Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress ?


Lala Lajpat Rai

Bipin Chandra Pal

Muzaffar Ahmed

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Option: A  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]


Remark:

During which Movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan of Do or Die ?


Champaran Satyagraha

Non-Cooperation Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

Quit India Movement

Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]


Remark:

Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928?


Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Mahatma Gandhi

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Subhas Chandra Bose

Correct Option: A  [ Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ]


Remark:

When was the 'Azad Hind Fauj' formed ?


1st October, 1939

10 August, 1940

11th May, 1941

1st September, 1942

Correct Option: D  [ 1st September, 1942 ]


Remark:

How many delegates had participated in the first session of the Indian National Congress held in 1885 ?


60

68

72

80

Correct Option: C  [ 72 ]


Remark:

The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn due to :


Chauri Chaura incident

Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Introduction of the Rawlatt Act

Severe oppressive measure taken by the British Goverment

Correct Option: A  [ Chauri Chaura incident ]


Remark:

The year 1919 is associated with


Chauri Chaura Incident

Partition of Bengal

Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy

Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Option: C  [ Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy ]


Remark:

Mrs. Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress. Which session of the Congress did she preside over ?


Calcutta

NagPur

Madras

Bombay

Correct Option: A  [ Calcutta ]


Remark:

Fahien came to India during the reign of


Harshavardhana

Kanishka

Chandragupta Vikramaditya

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Chandragupta Vikramaditya ]


Remark:

Third Round Table Conference was held in:


1929

1930

1932

1934

Correct Option: C  [ 1932 ]

On reaching India in February, 1928, Simon Commission first visited:


Lahore

Bombay

Calcutta

Lucknow

Correct Option: B  [ Bombay ]


Remark:

When was the Carlyle "Circular" issued?


1905

1901

1902

1906

Correct Option: A  [ 1905 ]


Remark: the Carlyle Circular (1905) prohibiting students' participation in politics; and the partition of Bengal, sinisterly designed to fracture and cripple Bengal politically and culturally.

Who among the following had constructed the Red Fort in Delhi ?


Akbar

Shah Jahan

Aurangzeb

Jahangir

Correct Option: B  [ Shah Jahan ]


Remark:

Which Chola king was known as "Arumolivarman" before his coronation?


Vira Rajendra

Rajaraja I

Kulottunga I

Rajaraja II

Correct Option: B  [ Rajaraja I ]


Remark: The climax in Chola power was achieved under the successor of Parantaka II, Arumolivarman, who crowned himself as "Rajaraja I" in 985 A D the next thirty years of his rule formed the formative periodof Chola imperialism.

Who founded the Gadar Party in San Francisco in the USA ?


Lala Hardayal

Ajit Singh

Lala Lajpat Rai

P. Mitra

Correct Option: A  [ Lala Hardayal ]


Remark:

Who founded All India Harijan Sangh?


B R Ambedkar

Gandhiji

Jayprakash Narayan

Raj Narayan

Correct Option: B  [ Gandhiji ]


Remark:

Who led the 'Rani of Jhansi' regiment of the Indian National Army ?


Rani Laxmibai

Laxmi Sehgal

Latika Ghosh

Pritilata Wadeddar

Correct Option: B  [ Laxmi Sehgal ]


Remark:

Who had said, Gandhi can die but not Gandhism ?


Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Louis Fischer

Gandhi himself

Correct Option: D  [ Gandhi himself ]


Remark:

who established Depressed class league?


Gandhiji

B R Ambedkar

Nehru

Subhash

Correct Option: B  [ B R Ambedkar ]


Remark: Born:1891, 14 April

Who among the following was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress?


Vallabhbhai Patel

Bipin Chandra Pal

Motilal Nehru

Lala Lajpat Rai

Correct Option: D  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]


Remark:

In which year Britain was conquered by the Romans?


42 BC

43 AD

47 AD

none of these

Correct Option: B  [ 43AD ]


Remark: The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius

With which event did the Civil Disobedience Movement started


Prohibition of Wine

Breaking of Salt law

Protesting high land revenue

Boycotting foreign clothes

Correct Option: B  [ Breaking of Salt law ]


Remark:

The Widow Remarriage Act was passed during the Governor-Generalship of:


Lawrence

Canning

Bentinck

Dalhousie

Correct Option: D  [ Dalhousie ]


Remark:

Who is the composer of Allahabad Prasasti?


Harishena

Bishakhdutta

Kalidasa

Shudrak

Correct Option: A  [ Harishena ]


Remark: Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Prayag Prasasti) on written by Harisena in Sanskrit and Brahmi script.

Who led the 'Rani of Jhansi' regiment of the Indian National Army ?


Rani Laxmibai

Laxmi Sehgal

Latika Ghosh

Pritilata Wadeddar

Correct Option: B  [ Laxmi Sehgal ]


Remark:

The pact brought unity between Indian National Congress and Muslim League in 1916 was :


Poona Pactor

Madras Pact

Lahore Pact

Lucknow Pact

Correct Option: D  [ Lucknow Pact ]


Remark:

Grand Trunk Road was built during the reign of ?


Sher Shah

Akbar

Shahjahan

none of these

Correct Option: A  [ Sher Shah ]


Remark:

Direct Action Day was observed by the Muslim League to press its demand for Pakistan on:


12th August, 1946

14th August, 1946

16th August, 1946

28th August, 1946

Correct Option: C  [ 16th August, 1946 ]


Remark:

General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?


Hasrat Mohini

Vir Savarkar

Udham Singh

Jatin Das

Correct Option: C  [ Udham Singh ]


Remark:

Who was the last governor general of India ?


Chakraborty Rajagopalachari

Lord Mountbatten

Rajendra Prasad

Maulana Abul Kamal Azad

Correct Option: A  [ Chakraborty Rajagopalachari ]


Remark:

Who put an end to the system of Dual Government in Bengal ?


Robert Clive

Warren Hastings

British Parliament

None of these

Correct Option: B  [ Warren Hastings ]


Remark:

Name the Revolutionary Society established by the Indians in America in 1913 against the British rule in India :


Indian Independent League

Indian National Army

Gadhar Party

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Gadhar Party ]


Remark:

In 1917, at Champaran, the government forced farmers to undertake


hallow cultivation

land ceiling.

opium cultivation

indigo cultivation

Correct Option: D  [ indigo cultivation ]


Remark:

Who introduced Rupee in India?


Akbar

Babur

Lord Ripon

Sher Shah Suri

Correct Option: D  [ Sher Shah Suri ]


Remark:

First Battle of Panipat was faught between:


Babur and Lodi

Akbar and Hemu

Mughal and British

Akbar and Lodi

Correct Option: A  [ Babur and Lodi ]


Remark:

Who wrote Hind Swaraj ?


Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Vinoba Bhave

Chandra Sekhar Azad

M. K. Gandhi

Correct Option: D  [ M. K. Gandhi ]


Remark:

Netaji Subhash was born in the year


1897

1887

1869

1899

Correct Option: A  [ 1897 ]


Remark:

Gandhi Irwin Pact signed on ?


1930

1932

1929

1931

Correct Option: D  [ 1931 ]


Remark:

Dayananda Saraswati was the founder of


Brahmo Samaj

Arya Samaj

Theosophical Society

Prarthana Samaj

Correct Option: B  [ Arya Samaj ]


Remark:

A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh to


organise a hartal

demand Swaraj

protest against the Rowlatt Act

protest against the arrest of popular leaders

Correct Option: D  [ protest against the arrest of popular leaders ]


Remark:

Who was elected the President of Indian National Congress in the famous Tirupati session of 1939?


Subhas Chandra Bose

Sarat Chandra Bose

Parabhi Sitaramiya

Rash Behari Bose

Correct Option: A  [ Subhas Chandra Bose ]


Remark:

"History of British India" is written by:


Charles Grant

Alexander Duff

E. Storrow

James Mill

Correct Option: D  [ James Mill ]


Remark:

The Cabinet Mission, sent to India by the British Goverment, consistted of :


Three members

Five members

Six members

Two members

Correct Option: A  [ Three members ]


Remark:

The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____________ in Calcutta.


Badruddin Tyabji

V K Chiplunkar

Anand Mohan Bose

Sisir kumar ghosh

Correct Option: C  [ Anand Mohan Bose ]


Remark:

Who was the author of the concept of Antyodaya?


Sri Aurobindo

Vinoba Bhave

Mahatma Gandhi

W C banerjee

Correct Option: B  [ Vinoba Bhave ]


Remark:

The Gupta King who destroyed Sakas was:


Samudra Gupta

Chandra Gupta-I

Kumara Gupta

Chandra Gupta-II

Correct Option: D  [ Chandra Gupta-II ]


Remark: Chandragupta II Son of Samudragupta, We know about him from inscriptions and coins. He led an expedition to western India, where he overcame the last of the Shakas. His court was full of learned people, including Kalidasa the poet, and Aryabhata the astronomer.

