The Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution at :
A. Wardha Session 1942.
B. Bombay Session 1934
C. Tripuri Session 1939
D. Ramgarh Session 1940
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ movement. The next day, Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.
34. In 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent :
A. Wavell Mission to India
B. Cripps Mission to India
C. Mount Mission to India
D. August Offer
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : On 11 March 1942, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the British Cabinet, would be sent to India from 22 March to 11 April to work out a formula for India’s participation in the war and partial transfer of power acceptable to all three, the Hindu and Muslim parties in India as well as the British forces. His negotiating mandate was the “Draft Declaration”, a document on which the War Cabinet had agreed after along discussion laying out a middle ground acceptable to the British, including self-government after the war.
35. When Japan handed over Andaman Nicobar islands to Subhash Chandra Bose in Nov. 1943, he named these islands as :
A. Shaheed Island and Samaj Island respectively
B. Samaj Island and Swaraj Island respectively
C. Swaraj Island and Shaheed Island respectively
D. Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : When Japan handed over Andaman Nicobar islands to Subhash Chandra Bose in Nov. 1943, he named these islands as Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively.
36. Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in :
A. 1932
B. 1935
C. 1943
D. 1945
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in 1943. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23rd January in 1897. He was an Indian nationalist who form the Indian National Army to fight against British Government.
37. Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:
A. 1935
B. 1942
C. 1945
D. 1943
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in 1945.
38. The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
A. Cripps Mission 1942
B. Government of India 1935
C. Independent India 1947
D. August Offer of 1940
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : August Offer of 1940. Roy, a pioneer of the Communist movement in India and an advocate of radical democracy. It became an official demand of the Indian National Congress in 1935, C. Rajagopalachari voiced the demand for a Constituent Assembly on 15 November 1939 based on adult franchise, and was accepted by the British in August 1940.
39. Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan proposing the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan :
A. On May 3 1947
B. On June 3 1947
C. On July 3 1947
D. On August 3 1947
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : On June 3, 1947, immediately after his return to India, Lord mountbatten announced his plan for solving the ‘present impasse’. Before the plan was publicized, Lord Mountbattan had obtained the consent of the Congress and Sikh leaders and also of Mr. M.A. Jinnah.
40. When quit India Resolution was passed in 1942, the Viceroy of India was :
A. Lord Linlithgow
B. Lord Wavell
C. Lord Willingdon
D. Lord Mountbatten
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Lord Linlithgow took his office on 18 April 1936 and leave on October 1, 1943. Cripps Mission visited India and Quit India resolution was passed in his tenure.
41. By which act of British India, was the Governor General empowered to issue ordinance ?
A. Indian Councils Act 1861
B. Charter Act of 1853
C. Government of India Act 1858
D. Indian Council Act 1892
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Indian Councils Act 1861. An Act to make better Provision for the Constitution of the Council of the Governor General of India, and for the Local Government of the several Presidencies and Provinces of India, and for the temporary Government of India in the event of a Vacancy in the Office of Governor General.
42. In 1915-16 the Home Rule League movement was launched under the leadership of :
A. Mohammad Ali Jinnah and G. S. Khaparde
B. G. S. Khaparde and Sir S. Subramania Iyer
C. Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Sir S. Subramania Iyer and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : Annie Besant started the Home Rule League in September, 1916, and Tilak started it in April 1916. Tilak’s movement was confined to Maharashtra and Karnataka. And Annie Besant movement spread to other parts of India.
43. In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:
A. Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Gandhiji and Dr.
C. R. Ambedkar
D. Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi on the reservation of electoral seats for the depressed classes in the legislature of British India government. It was made on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Poona, India and was signed by Mahatma Gandhi, B.R Ambedkar and some other leaders as a means to end the fast that Gandhi was undertaking in jail as a protest against the decision by British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald to give separate electorates to depressed classes for the election of members of provincial legislative assemblies in British India. They finally agreed upon 148 electoral seats.
44. Indian Dyarchy was started by :
A. Indian Council Act 1861
B. Minto-Morley Reforms 1909
C. Indian Council Act 1992
D. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 1919
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : The Government of India act 1919 was passed on the basis of recommendations of Lord Chelmsford and Samuel Montagu to introduce self-governing institutions gradually to India. This act covered 10 years from 1919 to 1929.
45. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A. Khilafat movement
B. Noncooperation Co-operation
C. Civil Disobedience Movement
D. Quit India Movement
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : On March 12, 1930, Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India.
