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1. |
Who among the following opposed Gandhiji’s Satyagraha against the Rowlett Act? |
A. | M.A Jinnah |
B. | Abdulbari |
C. | Annie Besant |
D. | none of them |
Answer» C. Annie Besant |
2. |
Which of the following places witnessed the worst scenes of the violence in the wake of Rowlett Satyagraha? |
A. | Bengal |
B. | Delhi |
C. | Punjab |
D. | Maharashtra. 3. The Indian independence league was formed in 1942 in |
Answer» C. Punjab |
3. |
The president of all India Kisan sabhain1936 was............. |
A. | N.G. Ranga |
B. | Swami shahajananda saraswathi |
C. | Vidyanand |
D. | Baba Ramachandra. |
Answer» C. Vidyanand |
4. |
Who was the first commander of I.N.A? |
A. | Rash behari Bose |
B. | Mohan sing |
C. | S.C. Bose |
D. | Niranjan Sing Gill. |
Answer» D. Niranjan Sing Gill. |
5. |
The congress president who conducted negotiations with Cripps in 1942 and Wavell at Simla conference was .............. |
A. | Abdul Kalam Azad |
B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
C. | J.B. Kripalani |
D. | C. Rajagopalachari |
Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nehru |
6. |
In1946 there was a mutiny of Indian ratings in... |
A. | Calcutta |
B. | Madras |
C. | Visakhapattanam |
D. | Bombay |
Answer» B. Madras |
7. |
What proved to be the chief instrument for spreading the message of nationalism? |
A. | Railway |
B. | English education |
C. | Press |
D. | Telegraph |
Answer» C. Press |
8. |
Which one of the following organizations was the first organised expression of the Indian national movement? |
A. | Indian Association |
B. | East India Association |
C. | British India Association |
D. | Indian National Congress. |
Answer» D. Indian National Congress. |
9. |
Lyton was not associated with the ----------- |
A. | Arms Act |
B. | Vernacular Press Act |
C. | Ilbert bill |
D. | Stratchey Commission. |
Answer» C. Ilbert bill |
10. |
The number of resolutions adopted by the first congress session |
A. | 7 |
B. | 9 |
C. | 11 |
D. | 13 |
Answer» B. 9 |
11. |
Which of the following sections of the Indian middle class dominated the congress in its early phase? |
A. | Teacher |
B. | Journalists |
C. | Lawyers |
D. | Big Zamindars. |
Answer» C. Lawyers |
12. |
Who was the first president of I.N.C.? |
A. | Gokhale |
B. | W.C. Banerjee. |
C. | Naoroji. |
D. | Tilak |
Answer» B. W.C. Banerjee. |
13. |
Amruta pritam was a ............. writer |
A. | Punjabi |
B. | Bengali |
C. | Marathi |
D. | Hindi |
Answer» A. Punjabi |
14. |
The quit India movement was in the year |
A. | 1943 |
B. | 1944 |
C. | 1942 |
D. | 1941. |
Answer» C. 1942 |
15. |
The famous battle cry chalo Delhi was given by .............. |
A. | Azad |
B. | Nehru |
C. | Bose |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» C. Bose |
16. |
Tebhaga movement was in the state of ................ |
A. | Bengal |
B. | Andhra |
C. | Maharashtra |
D. | Gujarat. |
Answer» A. Bengal |
17. |
Who was the leader of bardoli Satyagraha? |
A. | Gandhiji. |
B. | Patel |
C. | Rajendra Prasad |
D. | Sarojini Naidu |
Answer» B. Patel |
18. |
