| 1. |
Swami Vivekananda was the chief disciple of whom ? |
| A. | swami dayanan |
| B. | ramakrishna paramahsa |
| C. | rajaram mohan ro |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» B. ramakrishna paramahsa | |
| 2. |
Who is regarded as the father of Indian Renaissance? |
| A. | dayananda saraswathy |
| B. | tilak |
| C. | raja ram mohan roy |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» C. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 3. |
Who is the founder of Atmiyasabha? |
| A. | dayananda saraswathy |
| B. | raja ram mohan rao |
| C. | tilak |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» B. raja ram mohan rao | |
| 4. |
In which year Swami Vivekananda Visited Chicago? |
| A. | 1863 |
| B. | 177 |
| C. | 1770 |
| D. | 1893 |
| Answer» D. 1893 | |
| 5. |
Who is regarded as the prophet of Indian Nationalism? |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | aurobindo ghos |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | ram mohan roy |
| Answer» D. ram mohan roy | |
| 6. |
National youth day is celebrated in the memory of: |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | swami vivekananda |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» C. swami vivekananda | |
| 7. |
‘My Master’ was written by |
| A. | tila |
| B. | swami vivekand |
| C. | tagore |
| D. | subashchandrabose |
| Answer» B. swami vivekand | |
| 8. |
Who is the author of ‘The Life Divine’ |
| A. | aurobindo ghosh |
| B. | m.n roy |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» A. aurobindo ghosh | |
| 9. |
Name the congress leader who presided over the Banaras Congress session in 1905. |
| A. | gopakakrishnagokhale |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | subhash chandra bose |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» A. gopakakrishnagokhale | |
| 10. |
‘ Servants of India Society’ was established in |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 190 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1916 |
| Answer» B. 190 | |
| 11. |
Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual life.? |
| A. | gopalakrishnagokhale |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | vivekananda |
| Answer» D. vivekananda | |
| 12. |
The International day of Non-violence is observed on 2nd October, the Birthday of ----- |
| A. | vivekananda |
| B. | gokhal |
| C. | jawaharlal lal nehru |
| D. | m .k. gandhi |
| Answer» D. m .k. gandhi | |
| 13. |
Who give the name ‘Gurudev’ to Tagore? |
| A. | gandhij |
| B. | tila |
| C. | vivekanda |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» A. gandhij | |
| 14. |
Who is the political Guru of Gandhiji? |
| A. | tagore |
| B. | vivekanand |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. gokhale | |
| 15. |
Which decision of Gandhiji was opposed by Ambedkar? |
| A. | partitioning india |
| B. | calling the lower castes ‘harijans? |
| C. | quit india movement |
| D. | satyagraha movement. |
| Answer» B. calling the lower castes ‘harijans? | |
| 16. |
Name the magazine published by Ambedkar? |
| A. | young india |
| B. | swara |
| C. | news india |
| D. | mooknayak |
| Answer» D. mooknayak | |
| 17. |
Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a |
| A. | justice |
| B. | dharm |
| C. | power |
| D. | status |
| Answer» B. dharm | |
| 18. |
SNDP Yogam was formed in the year |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 189 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1914 |
| Answer» A. 1903 | |
| 19. |
The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | gokhale |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. gandhiji | |
| 20. |
Who is the Champion of secularism? |
| A. | jinnah |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | savarkar |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» B. nehr | |
| 21. |
Who regarded the villages as the center of Indian economic organisation? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | vivekananda |
| C. | raja ram mohan roy |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» A. gandhiji | |
| 22. |
Gandhism is not merely a political creed, it is |
| A. | a programme of action |
| B. | a messag |
| C. | theory |
| D. | working class movement |
| Answer» B. a messag | |
| 23. |
‘January 30 ‘ is commemorated as ------- in India |
| A. | martyr’s day |
| B. | freedom day |
| C. | republic day |
| D. | slaves day |
| Answer» A. martyr’s day | |
| 24. |
Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | tila |
| C. | sree narayana guru |
| D. | mahathma gandhi |
| Answer» C. sree narayana guru | |
| 25. |
B.R Ambedkar founded the All India Untouchables League in: |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1930 |
| C. | 1932 |
| D. | 1933 |
| Answer» C. 1932 | |
| 26. |
Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by |
| A. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| B. | m.n ro |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | thilak |
| Answer» A. jayaprakash narayanan | |
| 27. |
Radical Democratic party was organised by |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.ro |
| C. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| D. | thilak |
| Answer» B. m.n.ro | |
| 28. |
Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human Revolution’? |
| A. | m.n.roy |
| B. | lohi |
| C. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. jayaprakash narayanan | |
| 29. |
The famous work of Jyothi Rao Phule |
| A. | life divine |
| B. | arthashastra |
| C. | gulamgiri |
| D. | my experiments with truth |
| Answer» C. gulamgiri | |
| 30. |
The concept of four pillar state was advocated by |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.ro |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» A. lohia | |
| 31. |
Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | tila |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | vivekananda |
| Answer» C. gokhale | |
| 32. |
Who is known as the spiritual father of Pakistan |
| A. | muhammed ali jinnah |
| B. | muhammed iqbal |
| C. | syed ahmed |
| D. | abdul ghaffer khan |
| Answer» B. muhammed iqbal | |
| 33. |
The important philosophic work of Muhammed Iqbal |
| A. | the reconstruction of religious though ian islam |
| B. | life divine |
| C. | savitri |
| D. | the |
| Answer» A. the reconstruction of religious though ian islam | |
| 34. |
Who started the self respect movement and DravidaKazhagam |