Which among the following great revolutionaries was the brain behind in 'Chittagong Armoury Raid'?


Ganesh Ghosh

Chandrashekhar Azad

Surya Sen

Lala Hardayal

Correct Option: C  [ Surya Sen ]


Remark:

When was the Non-Cooperation Movement suspended?


1920

1922

1930

1942

Correct Option: B  [ 1922 ]


Remark:

Who led the 'Rani of Jhansi' regiment of the Indian National Army ?


Rani Laxmibai

Laxmi Sehgal

Latika Ghosh

Pritilata Wadeddar

Correct Option: B  [ Laxmi Sehgal ]


Remark:

Who was tried and hanged for an attempt to kill Mr. Kingsford, the Presidency Magistrate ?


Khudiram Bose

Hari Natu

Prafulla Chaki

Bina Das

Correct Option: A  [ Khudiram Bose ]


Remark:

French Revolution took place in the year :


1798

1787

1789

1776

Correct Option: C  [ 1789 ]


Remark:

Who among the following was the provisional Chairman of the Constituent Assembly ?


Dr. S. N. Sinha

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Correct Option: A  [ Dr. S. N. Sinha ]


Remark:

Who led the 'Rani of Jhansi' regiment of the Indian National Army ?


Rani Laxmibai

Laxmi Sehgal

Latika Ghosh

Pritilata Wadeddar

Correct Option: B  [ Laxmi Sehgal ]


Remark:

Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of India's Independence?


Sir Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Ramsay MacDonald

Clement Attlee

Correct Option: D  [ Clement Attlee ]


Remark: belong to Labour Party

who said Gandhi and Lord Irwin two Mahatma


Subash

Rajendra Prasad

Sarojini Naidu

none of these

Correct Option: C  [ Sarojini Naidu ]


Remark:

From where did the Quit India Movement begin?


Nagpur

Delhi

Calcutta

Bombay

Correct Option: D  [ Bombay ]


Remark:

Fahien came to India during the reign of


Harshavardhana

Kanishka

Chandragupta Vikramaditya

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Chandragupta Vikramaditya ]


Remark:

Crimean war was fought between which countries?


Russia and Iran

Russia and Turkey

Greece and Turkey

none of these

Correct Option: B  [ Russia and Turkey ]


Remark: The Crimean War (October 1853 - February 1856), also known in Russian historiography as the Easte

Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini Sabha in Bengal?


Dadoba Pandurang

Debendranath Tagore

Radha Kanta Deb

Keshab Chandra Sen

Correct Option: B  [ Debendranath Tagore ]


Remark: On 6 October 1839, Debendranath Tagore, the father of Rabindranath Tagore, established Tattvaranjini Sabha which was shortly thereafter renamed the Tattwabodhini ("Truth-seeker") Sabha.

The Mont-Ford proposals in British India were related to


Constitutional Reforms

Educational Reforms

Police Administration Reforms

Socio-economic Reforms

Correct Option: A  [ Constitutional Reforms ]


Remark:

Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got:


Earl Mountbatten

Winston Churchill

Lord Irwin

Lord Attlee

Correct Option: D  [ Lord Attlee ]


Remark:

Which of the following movements truly reflected the spirit of Hindu-Muslim unity :


Khilafat Movement

Swadeshi Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

none of these

Correct Option: A  [ Khilafat Movement ]


Remark:

In which year Britain was conquered by the Romans?


42 BC

43 AD

47 AD

none of these

Correct Option: B  [ 43AD ]


Remark: The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius

'Do or die' was one of the most powerful slogans of India's freedom movement. Who gave it ?


Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Subhash Chandra Bose

Correct Option: B  [ Mahatma Gandhi ]


Remark:

The Second Round Table Conference was held in


1932

1930

1931

1935

Correct Option: C  [ 1931 ]


Remark:

English Education was introduced in India by:


Curzon

Nehru

Maccaulay

Dalhausie

Correct Option: C  [ Maccaulay ]


Remark:

Who was the founder-President of the Swaraj Party ?


Motilal Nehru

C. R. Das

Rajendra Prasad

Rajagopalachari

Correct Option: B  [ C. R. Das ]


Remark:

Who among the following was not a moderate leader ?


Phiroze Shah Mehta

Rash Behari Ghose

Bipin Chandra Pal

Womesh Chandra Banerjee

Correct Option: C  [ Bipin Chandra Pal ]


Remark:

The Forward Bloc was founded by:


Jawaharlal Nehru

Subhash Chandra Bose

Sardar Bhagat Singh

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Correct Option: B  [ Subhash Chandra Bose ]


Remark:

Khudiram Bose was associated with


Anushilan Samiti

Bengal volunteers

Jugantar Dal

Mitra-Mela

Correct Option: C  [ Jugantar Dal ]


Remark:

The pact brought unity between Indian National Congress and Muslim League in 1916 was :


Poona Pactor

Madras Pact

Lahore Pact

Lucknow Pact

Correct Option: D  [ Lucknow Pact ]


Remark:

The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at:


Calcutta

Lahore

Belgaum

Madras

Correct Option: C  [ Belgaum ]


Remark:

The tribal rebellion against the British Known as Ulgulan was organised by


Korra Mallya

Ranade

Birsa Munda

Konda Dora

Correct Option: C  [ Birsa Munda ]


Remark:

Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?


Abul Kalam Azad

Syed Ahmed Khan

Badruddin Tyabji

Fazlul Haq

Correct Option: C  [ Badruddin Tyabji ]


Remark:

Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in


1892

1896

1886

1869

Correct Option: B  [ 1896 ]


Remark:

Who was made the President of Indian National Congress when Subhas Chandra Bose resigned due to differences with Gandhiji ?


Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

J. B. Kripalani

Purushottam Das Tandon

Correct Option: B  [ Dr. Rajendra Prasad ]


Remark:

Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?


Sukumar Dutt

Madan Mohan Malvia

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Motilal Nehru

Correct Option: B  [ Madan Mohan Malvia ]


Remark:

Who abolished dual government in Bengal?


Sir John Shore

Warren Hastings

Lord Hastings

Lord Cornwallis

Correct Option: B  [ Warren Hastings ]


Remark:

In which congress session was the Quit India Resolution ratified?


29th December 1929, Lahore

December 1920, Nagpur

11th February, 1922

8th August 1942, Bombay

Correct Option: D  [ 8th August 1942, Bombay ]


Remark:

Which of the following is the oldest Veda ?


Atharvaveda

Samaveda

Rigveda

Yajurveda

Correct Option: C  [ Rigveda ]


Remark:

The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called:


Mahabhinishkraman

Dharmachakra Pravartana

Dhammaghos

Mahaparinirvaa

Correct Option: B  [ Dharmachakra Pravartana ]


Remark:

When was the National Council of Education established?


1906

1903

1904

1905

Correct Option: A  [ 1906 ]


Remark:

the act of 1919 is known as:


Rowlatt Act

Morley Minto Act

Mont Fort Act

Simon Act

Correct Option: A  [ Rowlatt Act ]


Remark:

Who among the following established the Mukti Mission in Pune?


Pandita Ramabai

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Savitribai Phule

Jyotiba Phule

Correct Option: A  [ Pandita Ramabai ]


Remark:

English Education was introduced in India by:


Curzon

Nehru

Maccaulay

Dalhausie

Correct Option: C  [ Maccaulay ]


Remark:

The repressive Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was repealed in 1882 by :


Lord Lytton

Lord Ripon

Lord Hastings

Lord Curzon

Correct Option: B  [ Lord Ripon ]


Remark:

In which city was the All India Muslim League established in 1906?


Aligarh

Shimla

Dhaka

Karachi

Correct Option: C  [ Dhaka ]


Remark:

Ram Mohan Roy was conferred with the title "Raja" by:


the British

the Mughals

the Hindus

Indian Women

Correct Option: B  [ the Mughals ]


Remark:

'Swaraj is my birth right' Who said this?


Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Balgangadhar Tilak

Mahatma gandhi

Sarojini Naidu

Correct Option: B  [ Balgangadhar Tilak ]


Remark:

Who among the following had constructed the Red Fort in Delhi ?


Akbar

Shah Jahan

Aurangzeb

Jahangir

Correct Option: B  [ Shah Jahan ]


Remark:

Who was elected the President of Indian National Congress in the famous Tirupati session of 1939?


Subhas Chandra Bose

Sarat Chandra Bose

Parabhi Sitaramiya

Rash Behari Bose

Correct Option: A  [ Subhas Chandra Bose ]


Remark:

Due to the leadership and success in which one of the following did Vallabhbhai Patel get the title 'Sardar' ?


Kheda Satyagrah

Non cooperation Movement

Bardoli Satyagrah

Civil Disobedience Movement

Correct Option: C  [ Bardoli Satyagrah ]


Remark:

Who was the first Indian to become member of the British Parliament?