The Lahore Session of Muslim league was in the year |
A. | 1940 |
B. | 1946 |
C. | 1947 |
D. | 1921 |
Answer» A. 1940 |
19. |
Quit India resolution was passed on |
A. | August 6 |
B. | August 9 |
C. | August 8 |
D. | August 11 |
Answer» C. August 8 |
20. |
Indian independence act was passed on ............... |
A. | July 14 |
B. | June 14 |
C. | August 15 |
D. | January 26 |
Answer» A. July 14 |
21. |
R.I.N. Ratings was in ............. |
A. | 1946. |
B. | 1945 |
C. | 1947 |
D. | 1948 |
Answer» A. 1946. |
22. |
C.R. Formula was framed in the year |
A. | 1944 |
B. | 1942 |
C. | 1943 |
D. | 1940 |
Answer» A. 1944 |
23. |
Desai –Liaqat pact was concluded after ............. |
A. | Gandhi -jinnah talk |
B. | Quit India Movement |
C. | Wavell plan |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Gandhi -jinnah talk |
24. |
The Wavell plan was announced in .............. |
A. | June 1945 |
B. | June1944 |
C. | June 1946 |
D. | June 1954 |
Answer» A. June 1945 |
25. |
The Simla conference was held under the viceroyalty of .............. |
A. | Lytton |
B. | Wavell |
C. | Canning |
D. | Mount Batten |
Answer» B. Wavell |
26. |
Cabinet mission was sent to India by............. |
A. | Britain |
B. | America |
C. | Pakistan |
D. | China. |
Answer» A. Britain |
27. |
A.V. Alexander was a member of ............... |
A. | British Parliament |
B. | Cripps Mission |
C. | Cabinet Mission |
D. | Simon Commission |
Answer» C. Cabinet Mission |
28. |
The direct action day of Muslim league was .................. |
A. | 16 August 1946 |
B. | 16 August 1940 |
C. | 16 August 1936 |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. 16 August 1946 |
29. |
The interim cabinet was headed by ................. |
A. | Liaqat |
B. | Nehru |
C. | Jinnah |
D. | Desai. |
Answer» B. Nehru |
30. |
Mount batten plan is also known as ................ |
A. | June 3rd plan |
B. | July 14th plan |
C. | August 15th plan |
D. | contingency plan. |
Answer» A. June 3rd plan |
31. |
Who was the ruler of Kashmir at the time of independence? |
A. | Hari sing |
B. | Farook Abdullah |
C. | Muhammad Abdullah |
D. | Sainul abidin. |
Answer» A. Hari sing |
32. |
Who was the home minister of free India? |
A. | Patel |
B. | Nehru |
C. | Azad |
D. | Ambedkar. |
Answer» A. Patel |
33. |
Who was the first deputy prime minister of India? |
A. | Nehru |
B. | Patel |
C. | Banerjee |
D. | Indira Gandhi |
Answer» B. Patel |
34. |
Who was in charge of the integration of princely states? |
A. | Patel |
B. | V.P Menon |
C. | Syamaprasad |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Patel |
35. |
India wins freedom was written by ................... |
A. | Azad |
B. | Patel |
C. | Sarojini Naidu |
D. | Bipan Chandra |
Answer» A. Azad |
36. |
Who was the first governor general of Pakistan? |
A. | Batten |
B. | Jinnah |
C. | Liaqat |
D. | Ayyoob khan |
Answer» B. Jinnah |
37. |
Pinjar was written by ........... |
A. | Amrita pro-am |
B. | Amitav ghosh |
C. | R,K. Narayan |
D. | Attia Hussein |
Answer» A. Amrita pro-am |
38. |
The dark dancer, a novel authored by ............... |
A. | Balachandrarajan |
B. | Faiz ahammed |
