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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 51. |
Who is regarded as as the 'father of modern India'. |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | swami dayanandasaraswati |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | bhagat singh |
| Answer» A. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 52. |
Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati? |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | swami dayanandasaraswati |
| C. | lokmanyatilak |
| D. | bhagat singh |
| Answer» A. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 53. |
Maharishi DayanandSaraswati was an important Hindu religious scholar, reformer,and founder of the …………… |
| A. | aryasamaj |
| B. | brahma samaj |
| C. | ramakrishnamission |
| D. | theosophical society |
| Answer» A. aryasamaj | |
| 54. |
Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya– "India for Indians”? |
| A. | dayanandsaraswati |
| B. | lokmanyatilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo. |
| D. | bhagat singh |
| Answer» A. dayanandsaraswati | |
| 55. |
Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries. |
| A. | sriaurobindo |
| B. | lokmanyatilak |
| C. | shyamji krishna varma |
| D. | bhagat singh |
| Answer» C. shyamji krishna varma | |
| 56. |
SatyarthPrakash was written by …………. |
| A. | lalalajpatrai |
| B. | lalahardyal |
| C. | dayanandsaraswati |
| D. | raja ram mohan roy |
| Answer» C. dayanandsaraswati | |
| 57. |
The AryaSamaj movement believed in |
| A. | idolatry |
| B. | polytheism |
| C. | atheism |
| D. | vedic ritualism |
| Answer» D. vedic ritualism | |
| 58. |
Dayananda was born on February 12 in 1824, in the town of Tankara, near Morvi(Morbi) in the Kathiawar region of the princely state of…………… |
| A. | assam |
| B. | uttar pradesh |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | gujarat |
| Answer» D. gujarat | |
| 59. |
JyotibaPhule was one of the prominent ………….of the 19th century India. |
| A. | scientists |
| B. | politicians |
| C. | economists |
| D. | social reformers |
| Answer» D. social reformers | |
| 60. |
JyotiraoPhule was born in Satara district of …………….in 1827. |
| A. | maharastra |
| B. | madras |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | malabar |
| Answer» A. maharastra | |
| 61. |
The formation of the Indian National Congress (INC) was in the year ………….. |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1885 |
| D. | 1905 |
| Answer» C. 1885 | |
| 62. |
Zamindari Association was the ………. political association of modern India. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» A. first | |
| 63. |
Bengal British India Society founded in Calcutta on 20 April 1843, was the…………………political public association to be formed in British India, the firstbeing the zamindari association (1837). |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» C. third | |
| 64. |
The British India Society was formed in ……………) |
| A. | 1832 |
| B. | 1833 |
| C. | 1839 |
| D. | 1874 |
| Answer» C. 1839 | |
| 65. |
In ……… Derozio founded with his students the 'Academic Association' whichorganised debates on various subjects. |
| A. | 1824 |
| B. | 1825 |
| C. | 1828 |
| D. | 1834 |
| Answer» A. 1824 | |
| 66. |
The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under thepresident ship of ……………. |
| A. | dadabhainaoroji |
| B. | kadambiniganguli |
| C. | pherozeshah mehta |
| D. | d.ewacha |
| Answer» A. dadabhainaoroji | |
| 67. |
Gokhale was born in a Marath Brahmin family at …………. |
| A. | kolhapur |
| B. | poona |
| C. | allahabad |
| D. | assam |
| Answer» B. poona | |
| 68. |
The Deccan Educational Society founded by ………. |
| A. | d.ewacha |
| B. | ranade |
| C. | w.c.banerjee |
| D. | s.n.banerjee |
| Answer» B. ranade | |
| 69. |
……………..edited the journal of Poona SarvajanikSabha. |
| A. | gokhale |
| B. | w.c.banerjee |
| C. | ranade |
| D. | s.n.banerjee |
| Answer» C. ranade | |
| 70. |
The Minto Morley reforms was in the year …………. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1907 |
| C. | 1909 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» A. 1906 | |
| 71. |
The ‘political philosophy’ was the work of …………. |
| A. | gopala krishna gokhale |
| B. | dadabainaoroji |
| C. | r. c. dutt |
| D. | lalalajpathrai |
| Answer» A. gopala krishna gokhale | |
| 72. |
1905 ………….laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’, with a view tothe training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by allconstitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people. |
| A. | gokhale |
| B. | dadabainaoroji |
| C. | r. c. dutt |
| D. | ranade |
| Answer» A. gokhale | |
| 73. |
………………in his book ‘Economic history of India’ wrote ‘If India is poor today itis through the operation of economic causes’. |
| A. | dadhabainaoroji |
| B. | r.c. dutt |
| C. | ranade |
| D. | r.p.datt |
| Answer» B. r.c. dutt | |
| 74. |
…………………….is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’. |
| A. | ranade |
| B. | dada bhai naoroji |
| C. | pulin behari sarkar |
| D. | amaresh chakravarty |
| Answer» B. dada bhai naoroji | |
| 75. |
The Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency wasfounded by ………….in 1852. |
| A. | dadabhainaoroji |
| B. | pulinbeharisarkar |
| C. | amareshchakravarty |
| D. | prankrishnaparija. |
| Answer» B. pulinbeharisarkar | |
| 76. |
DadabhaiNaoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in…………. analysed the nature of the British rule in India. |
| A. | 1898 |
| B. | 1901 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» A. 1898 | |
| 77. |
…………… is the acknowledged high priest of the drain theory. |
| A. | dadabhainaoroji |
| B. | s n bose |
| C. | j.n. ghosh |
| D. | j.n.mukherjee |
| Answer» A. dadabhainaoroji | |
| 78. |
………………., the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrativepurposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31million people and with its capital at Dhaka. |
| A. | lord curzon |
| B. | lord rippon |
| C. | lord hastings |
| D. | wellesley |
| Answer» B. lord rippon | |
| 79. |
The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the ………….decision to partitionBengal. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 80. |
The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in ……………. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» B. 1911 | |
| 81. |
The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by ………. |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | panditmadan mohan malaviya |
| C. | shyamaprasadmukherjee |
| D. | j.n.mukherjee |
| Answer» A. tilak | |
| 82. |
The Ganapati festival was started in …………. |
| A. | 1792 |
| B. | 1793 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1904 |
| Answer» C. 1893 | |
| 83. |
The first Shivaji festival was held at Raigarh in ………….. |
| A. | 1890 |
| B. | 1892 |
| C. | 1895 |
| D. | 1899 |
| Answer» C. 1895 | |
| 84. |
Hindu Mahasabha was founded in …………….. . |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1906 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» C. 1915 | |
| 85. |
Muslim League established in December ……….. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1902 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» C. 1906 | |
| 86. |
The background of the foundation of the Muslim League at ……….on 30 December1906 may be traced back to the establishment of the Indian national congress in1885. |
| A. | dhaka |
| B. | shahbag |
| C. | simla |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» A. dhaka | |
| 87. |
………. made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said,"Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it." |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | jawaharlal nehru |
| Answer» A. tilak | |
| 88. |
Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers - the Kesari andthe Maratha? |
| A. | gokhale |
| B. | annie besant |
| C. | tilak |
| D. | jawaharlal nehru |
| Answer» C. tilak | |
| 89. |
Champaran Satyagraha was in …………….. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | bombay |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | madras |
| Answer» C. bihar | |
| 90. |
Champaran Satyagraha was led by ……………. |
| A. | amareshchakravarty |
| B. | pulinbeharisarkar |
| C. | gandhi |
| D. | patel |
| Answer» C. gandhi | |
| 91. |
Kheda Satyagraha………………………. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | calcutta |
| C. | thana |
| D. | malabar |
| Answer» A. gujarat | |
| 92. |
In……….., the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade UnionCongress (AITUC)) was established. |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1908 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» D. 1920 | |
| 93. |
PazhassiSamarangal (Malayalam) was written by ………… |
| A. | k.k.n.kurup |
| B. | bhattacharya sabya |
| C. | k.k.kusuman |
| D. | b.sobhanan |
| Answer» A. k.k.n.kurup | |
| 94. |
Against Lord and State was written by ……….. |
| A. | sumitsarkar |
| B. | r.c.majumdar |
| C. | panikkar k.n |
| D. | k.k.n.kurup |
| Answer» C. panikkar k.n | |
| 95. |
Who of the following Governor Generals is associated with Subsidiary AllianceSysten? |
| A. | lord cornwallies |
| B. | lord wellesley |
| C. | lord mayo |
| D. | lord delhousie |
| Answer» B. lord wellesley | |
| 96. |
Who was the first Governor General of India? |
| A. | warren hastings |
| B. | williambentick |
| C. | lord delhousie |
| D. | lord canning |
| Answer» A. warren hastings | |
| 97. |
Who was the first Viceroy of India? |
| A. | robert clive |
| B. | william bentick |
| C. | lorddelhousie |
| D. | lord canning |
| Answer» D. lord canning | |
| 98. |
The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India forthe first time in |
| A. | 1848 a.d |
| B. | 1858 a.d |
| C. | 1862 a.d |
| D. | 1856 a.d |
| Answer» B. 1858 a.d | |
| 99. |
My Experiments with Truth is the work of ………. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | tarachand |
| C. | shankarlal banker |
| D. | mahadev desai |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 100. |
Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’? |
| A. | a.r.desai |
| B. | dharam kumar |
| C. | ray chaudhuri |
| D. | k.rajayyan |
| Answer» A. a.r.desai | |
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