Badruddin Tyabji

Dadabhai Naoroji

W.C. Banerjee

None of these

Correct Option: B  [ Dadabhai Naoroji ]


Remark:

The title given by the British government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the Non-coopreation movement was:


Hind Keasari

Kaiser-e-Hind

Rai Bahadur

Rt Honorable

Correct Option: B  [ Kaiser-e-Hind ]


Remark:

The practice of 'Sati Daha' was prohibited in India by :


Lord Bentinck

Lord Dalhousi

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Curzon

Correct Option: A  [ Lord Bentinck ]


Remark:

Rabindranath Tagore gave up his Knight-hood in protest against the :


Rowlatt Act

Jallianwala Bagh incident

Partition of Bengal Proposal

Formation of All India Muslim League

Correct Option: B  [ Jallianwala Bagh incident ]


Remark:

Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India ?


Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud

Sultan Zainul Abidin

Feroz Shah Tughlaq

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Feroz Shah Tughlaq ]


Remark:

The Non-cooperation Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in:


1916

1920

1923

1926

Correct Option: B  [ 1920 ]


Remark:

Which of the following pair is not properly matched?

A) Jallianwala Massacre - 1919

B) Mahatma Gandhi assassination - 1948

C) Tashkent Agreement - 1966

D) India first exploded nuclear device - 1975


Jallianwala Massacre - 1919

Mahatma Gandhi assassination - 1948

Tashkent Agreement - 1966

India first exploded nuclear device - 1975

Correct Option: D  [ India first exploded nuclear device - 1975 ]


Remark: India first exploded nuclear device on 18 May 1974.

Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928?


Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Mahatma Gandhi

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Subhas Chandra Bose

Correct Option: A  [ Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ]


Remark:

Netaji inaugurated the Government of Free India in 1943 at :


Japan

Burma

Kabul

Singapore

Correct Option: D  [ Singapore ]


Remark:

Who was the Governor General when the 1857 Revolt broke out:


Curzon

Lawrence

Canning

Dalhausie

Correct Option: C  [ Canning ]


Remark:

Benaras Hindu University was founded by :


Madan Mohan Malviya

Matilal Nehru

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Gobinda Ballabh Panth

Correct Option: A  [ Madan Mohan Malviya ]


Remark:

Who among the following organized Abhinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionaries?


Lala Lajpat Rai

V. D. Savarkar

Bhagat Singh

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Option: B  [ V. D. Savarkar ]


Remark: Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was an Indian Independence secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.

The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between:


Gandhi and Nehru

Nehru and Ambedkar

Gandhi and Ambedkar

Malaviya and Ambedkar

Correct Option: C  [ Gandhi and Ambedkar ]


Remark:

The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in?


Bengal

Kerala

Assam

Punjab

Correct Option: B  [ Kerala ]


Remark:

The rating of Royal Indian Navy (RIN) rose in open mutiny in :


1946

1945

1943

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ 1946 ]


Remark:

In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to "Sati"?


Asokan inscription of Girnar

Aihole inscription

Eran inscription

Damodarpur inscription

Correct Option: C  [ Eran inscription ]


Remark: The first epigraphical evidence of sati (immolation of widow) is found in an inscription at Eran, the Inscription of Bhanugupta. Eran is located on the south bank of Bina River in Madhya Pradesh.

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat ?


Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjhan

Aurangzeb

Correct Option: B  [ Jahangir ]


Remark:

The Forward Bloc was founded by:


Jawaharlal Nehru

Subhash Chandra Bose

Sardar Bhagat Singh

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Correct Option: B  [ Subhash Chandra Bose ]


Remark:

Who among the following was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation ?


Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Abdul Rab Nishtar

Shaukatullah Ansari

Khan Abdul Quayumkhan

Correct Option: A  [ Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan ]


Remark:

The practice of 'Sati Daha' was prohibited in India by :


Lord Bentinck

Lord Dalhousi

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Curzon

Correct Option: A  [ Lord Bentinck ]


Remark:

Who started the first printed newspaper in India?


Lord Clive

J. A. Hickey

Raja Rammohan Roy

Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Option: B  [ J. A. Hickey ]


Remark:

The Non-cooperation Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in:


1916

1920

1923

1926

Correct Option: B  [ 1920 ]


Remark:

Who pioneered "Rakhi Bandhan" festival during partition of Bengal?


Chittaranjan Das

Rabindranath Tagore

Pramathanath Mitra

Pulin Behari Das

Correct Option: B  [ Rabindranath Tagore ]


Remark: The British government passed the orders of Bengal partition in August 1905, which came into effect on October 16, 1905. Rabindranath Tagore used "Rakhi Bandhan" festival to celebrate concept of brotherhood, togetherness as a medium to protest against British’s partition policy.

Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of India's Independence?


Sir Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Ramsay MacDonald

Clement Attlee

Correct Option: D  [ Clement Attlee ]


Remark: belong to Labour Party

From where did the Quit India Movement begin?


Nagpur

Delhi

Calcutta

Bombay

Correct Option: D  [ Bombay ]


Remark:

In which year was passed the Congress resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy ?


1940

1931

1921

1935

Correct Option: B  [ 1931 ]


Remark:

Rabindranath Tagore gave up his Knight-hood in protest against the :


Rowlatt Act

Jallianwala Bagh incident

Partition of Bengal Proposal

Formation of All India Muslim League

Correct Option: B  [ Jallianwala Bagh incident ]


Remark:

'Swaraj is my birth right' Who said this?


Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Balgangadhar Tilak

Mahatma gandhi

Sarojini Naidu

Correct Option: B  [ Balgangadhar Tilak ]


Remark:

The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in?


Bengal

Kerala

Assam

Punjab

Correct Option: B  [ Kerala ]


Remark:

The rating of Royal Indian Navy (RIN) rose in open mutiny in :


1946

1945

1943

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ 1946 ]


Remark:

In 1885 the Indian National Congress met at Bombay under the presidency of :


Surrendranath Banerjee

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

Dadabhai Naoroji

W. C. Banerjee

Correct Option: D  [ W. C. Banerjee ]


Remark:

Gandhiji started his Dandi March on:


12th March, 1930

10th March, 1930

5th March, 1930

6th April, 1930

Correct Option: A  [ 12th March, 1930 ]


Remark:

Which Act provided for establishing a Public Service Commission for both the Union and each State ?


Government of India Act, 1909

Government of India Act, 1919

Government of India Act, 1935

Indian Independence Act, 1947

Correct Option: C  [ Government of India Act, 1935 ]


Remark:

In which congress session was the Quit India Resolution ratified?


29th December 1929, Lahore

December 1920, Nagpur

11th February, 1922

8th August 1942, Bombay

Correct Option: D  [ 8th August 1942, Bombay ]


Remark:

Seleucus was the General of


Chandragupta Mourya

Dhana Nanda

Alexander

Vikramaditya

Correct Option: C  [ Alexander ]


Remark:

The person who known as 'Iron Man' of India?


Sardar Vallabbhai Patel

Lala Lajpat Rai

Ram Prasad Bismil

Motilal Nehru

Correct Option: A  [ Sardar Ballabbhai Patel ]


Remark:

Who had said, Gandhi can die but not Gandhism ?


Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Louis Fischer

Gandhi himself

Correct Option: D  [ Gandhi himself ]


Remark:

The practice of 'Sati Daha' was prohibited in India by :


Lord Bentinck

Lord Dalhousi

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Curzon

Correct Option: A  [ Lord Bentinck ]


Remark:

Who was the last governor general of India ?


Chakraborty Rajagopalachari

Lord Mountbatten

Rajendra Prasad

Maulana Abul Kamal Azad

Correct Option: A  [ Chakraborty Rajagopalachari ]


Remark:

Where was the first conference of the Indian National Congress held on 28th December, 1885 ?


Poona

Bombay

Madras

Calcutta

Correct Option: B  [ Bombay ]


Remark:

Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got:


Earl Mountbatten

Winston Churchill

Lord Irwin

Lord Attlee

Correct Option: D  [ Lord Attlee ]


Remark:

Which is the correct chronological order of the following ?

P: Cripps Mission

Q: Gandhi -Irwin Pact

R: Simon Commission

S: Partition of the country


PQRS

RPQS

RQPS

PRQS

Correct Option: C  [ RQPS ]


Remark:

The resolution of Purna Swaraj was adopted in:


Lahore Session, 1929

Calcutta Session, 1933

Lucknow Session, 1936

Tripuri Session, 1939

Correct Option: A  [ Lahore Session, 1929 ]


Remark:

First elected President of the 'All India Kishan Sabha' was


Sahajananda Saraswati

N. G. Ranga

Bankim Mukherjee

None of them

Correct Option: A  [ Sahajananda Saraswati ]


Remark:

Ajatasatru was son of:


Bimbisara

Udayin

Shisunaya

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ Bimbisara ]


Remark:

Mountbatten plan


4rd June 1947

3rd May 1947

5th January

3rd June 1947

Correct Option: D  [ 3rd June 1947 (creation of Pakistan) ]


Remark:

General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?