C. | Bapsi Sidhwa |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Balachandrarajan |
39. |
Freedom at midnight was co-authored with Dominique lapierre ........... |
A. | H.S. Gill |
B. | Larry Collins |
C. | Raj Gill |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» B. Larry Collins |
40. |
What was the role of East India Company in India from 1600 to 1757? |
A. | Territorial power |
B. | supplier of bullion |
C. | supplier of ship |
D. | trading corporation |
Answer» D. trading corporation |
41. |
When did the drain of wealth from Bengal Begin? |
A. | 1764 |
B. | 1759 |
C. | 1757 |
D. | 1755 |
Answer» C. 1757 |
42. |
Who founded the Fort William College at Calcutta? |
A. | Lord Hasting |
B. | Cornwallis |
C. | Lord Wellesley |
D. | John shore |
Answer» C. Lord Wellesley |
43. |
Wellesley came to India in ----------- |
A. | 1801 |
B. | 1802 |
C. | 1800 |
D. | 1798 |
Answer» D. 1798 |
44. |
Under the permanent settlement the zamindars could keep -------- of the rental |
A. | 5/11 |
B. | 4/11 |
C. | 3/11 |
D. | 1/11 |
Answer» D. 1/11 |
45. |
Who established a madrasa in Calcutta in 1781? |
A. | Monson |
B. | John Shore |
C. | Cornwallis |
D. | Warren Hastings |
Answer» D. Warren Hastings |
46. |
Who became the Chairman of the Board of Control in 1853? |
A. | Sullivan |
B. | Stephenson |
C. | Charles wood |
D. | Macaulay |
Answer» C. Charles wood |
47. |
Indian sepoys began to be recruited in the British army from |
A. | 1746 |
B. | 1749 |
C. | 1740 |
D. | 1742 |
Answer» D. 1742 |
48. |
Who was the nationalist leader associated with the paper Harijan |
A. | J.L. Nehru |
B. | Ambedkar |
C. | Annie Besant |
D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi |
49. |
When was the Sarada Act Passed? |
A. | 1927 |
B. | 1929 |
C. | 1930 |
D. | 1931 |
Answer» C. 1930 |
50. |
Where were universities established in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay? |
A. | 1854 |
B. | 1857 |
C. | 1855 |
D. | 1856 |
Answer» B. 1857 |
51. |
Who wrote Neel Darpan? |
A. | Dinabandhu Mitra |
B. | Warris shah |
C. | Sukumar Sen |
D. | Nabin Chandra Sen |
Answer» A. Dinabandhu Mitra |
52. |
Who started the first textile mill in India? |
A. | K.M. Birla |
B. | Nanabhai Puliskar |
C. | J.R |
D. | Tata d) Cowasjee Nanabhoy |
Answer» D. Tata d) Cowasjee Nanabhoy |
53. |
When did the revolt begin in 1857? |
A. | 7 may |
B. | 10 may |
C. | 12 may |
D. | 15 may |
Answer» B. 10 may |
54. |
Who brought the Bareilly troops to Delhi? |
A. | Bakht khan |
B. | Azimullah |
C. | Khan Bahadur Khan |
D. | Dunde Khan |
Answer» A. Bakht khan |
55. |
Who was the Lieutenant governor in 1858? |
A. | Hugh Rose |
B. | Collin Campbell |
C. | Lord Dalhousie |
D. | Fredrick Halliday |
Answer» D. Fredrick Halliday |
56. |
Who wrote the causes of the Indian Mutiny? |
A. | V.D. Savarkar |
B. | T.R. Holmes |
C. | Sayyid Ahamed Khan |
D. | B. Disraeli |
Answer» C. Sayyid Ahamed Khan |
57. |
Who was the last Peshwa? |
A. | Shivaji II |
B. | Balaji Baji Rao II |
C. | Baji Rao III |
D. | Baji Rao II |
Answer» D. Baji Rao II |
58. |
Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence? |
A. | Ashok Mehta |
B. | Surendranath sen |