| A. | anna durai |
| B. | e.v. ramasamy |
| C. | c rajagopalchari |
| D. | c. kuppusami |
| Answer» B. e.v. ramasamy | |
| 35. |
Who is the author of Discovery of India? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | vivekanand |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» C. nehru | |
| 36. |
B.R. Ambedkar was born in |
| A. | 1891 |
| B. | 189 |
| C. | 1898 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» A. 1891 | |
| 37. |
Who is regarded as one of the earliest scholars of comparative religion? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | ambedka |
| C. | raja ram mohan roy |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» C. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 38. |
Freedom of press was advocated by |
| A. | dayananda saraswathy |
| B. | mussolin |
| C. | hitler |
| D. | raja ram mohan roy |
| Answer» D. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 39. |
Name the political thinker who appreciated British rule in India |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | tila |
| C. | subhash chandra bose |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» A. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 40. |
Identity the Philosopher who advocated the doctrine of Humanism and Universalism |
| A. | syed khan |
| B. | jinna |
| C. | raja ram mohan roy |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» C. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 41. |
Name the political thinker who expounded liberal humanitarian nationalism. |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | raja ram mohan ro |
| C. | dr.ambedkar |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» B. raja ram mohan ro | |
| 42. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 193 |
| C. | 1932 |
| D. | 1833 |
| Answer» D. 1833 | |
| 43. |
Who recommended that religious toleration was crucial for the growth of democracy? |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | tila |
| C. | vivekananda |
| D. | bose |
| Answer» C. vivekananda | |
| 44. |
Identify the Philosopher who was living at a crucial time when liberalism was at the crossroad. |
| A. | m.n.roy |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | kautilya |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» D. gokhale | |
| 45. |
Who made scathing attack on the oppressiveness and harshness of bureaucracy? |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | raja ram mohan ro |
| C. | syed khan |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» D. gokhale | |
| 46. |
Who described Gokhale as the “diamond of India, the Jewel of Maharashtra”? |
| A. | bose |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | lohi |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» D. tilak | |
| 47. |
Whose role in the Indian National Congress was that of an agitator? |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | gokhal |
| C. | ranade |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» A. tilak | |
| 48. |
Who introduced extremist national sentiments in the Congress? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | gandhij |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» D. tilak | |
| 49. |
Who was regarded as the Bismark of Indian Nationalism? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | sardarvallabhbhai patel |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» C. sardarvallabhbhai patel | |
| 50. |
Who was a believer in the Advaita Philosophy? |
| A. | ambedkar |
| B. | vivekand |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» B. vivekand | |
| 51. |
Name the leader who insisted on immediate Swaraj or self-rule. |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» A. tilak | |
| 52. |
Name the thinker who defined Swaraj as people’s rule instead of that of bureaucracy. |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | tila |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» B. tila | |
| 53. |
Who is the founder of SatyashodhakSamaj |
| A. | Pandita Ramabai |
| B. | Savarkar |
| C. | Jyothirao phule |
| D. | E.V. ramasamy |
| Answer» C. Jyothirao phule | |
| 54. |
Name the thinker who considered temples to be center for purity and development. |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.ro |
| C. | sree narayan guru |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. sree narayan guru | |
| 55. |
Message of Sree Narayana Guru became the cardinal principal of modernism. |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | secularis |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | pluralism |
| Answer» B. secularis | |
| 56. |
The method of Sree Narayana Guru for the emancipation of untouchables was |
| A. | sanskritization |
| B. | westernzatio |
| C. | coercion |
| D. | revolution |
| Answer» A. sanskritization | |
| 57. |
Who believed that Non-violence is the heart of all religions? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | gandhij |
| C. | tilak |
| D. | bose |
| Answer» B. gandhij | |
| 58. |
Name the philosopher who wrote that “party politics has given rise to power politics” |
| A. | gandhij |
| B. | nehr |
| C. | m.n.roy |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» C. m.n.roy | |
| 59. |
Who was regarded as an exponent of Religious toleration? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | savarka |
| C. | m.n.roy |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» A. nehru | |
| 60. |
Who is known as the Humanistic critique of Marxism? |
| A. | subhash chandra bose |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | e.m.s |
| Answer» B. m.n.roy | |
| 61. |
“Reason, Romanticism and Revolution” is a major work of |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | bos |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» D. m.n.roy | |
| 62. |
Wheel of History is written by |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» A. lohia | |
| 63. |
Who expounded the doctrine of Decentralised Socialism? |
| A. | m.n.roy |
| B. | e.m.s |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. lohia | |
| 64. |
Name the scholar who believed that “Corruption is eating into the vitals of our political life” |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| C. | m.n.roy |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» D. gandhiji | |
| 65. |
Ambedkar was born in |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | bihar |