Hasrat Mohini

Vir Savarkar

Udham Singh

Jatin Das

Correct Option: C  [ Udham Singh ]


Remark:

Who started the first printed newspaper in India?


Lord Clive

J. A. Hickey

Raja Rammohan Roy

Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Option: B  [ J. A. Hickey ]


Remark:

Which act separated Burma from India?


Charter Act of 1858

Indian Councils Act 1861

Government of India Act 1935

Indian Independence Act 1947

Correct Option: C  [ Government of India Act 1935 ]


Remark:

Under whose Chairmanship was the First Famine Commission constituted ?


Richard Strachey

Lord Mountbatten

Sir Cyril Radcliffe

James Lyall

Correct Option: A  [ Richard Strachey ]


Remark:

The RED Fort was built by:


Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjhan

Sher Shah

Correct Option: C  [ Shahjhan ]


Remark:

During the period of which Governor General / Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?


Dalhousie

Curzon

Bentick

Cornwallis

Correct Option: D  [ Cornwallis ]


Remark:

The first great experiment of Gandhiji in 'Satyagraha' took place in


South Africa

Champaran

Dandi

Bardoli

Correct Option: A  [ South Africa ]


Remark:

Who gave the slogan Back to the Vedas?


Dayanand Saraswati

Guru Nanank Dev Ji

Swami Vivekananda

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Option: A  [ Dayanand Saraswati ]


Remark:

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat ?


Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjhan

Aurangzeb

Correct Option: B  [ Jahangir ]


Remark:

On reaching India in February, 1928, Simon Commission first visited:


Lahore

Bombay

Calcutta

Lucknow

Correct Option: B  [ Bombay ]


Remark:

Who started the first printed newspaper in India?


Lord Clive

J. A. Hickey

Raja Rammohan Roy

Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Option: B  [ J. A. Hickey ]


Remark:

Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress ?


Sarojini Naidu

Annie Besant

Vilaylakshmi Pandit

Nellie SenguPta

Correct Option: B  [ Annie Besant ]


Remark:

The capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the year


1911

1912

1920

1909

Correct Option: A  [ 1911 ]


Remark:

First Governor-General of pre-independent India was:


William Bentinck

Robert Clive

Warren Hastings

Sir Charles Metcalfe

Correct Option: A  [ William Bentinck ]


Remark:

Which of the following Acts was nicknamed as the 'Gagging Act'?


Vernacular Press Act, 1878

Factory Act, 1911

Rowlatt Act, 1919

Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923

Correct Option: A  [ Vernacular Press Act, 1878 ]


Remark:

The practice of Sati was abolished by Lord William Bentinck on:


December 4, 1826

November 4, 1827

November 4, 1828

December 4, 1829

Correct Option: D  [ December 4, 1829 ]


Remark:

Who made an attempt on the life of Lord Hardinge in 1912 ?


Rash bihari Bose

Bhagat Singh

Khudiram Bose

Ajit Singh

Correct Option: A  [ Rash bihari Bose ]


Remark:

Who transferred the capital of Bengal from Dhaka to Murshidabad?


Siraj-ud-Daullah

Mir Qasim

Mir Jafar

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ Siraj-ud-Daullah ]


Remark:

'Neel-darpan' by Dinabandhu Mitra portrays the plight of:


Bengali artisans

Landless peasants

Indigo farmer

Mill workers

Correct Option: C  [ Indigo farmer ]


Remark:

Aruna Asaf Ali was connected with which one of the following movements as a woman organiser of underground activity?


Civil Disobedience Movement

Swadeshi Movement

Non-cooperation Movement

Quit India Movement

Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]


Remark:

The Swadeshi movement was started because


of de-industrialisation in India

Lord Curzon divided Bengal

the British massacred innocent people at Jallianwala Bagh

the British government did not grant responsible government in India

Correct Option: B  [ Lord Curzon divided Bengal ]


Remark:

Lal Bahadur Shastri former Prime Minister of India died in :


Paris

London

Tashkent

Varanasi

Correct Option: C  [ Tashkent ]


Remark: On 11 January 1966

Jama Masjid was build during the reign of:


Shahjahan

Sher Shah Suri

Ala-ud-din-Khilji

Aurangjeb

Correct Option: A  [ Shahjahan ]


Remark:

The founder of Aligarh Anglo-oriental college was:


Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan

Theodore Beck

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

None of them

Correct Option: A  [ Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan ]


Remark:

A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh to


organise a hartal

demand Swaraj

protest against the Rowlatt Act

protest against the arrest of popular leaders

Correct Option: D  [ protest against the arrest of popular leaders ]


Remark:

'The Parliament of Religious' was held in 1893 in the city of


San Francisco

Chicago

New York

New York

Correct Option: B  [ Chicago ]


Remark:

Who had said, Gandhi can die but not Gandhism ?


Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Louis Fischer

Gandhi himself

Correct Option: D  [ Gandhi himself ]


Remark:

Drain of Wealth theory was put forward by:


Tilak

Gandhi

Dadabhai Naroji

Gokhale

Correct Option: C  [ Dadabhai Naroji ]


Remark:

Who introduced Rupee in India?


Akbar

Babur

Lord Ripon

Sher Shah Suri

Correct Option: D  [ Sher Shah Suri ]


Remark:

Who gave the 'Communal Award' in India?


C. R. Attlee

Ramsay Macdonald

Stafford Cripps

M. K. Gandhi

Correct Option: B  [ Ramsay Macdonald ]


Remark:

First Battle of Panipat was faught between:


Babur and Lodi

Akbar and Hemu

Mughal and British

Akbar and Lodi

Correct Option: A  [ Babur and Lodi ]


Remark:

Who gave the slogan Back to the Vedas?


Dayanand Saraswati

Guru Nanank Dev Ji

Swami Vivekananda

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Option: A  [ Dayanand Saraswati ]


Remark:

Name the movement started in 1906 as reaction against the proposal for partition of Bengal.


Young Bengal movement

Non-violence movement

Khilafat movement

Swadeshi movement

Correct Option: D  [ Swadeshi movement ]


Remark:

In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to "Sati"?


Asokan inscription of Girnar

Aihole inscription

Eran inscription

Damodarpur inscription

Correct Option: C  [ Eran inscription ]


Remark: The first epigraphical evidence of sati (immolation of widow) is found in an inscription at Eran, the Inscription of Bhanugupta. Eran is located on the south bank of Bina River in Madhya Pradesh.

When was the All India Muslim League formed ?


1905

1907

1906

1911

Correct Option: C  [ 1906 ]


Remark:

The First Factory Act (1881) was passed by:


Lord Curzon

Lord Wellesley

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Ripon

Correct Option: D  [ Lord Ripon ]


Remark:

In which year Britain was conquered by the Romans?


42 BC

43 AD

47 AD

none of these

Correct Option: B  [ 43AD ]


Remark: The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius

When was the Non-Cooperation Movement suspended?


1920

1922

1930

1942

Correct Option: B  [ 1922 ]


Remark:

General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?


Hasrat Mohini

Vir Savarkar

Udham Singh

Jatin Das

Correct Option: C  [ Udham Singh ]


Remark:

Dayananda Saraswati was the founder of


Brahmo Samaj

Arya Samaj

Theosophical Society

Prarthana Samaj

Correct Option: B  [ Arya Samaj ]


Remark:

The Lahore Resolution of 1940 is important in the history of Muslim League because here the :


(A) Pakistan resolution was adopted


(B) Resolution for 'Direct action' was adopted


(C) 'Communal Award' was announced


(D) 'Two-nation' theory was announced


Pakistan resolution was adopted

Resolution for 'Direct action' was adopted

'Communal Award' was announced

'Two-nation' theory was announced

Correct Option: A  [ Pakistan resolution was adopted ]


Remark:

Who among the following was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress?


Vallabhbhai Patel

Bipin Chandra Pal

Motilal Nehru

Lala Lajpat Rai

Correct Option: D  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]


Remark:

In which year was Khudiram hanged.


1905

1908

1911

1912

Correct Option: B  [ 1908 ]


Remark:

The name of Pritilata Waddadar is associated with :


Quit India movement

Meerat Conspiracy case

Attack on Writers building

Chittagong youth revolt (1930-1934)

Correct Option: D  [ Chittagong youth revolt (1930-1934) ]


Remark:

The Quit India campaign was launched by the National Congress after the failure of the


Cripps Mission

Simla Conference held at the instance of the Governor General, Lord Wavell

Cabinet Mission

none of the above

Correct Option: A  [ Cripps Mission ]


Remark:

The Title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered as a protest against Jallianwala bagh massacre:


Hind Kesari

Kaiser-e-Hind

Rai Bahadur

Knight

Correct Option: B  [ Kaiser-e-Hind ]


Remark:

General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?


Hasrat Mohini

Vir Savarkar

Udham Singh

Jatin Das

Correct Option: C  [ Udham Singh ]


Remark:

Where did Swami Vivekananda attend the World Parliament of Religions?