C. | V |
D. | Savarkar d) Dayanand Saraswati |
Answer» B. Surendranath sen |
59. |
When did the Indian Reforms Association come in to being? |
A. | 1865 |
B. | 1875 |
C. | 1872 |
D. | 1870 |
Answer» D. 1870 |
60. |
When was the widow Remarriage Act passed |
A. | 1854 |
B. | 1853 |
C. | 1855 |
D. | 1856 |
Answer» D. 1856 |
61. |
Where did B.R. Ambedkar form his Bahiskirt Hitakarini Sabha in 1924? |
A. | Bombay |
B. | Poona |
C. | Lucknow |
D. | Bhopal |
Answer» A. Bombay |
62. |
When was English declared as the medium of instruction in India? |
A. | 1833 |
B. | 1835 |
C. | 1832 |
D. | 1834 |
Answer» B. 1835 |
63. |
Who was the chairman of the first Law Commission? |
A. | Metcalfe |
B. | Napier |
C. | Lord Macaulay |
D. | Charles Wood |
Answer» C. Lord Macaulay |
64. |
When was a supreme court established for the first time at Calcutta? |
A. | 1771 |
B. | 1773 |
C. | 1775 |
D. | 1778 |
Answer» B. 1773 |
65. |
Which Charter Act made provisions for education in India for the first time? |
A. | 1813 |
B. | 1805 |
C. | 1834 |
D. | 1830 |
Answer» A. 1813 |
66. |
Cornwallis code dealt with -------- matters |
A. | Revenue |
B. | Religious |
C. | Judicial |
D. | cultural |
Answer» C. Judicial |
67. |
What was the strength of Indians in the army of the East India Company in 1857? |
A. | 100,000 |
B. | 150,765 |
C. | 265,900 |
D. | 255, 879 |
Answer» C. 265,900 |
68. |
What was the percentage of Drain in India’s national income by the end of 19th century? |
A. | 8% |
B. | 5% |
C. | 4% |
D. | 6% |
Answer» A. 8% |
69. |
When was the permanent settlement introduced in Bengal and Bihar? |
A. | 1790 |
B. | 1792 |
C. | 1793 |
D. | 1791 |
Answer» C. 1793 |
70. |
When was the first railway line opened to traffic in India? |
A. | 1853 |
B. | 1851 |
C. | 1854 |
D. | 1852 |
Answer» A. 1853 |
71. |
Who introduced the permanent settlement of Land Revenue? |
A. | Wellesley |
B. | John Shore |
C. | Lord Cornwallis |
D. | Warren Hastings |
Answer» A. Wellesley |
72. |
When was Mangal Pandey hanged in 1857? |
A. | 25 March |
B. | 21 March |
C. | 29 March |
D. | 27March |
Answer» C. 29 March |
73. |
The revolt of 1857 started with the mutiny of |
A. | Sepoy |
B. | Sanyasis |
C. | Native princes |
D. | Taluqdars |
Answer» A. Sepoy |
74. |
The charter Act of -------- ended the monopoly of the East India Company in India |
A. | 1809 |
B. | 1811 |
C. | 1812 |
D. | 1813 |
Answer» D. 1813 |
75. |
The governor general council came in to being in the year |
A. | 1784 |
B. | 1782 |
C. | 1785 |
D. | 1783 |
Answer» A. 1784 |
76. |
When was the system of dual government ended in Bengal? |
A. | 1770 |
B. | 1772 |
C. | 1774 |
D. | 1776 |
Answer» B. 1772 |
77. |
What was the real name of Nana Saheb? |
A. | P.R.Pant |
B. | S.G. Pant |
C. | Dhondu Pant |
D. | Motu Pant |
Answer» C. Dhondu Pant |
78. |
What was the number of major rebellions from 1763 to 1856? |
A. | 25 |
B. | more than 30 |
C. | 15 |
D. | more than 40 |
Answer» C. 15 |
79. |
When did Rani Lakshmibai die in 1858? |
A. | 15 June |
B. | 25 June |
C. | 17 June |
D. | 30 June |
Answer» C. 17 June |
80. |
Who considered the revolt as a war of the orthodoxy against Christianity? |
A. | L.E.R. Ree |
B. | G.B. Malleson |
C. | T.R. Holmes |
D. | C. Raikes |
Answer» A. L.E.R. Ree |
81. |
Who has written the book the Great Rebellion? |
B. | Sen b) S.N. Sen |
C. | Ashok Mehta |
D. | B.R. Grover |
Answer» C. Ashok Mehta |
82. |
Who was the first viceroy of India? |
A. | Dalhousie |
B. | Charles Woods |
C. | Lord Canning |
D. | Lord Curzon |
Answer» C. Lord Canning |
83. |
When was the vernacular press act passed? |
A. | 1878 |
B. | 1872 |
C. | 1876 |
D. | 1880 |
Answer» A. 1878 |
84. |
The title viceroy meant crown’s personal |
A. | Servant |
B. | Representative |
C. | Assistant |
D. | Administrator |
Answer» B. Representative |
85. |
There were ------- medical colleges in the country in 1857 |
A. | 5 |
B. | 3 |
C. | 9 |
D. | 7 |
Answer» B. 3 |
86. |
Who was the governor general in 1882? |
A. | Mayo |
B. | Ripon |
C. | Lytton |
D. | Canning |
Answer» B. Ripon |
87. |
When did Queen Victoria assume the title of the Empress of India? |
A. | 1872 |
B. | 1878 |
C. | 1876 |
D. | 1880 |
Answer» C. 1876 |
88. |
Who wrote the book, the Discovery of India? |
A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
B. | Gandhi |
C. | Nehru |
D. | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
Answer» C. Nehru |
89. |
The revolt of 1857 mainly remained confined to ------- India |
A. | Eastern &Southern |
B. | Western &Eastern |
C. | Northern& Central |
D. | Southern & Coastal |
Answer» C. Northern& Central |
90. |
The Act of 1861 increased the strength of viceroy’s council to |
A. | 65 |
B. | 9 |
C. | 13 |
D. | 5 |
Answer» D. 5 |
91. |
With whose help did Lakshmibhai capture Gwalior |
A. | Dundee Khan |
B. | Azimullah |
C. | Tantia Tope |
D. | Khan Bahadur |
Answer» C. Tantia Tope |
92. |
Who wrote the book Topics for Indian States Man? |
A. | P.E. Robert |
B. | J.B.Norton |
C. | N.A. Smith |
D. | John Mill |
Answer» B. J.B.Norton |
93. |
When was an Inam commission established? |
A. | 1855 |
B. | 1856 |
C. | 1852 |
D. | 1854 |
Answer» C. 1852 |
94. |
Who was the head of the East India Company in 1857? |
A. | R.D.Mangle |
B. | Charles Peterson |
C. | James Duff |
D. | Thomas Patterson |
Answer» A. R.D.Mangle |
95. |
When was the congress socialist party formed? |
A. | 1934 |
B. | 1936 |
C. | 1932 |
D. | 1933 |
Answer» A. 1934 |
96. |
Where was the swaraj party formed in March, 1923? |
A. | Bombay |
B. | Lucknow |
C. | Madrass |
D. | Allahabad |
Answer» D. Allahabad |
97. |
Siddhu, kanhu, chand, Bhareo were the leaders of --------- uprising |
A. | gond |
B. | Koli |
C. | Kol |
D. | Santhal |
Answer» D. Santhal |
98. |
Which British officer was given special command to suppress the santhals |
A. | Capt Best |
B. | Colonel Gough |
C. | Colonel Bird |
D. | Gen. Nicholson |
Answer» C. Colonel Bird |
99. |
When did the armed rebellion of the santhals take place? |
A. | 1855-56 |
B. | 1854 |
C. | 1864 |
D. | 1852-54 |
Answer» A. 1855-56 |
100. |
Which kuka leader appointed subedars and Naib Subedars |
A. | Ram Singh |
B. | Shyam Behari |
C. | Dena Ram |
D. | Har charan singh |
Answer» A. Ram Singh |
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