| C. | maharashtra |
| D. | west bengal |
| Answer» C. maharashtra | |
| 66. |
“Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India” was the title of the PhD Thesis awarded to |
| A. | dr.k.n.raj |
| B. | jinnah |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | dr.b.r. ambedkar |
| Answer» D. dr.b.r. ambedkar | |
| 67. |
Who considered Social Democracy as a way of life? |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | ambedkar |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» B. ambedkar | |
| 68. |
All India Anti-Untouchability League was established by |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» A. gandhiji | |
| 69. |
HarijanSevakSangam was formed by |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | ambedkar |
| C. | gandhij |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» C. gandhij | |
| 70. |
Who is known as the social prophet of untouchables? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» D. ambedkar | |
| 71. |
‘The high caste Hindu Woman ‘ was written by |
| A. | panditaramabai |
| B. | ev ramasamy |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» A. panditaramabai | |
| 72. |
Who is known as the father of Indian Constitution? |
| A. | b r ambedkar |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | drrajendra prasad |
| D. | m n roy |
| Answer» A. b r ambedkar | |
| 73. |
Sree Narayana Guru’s doctrines became the catalyst of |
| A. | fundamentalism |
| B. | liberalism |
| C. | social reform |
| D. | terrorism |
| Answer» C. social reform | |
| 74. |
Name the Philosopher who recommended federal type of Government under Swaraj. |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | tilak |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» C. lohia | |
| 75. |
Who believed that man’s ultimate goal in life was self realization |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | lohia |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» C. gandhiji | |
| 76. |
Identify the Philosopher who visualized that self realization is “seeing God face to face” |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | lohia |
| C. | m.n.roy |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» D. gandhiji | |
| 77. |
Who wrote that Truth and Non-violence are as old as Hills? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | sree narayana guru |
| C. | lohi |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» A. gandhiji | |
| 78. |
Who was highly critical of both western civilization and western democracies? |
| A. | m.n.roy |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | vivekananda |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 79. |
Who believed that Swaraj was nor merely political liberation but human emancipation as well? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | lohia |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» C. gandhiji | |
| 80. |
Name the scholar who wrote that self-rule is a unique feature of Swaraj? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | lohi |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 81. |
Whose doctrine of Swaraj was rooted in Indian metaphysics and spirituality. |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. gandhiji | |
| 82. |
Ram Manohar Lohia was born in |
| A. | west bengal |
| B. | bihar |
| C. | punjab |
| D. | uttar pradesh |
| Answer» D. uttar pradesh | |
| 83. |
Identify the Political thinker who was in favour of abolishing the post of collector. |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | b.r.ambedkar |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» D. lohia | |
| 84. |
Who was in favour of incorporation of Gandhian ideas in socialist thought? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» C. lohia | |
| 85. |
Jayaprakash Narayanan was born in |
| A. | west bengal |
| B. | bihar |
| C. | assam |
| D. | tripura |
| Answer» B. bihar | |
| 86. |
Jayaprakash Narayanan’s doctrine of Total revolution is a combination of |
| A. | seven revolutions |
| B. | six revolutions |
| C. | eight revolutions |
| D. | four revolutions |
| Answer» A. seven revolutions | |
| 87. |
The doctrine of JP’s Total Revolution was popular in |
| A. | 1970 |
| B. | 1971 |
| C. | 1974 |
| D. | 1973 |
| Answer» C. 1974 | |
| 88. |
Jayaprakash Narayanan was the greatest mass leader in Indian History after |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 89. |
With Gandhiji’s blessings, Nehru became the President of the Indian National Congress at |
| A. | bombay |
| B. | calcutta |
| C. | madras |
| D. | lahore |
| Answer» D. lahore | |
| 90. |
Name the Philosopher who believed that the state in a soulless machine |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 91. |
Who expounded the thesis that the religious basis of politics does not help social progress? |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» C. nehru | |
| 92. |
Who considered the State as an organization of violence and force? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» A. gandhiji | |
| 93. |
Who believed that decentralization of power was a key concept in his theory of democracy? |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 94. |
The doctrine of spiritual socialism in closely associated with. |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | lohia |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» C. gandhiji | |
| 95. |
Gandhian socialism puts enormous emphasis on |
| A. | society |
| B. | state |
| C. | community |
| D. | individuals |
| Answer» D. individuals | |
| 96. |
Who made Indian freedom struggle into a mass movement? |
| A. | anne besant |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | tilak |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 97. |
Name the thinker who was highly critical of declaration of emergency. |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» C. jayaprakash narayanan | |
| 98. |
Who was highly critical of Gandhian notion of caste system? |
| A. | ambedkar |
| B. | lohia |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» A. ambedkar | |
| 99. |
‘Young India’ was associated with writings of |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | tilak |
| C. | gandhiji |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» C. gandhiji | |
| 100. |
SamataSainik Dal formed by |
| A. | ambedkar |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» A. ambedkar | |