Chicago

New York

Washington

Boston

Correct Option: A  [ Chicago ]


Remark:

Who among the following was hanged for his involvement in the Chittagong Armoury Raid?


Surya Sen

Ashfaqullah Khan

Sachindra Nath Sanyal

Ram Prasad Bismil

Correct Option: A  [ Surya Sen ]


Remark:

Which of the following is the oldest Veda ?


Atharvaveda

Samaveda

Rigveda

Yajurveda

Correct Option: C  [ Rigveda ]


Remark:

Fahien came to India during the reign of


Harshavardhana

Kanishka

Chandragupta Vikramaditya

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Chandragupta Vikramaditya ]


Remark:

Puna Pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar was signed in the year:


1930

1931

1932

1935

Correct Option: C  [ 1932 ]


Remark:

Which incident led to withdraw of Non Co-operation Movement:


Alipore Bomb Case

Meerut Conspiracy Case

Poona Pact

Chauri Chaura incident

Correct Option: D  [ Chauri Chaura incident ]


Remark:

The First Factory Act (1881) was passed by:


Lord Curzon

Lord Wellesley

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Ripon

Correct Option: D  [ Lord Ripon ]


Remark:

Who was the author of the concept of Antyodaya?


Sri Aurobindo

Vinoba Bhave

Mahatma Gandhi

W C banerjee

Correct Option: B  [ Vinoba Bhave ]


Remark:

Who had said, Gandhi can die but not Gandhism ?


Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Louis Fischer

Gandhi himself

Correct Option: D  [ Gandhi himself ]


Remark:

Who founded the Gadar Party in San Francisco in the USA ?


Lala Hardayal

Ajit Singh

Lala Lajpat Rai

P. Mitra

Correct Option: A  [ Lala Hardayal ]


Remark:

Fahien came to India during the reign of


Harshavardhana

Kanishka

Chandragupta Vikramaditya

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Chandragupta Vikramaditya ]


Remark:

Arya Samaj was founded in Bombay in 1875. Its headquarters was shifted in 1877 to:


Lahore

Calcutta

Madras

Amritsar

Correct Option: A  [ Lahore ]


Remark:

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Batukeshwar Dutta were hanged to death in relation to


Lahore Conspiracy case

Merut Conspiracy case

Nasik Conspiracy case

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ Lahore Conspiracy case ]


Remark:

The Second Round Table Conference was held in


1932

1930

1931

1935

Correct Option: C  [ 1931 ]


Remark:

In which year was the Vernacular Press Act passed ?


1876

1877

1878

1880

Correct Option: C  [ 1878 ]


Remark:

Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in


1892

1896

1886

1869

Correct Option: B  [ 1896 ]


Remark:

The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in?


Bengal

Kerala

Assam

Punjab

Correct Option: B  [ Kerala ]


Remark:

Which famous revolutionary later turned into Mahayogi ?


Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Aurobinda Ghose

Acharya Narendra Dev

None of the above.

Correct Option: B  [ Aurobinda Ghose ]


Remark:

In which year was Khudiram hanged.


1905

1908

1911

1912

Correct Option: B  [ 1908 ]


Remark:

Netaji Subhash was born in the year


1897

1887

1869

1899

Correct Option: A  [ 1897 ]


Remark:

Who ridiculed Gandhi as "seditious fakir"?


Winston Churchill

Ramsay MacDonald

Lord Irwin

Cripps

Correct Option: A  [ Winston Churchill ]


Remark:

The prominent leader, sacrificed his life while agitating against Simon Commission is:


Batukeshwar Dutta

Bahga Jatin

Bhagat Singh

Lala Lajpat rai

Correct Option: D  [ Lala Lajpat rai ]


Remark:

Who, apart from Mrs. Annie Besant, also launched the Home Rule Movement ?


Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Balwant Phadke

Madan Mohan Malaviye

Lala Hardayal

Correct Option: A  [ Bal Gangadhar Tilak ]


Remark:

Sarnath is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage, because


Gautama Buddha got enlightenment.

Mahaparinirvana at the age of 80

Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon here

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon here ]


Remark:

On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yerwada Jail against


communal riots in Calcutta

communal Award of Ramsay Macdonald

British repression of the satyagrahis

violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Correct Option: B  [ communal Award of Ramsay Macdonald ]


Remark:

The Poona Pact aimed at:


Hindu-Muslim unity

representation of lower castes

privileges of the princes

review of the working of dyarchy

Correct Option: B  [ representation of lower castes ]


Remark:

Which incident force Mahatma Gandhi to call for the suspension of the Non-Co-operation movement in 1922 ?


Mob violence in Chauri chaura

Jalianwalabagh massacre

Chittangong Armoury Raid

Foundation of the Swarajya Party

Correct Option: A  [ Mob violence in Chauri chaura ]


Remark:

The capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the year


1911

1912

1920

1909

Correct Option: A  [ 1911 ]


Remark:

Which viceroy passed the famous Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act (1899) ?


Lord Curzon

Lord Minto

Lord Dufferin

None of them

Correct Option: A  [ Lord Curzon ]


Remark:

Which one of the following began with Dandi March ?


Home Rule Movement

Non-Co-operation Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

Quit India Movement

Correct Option: C  [ Civil Disobedience Movement ]


Remark:

the act of 1919 is known as:


Rowlatt Act

Morley Minto Act

Mont Fort Act

Simon Act

Correct Option: A  [ Rowlatt Act ]


Remark:

What was the real name of Chanakya ?


Bishnu Gupta

Ramtanu Mishra

Vishisht

Kautilya

Correct Option: A  [ Bishnu Gupta ]


Remark:

Who pioneered "Rakhi Bandhan" festival during partition of Bengal?


Chittaranjan Das

Rabindranath Tagore

Pramathanath Mitra

Pulin Behari Das

Correct Option: B  [ Rabindranath Tagore ]


Remark: The British government passed the orders of Bengal partition in August 1905, which came into effect on October 16, 1905. Rabindranath Tagore used "Rakhi Bandhan" festival to celebrate concept of brotherhood, togetherness as a medium to protest against British’s partition policy.

Where did the French establish their first factory in India?


Pondicherry

Musalipatam

Surat

Goa

Correct Option: C  [ Surat ]


Remark:

The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____________ in Calcutta.


Badruddin Tyabji

V K Chiplunkar

Anand Mohan Bose

Sisir kumar ghosh

Correct Option: C  [ Anand Mohan Bose ]


Remark:

Sarnath is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage, because


Gautama Buddha got enlightenment.

Mahaparinirvana at the age of 80

Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon here

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon here ]


Remark:

The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in?


Bengal

Kerala

Assam

Punjab

Correct Option: B  [ Kerala ]


Remark:

Who founded All India Harijan Sangh?


B R Ambedkar

Gandhiji

Jayprakash Narayan

Raj Narayan

Correct Option: B  [ Gandhiji ]


Remark:

Whom did British Govt of India awarded 'Kaiser-I-Hind' on his birth day?


Netaji

Nehru

Gandiji

none of these

Correct Option: C  [ Gandiji ]


Remark:

Lord Ripon assumed charge as Governor General of India in :


1880

1881

1883

1885

Correct Option: A  [ 1880 ]


Remark:

Who is the composer of Allahabad Prasasti?


Harishena

Bishakhdutta

Kalidasa

Shudrak

Correct Option: A  [ Harishena ]


Remark: Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Prayag Prasasti) on written by Harisena in Sanskrit and Brahmi script.

The famous Kushan ruler was:


Kanishka

Pulukesin

Pushyamita

Bimbisara

Correct Option: A  [ Kanishka ]


Remark:

On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yerwada Jail against


communal riots in Calcutta

communal Award of Ramsay Macdonald

British repression of the satyagrahis

violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Correct Option: B  [ communal Award of Ramsay Macdonald ]


Remark:

Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of the national movements?


(A) Non-cooperation movement, Civil Disobedience movement, Quit India movement, Swadeshi movement.


(B) Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement, Swadeshi movement, Civil disobedience movement.


(C) Swadeshi movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement.


(D) Civil disobedience movement, Swadeshi movement, Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement.


Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement, Swadeshi movement.

Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement, Swadeshi movement, Civil disobedience movement.

Swadeshi movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement.

Civil disobedience movement, Swadeshi movement, Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement.

Correct Option: C  [ Swadeshi movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement. ]


Remark:

The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between:


Gandhi and Nehru

Nehru and Ambedkar

Gandhi and Ambedkar

Malaviya and Ambedkar

Correct Option: C  [ Gandhi and Ambedkar ]


Remark:

The Gandhi Irwin Pact was signed on:


July 5, 1931

June 5, 1931

March 5, 1931

January 5, 1931

Correct Option: C  [ March 5, 1931 ]


Remark:

In which year Britain was conquered by the Romans?