46. Who presided over the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 ?
A. Sarojani Naydu
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : The Karachi session was presided by Sardar Patel. The congress adopted a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy which represented the Party’s Social, Economic and Political programme. It was later known as Karachi Resolution.
47. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A. Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
C. Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer
Answer: Option B
Explanation : The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney.
48. Rani Gaidinliu was a rebel leader against the Britishers from:
A. Manipur
B. Uttar Pardesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Rani Gaidinliu (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) was a Rongmei Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India. The movement later turned into a political movement seeking to drive out the British from Manipur and the surrounding Naga areas.
49. An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :
A. August 1940
B. August 1943
C. September 1946
D. September 1942
Answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation : The interim government of India was formed on September 2, 1946 from the newly elected Constituent Assembly.
50. The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :
A. Rash Behari Bose
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Rajguru
D. None of these
Answer
Answer: Option A
Explanation : Rash Behari Bose was an Indian revolutionary noted for his planning of the Delhi-Lahore conspiracy of 1912 to assassinate the then Viceroy Lord Hardinge, and his involvement in the Ghadr Conspiracy of 1915
51. In which session of the Indian National congress did the historic union of congress and Muslim League take place?
A. Tripuri Session in 1939
B. Lahore session in 1940
C. Meerut Session in 1946
D. Lucknow session in 1916
Answer
Answer: Option D
Explanation : Lucknow Pact, (December 1916), agreement made by the Indian National Congress headed by Maratha leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the All-India Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah; it was adopted by the Congress at its Lucknow session on December 29 and by the league on Dec. 31, 1916.
52. The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
A. Lahore session in 1940.
B. Lucknow session in 1916
C. Meerut Session 1946
D. Tripuri Session in 1939
Answer
53. Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Jawahar Lal Neharu
C. Damodar Chapekar
D. Savarkar
Answer
54. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
A. Rash Bihari Bose
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Chandra Sekhar Ajad
D. Madanlal Dhingra
Answer
55. Under the Government of India act 1935 it was decided to establish a federation consisting of :
A. Governor’s provinces
B. Princely states
C. Governor’s provinces and princely states
D. None of these
Answer
56. Who called Government of India Act 1935 as thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable?
A. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer
57. Who founded Tattvabodhini sabha in 1839 ?
A. Dayanand Sarswati
B. Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer
58. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
D. None of the above
Answer
59. Vivekanand established Ramakrishna Mission :
A. In 1892
B. In 1897
C. In 1937
D. In 1939
Answer
60. For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayananda stressed on :
A. Swabhasha and Swarajya
B. Swadharma
C. Swadeshi
D. All of the above
Answer
61. Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?
A. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
B. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
C. Abbas Tyabji
D. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Answer
62. Individual Satyagrah was started on:
A. October 17 1935
B. October 17 1939
C. October 17 1940
D. October 17 1942
Answer
63. In order to secure co-operation of Indians the British government in the midst of worsening wartime international situation sent Cripps Mission to India:
A. In 1940
B. In 1942
C. In 1945
D. In 1946
Answer
64. In accordance with provisions of the Government of India Act 1935 elections to the Provincial Legislatures were held in :
A. February 1925
B. February 1932
C. February 1935
D. February 1937
Answer
65. The First Round Table Conference was held on:
A. November 12 1930
B. December 12 1930
C. November 12 1937
D. October 12 1930
Answer
66. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized a Bhishkrit Hitkari Sabha, (The Depressed Classes Institute) in :
A. 1924
B. 1920
C. 1916
D. 1911
Answer
67. Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ?
A. Shri Bharat Kumar
B. Purushottam Das Tandon
C. Bankim Chandra Chattopashyay
D. Jyotiba Phule
Answer
68. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on :
A. July 5 1931
B. June 5 1931
C. March 5 1931
D. January 5 1931
Answer
69. In July 1933 the Congress decided to launch:
A. An Individual Civil Disobedience
B. Satyagrah
C. Bharat Chhoro Aandolan
D. None of these
Answer
70. The first President of Indian National congress was :
A. Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
B. Annie Besant
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. George Yule
Answer
71. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
A. Annie Besant
B. Badruddin Tyabji
C. George Yule
D. Sir William Wedderburn
Answer
72. Who said “Every blow on my body will prove a nail in the coffin of the British Empire”?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Kunwar Singh
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Chandra Sekhar Azaad
Answer
73. In March 1923 Chittranjan Das along with Motilal Nehru formed :
A. The Gaddar Party
B. The Forward Block
C. The Swaraj Party
D. None of these
Answer
74. After the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement, who were called pro-changers in the Congress?
A. Motilal Nehru and Anne Besant
B. Anne Besant and Chittranjan Das
C. Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das
D. None of these
Answer
75. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
A. Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
B. Satya Shodhak Samaj
C. Bengal Society
D. None of these
Answer
76. Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
A. The Year 1935
B. The Year 1939
C. The Year 1937
D. The Year 1942
Answer
77. The main centre of Gadar Movement of 1915 was :
A. United States of America.
B. Japan
C. Australia
D. Singapore
Answer
78. Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student Farmer-Middle class Revolt’?
A. Sumit Sarkar
B. Barun De
C. B A Saletore
D. Dr. Amba Prasad
Answer
79. Justice C. Y. Chintamani called Government of India Act 1935?
A. Lazy Duck
B. Lame Duck
C. Lazy Federation
D. Lame Federation
Answer
80. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :
A. Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
B. Prefect Chastity
C. Adopts poverty
D. All of these
Answer
81. The Kakori Conspiracy took place in :
A. 1925
B. 1922
C. 1920
D. 1915
Answer
82. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar took place on :
A. March 13 1919
B. April 13 1919
C. May 13 1919
D. June 13 1919
Answer
83. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
A. Shri Bharat Kumar
B. Purushottam Das Tandon
C. Sir William Wedderburn
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer
84. The organization of Khudai Khidmatgar was established:
A. Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
B. Under the leadership of Abul Kalam Azad
C. Under the leadership of M.
D. Under the leadership of Syed Hasan Imam
Answer
85. Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :
A. 1896
B. 1904
C. 1906
D. 1910
Answer
86. Who founded Abhinav Bharat ?
A. V.
B.Savarkar
C. Arbindo Ghosh
D. None of these
Answer
87. The two names which were associates with the publication of the paper ‘Yugantar’ are:
A. Barindra kumar Ghose and Arbindo Ghosh
B. Bhupendranath Dutta and Arbindo Ghosh
C. Barindra kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta
D. Sawarkar
Answer
88. Delhi was formally declared the future capital of the British India in :
A. 1906
B. 1909
C. 1912
D. 1911
Answer
89. The year which is associated with the Gadar movement is:
A. 1911
B. 1913
C. 1917
D. 1922
Answer
90. The Queen Victoria assumed the title of the Empress of India in 1876 by :
A. British parliament
B. Indian Sabha
C. Singaporian Parliament
D. None of these
Answer
91. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Veer Kunwar
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer
92. The newspapers ‘The Punjabi and The pupil’ were published by :
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Lala Hardyal
Answer
93. The National College in Calcutta had been established on :
A. September 14 1906
B. July 14 1906
C. March 14 1906
D. August 14 1906
Answer
94. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:
A. The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
B. The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress
C. The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress
D. The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress
Answer
95. Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915?
A. Lala Hardayal
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. None of above
Answer
96. In 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the Bengal quarterly:
A. Samvad Kaumudi
B. Bengali renaissance
C. Bengal Gazette
D. The Brahmonical
Answer
97. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:
A. Bhakt Khan
B. Nana Sahib
C. Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
D. Jung Bhadur Rana
Answer
98. Who established East India Association in London 1866?
A. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
D. Hemu Kalani
Answer
99. In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant:
A. Hemu Kalani
B. Sachindra Bakshi
C. Manmath Nath Gupta
D. Abdulla Seth
Answer
100. Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?
A. Khan Abdul Gaffar
B. W A Hume
C. Annie Besant
D. None of these
Answer
101. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started:
A. Jugantar
B. Som Prakash
C. Vichar Lahiri
D. Sandhya
Answer
102. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A. 16 October 1911
B. 16 October 1896
C. 16 October 1907
D. 16 October 1905
Answer
103. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
A. V N Mandalik
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Bipin Chandra Pal
D. Abdul Kalam Azad
Answer
104. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Lala Hardyal
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. M G Ranade
Answer
105. Who was the founder of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ?
A. J K Hikki
B. B B Upadhyay
C. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
D. None of the above
Answer
106. Maulana qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Sheikhul Hind Maulana- Mahmud-ul Hasan were the prominent figures who represented?
A. Deoband Movement
B. Santhal Movement
C. Indigo Movement
D. None of these
Answer
107. In the history of Indian National Movement Santhal Rebellion took place between :
A. 1845-47
B. 1849-50
C. 1855-56
D. 1866-67
Answer
108. The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck :
A. Eastern India
B. Northern India
C. Southern India
D. Western India
Answer
109. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?
A. V A Smith
B. T. R. Holmes
C. J K Hikki
D. Sir Ahmed Khan
Answer
110. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
A. Robert Knight
B. T N Das
C. Ashok Mehta
D. K M Pannikar
Answer
111. Who said, “this (the revolt 1857) was an eruption of social volcano, where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars if rebellion remained deep and shining?”
A. J K Hikki
B. Ashok Mehta
C. K M Pannikar
D. None of the above
Answer
112. Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherhee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:
A. Amrit Bazar Patrika
B. Hindu
C. Sudharak
D. Yugantar
Answer
113. Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?
A. The Government of India Act 1935.
B. The Government of India Act 1919.
C. Indian Independence act 1947
D. The Registration act 1908
Answer
114. The Cabinet mission arrived in Delhi on:
A. August 24 1946
B. May 24 1946
C. March 24 1946
D. April 24 1946
Answer
115. The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in:
A. 1924
B. 1934
C. 1930
D. 1939
Answer
116. Under which British Act was the provision to establish a Federation of India concession of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made?
A. Government of India Act 1918
B. Government of India Act 1925
C. Government of India Act 1930
D. Government of India Act 1935
Answer
117. When was Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed?
A. In 1920
B. In 1925
C. In 1928
D. In 1932
Answer
118. The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on
A. February 20 1942
B. February 20 1947
C. March 20 1947
D. March 20 1942
Answer
119. Who said, “India is for Indians?”
A. Syed Hasan Imam
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Dr. S.Gopal
D. Dayanand Saraswati
Answer
120. Who said,” One Country One God, One Caste, one Mind brothers all of us Without Difference, without Doubt ?”
A. V.
B. Savarkar
C. Syed Hasan Imam
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer
121. United India House organizes Unity among Indians in the United states of America in
A. 1906
B. 1908
C. 1910
D. 1917
Answer
122. The Indian People play people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of:
A. The Forward Block
B. Indian National Congress
C. Communist Party of India
D. None of these
Answer
123. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
A. Madame Bhikaji Cama
B. Subash Chandra Bose
C. Jawahar Lal Nehru
D. Sardar Patel
Answer
124. In 1942 who appealed the Britishers to leave India in God’s hands?
A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Mohhamad Ali Jinnah
C. Sardar patel
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer
125. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
A. October 17 1942
B. October 17 1940
C. October 17 1939
D. October 17 1938
Answer
126. In 1906 to protest discrimination against Indians in S. Africa Mahatma Gandhi started
A. Satyagraha at Durban
B. Satyagraha at Cape Town
C. Satyagraha at Port Elizabeth
D. Satyagraha at Johannesburg
Answer
127. Which slogan was given by the Congress in opposition to British Government involving India in Second World War in 1939 without consulting the people of India ?
A. Karo ya Maro
B. Nahi Karenge Nahi Ladenge
C. Na koi bhai na koi pai.
D. None of these
Answer
128. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :
A. Ramgarh Session 1940
B. Bombay Session 1934
C. Tripuri session 1939
D. Wardha Session 1942
Answer
129. Bal Gangadhar Tilak began his drive for new awakening among the Indians by publishing two newspapers in 1881
A. The Maratha and Kesari
B. The Maratha and Samwad
C. The Samwad and Kesari
D. The Maratha and Kumudi
Answer
130. In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :
A. Eleven States
B. Nine States
C. Five States
D. Ten States
Answer
131. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Lala Hardayal
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. None of these
Answer
132. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?
A. Dayanand Sarshawati
B. Raja Ram Mohan Rai
C. The Chapekar brothers
D. None of these
Answer
133. Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma samaj on
A. 20 August1838
B. 20 August1828
C. 20 August1848
D. 20 August1858
Answer
134. Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in:
A. The year 1910
B. The year 1915
C. The year 1917
D. The year 1920
Answer
135. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of
A. All India Hindu Mahasabha
B. All India Unity Mahasabha
C. All India Kisan Mahasabha
D. None of these
Answer
136. From where did the quit India Movement begin?
A. Calcutta
B. Mysore
C. Bombay
D. Pune
Answer
137. Abhinav Bharat organized in 1904 was :
A. Hindu Mahashabha
B. A secret society of revolutionary activists
C. All India Kisan Mahasabha
D. None of these
Answer
138. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
A. The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
B. Khudai Khidmatgar
C. Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
D. All of these
Answer
139. Who was the selected as first satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin individual satyagraha in 1940?
A. Vinoba Bhave
B. Jawahar Lal Nehru
C. Brahma Datt
D. Annie Besant
Answer
140. Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at chandani chowk in Delhi in 1912?
A. Amir Chand
B. Avadh Behari
C. Rasbihari Bose
D. Basant Kumar Biswas
Answer
141. Partition of Bengal was revoked in 1911 during the Viceroyalty of
A. Lord Hardinge
B. Lord Minto
C. Lord Chelmsford
D. Lord Reading
Answer
142. Quit India movement began on:
A. August 9 1940
B. August 9 1941
C. August 8 1942
D. August 9 1944
Answer
143. Under which document was the separate electorate granted for muslims ?
A. Charter Act of 1813
B. The Permanent Settlement
C. Mahalwari System Reforms
D. Morley Minto Reforms
Answer
144. Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:
A. Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi
B. Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
C. Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi
Answer
145. During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?
A. Lord Irwin
B. Lord Minto
C. Lord Chelmsford
D. Lord Reading
Answer
146. The main centre of Wahabi Movement during the freedom movement was
A. Lucknow
B. Mysore
C. Patna
D. Delhi
Answer
147. Swami Dayanand established the head quarters of Arya Samaj in:
A. Calcutta
B. Lahore
C. Mumbai
D. Chennai
Answer
148. In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper
A. The Native Opinion
B. The New India
C. Al-Balagh
D. The Comrade
Answer
149. The Indian National congress decided to launch an individual civil disobedience in place of Mass civil Disobedience in:
A. 1942
B. 1935
C. 1933
D. 1928
Answer
150. Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?
A. The Government of India Act 1935
B. Government of India Act 1918
C. Government of India Act 1925
D. Government of India Act 1930
Answer
151. When did Mahatma Gandhi go on fast unto death for the first time?
A. 1921
B. 1917
C. 1918
D. 1915
Answer
152. What is called the magna carta of Western Education system in Indian?
A. Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
B. Slavery Bill for Education
C. Wonder of Education refoms
D. None of these
Answer
153. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
A. Bahadur Shah Jafar
B. Jung Bahadur Rana
C. Begum Hazrat Mahal
D. Tatya Tope
Answer
154. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
A. Dayanand Sarshwati
B. Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati
C. Swami Ramanand Sarshwati
D. Narayan Guru
Answer
155. On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?
A. Charter act of India
B. Montague Chelmsford Declaration
C. Morley Minto Reforms
D. None of these
Answer
156. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Sukhdev
C. Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
D. Raj Guru
Answer
157. Which revolutionary was associated with the foundation of the Punjab Navjivan Bharat Sabha in 1926?
A. Rash Behari Bose
B. Amir Chand
C. Basant Kumar Biswas
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer
158. The novel ‘Neel Darpan’ depicting the harassment and oppression of Indigo farmers by the Britishers was written by:
A. M M Malviya
B. Bipin Chandra Pal
C. Tara Shankar Bandhopadhyay
D. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Answer
159. Who led the revolt in 1857 in Bihar and defeated the British Army near Aara?
A. Bahadur Shah Jafar
B. Kunwar Singh
C. Tatya Tope
D. Mangal Pandey
Answer
160. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:
A. J K Hikki
B. K M Pannikar
C. M G Ranade
D. Savarkar
Answer
161. Who has written about the revolt of 1857- ‘this was an eruption of social volcano’ where many spent forces found vent. After the vent the whole social topography has changed. The scars of rebellion remained deep and shining?”
A. Brahma Datt
B. V.
C. Savarkar
D. Ashok Mehta
Answer
162. Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
A. The Indian councils Act 1861
B. Government of India Act 1918
C. Government of India Act 1925
D. Government of India Act 1935
Answer
163. By which Act may be the British parliament did Queen Victoria assume the title of ‘the Empress of India’ to emphasize British sovereignty over the whole of British provinces in India and Indian states?
A. The Royal Titles Act 1866
B. The Royal Titles Act 1870
C. The Royal Titles Act 1876
D. The Royal Titles Act 1886
Answer
164. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
A. April 14 1878
B. March 14 1878
C. March 14 1876
D. March 14 1870
Answer
165. Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
A. Ashok Mehta
B. Dr. S Gopal
C. Syed Hasan Imam
D. Savarkar
Answer
166. The first Round Table conference was held on:
A. December 12 1930
B. August 12 1930
C. April 12 1930
D. November 12 1930
Answer
167. The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
A. March 5 1931
B. April 8 1931
C. May 8 1931
D. August 8 1931
Answer
168. With the objective of raising the moral and material status of the untouchables Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized:
A. The Harijan Hitkari sabha
B. The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
C. The Harijan Uthan sabha
D. The Bahishkrit Utthan sabha
Answer
169. Which report became the basis for enacting the Government of India Act 1935?
A. Reading’s report
B. Montague Chelmsford Declaration
C. Morley Minto Reforms
D. Simon Commission’s report
Answer
170. The committee headed by Motilal Nehru constituted to draw up a blue print for the future constitution of India published
A. Nehru Report
B. Constitution report
C. Government of India Report
D. None of these
Answer
171. In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
A. Phillip Uartog
B. Phillip Reading
C. Uartog Reading
D. None of these
Answer
172. Who said – “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India?”
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Bipin Chandra Pal
C. Ashok Mehta
D. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer
173. The congress policy of prayer and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of
A. B G Tilak
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Bipin Chandra Pal
D. None of these
Answer
174. “In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus.” To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?
A. Bang Bhang
B. Santhal Movement
C. Kishan Andolan
D. Revolt of 1857
Answer
175. While delivering the presidential address’ The Congress president who advocated the introduction of Roman Script for Hindi language was
A. Surendranath Banerjee
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Sankaran Nair
Answer
176. Who founded Atmiya Sabha in 1815?
A. Brahma Datt
B. Dayanand Saraswati
C. Raja Rammohan Roy
D. None of these
Answer
177. Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?”
A. Lord Curzon
B. Lord Hardinge
C. Lord Chelmsford
D. Lord Minto
Answer
178. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
A. Ratnagiri
B. Pune
C. Mumbai
D. None of these
Answer
179. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
A. K M Pannikar
B. Devendra Nath Tagore
C. Annie Besant
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer
180. Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of
A. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
B. Birendra Nath Chatterjee
C. Pini Chandra Pal
D. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer
181. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
A. The Government of India act 1913
B. The Government of India act 1919
C. The Government of India act 1935
D. None of these
Answer
182. The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
A. Lord Chelmsford
B. Lord Hardinge
C. Lord Lainthgo
D. Lord Minto
Answer
183. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
A. 1907
B. 1904
C. 1903
D. 1896
Answer
184. The most outstanding representative of Militant Nationalist School of thought was
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Bismil
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer
185. The first economic thinker of India who showed through his writings that the basic cause of India’s poverty lay in the British exploitation and drain of wealth was
A. Badruddin Tyabji
B. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. N.G. Chandavarkar
Answer
186. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
A. Bhinav Bharat
B. Young Indian Organization
C. Young India
D. Indian National Congress
Answer
187. The demand for Swarajya or self- government within the British empire was made from the Congress platform by
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
D. None of these
Answer
188. Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagrah came in 1917 in
A. Ahemdabad
B. Champaran
C. Kheda
D. Dandi
Answer
189. Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha started in 1851 by Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabahi Naroji, S.S. Bengalee and other was a
A. Parsi Economical Reform Association
B. Parsi education Reform Association
C. Parsi culture Reform Association
D. Parsi religious Reform Association
Answer
190. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skill in:
A. Kheda Satyagraha
B. Champaran Satyagraha
C. The Bardoli Satyagraha
D. None of these
Answer
191. The pioneer of Indian communism was
A. M.N. Roy
B. G.N Ganguly
C. P.C Chandra
D. None of these
Answer
192. Whom did B.G.Tilak call the “Diamond of India”?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer
193. The Battle of Plassey was fought in
A. 1757
B. 1782
C. 1748
D. 1764
Answer
194. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
A. Sutlej and Beas
B. Jhelum and Chenab
C. Ravi and Chenab
D. Ganga and Yamuna
Answer
195. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
A. military affairs
B. the state treasury
C. the royal household
D. the land revenue system
Answer
196. are sacred books of
A. Buddhists
B. Hindus
C. Jains
D. None of the above
Answer
197. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
A. Nirvana
B. Sangha
C. Buddha
D. Dhamma
Answer
198. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. R.
D. M.K. Gandhi
Answer
199. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
A. Robert Clive
B. Cornwallis
C. Dalhousie
D. Warren Hastings
Answer
200. The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
A. 1833
B. 1853
C. 1858
D. 1882
Answer
201. Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
A. Dannayaka
B. Sumanta
C. Nayaka
D. Mahanayakacharya
Answer
202. The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work ,, was in
A. Telugu
B. Sanskrit
C. Tamil
D. Kannada
Answer
203. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
A. China
B. Germany
C. Italy
D. Japan
Answer
204. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
A. Cartius
B. Trajan
C. Nero
D. Brutus
Answer
205. The use of , in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
A. Central Asia
B. Iran
C. Greece
D. China
Answer
206. the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of
A. I II III IV and V
B. II III IV V and VI
C. I II IV V and VI
D. I III IV V and VI
Answer
207. The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of , were known as
A. Walashahi
B. Barawardi
C. Jcumaki
D. Dakhili
Answer
208. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
A. the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
B. the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
C. Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
D. the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
Answer
209. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
A. Ghurids
B. Arabs
C. Karkotakas
D. Hindushahis
Answer
210. To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
A. Lawyers
B. Teachers
C. Journalists
D. All of the above
Answer
211. The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
A. Palamoli
B. Aruvanad
C. Pattinappalai
D. Padirrupattu
Answer
212. Todar Mal was associated with
A. music
B. literature
C. land revenue reforms
D. law
Answer
213. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
A. 1848 AD
B. 1856 AD
C. 1858 AD
D. 1862 AD
Answer
214. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
A. Karkota
B. Utpala
C. Paramara
D. Gurjara Pratihara
Answer
215. Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
A. Indo-Greeks
B. Sakas
C. Parthinas
D. Kushanas
Answer
216. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
A. Babar and Humayun
B. Humayun and Jahangir
C. Babar and Jahangir
D. Jahangir and Shahjahan
Answer
217. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A. Chandragupta
B. Ashoka
C. Kanishka
D. Harshavardhan
Answer
218. The use of spinning wheel (,) became common during the
A. 9th Century AD
B. 10th Century AD
C. 12th Century AD
D. 14th Century AD
Answer
219. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
A. Bhojpuri
B. Magadhi
C. Pali
D. Sanskrit
Answer
220. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
A. Santhals
B. Ahoms
C. Pagal Panthis
D. Ramosi
Answer
221. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
A. Travancore
B. Baroda
C. Hyderabad
D. Mysore
Answer
222. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
A. Assam
B. Punjab
C. Bengal
D. N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
Answer
223. Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were
A. I II V
B. II III IV
C. III IV V
D. I II IV
Answer
224. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
A. Ivory
B. Pepper
C. A fine variety of Indian muslin
D. Damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance
Answer
225. The Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: “Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children.” This statement was made by
A. Monserrate
B. Tavernier
C. Manrique
D. Bernier
Answer
226. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
A. The cultivator
B. The village community
C. The king
D. The joint family
Answer
227. To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
A. Licchavis
B. Sakyas
C. Mallas
D. None of the above
Answer
228. There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the
A. Indus seals excavated
B. Religious beliefs of the Harappans
C. Tools and implements used by the Harappans
D. Different types of dwellings excavated
Answer
229. The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was
A. Hind Keasri
B. Kaiser-e-Hind
C. Rai Bahadur
D. Rt. Honorable
Answer
230. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
A. Hyderabad
B. Madurai
C. Mysore
D. Vijayanagar
Answer
231. The term , meant
A. Foreign goods
B. Dancer
C. Curtain
D. Theatre
Answer
232. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
A. entire Imperial establishment
B. land owned by the emperor himself
C. religious land grants
D. land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury
Answer
233. Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
A. Mudrarakasam
B. Devi Chand Guptam
C. Mrichekakatika
D. Malavikagnimitra
Answer
234. The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
A. Clive
B. Cornwallis
C. Waren Hastings
D. William Bentinck
Answer
235. was interpreted by
A. Swami Vivekananda
B. Swami Dayananda
C. Raja Rammohan Roy
D. None of the above
Answer