42 BC

43 AD

47 AD

none of these

Correct Option: B  [ 43AD ]


Remark: The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius

Who had said, Gandhi can die but not Gandhism ?


Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Louis Fischer

Gandhi himself

Correct Option: D  [ Gandhi himself ]


Remark:

In which year was the Vernacular Press Act passed ?


1876

1877

1878

1880

Correct Option: C  [ 1878 ]


Remark:

Who founded the Gadar Party in San Francisco in the USA ?


Lala Hardayal

Ajit Singh

Lala Lajpat Rai

P. Mitra

Correct Option: A  [ Lala Hardayal ]


Remark:

The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____________ in Calcutta.


Badruddin Tyabji

V K Chiplunkar

Anand Mohan Bose

Sisir kumar ghosh

Correct Option: C  [ Anand Mohan Bose ]


Remark:

During which Movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan of Do or Die ?


Champaran Satyagraha

Non-Cooperation Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

Quit India Movement

Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]


Remark:

Which of the following movements truly reflected the spirit of Hindu-Muslim unity :


Khilafat Movement

Swadeshi Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

none of these

Correct Option: A  [ Khilafat Movement ]


Remark:

Indo-China War broke out in:


1952

1971

1962

2001

Correct Option: C  [ 1962 ]


Remark:

Which one of the following News papers was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1903 at South Africa ?


Harijan

Indian Voice

Indian Beat

Indian Opinion

Correct Option: D  [ Indian Opinion ]


Remark:

After the battle of ________ in 1757, the British achieved political power in India


Buxar

Plassey

Aliwal

None of these

Correct Option: B  [ Plassey ]


Remark:

The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Gandhiji after the


Arrival of Cripps' Mission in 1942

Rowlatt Act of 1919

Chauri Chaura incident in 1922

Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919

Correct Option: D  [ Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 ]


Remark:

Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in


1892

1896

1886

1869

Correct Option: B  [ 1896 ]


Remark:

Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got:


Earl Mountbatten

Winston Churchill

Lord Irwin

Lord Attlee

Correct Option: D  [ Lord Attlee ]


Remark:

The name of Nawab Salimullah of Dacca is associated with the foundation of :


Indian National Congress

Muslim League

Home Rule League

Ghadar Party

Correct Option: B  [ Muslim League ]


Remark:

Indian National Congress had appointed a Committee to investigate into the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. The Chairman of this Committee was:


Motilal Nehru

Madan Mohan Malviya

C. R. Das

Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Option: A  [ Motilal Nehru ]


Remark:

Which of the following pairs is properly matched?


Jallianwalabag Massacre - 1919

Civil Disobedient Movement - 1920

Partition of Bengal - 1908

None of the above

Correct Option: A  [ Jallianwalabag Massacre - 1919 ]


Remark:

In which year did Lokmanya Tilak gave the slogan Swaraj is my birth right and I will have it.


1914

1915

1916

1917

Correct Option: C  [ 1916 ]


Remark:

Mrs. Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress. Which session of the Congress did she preside over ?


Calcutta

NagPur

Madras

Bombay

Correct Option: A  [ Calcutta ]


Remark:

When did Alexander raid North India ?


327 BC

328 BC

326 BC

325 BC

Correct Option: C  [ 326 BC ]


Remark:

Which of the following pair is not properly matched?

A) Jallianwala Massacre - 1919

B) Mahatma Gandhi assassination - 1948

C) Tashkent Agreement - 1966

D) India first exploded nuclear device - 1975


Jallianwala Massacre - 1919

Mahatma Gandhi assassination - 1948

Tashkent Agreement - 1966

India first exploded nuclear device - 1975

Correct Option: D  [ India first exploded nuclear device - 1975 ]


Remark: India first exploded nuclear device on 18 May 1974.

Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?


Sukumar Dutt

Madan Mohan Malvia

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Motilal Nehru

Correct Option: B  [ Madan Mohan Malvia ]


Remark:

Who first addressed Rabindranath Tagore as 'Gurudev' ?


Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Mahatma Gandhi

Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Option: B  [ Mahatma Gandhi ]


Remark:

Seleucus was the General of


Chandragupta Mourya

Dhana Nanda

Alexander

Vikramaditya

Correct Option: C  [ Alexander ]


Remark:

Who attacked and looted the famous Somnath temple in 1026 AD?


Mahmud of Ghazni

Muhammad Gori

Genghis khan

Nadir shah

Correct Option: A  [ Mahmud of Ghazni ]


Remark:

The resolution of Purna Swaraj was adopted in:


Lahore Session, 1929

Calcutta Session, 1933

Lucknow Session, 1936

Tripuri Session, 1939

Correct Option: A  [ Lahore Session, 1929 ]


Remark:

With which event did the Civil Disobedience Movement started


Prohibition of Wine

Breaking of Salt law

Protesting high land revenue

Boycotting foreign clothes

Correct Option: B  [ Breaking of Salt law ]


Remark:

Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a public sector undertaking of the Govt. of India, was established in 1901 during Swadeshi movements, by :


Prafulla Chandra Roy

Rabindranath Tagore

Jagadish Chandra Basu

Surendra Nath Banerjee

Correct Option: A  [ Prafulla Chandra Roy ]


Remark:

Grand Trunk Road was built during the reign of ?


Sher Shah

Akbar

Shahjahan

none of these

Correct Option: A  [ Sher Shah ]


Remark:

Who said 'You give me blood, and I will give you freedom' ?


Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Capt. Shah Nawaz Khan

Gurbaksh Singh Dhilon

Correct Option: B  [ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ]


Remark:

Who founded All India Harijan Sangh?


B R Ambedkar

Gandhiji

Jayprakash Narayan

Raj Narayan

Correct Option: B  [ Gandhiji ]


Remark:

Where was Chauri Chaura?


Patna

Bhagalpur

Gaya

Gorakhpur

Correct Option: D  [ Gorakhpur ]


Remark: The Chauri Chaura incident occurred at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province, (modern Uttar Pradesh) in British India on 4 February 1922. Mahatma Gandhi, who was strictly against violence, halted the Non-cooperation Movement on the national level on 12 February 1922, as a direct result of this incident.

Who made an attempt on the life of Lord Hardinge in 1912 ?


Rash bihari Bose

Bhagat Singh

Khudiram Bose

Ajit Singh

Correct Option: A  [ Rash bihari Bose ]


Remark:

What proposals were made in the 'August Offer' ?


Complete independence of India gradually

Dominion Status

Provincial autonomy

Representative government at the centre

Correct Option: B  [ Dominion Status ]


Remark:

Which of the following pairs is properly matched?


Jallianwalabag Massacre - 1919

Civil Disobedient Movement - 1920

Partition of Bengal - 1908

None of the above

Correct Option: A  [ Jallianwalabag Massacre - 1919 ]


Remark:

Enfield was the name of a :


Place

Monument

Governor General

Rifle

Correct Option: D  [ Rifle ]


Remark:

Who said 'You give me blood, and I will give you freedom' ?


Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Capt. Shah Nawaz Khan

Gurbaksh Singh Dhilon

Correct Option: B  [ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ]


Remark:

Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India ?


Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud

Sultan Zainul Abidin

Feroz Shah Tughlaq

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Feroz Shah Tughlaq ]


Remark:

Who was William Hunter ?


Chairman of the Education Commission of 1882-83

Chairman of the Education Commission of 1917-1919

Chairman of the Education Commission of 1929

Educational Advisor to the Goverment of India, appointed by the Central Advisory Board of Education, 1944.

Correct Option: A  [ Chairman of the Education Commission of 1882-83 ]


Remark:

The first great experiment of Gandhiji in 'Satyagraha' took place in


South Africa

Champaran

Dandi

Bardoli

Correct Option: A  [ South Africa ]

The First Factory Act (1881) was passed by:


Lord Curzon

Lord Wellesley

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Ripon

Correct Option: D  [ Lord Ripon ]


Remark:

Who abolished dual government in Bengal?


Sir John Shore

Warren Hastings

Lord Hastings

Lord Cornwallis

Correct Option: B  [ Warren Hastings ]


Remark:

Rabindranath Tagore gave up his Knighthood because of:


Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

brutal suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement

execution of Bhagat Singh

Chauri Chaura incident

Correct Option: A  [ Jallianwala Bagh tragedy ]


Remark:

In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up the Communist Party of India?


H. K. Sardar

M. C. Chagla

M. N. Roy

P. C. Joshi

Correct Option: C  [ M. N. Roy ]


Remark:

Which of the following was not founded by Dr B. R. Ambedkar?


Depressed Classes Institute

Peoples Education Society

Deccan Education Society

Samaj Samata Sangh

Correct Option: C  [ Deccan Education Society ]


Remark:

Who was William Hunter ?


Chairman of the Education Commission of 1882-83

Chairman of the Education Commission of 1917-1919

Chairman of the Education Commission of 1929

Educational Advisor to the Goverment of India, appointed by the Central Advisory Board of Education, 1944.