236. The term ,, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
A. slave
B. cultivator
C. neighbour
D. foreigner
Answer
237. To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
A. Burma (now Myanmar) Combodia Indonesia and UAR
B. Burma Sri Lanka Combodia and Indonesia
C. Burma Indonesia Ghana and Sri Lanka
D. All of the above
Answer
238. The text of the document called ,, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
A. Nizamuddin’s Tabaqat-I-Akbari
B. Arif Quandahari’s Tarikh-I-Alfi
C. Abul Fazl’s Akbarnama
D. Badauni’s Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
Answer
239. Tulsidas, the author of ,, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
A. Akbar
B. Humayun
C. Shahjahan
D. Sher Shah Suri
Answer
240. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
A. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
B. Iltutmish
C. Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
D. Jalal-id-din Khilji
Answer
241. The weekly , was founded by
A. Annie Besant
B. Bipan Chandra Pal
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Sarojini Naidu
Answer
242. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
A. Shajahan
B. Akbar
C. Humayun
D. Jahangir
Answer
243. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
A. Wind
B. Eternity
C. Rain and thunder
D. Fire
Answer
244. Tolkappiyam is associated with the
A. first Sangam period
B. second Sangam period
C. third Sangam period
D. post-third Sangam period
Answer
245. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
A. Chalukyas
B. Cholas
C. Pallavas
D. Satavahanas
Answer
246. The term , occurs for the first time in
A. early Vedic texts
B. early Buddhist texts
C. pre-Gupta inscriptions
D. post-Gupta inscriptions
Answer
247. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
A. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
B. Sayyid Ahmed Khan
C. Aga Khan
D. All of the above
Answer
248. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
A. Kunala
B. Tivara
C. Mahendra
D. Jalauka
Answer
249. We can know about early vedic period from
A. archaeological excavations
B. the Rig Veda
C. Jatak Katha
D. contemporary culture
Answer
250. The Upanishads are
A. A source of Hindu philosophy
B. Books of ancient Hindu laws
C. Books on social behavior of man
D. Prayers to God
Answer
251. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
A. 1857
B. 1858
C. 1900
D. 1909
Answer
252. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
A. Bukka I
B. Devaraya I
C. Krishnadevaraya
D. Ramaraya
Answer
253. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
A. Bhukit
B. Pradesa
C. Vifhi
D. Ahara
Answer
254. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji’s reign – the Jama Masjid at Kana and Alai Darwaza – were constructed at
A. Agra
B. Delhi
C. Dhar
D. Gulbarga
Answer
255. The term , is associated with
A. Ajivikas
B. Charvakas
C. Jains
D. Pasupatas
Answer
256. The Kalinga was fought in
A. 321 BC
B. 301 BC
C. 261 BC
D. 241 BC
Answer
257. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
A. Assam
B. Bihar
C. Madras
D. Punjab
Answer
258. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
A. Athanasius Nikitin
B. Niccolo de Conti
C. Ibn Batuta
D. Ferishta
Answer
259. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
A. Shankracharya was born that year.
B. Harsha Vardhana the last Buddhist king died.
C. Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
D. All Muslim invaders were defeated.
Answer
260. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
A. S.N. Sen
B. R.
C. Mazumdar
D. Savakar
Answer
261. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira adds which of the followings as the fifth vow?
A. Abstention from stealing
B. Non-injury
C. Brahmacharya or continence
D. Non-attachment
Answer
262. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
A. two centuries
B. three centuries
C. four centuries
D. a little over one century
Answer
263. Which of the following is not included in Mughal paintings?
A. Portraits
B. Islamic themes
C. Flowers and plants
D. Hunting scenes
Answer
264. Against which Mughal Emperor was a FATWA issued from Jaunpur?
A. Humayun
B. Akbar
C. Shahjahan
D. Aurangzeb
Answer
265. Who gave the slogan DO OR DIE during the quit India movement in 1942?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Subhash Chandra Bose
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer
266. Which Sultan of Delhi was the first to charge GHARI or HOUSE TAX?
A. Balban
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Mohammad bin Tughlaq
D. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer
267. In which year was the quit India movement launched?
A. 1930
B. 1940
C. 1942
D. 1947
Answer
268. Which Viceroy of India had largest tenure during British rule:
A. Lord Linlithgow
B. Lord Mountbatten
C. Lord Bentick
D. None of above
Answer
269. Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
A. Canning
B. Lawrence
C. Dalhousie
D. Curzon
Answer
270. The title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:
A. Samudragupta
B. Kanishka
C. Chandragupta II
D. Ashoka