Correct Option: A  [ Chairman of the Education Commission of 1882-83 ]


Remark:

Who said 'You give me blood, and I will give you freedom' ?


Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Capt. Shah Nawaz Khan

Gurbaksh Singh Dhilon

Correct Option: B  [ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ]


Remark:

The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called:


Mahabhinishkraman

Dharmachakra Pravartana

Dhammaghos

Mahaparinirvaa

Correct Option: B  [ Dharmachakra Pravartana ]


Remark:

Dayananda Saraswati was the founder of


Brahmo Samaj

Arya Samaj

Theosophical Society

Prarthana Samaj

Correct Option: B  [ Arya Samaj ]


Remark:

English Education was introduced in India by:


Curzon

Nehru

Maccaulay

Dalhausie

Correct Option: C  [ Maccaulay ]


Remark:

Who gave the 'Communal Award' in India?


C. R. Attlee

Ramsay Macdonald

Stafford Cripps

M. K. Gandhi

Correct Option: B  [ Ramsay Macdonald ]


Remark:

When was the British East India Company formed ?


1600

1650

1770

1700

Correct Option: A  [ 31 December, 1600 ]


Remark:

Who gave the title 'Mahatma' to M. K. Gandhi ?


Rabindra Nath Tagore

Subhas Chandra Bose

Jawaharlal Nehru

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Option: A  [ Rabindra Nath Tagore ]


Remark:

From where did the Quit India Movement begin?


Nagpur

Delhi

Calcutta

Bombay

Correct Option: D  [ Bombay ]


Remark:

Which of the following Acts was nicknamed as the 'Gagging Act'?


Vernacular Press Act, 1878

Factory Act, 1911

Rowlatt Act, 1919

Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923

Correct Option: A  [ Vernacular Press Act, 1878 ]


Remark:

The name of Nawab Salimullah of Dacca is associated with the foundation of :


Indian National Congress

Muslim League

Home Rule League

Ghadar Party

Correct Option: B  [ Muslim League ]


Remark:

Crimean war was fought between which countries?


Russia and Iran

Russia and Turkey

Greece and Turkey

none of these

Correct Option: B  [ Russia and Turkey ]


Remark: The Crimean War (October 1853 - February 1856), also known in Russian historiography as the Easte

How was Lord Canning redesignated by the Queen's proclamation of 1858 after the Great Revolt of 1857 ?


Governor General

Viceroy

Governor General of India

None of these

Correct Option: B  [ Viceroy ]


Remark:

Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?


Irwin

Chelmsford

Wellington

Reading

Correct Option: A  [ Irwin ]


Remark:

Who was the first Indian to join the Civil Service in 1863?


Surendra Nath Banerjee

Romesh Chandra Dutta

Satyendranath Tagore

Biharilal Gupta

Correct Option: C  [ Satyendranath Tagore ]


Remark:

When was the All India Muslim League formed ?


1905

1907

1906

1911

Correct Option: C  [ 1906 ]


Remark:

Indian National Congress had appointed a Committee to investigate into the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. The Chairman of this Committee was:


Motilal Nehru

Madan Mohan Malviya

C. R. Das

Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Option: A  [ Motilal Nehru ]


Remark:

Who among the following was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress?


Vallabhbhai Patel

Bipin Chandra Pal

Motilal Nehru

Lala Lajpat Rai

Correct Option: D  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]


Remark:

Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a public sector undertaking of the Govt. of India, was established in 1901 during Swadeshi movements, by :


Prafulla Chandra Roy

Rabindranath Tagore

Jagadish Chandra Basu

Surendra Nath Banerjee

Correct Option: A  [ Prafulla Chandra Roy ]


Remark:

Identify the state that was annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse.


Awadh

Punjab

Jhansi

Mysore

Correct Option: C  [ Jhansi ]


Remark:

What proposals were made in the 'August Offer' ?


Complete independence of India gradually

Dominion Status

Provincial autonomy

Representative government at the centre

Correct Option: B  [ Dominion Status ]


Remark:

The tribal rebellion against the British Known as Ulgulan was organised by


Korra Mallya

Ranade

Birsa Munda

Konda Dora

Correct Option: C  [ Birsa Munda ]


Remark:

Seleucus was the General of


Chandragupta Mourya

Dhana Nanda

Alexander

Vikramaditya

Correct Option: C  [ Alexander ]


Remark:

Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?


Defence

External Affairs and Commonwealth

Food and Agriculture

None

Correct Option: C  [ Food and Agriculture ]


Remark:

Where did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occur:


Jalandhar

Amritsar

Ludhiana

Hoshiarpur

Correct Option: B  [ Amritsar ]


Remark:

The Pact signed between Gandhiji and Dr. Ambedkar in 1932, for providing separate electorates for the depressed classes was :


The Delhi Pact

The Poona Pact

The Lucknow Pact

The Lahore Pact

Correct Option: B  [ The Poona Pact ]


Remark:

Mangal Pandey was a sepoy at:


Royal Gorkha Rifle

34th Bengal Native Infantary

Sikh Regiment

None of these

Correct Option: B  [ 34th Bengal Native Infantary ]


Remark:

The Cripps Mission visited India in the year:


1940

1941

1942

1945

Correct Option: C  [ 1942 ]


Remark:

Lothal is a part of excavation site of which civilization ?


Vedic Aryans

Indus Valley

Sumerians

Mesopotamians

Correct Option: B  [ Indus Valley ]


Remark:

Fa-hien visited India in 4th century BC during the reign of


Chandragupta Mourya

Harshavardhana

Bimbisara

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ Chandragupta Mourya ]


Remark:

Who introduced the Railways system in India ?


Lord Dalhousie

Lord Ripon

Lord Lytton

Lord Canning

Correct Option: A  [ Lord Dalhousie ]


Remark:

The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called:


Mahabhinishkraman

Dharmachakra Pravartana

Dhammaghos

Mahaparinirvaa

Correct Option: B  [ Dharmachakra Pravartana ]


Remark:

When was the British East India Company formed ?


1600

1650

1770

1700

Correct Option: A  [ 31 December, 1600 ]


Remark:

Who was made the President of Indian National Congress when Subhas Chandra Bose resigned due to differences with Gandhiji ?


Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

J. B. Kripalani

Purushottam Das Tandon

Correct Option: B  [ Dr. Rajendra Prasad ]


Remark:

Who among the following was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress?


Vallabhbhai Patel

Bipin Chandra Pal

Motilal Nehru

Lala Lajpat Rai

Correct Option: D  [ Lala Lajpat Rai ]


Remark:

The First Factory Act (1881) was passed by:


Lord Curzon

Lord Wellesley

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Ripon

Correct Option: D  [ Lord Ripon ]


Remark:

Which is the correct chronological order of the following developments?

1. Cripps Mission

2. Gandhi-Irwin pact

3. Simon Commission

4. Partition of the country Choose the correct order.


2, 1, 4, 3

3, 2, 1, 4

2, 1, 3, 4

1, 2, 3, 4

Correct Option: B  [ 3, 2, 1, 4 ]


Remark:

Who was the last governor general of India ?


Chakraborty Rajagopalachari

Lord Mountbatten

Rajendra Prasad

Maulana Abul Kamal Azad

Correct Option: A  [ Chakraborty Rajagopalachari ]


Remark:

In which year did Lokmanya Tilak gave the slogan Swaraj is my birth right and I will have it.


1914

1915

1916

1917

Correct Option: C  [ 1916 ]


Remark:

Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of the national movements?


(A) Non-cooperation movement, Civil Disobedience movement, Quit India movement, Swadeshi movement.


(B) Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement, Swadeshi movement, Civil disobedience movement.


(C) Swadeshi movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement.


(D) Civil disobedience movement, Swadeshi movement, Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement.


Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement, Swadeshi movement.

Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement, Swadeshi movement, Civil disobedience movement.

Swadeshi movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement.

Civil disobedience movement, Swadeshi movement, Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement.

Correct Option: C  [ Swadeshi movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement. ]


Remark:

The last British Governor General of India was :


Lord Canning

Lord Ripon

Lord Mountbatten

None of them

Correct Option: C  [ Lord Mountbatten ]


Remark:

Who used "Tulghumah"as a military tactic for the first time in India?


Alauddin Khilji

Muhammad bin Tughluq

Babur

Akbar

Correct Option: C  [ Babur ]


Remark: The new war tactics introduced by Babur were the tulughma and the araba. Tulughma meant dividing the whole army into various units, viz. the Left, the Right and the Centre. The Left and Right divisions were further subdivided into Forward and Rear divisions.

Who among the following is called The Liberator of Newspapers of India ?


Charles Metcalfe

Lord Mayo

Lord Ripon

William Bentinck

Correct Option: A  [ Charles Metcalfe ]


Remark:

The Indian National Congress was founded by


Annie Besant.

W. C. Bannerjee

A. O. Hume

Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Option: C  [ A. O. Hume ]


Remark:

Aruna Asaf Ali was connected with which one of the following movements as a woman organiser of underground activity?


Civil Disobedience Movement

Swadeshi Movement

Non-cooperation Movement

Quit India Movement

Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]


Remark:

In which year was the Vernacular Press Act passed ?


1876

1877

1878

1880

Correct Option: C  [ 1878 ]


Remark:

From where did the Quit India Movement begin?


Nagpur

Delhi

Calcutta

Bombay

Correct Option: D  [ Bombay ]


Remark:

Who played an important role in bringing the Congress and the Muslim League together (Lucknow Pact, 1916)?


Dadabhai Naoroji

Lokmanya Tilak

M.A.Jinha

Annie Besant

Correct Option: B  [ Lokmanya Tilak ]


Remark:

Which was the first English ship that came to India ?


Arakan Yoma

Milpa

Red Dragon

Rampurva

Correct Option: C  [ Red Dragon ]


Remark:

Who gave the slogan Back to the Vedas?


Dayanand Saraswati

Guru Nanank Dev Ji

Swami Vivekananda

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Option: A  [ Dayanand Saraswati ]


Remark:

During which Movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan of Do or Die ?


Champaran Satyagraha

Non-Cooperation Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

Quit India Movement

Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]


Remark:

The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn due to :


Chauri Chaura incident

Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Introduction of the Rawlatt Act

Severe oppressive measure taken by the British Goverment

Correct Option: A  [ Chauri Chaura incident ]


Remark:

The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between:


Gandhi and Nehru

Nehru and Ambedkar

Gandhi and Ambedkar

Malaviya and Ambedkar

Correct Option: C  [ Gandhi and Ambedkar ]


Remark:

Who was the author of the concept of Antyodaya?


Sri Aurobindo

Vinoba Bhave

Mahatma Gandhi

W C banerjee

Correct Option: B  [ Vinoba Bhave ]


Remark:

In which congress session was the Quit India Resolution ratified?


29th December 1929, Lahore

December 1920, Nagpur

11th February, 1922

8th August 1942, Bombay

Correct Option: D  [ 8th August 1942, Bombay ]


Remark:

Who among the following was the provisional Chairman of the Constituent Assembly ?


Dr. S. N. Sinha

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Correct Option: A  [ Dr. S. N. Sinha ]


Remark:

Where did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occur:


Jalandhar

Amritsar

Ludhiana

Hoshiarpur

Correct Option: B  [ Amritsar ]


Remark:

Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?


P. Lawrence

Anthony Eden

Stafford Cripps

A. V. Alexander

Correct Option: B  [ Anthony Eden ]


Remark:

Who enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes" alone?


Motilal Nehru

Gandhiji

Subhas Chandra Bose

C.R. Das

Correct Option: D  [ C.R. Das ]


Remark: At the Dehradun U.P. Provincial Conference two months before Gaya, C.R. Das enunciated his famous formula that "Swaraj" must be for the "masses" and not for the "classes".

The Mont-Ford proposals in British India were related to


Constitutional Reforms

Educational Reforms

Police Administration Reforms

Socio-economic Reforms

Correct Option: A  [ Constitutional Reforms ]


Remark:

Which one of the following had presided over the Surat Session of Indian National Congress 1907?


Rash Bihari Bose

Dadabhai Naoroji

Madan Mohan Malaviya

Sir William Wedderburn

Correct Option: A  [ Rash Bihari Bose ]


Remark:

The person who known as 'Iron Man' of India?


Sardar Vallabbhai Patel

Lala Lajpat Rai

Ram Prasad Bismil

Motilal Nehru

Correct Option: A  [ Sardar Ballabbhai Patel ]


Remark:

The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____________ in Calcutta.


Badruddin Tyabji

V K Chiplunkar

Anand Mohan Bose

Sisir kumar ghosh

Correct Option: C  [ Anand Mohan Bose ]


Remark:

Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress ?


Sarojini Naidu

Annie Besant

Vilaylakshmi Pandit

Nellie SenguPta

Correct Option: B  [ Annie Besant ]


Remark:

Who among the Mughal Emperors/ Courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?


Babur

Akbar

Shah Jahan

Dara Sukoh

Correct Option: D  [ Dara Sukoh ]


Remark: Dara Shikoh, Shah Jahan's eldest son and brother of Aurangzeb, Under his patronage, the Upanishads were translated into Persian and collectively named Sirr-i-Akbar.

Fahien came to India during the reign of


Harshavardhana

Kanishka

Chandragupta Vikramaditya

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Chandragupta Vikramaditya ]


Remark:

Who took arms and led an anti-British movement when the British tried to annex the State of Kitoor?


Sethu Lakshmi Bhai

Rudramadevi

Rani Channamma

Rani Lakshmi Bhai

Correct Option: C  [ Rani Channamma ]


Remark:

Identify the state that was annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse.


Awadh

Punjab

Jhansi

Mysore

Correct Option: C  [ Jhansi ]


Remark:

All India Trade Union Congress was established in :


1920

1924

1925

1930

Correct Option: A  [ 1920 ]


Remark:

Rabindranath Tagore gave up his Knight-hood in protest against the :


Rowlatt Act

Jallianwala Bagh incident

Partition of Bengal Proposal

Formation of All India Muslim League

Correct Option: B  [ Jallianwala Bagh incident ]


Remark:

Which movement was also famous as 'August Kranti' movement ?


Tebhaga

Santhal

Quit India

Champaran Non-Cooperation

Correct Option: C  [ Quit India ]


Remark:

During which Movement did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan of Do or Die ?


Champaran Satyagraha

Non-Cooperation Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

Quit India Movement

Correct Option: D  [ Quit India Movement ]


Remark:

Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?


Defence

External Affairs and Commonwealth

Food and Agriculture

None

Correct Option: C  [ Food and Agriculture ]


Remark:

Which dynasty built the Chariot temples at Mahabalipuram ?


Cholas

Pallavas

Pandyas

Chalukyas

Correct Option: B  [ Pallavas ]


Remark:

Mangal Pandey was a sepoy at:


Royal Gorkha Rifle

34th Bengal Native Infantary

Sikh Regiment

None of these

Correct Option: B  [ 34th Bengal Native Infantary ]


Remark:

The Indian National Congress was founded by


Annie Besant.

W. C. Bannerjee

A. O. Hume

Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Option: C  [ A. O. Hume ]


Remark:

The Radcliffe Commission was appointed


to enquire into the Noakhali riots

for delimitation of boundaries during partition

to grant internal autonomy

None of the above

Correct Option: B  [ for delimitation of boundaries during partition ]


Remark:

Fa-hien visited India in 4th century BC during the reign of


Chandragupta Mourya

Harshavardhana

Bimbisara

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ Chandragupta Mourya ]


Remark:

Name the Revolutionary Society established by the Indians in America in 1913 against the British rule in India :


Indian Independent League

Indian National Army

Gadhar Party

None of these

Correct Option: C  [ Gadhar Party ]


Remark:

When was the Carlyle "Circular" issued?


1905

1901

1902

1906

Correct Option: A  [ 1905 ]


Remark: the Carlyle Circular (1905) prohibiting students' participation in politics; and the partition of Bengal, sinisterly designed to fracture and cripple Bengal politically and culturally.

Who founded the Indian National Party in Berlin during 1914?


Champakaraman Pillai

Subhash Chandra Bose

W.C. Banerjee

Correct Option: A  [ Champakaraman Pillai ]


Remark:

The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn due to :


Chauri Chaura incident

Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Introduction of the Rawlatt Act

Severe oppressive measure taken by the British Goverment

Correct Option: A  [ Chauri Chaura incident ]


Remark:

The RED Fort was built by:


Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjhan

Sher Shah

Correct Option: C  [ Shahjhan ]


Remark:

On February 20, 1947, Prime Minister Attlee announced the British Government's decision to withdraw from India latest by


June, 1948.

August, 1948.

January, 1948.

August, 1947.

Correct Option: A  [ June, 1948. ]


Remark:

'Quit India' movement started in


August, 1942

June, 1945

April, 1930

None of these

Correct Option: A  [ August, 1942 ]


Remark:

Which incident led to withdraw of Non Co-operation Movement:


Alipore Bomb Case

Meerut Conspiracy Case

Poona Pact

Chauri Chaura incident

Correct Option: D  [ Chauri Chaura incident ]


Remark:

The year 1919 is associated with


Chauri Chaura Incident

Partition of Bengal

Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy

Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Option: C  [ Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy ]


Remark:

Which of the following was not founded by Dr B. R. Ambedkar?


Depressed Classes Institute

Peoples Education Society

Deccan Education Society

Samaj Samata Sangh

Correct Option: C  [ Deccan Education Society ]


Remark:

The name of Nawab Salimullah of Dacca is associated with the foundation of :


Indian National Congress

Muslim League

Home Rule League

Ghadar Party

Correct Option: B  [ Muslim League ]


Remark: