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The Revolt of 1857 was started by Who started the first English newspaper in India?
A. The sepoys A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. The zamindars B. Raja Rammohan Roy
C. J.A. Hickey
C. The peasants
D. Lord William Bentinck
D. The plantations workers

Answer: A Answer: Option C

Which of the following treaties brought an end to the The English who twice served as President of the
independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao-II? Indian National Congress was
A. The Treaty of Purandhar A. George Yule
B. Convention of Wadgaon B. Sir William Wedderburn
C. Treaty of Bassein C. AO Hume
D. Treaty of Salbai D. Mrs Annie Besant

Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

Champaran Satyagraha was in __________ Who among the following initiated the Kheda
A. Gujarat Satyagraha?
B. Bombay A. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Bihar B. Mohanlal Pandya
D. Madras C. Sardar Patel
D. Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
The first General Secretary of the Indian National
Congress was Name three important forms of Satyagraha
A. Dadabhai Naoroji A. Non-cooperation civil disobedience and boycott
B. George Yule B. Boycott civil disobedience and rebellion
C.A.O. Hume
C. Non-cooperation revolution and referendum
D. Badruddin Tayyabji
D. Revolution plebiscite and boycott

Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

The main cause for the Instant popularity of the Arya The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any
Samaj was that State in India was
A. It represented the purified form of Hinduism A. Nandini Satpathy
B. It supported and worded for the cause of western B. Dr. J. Jayalalitha
education C. Sucheta Kripalani
C. It combined the opposition to the evil practices of D. Ms. Mayawati
Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the
superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought
over all other faiths Answer: Option C
D. It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas
The immediate forerunner of the Indian National
congress was
Answer: Option C A. Indian Association of Calcutta
B. Indian National Conference
The revolt of 1857 had its beginning in C. British India association
A. Meerut D. Indian Union
B. Plassey
C. Madras Answer: Option B
D. Bombay
Which of the following provision was not included in
Answer: A the Nehru Report?
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A. India must be given Dominion status C. II and III only
B. The Governor General must be only the D. II III and IV
constitutional head
C. There was to be no separate electorate Answer: Option D
D. Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as
well as provinces Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 decided to launch a nation
wide satyagraha against the proposed __________
Answer: Option D A. Simon Commission
B. Rowlatt Act
Which of the following reasons can be attributed to the C. Salt Act
success of Ramakrishna mission? D. Pitt’s India Act
A. Focused mainly on teachings of Upanishads and
Vedas Answer: Option B
B. Popularized the saying” for our own motherland a
junction of both Hinduism and Islam is necessary” Who was the President of Indian National congress
C. Though a religious body never considered itself as a when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was
sect of Hinduism accepted?
D. Worked for upliftment of depressed classes A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Sardar Patel
Answer: Option C C. Maulana Azad
D. Kripalani
‘Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was
declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress Answer: Option D
in its session of
A. Lucknow 1916 Who is regarded as as the ‘father of modern India’
B. Lahore 1929 A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Tripuri 1939 B. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
D. Lahore 1940 C. Sri Aurobindo
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
A. The spirit of rebellion in Indian was crushed The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
B. The British became totally demoralized A. of superior resources of the British empire
C. The British abandoned their repressive policies B. it was poorly organised and the rebels had no
D. Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims common ideal
C. it had very little nationalist sentiment
Answer: Option D
D. it was localised restricted and scattered
Who is the author of Vande Mataram?
Answer: Option B
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Rabindranath Tagore
In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress
C. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
was founded, AO Hume acted as its
D. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
A. President
B. Vice-President
Answer: Option C C. General Secretary
D. Member of the Working Committee
Which of the following statements regarding Gyana
Prasarak Mandalis or student literary and scientific
Answer: Option C
societies is / are correct?,I. Formed by common people
to educate youth,II. Had two branches Marathi and
Which of the following committee and act is associated
Guajarati,III. Aimed to start schools for girls.,IV.
Organized lectures to propagate their ideas with the Sedition act?
A. I and II only A. Rowlatt Committee
B. I III and IV only B. Muddiman Committee
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C. Butler Committee Answer: Option C
D. Both A ; B
Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
Answer: Option A A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Bipin Chandra Pal
The most Important feature of the Government of C. Dada Bhai Naoroji
India Act of 1919 was D. Madan Mohan Malviya
A. enlargement of Indian Councils
B. provision for direct election Answer: Option B
C. dyarchy in the Provinces
D. All the above Muslim communalism was lent an impetus by the
activities of
Answer: Option D A. Ashfaqullah
B. Liaqat Hussain
Which Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923? C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
A. Salt Satyagraha D. Sayyid Ahmad Khan
B. Individual Satyagraha
C. Ryots Satyagraha Answer: Option D
D. Flag Satyagraha
The Indian National Congress had been formed with
Answer: Option D the knowledge and approval of Lord
A. Dufferin
Who was the first Governor General of India? B. Mountbatten
A. Warren Hastings C. Ripon
D. Curzon
B. William Bentick
C. Lord Delhousie
D. Lord Canning Answer: Option A

Answer: Option B The first Viceroy of India was

A. Lord Canning
Which of the following leader was not present in the B. Lord Hardinge
very first meeting of Indian National Congress? C. Lord Dalhousie
A. Dadabhai Naoroji D. Lord Elgin
B. Kashinath Trimbak Telang
C. Pherozeshah Mehta Answer: Option A
D. Surendranath Banerjee
After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British
Answer: Option D capital had been invested in
A. Tea Plantations
Who is the author of the book “The First Indian War of B. The Railways
Independence- 1857-59”?
C. Coal Mining
A. Karl Marx
B. Syed Ahmad Khan D. Jute Mills
C. R. Mazumdar
D. S. N. Sen Answer: Option B

The India Independence Bill was first presented in the

Answer: Option A House of Commons in London on
A. August 101947
Who was the first Governor General of Bengal? B. August 11947
A. Robert Clive C. July 141947
B. William Bentinck D. July 41947
C. Warren Hasting
D. Col. Sanders Answer: Option D

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Who threw two bombs on the Door of the Central Answer: Option C
Assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929?
A. Bhagat Singh Who composed the song “Sare Jahan Se Achha
B. Batukeshwar Dutt Hindostan Hamara”?
C. Raj Guru A. Mohammed Iqbal
D. Both (a) and (b) above B. Josh Malihabadi
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Chandra Shekhar Azad
Answer: Option D

Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking Answer: Option A

caste rules was founded in which of the following
places During the first Carnatic War, the French Governor-
A. Maharashtra General of Pondicherry was
B. Kerala A. La Bourdonnais
C. Tamil Nadu B. Captain Paradise
D. Gujarat C. Dupleix
D. Count-de-Lally
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
The British Governor General and Viceroy who served
for the longest period in India was Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was an important
A. Lord Irwin Hindu religious scholar, reformer, and founder of the
B. Lord Dalhousie __________
C. Lord Curzon A. Arya Samaj
D. Lord Linlithgow B. Brahma Samaj
C. Ramakrishna Mission
Answer: Option B D. Theosophical society

The first plans for an Indian railway system was made Answer: Option A
by
A. Minto Aravippuram movement which is considered as a
B. Amherst precursor to all south Indian socio religious reform
C. Hardinge movement started in which of the following places?
D. Cornwallis A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
Answer: Option C C. Andra Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Which of the following is/are correct issues related to
the Raja Rammohan Roy?, I. Abolition of Sati, II. Answer: Option B
Abolition of Child marriage, III. Widow Remarriage
A. I Only The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra
B. I II and III Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under
C. I and II the title of
D. II and III A. Jay He
B. Rashtra Jagriti
Answer: Option A C. Bharat Vidhata
D. Matribhoomi
The main purpose of Brahmo Samaj for which it was
set up are Answer: Option C
A. Purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism
B. Criticize social evils oppose idolatry and emphasize Gokhale was born in a Marathi Brahmin family at
human dignity __________
C. Both A and B A. Ratnagiri
D. None of the above B. Poona

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C. Allahabad a) Succession issues in the Nizam's territory
D. Assam b) Succession issues in the Carnatic
c) Succession issues in Arcot
Answer: Option A d) Succession issues in Karnataka

Which of the following was annexed on the basis of Answer – A

Doctrine of Lapse?
The First Carnatic War ended with the:
a) Bengal a) Treaty of Wadgaon
b) Madras b) Treaty of Paris
c) Bombay c) Treaty of Aix-la-chapelle
d) Jhansi d) Treaty of Pondicherry
Answer – C
Answer – D
The First Carnatic War ended in:
Consider the following question: a) 1746
1. Lord Dalhousie annexed Satara in 1848 and Nagpur b) 1748
and Jhansi in 1854 by applying doctrine of Lapse. c) 1745
2. Dalhousie refused to recognize titles. d) 1740

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? Answer – B

a) Only 1
b) Only 2 Who was NOT a participent in the Carnatic?
c) Both 1 and 2 a) Nizam
d) None of the above b) French
c) British
Answer – C d) Marathas

The Third Carnatic War ended with Answer – D

a) The Treaty of Madras The chief British settlement in the Carnatic was
a) Arcot
b) Treaty of Pondicherry b) Madras
c) Gingee
c) Treaty of Wandiwash d) Masulipatam

d) Treaty of Paris Answer – B

Answer – D The Carnatic is:

a) Karnataka
How did the British and the French get involved? b) Central India
c) Western India
a) The British supported Nasir Jung, the new d) Coromandel Coast
Nizam and The French supported Muzaffar
Jung, the deposed Nizam Answer – D
b) The British supported Nasir Jung, the new
An echo of the Austrian war of succession was the
Nizam and The French supported Muzaffar
_________
Jung, the deposed Nizam
a) First Carnatic war
c) The British supported Chanda Sahib
b) Second Carnatic war
d) The French supported the Nawab of Arcot c) Third Carnatic war
d) None
Answer – A
Answer – A
The Second Carnatic War was a fallout of :
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 Answer: Option D

Which of the following pair leader associated with the Who is regarded as the father and founder of the
Revolt of 1857 is not correctly matched? Indian National Congress?
A. Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Khan Bahadur Khan : Bareilly B. SN Banerjee
C. Kunwar Singh : Bihar C. AO Hume
D. Bakht Khan : Delhi D. Pheroze Shah Mehta

Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

Which of the following is the Journal published in Who had scrapped the partition of Bengal?
Britain by the Committee of the Indian National A. Lord Hardinge
Congress? B. Lord Mountbatten
A. Calcutta Gazette C. Lord Lytton
B. India D. Lord Wellesley
C. Bengal Tribune
D. Calcutta Tribune
Answer: Option A

Answer: Option B The Prime causes of the 1857 mutiny did not include
A. The new system of education
To whom is the statement “Cowardice and ahimsa do B. The Widow Remarriage Act
not go together any more than water and fire” C. The despatch of Indian Sepoys to Afghanistan
attributed? D. Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians
A. Acharya Narendra Dev and the British
B. M K Gandhi
C. Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Option D
D. Jayaprakash Narayan
I. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the “Calcutta
Answer: Option B Unitarian Committee”.,

The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 II. Social Service League was established by Mahadeo
was transfered to power from Govind Ranade.,
A. East India Company to the British Crown
B. British Crown to the East India Company III. Deccan Education Society was founded by Gopal
C. East India Company to the Governor General
Krishna Gokhale.,
D. British Crown to the Board of Directors
IV. Annie Besant started the Central Hindu School.,
Answer: Option A
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct with
Charles wood’s despatch deals with which of the reference to the reformers & leaders of India’s
following issues? Struggle for Independence?
A. Child marriages A. I II ; IV
B. Female education
B. I ; IV
C. Abolition of sati
D. Female infanticide C. II ; III
D. III Only

Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

Who among the following British Officials suppressed Who of the following was associated with the
the Revolt of Jhansi? publication of a large number of weeklies and dailies
A. Colin Campbell such as Hindustan, Indian Union, Leader, Maryada,
B. Henry Havelock Kissan, Abhudaya etc.?
C. Henry Lawrence A. Motilal Nehru
D. Hugh Rose
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B. Jawaharlal Nehru Shree Narayana Guru was a great socio-religious
C. Madan Mohan Malaviya reformer of
D. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Option D
D. Karnataka
Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of
1857? Answer: Option A
A. Lord Canning
B. Lord Irwin Swami Dayananda had translated the __________ into
C. Lord Lytton Hindi
D. Lord Willington A. Rig Veda and Yajur Veda
B. Four Vedas
Answer: Option A C. Sama Veda and Atharva Veda
D. Sama Veda and Yajur Veda
Which of the following was not one of the historic
decisions of the Lahore Session (1929) of the Indian Answer: Option A
National Congress?
A. Decision to launch a programme of civil In which pact, warm relations were established
disobedience between “Garam dal” and Naram dal” the two groups
B. Complete independence (Poorna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian National Congress?
of the Indian National Congress A. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
C. Decision to observe January 26 as the Poorna Swaraj B. Lucknow Pact
Day C. Karachi agreement
D. To treat the communal problem as a national issue D. Lahore declaration

Answer: Option D Answer: Option B

When was Brahmo Samaj split? The first Swarajist Conference was held at
A. 1866 A. Ahmedabad
B. 1826 B. Allahabad
C. 1843 C. Madras
D. 1857 D. Bardoli

Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

Who established Narayana Gurukulam in 1923 in the Who founded the Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana
Nilgiri Hills with the blessings of Narayana Guru? Yogam?
A. Nataraja Guru A. Daya Nand Saraswati
B. Chattambi Swamikal B. Periyar Swami
C. T.K.Madhavan C. Narayan Guru
D. Dr.Palpu D. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

The first truly revolutionary organisation in Bengal By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
was A. By the Company
A. Anusilan Samiti
B. In the name of the Crown
B. Yugantar
C. Abhinava Bharata C. By a Board of Directors
D. Abhinava Bharat Society D. In the name of Governor-General of India

Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A

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The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
San Francisco USA by A. Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse
A. Madam Bhikaji Cama B. Lord Minto – India Councils Act 1909
C. Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
B. Lala Har Dayal
D. Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act 1878
C. Shyamji Krishana Verma
D. Both (a) and (b) above
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
Which of the following statement is not true about the
Who was the first English President of the Indian Indian National Congress?
National Congress? A. It was formed in 1885
A. George Yule B. All True
B. William Wedderburn C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
C. None D. Its founder Allan Octavian Hume was a retired
D. Henry Cotton British professor in India

Answer: Option A Answer: Option D

The Deccan Riots of 1874-75 in Maharashtra were After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the
directed against objective for which the leaders of the revolt worked
A. Big landlords was
B. Moneylenders A. to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire
C. Revenue collectors B. to form a Federation of Indian States under the aegis
D. British opium planters of Bhadur Shah II
C. elimination of foreign rule and return of the old
order
Answer: Option B D. each leader wanted to establish his own power in
his respective region
The first Indian who was elected to the leadership of
the Communist International was
A. SA Dange Answer: Option C
B. SS Joshi
C. MN Roy Who wrote the book ‘A Gift to monotheists’?
D. PC Joshi A. David Hare
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Mahadev Govind Ranade
Answer: Option C D. Ramkrishna Bhandarkar

What was the main inspiration for establishing

Theosophical Society? Answer: Option B
A. Tackling zamindars issue
B. Women’s education and their upliftment Who had founded the Deccan Educational Society?
C. Propagate Indian thought and culture there by A. Dadabhai Naoroji
revival of ancient religions of Hinduism B. CR Das
Zoroastrianism and Buddhism C. Swami Vivekananda
D. Work for depressed classes D. Mahadeva Govind Ranade

Answer: Option C Answer: Option D

The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between The Province of Bengal Constituted by the Act of 1935
A. Nehru and Ambedkar would cease to exist as per __________
A. The Cabinet Mission Plan
B. Gandhi and Ambedkar
B. Wavell’s Plan
C. Malaviya and Ambedkar C. The Indian Independence Act of 1947
D. Gandhi and Nehru D. The Dikie Bird Plan

Answer: Option B
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Answer: Option C The Indian Independence Act was passed in
A. 18 July 1947
Which of the following is not true about Bal Gangadhar B. 01 August 1947
Tilak?
C. 01 June 1947
A. He wrote ‘Gita Rahasya’
B. He started Ganpati Festval in 1893 D. 01 September 1947
C. He launched a newspaper ‘Kesari’ in English
D. He started home rule league in 1916 Answer: Option A

Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi at

Answer: Option C A. Bombay
B. Calcutta
Which of the following national leaders did not C. Gujarat
defended soldiers of the Indian National Army in 1945 D. Poona
case dealing with trial?
A. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru Answer: Option A
B. Bhula Bhai Desai
C. Rajagopalachari Which of the following statements is not correct?
D. Jawaharlal Nehru ,Provision was made In the Act of 1935 for
A. The Central Subjects
Answer: Option C B. Provincial Subjects
C. Concurrent Lists
The All India Muslim League was founded in December D. A List of Subjects for Princely States
1906 at
A. Karachi Answer: Option D
B. Dacca
C. Calcutta Which of the following leader is correctly matched
D. Aligarh with their association/party/ books/ newspaper?
A. Devendranath Tagore: Young India
Answer: Option B B. Rabindranath Tagore: Patrika
C. M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali
What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement D. G. Tilak: Kesari
which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the
Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP? Answer: Option D
A. To oust the British from India
B. To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the
partition of Bengal was visualised by
in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
A. Surendra Nath Bennerjee
C. To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim B. BC Pal
society C. Aurobindo Ghose
D. To organise the Muslims into a nationalist D. Rash Behari Bose
community
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo
Which of the following were the main aims of
farmers was observed at
Satyashodhak Samaj?,I. Social service,II. Spread of
education among women and lower caste,III. Complete A. Champaran
abolition of caste system and inequalities B. ChauriChaura
A. Only II C. Bardoli
B. I and II D. Sabarmati
C. II and III
D. All of the above Answer: Option A

Answer: Option D Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian
National congress?
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A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah A. Regulating Act, 1773
B. Badruddin Tyabji
C. Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan B. Pitt’s India Act of 1784
D. Abul Kalam Azad
C. Charter Act of 1793
Answer: Option B
D. Charter Act of 1813
The fourth __________War was of short duration and
decisive and ended with Tipu’s death on May 4, 1799 Ans: C
A. Anglo-Mysore
B. French- Mysore War Which of the following British Act envisages the
C. Maratha -Mysore war Parliamentary system of Government?
D. Nyzam-Mysore War
A. Charter Act of 1793
Answer: Option A
B. Charter Act of 1813
Sathya Shodak Samaj also called truth seekers society
was started by which of the following reformers? C. Charter Act of 1833
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B. Jyotiba Phule
D. Charter Act of 1853
C. Dayananda Saraswathi
D. Shiv Narain Agnihotri
Ans: D

Answer: Option B Which of the following British Act introduces Indian

Civil Service as an open competition?
Which of the following Act of British India designated
the Governor-General of Bengal? A. Charter Act of 1793

A. Regulating Act, 1773 B. Charter Act of 1813

B. Pitt’s India Act of 1784 C. Charter Act of 1833

C. Charter Act of 1793 D. Charter Act of 1853

D. Charter Act of 1813 Ans: D

Ans: A Consider the following statement (s) is/are related to

the Charter Act of 1833.
Which of the following Act of British India provided for
the establishment of a Supreme Court at Calcutta? I. It allowed missionaries for spreading the
Christianity in India.
A. Regulating Act, 1773
II. It made British East India Company as an
B. Pitt’s India Act of 1784 administrative body.

C. Charter Act of 1793 Code:

D. Charter Act of 1813 A. Only I

Ans: A B. Only II

Which of the following British Act gave exclusive trade C. Both I and II
privileges to the British East India Company?
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D. Neither I nor II B. Lord William Bentinck

Ans: B C. Lord Mayo

Consider the following. D. Robert Clive

I. The office of Governor-General of Bengal replaced Ans: A

with the Governor-General of India.
Who said that the congress is tottering to its fall, and
II. Lord William Bentinck became the “First Governor one of my great ambitions, while in India, is to assist it
General of British India”. to a peaceful demise?
A. Lord Curzon
Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct about B. Lord Dufferin
the main features of The Charter Act of 1833? C. Lord Minto
D. None of these
A. Only I
Answer: Option A
B. Only II
During the Second World War Churchill replaced
__________ as Prime Minister of England
C. Both I and II
A. Chamberlain
B. Attlee
D. Neither I nor II C. Disraeli
D. Asquith
Ans: C

Answer: Option A
Assertion (A): Pitt’s India Act of 1784 distinguished
between the commercial and political functions of the
As per ‘August Offer 1940’ the Constitution of India
British East India Company.
would be drawn by
A. House of Commons
Reason (R): Pitt’s India Act of 1784 allowed the Court B. House of Lords
of Directors to manage the commercial affairs but C. Princely States
created a new body called Board of Control to manage D. Indians
the political affairs. Thus, it established a system of
double government.
Answer: Option D
Codes:
As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries
of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct
determined by
explanation of A
A. The National Congress
B. The Muslim League
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct C. The Award of a Boundary Commission
explanation of A D. The People living in those boundary areas

C. A is true but R is false

Answer: Option C
D. Both A & R is not true
The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the
__________ decision to partition Bengal
Ans: A A. French
B. British
Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal? C. Dutch
D. Portuguese
A. Lord Warren Hastings
Answer: Option B

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Who is called as the ‘Prophet of New India’? a) First Carnatic war
A. Dayanand Saraswati b) Second Carnatic war
B. Sri Ramkrishna c) Third Carnatic war
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) None
D. Swami Vivekananda
Answer – B
Answer: Option B
Arcot was the capital of
The youngest President of the Indian National
Congress, who held that office at the age of 35, was a) Carnatic
A. Jawaharlal Nehru b) Bombay
B. Subhash Chandra Bose c) Mahe
C. Annie Besant d) None
D. Abul Kalam Azad
Answer – A
Answer: Option D
The Second Carnatic war was fought between
‘Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the
Indigo planters was written by a) 1745-50
A. Dinbandhu Mitra b) 1749-1754
B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee c) 1751-1754
C. Rabindranath Tagore d) None of the above
D. Naveen Chandra Sen
Answer - B
Answer: Option A
The first Carnatic War between the French and the
English took place between:
Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by
a) 1646 and 1648
the Independence Act?
b) 1546 and 1548
A. East Bengal
c) 1446 and 1448
B. The West Punjab
d) 1740 and 1748
C. Sind
D. West Bengal
Answer – D

Answer: Option D The first European to arrive in India using the sea
route was ?
Which of the following statement regarding Henry A. Vasco da Gama
Vivian Derozio are correct?, B. Selukas Niketar
C. Columbus
I. He is an Anglo-Indian, D. Zamorin

II. Was called first nationalist poet of modern India, Correct Answer: [A] Vasco da Gama

III. He taught at Hindu college and was later removed The English East India Company was established in the
because of his radicalism year ?
A. 1600
A. Only I
B. 1608
B. Only I and II C. 1613
C. Only II and III D. 1664
D. All the above
Correct Answer: [A] 1600
Answer: Option D
Which of the following trading companies was the
The Treaty of Pondichery brought the first one to trade by sea route in India?
_____________Carnatic war to an end A. Portuguese
B. Danish
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C. Britishers The privileges of free trade rights were granted to the
D. Dutch English East India Company in 1717 by the Mughal
Emperor ?
Answer: A Portuguese A. Bahadur Shah
B. Shahjahan
At which place first french company was set up? C. Jahangir
A. Masulipatnam D. Farrukh-Siyar
B. Nagapattinam
C. Surat Correct Answer: [D] Farrukh-Siyar
D. Midnapore
Between Dutch and Whom, the Battle of Bedara was
Answer: C Surat fought?
A. French
During the time of formation of the French East India B. Britishers
Company who was the king? C. Danes
A. Louis XIV D. Portuguese
B. Colbert
C. Elizabeth I Answer: B Britishers
D. James I
Where did the Dutch Mint their coin Pagoda?
Answer: A Louis XIV A. Masulipatnam
B. Nagapattinam
English East India Company established their first C. Surat
factory in ? D. Chandragiri
A. Goa
B. Surat Answer: D Chandragiri
C. Bombay
D. Masulipatnam When was the Battle of Bedara fought?
A. 1759
Correct Answer: [B] Surat B. 1851
C. 1771
Fort Saint George, the first fort built by the British in D. 1733
India was located at ?
A. Goa Answer: A 1759
B. Kolkata
C. Bombay Chandra Shekhar Azad was __________ of the Hindustan
D. Madras Socialist Republican Army
A. President
Correct Answer: [D] Madras B. Secretary
C. Commander-in-Chief
Who among the following was the last East India D. Field Marshal
company to be formed ?
A. British East India Company
Answer: Option C
B. Dutch East India Company
C. Portuguese East India Company
Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose
D. French East India Company
after he came out of Indian National Congress?
A. Indian National Army
Correct Answer: [D] French East India Company
B. Republican party
C. Forward Bloc
Joseph Francois Dupleix belonged to ?
D. Socialist Party
A. British East India Company
B. Dutch East India Company
C. Portuguese East India Company Answer: Option C
D. French East India Company
When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established?
Correct Answer: [D] French East India Company A. 1829
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C. 1858 Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half
D. 1853 naked Fakir”?
A. Winston Churchill
B. Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Option B
C. Lord Wavell
D. Lord Lirrlithgow
The first Carnatic War in India was an extension of the
Anglo-French War in
A. Canada Answer: Option A
B. Europe
C. Africa The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry
D. America and set up an ashram there, was
A. Lokmanya TiIak
Answer: Option B B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. Bhikaji Cama
Who was advocated of the famous INA Trials? D. Sri Aurobindo Ghose
A. Bhulabhai Desai
B. Asaf Ali Answer: Option D
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Rajagopalachari Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
A. Munro and Charles Reed
Answer: Option A B. Lord Cornwallis
C. John shore
In which year did the Indian National Congress split D. None of these
between moderates and extremists?
A. 1907 Answer: Option A
B. 1908
C. 1909 The system of civil services had been introduced into
D. 1910 India by
A. Lord Ripon
Answer: Option A B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Lord Bentick
Arrange the following historical events in the D. Lord Hastings
chronological order of their occurrence.,
I. Champaran Satyagraha, Answer: Option C
II. Partition of Bengal,
III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Which of the following leader who presided All India
A. I II III Congress Committee session on 9th August?
B. II III I
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. II I III
D. I III II B. Aruna Asif Ali
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Annie Besant
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
Who had stated with regard to the formation and
raison d’etre of the Indian National Congress, a safety
Which of the following was not one of the techniques
valve for the escape of great and growing forces
of ‘Satyagraha’ advocated by Mahatama Gandhi?
generated by our own action was urgently needed?
A. Ahimsa
A. Lord Curzon
B. Fasting
B. M A Jinnah
C. Civil Disobedience
C. Annie Beasnt
D. Non-Cooperation
D. AO Hume

Answer: Option A
Answer: Option D

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On Cabinet Mission, __________ observed, the proposals C. William Wedderburn
preserve the essential unity of India which la D. Thomas Roe
threatened by
the dispute between two major communities Answer: A Francis Day
A. Lord Wavell
B. Nehru In which year did Sir Thomas Roe visit the court of
C. Patel Jahangir?
D. Mahatma Gandhi A. 1610
B. 1611
C. 1615
Answer: Option A
D. 1620
Which of the following is not correct about Prarthana
Answer: C 1615
Samaj?
A. The Prarthana Samaj was founded in Bombay
Which England King married Portuguese Queen
in1867
Catherine?
B. The Prarthana Samaj was founded by Athmaram
A. Charles I
panduranga (with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen)
B. Charles II
C. The main aim behind the establishment of the
C. James I
Prarthana Samaj was to make people believe in one
D. James II
God and worship only one God
D. This society was against the widow remarriage
Answer: B Charles II

Answer: Option D Peace treaty of ‘Aix-la-Chapelle’ was signed between

the British and ?
What was the name of the British ship that arrived at A. Portuguese
Surat headed by William Hawkins? B. Mughals
A. Hector C. Dutches
B. HMS Abergavenny D. French
C. Red Dragon
D. Amsterdam Correct Answer: [D] French

Answer: A Hector
The English East India Company was formed by a
Who headed the first British ship hector that arrived group of merchants known as the ______ in 1600 AD.
at Surat port?
A. William Hawkins A. Merchant Adventures
B. Thomas Roe
C. John Mildenhall
B. English Trader
D. William Carey

Answer: A William Hawkins C. Duke Trading Community

Between which two companies Battle of Swally was D. Cox & King
fought?
A. British and Dutch Ans: A Merchant Adventures
B. British and French
C. Portuguese and British
D. French and Dutch Who among the following European forced to sell all
their settlements in India to the British?
Answer: C Portuguese and British
A. Dutch
Which of the following person get Madras on lease by
the King of Chandragiri?
A. Francis Day B. Portuguese
B. William Carey
C. Danish

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D. French C. Plague
D. Fresh assessment of land
Ans: C Danish
Answer: Option A
Which of the following is not true about the Muslim
League? Gurudevan participated in the anniversary of the Sree
A. It was established by the Nawab Salimullah Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam held at
B. It was established in Calcutta in 1906 Palluruthy in__________
C. The league supported the partition on Bengal A. 1913
D. The league opposed the Swadeshi movement B. 1917
C. 1927
Answer: Option B D. 1948

Which of the following statement is related with the Answer: Option C

provision of the Charter Act of 1833?
A. Allowed the Company’s monopoly of tea trade and When did the Cripps Mission, which had practically
trade with China repeated the August Offer 1940 visit India?
B. Put an end to the Company’s tea trade and trade A. 1941
with China B. 1942
C. Has not interfered with Company’s tea trade and C. 1943
trade with China D. 1944
D. Allowed the Company’s monopoly of tea trade and
trade with China for ten years
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B Given below are the names of prominent leaders and
their respective operational areas during the the
The swadeshi movement in Bengal started on __________
A. 1902 revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
B. 1905 A. Rani Laxmibai – Indore
C. 1908 B. Khan Bahadur Khan – RuhelKhand
D. 1909 C. Kunwar Singh – Sahabad
D. Nana Saheb – Kanpur
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
India attained ‘Dominion status’ on
A. 15th January 1947 At what amount of rent did Charles II lend the
B. 15th August 1947 Bombay to East India Company?
C. 15th August 1950 A. 30 pounds
D. 15th October 1947 B. 10 pounds
C. 20 pounds
D. 50 pounds
Answer: Option B
Answer: B 10 pounds
Which of the following are the paths chosen by
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa towards salvation When was the French European company created?
A. Gyana marg A. 1668
B. Belief in one single god monotheism B. 1605
C. 1613
C. Vedas and Upanishads are the only way to salvation
D. 1664
D. Renunciation meditation and devotion Answer: D 1664
Answer: Option D
Who among the following introduced Zamindari
Champaran Satyagraha was related to System in India through Permanent Settlement Act in
A. Indigo 1793 AD?
B. Mill-owners

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A. Lord Cornwallis B. RC Dutta

B. Thomas Munro C. Jadunath Sarkar

C. Warren Hasting D. None of the above

D. Lord Macaulay Ans: A

Ans: A Which of the following book was written by Dadabhai

Naoroji?
Who among the following introduced Ryotwari System
in India? A. Economic History of India

A. Lord Cornwallis B. Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India

B. Thomas Munro C. India and its Economy during British

C. Warren Hasting D. All of the above

D. Lord Wellesley Ans: B

Ans: B The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow was led by

A. Wajid Ali Shah
Mahalwari system was introduced in 1833 during the B. Begum Hazrat Mahal
period of_________________. C. Asaf-ud-daula
D. Begum Zeenat Mahal
A. William Bentick
Answer: Option B
B. Thomas Munro
When did M.K Gandhi suspend non cooperation
movement after the violent act of peasants at Police
C. Warren Hasting
station of Chauri Chaura, near Gorakhpur in UP?
A. Feb 1922
D. Lord Wellesley B. Mar 1922
C. Jan 1920
Ans: A D. Feb 1920

In which year the East India Company acquired the

Answer: Option A
'Diwani of Bengal'?

A. 1764 AD
The first definite and forceful expression of the
concept of a separate homeland for the Muslims came
B. 1765 AD
from (or the Catcher of the idea of Pakistan was)
A. Sir Mohammad Iqbal
C. 1766 AD
B. Rahmat Ali
D. 1767 AD C. M A Jinnah
D. Liaqat Ali
Ans: B
Answer: Option A
Who among the following first cited the 'Drain of The Home Rule Society, popularly called ‘India House’ ,
Wealth' in his book? had been established in London to promote the cause
of Indian independence, by
A. Dadabhai Naoroji A. Lala Hardayal
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B. Madan Lal Dhingra D. Neither I nor II
C. Shyamji Krishna Varma
D. V D Savarkar Ans: D

Answer: Option C Consider the following

From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the I. Modified version of Zamindari settlement
Individual Satyagraha in 1940? introduced in the Ganga valley, NWFP, parts of Central
A. Nadiad in Gujrat India & Punjab which was introduced in 1822.
B. Pavnar in Maharashtra
C. Adyar in Tamil Nadu II. In this system Revenue settlement was to be made
by village or estates with landlords.
D. Guntur in Andhra Pradesh

Answer: Option B Which of the above statement (s) is/are related to the
mahalwari Settlement?
Which of the following statement is not correct?
A. Rajaram Mohan Rai set up Brahmo Sabha in 1828 A. Only I
B. Brahmo Sabha forbade idol-worship and discarded
meaningless rites and rituals B. Only II
C. Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child
marriage C. Both I & II
D. Sati Pratha was abolished in 1829
D. Neither I nor II
Answer: Option C
Ans: C
Where was the Permanent Settlement firstly
introduced? Consider the following

A. Orissa (Odisha) and Bengal I. Major areas of introduction include Madras, Bombay,
and parts of Assam and Coorgh provinces of British
B. Orissa (Odisha) and Andhra Pradesh India.

C. Bengal and Bihar II. In Ryotwari System the ownership rights were
handed over to the peasants. British Government
collected taxes directly from the peasants.
D. Orissa (Odisha) and Bihar

Ans: C Which of the above statement (s) is/are related to the

Ryotwari Settlement?
Consider the following
A. Only I
I. Introduced in Bombay and Madras. Munro and
B. Only II
Charles Reed recommended its introduction in 1820.

C. Both I & II
II. It was based on the scientific rent theory of Ricardo.

Which of the above statement (s) is/are related to the D. Neither I nor II
Permanent Settlement?
Ans: C
A. Only I
Which of the following statements reflects the
condition of the agricultural sector in India during
B. Only II
British rule?
C. Both I & II
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a. The agricultural sector experienced huge stagnation b) The landowner was made the owner of the
and deterioration because of the drain of India’s land
wealth c) Zamindar gave 80% of the total tax to the
British and kept 20%.
b. The agricultural sector experienced huge stagnation d) Before independence, this practice was
and deterioration because of the land tenure system applicable to 19% of India's land

c. The agricultural sector experienced huge stagnation Ans. c

and deterioration because of the decline of handicrafts
In which two places Mahalwari system was started?
d. None of the above
a) Punjab and Haryana
Answer: b b) Bengal and Bihar
c) Agra and Awadh
Which of the following was the main interest of the d) Maharashtra and Jammu Kashmir
zamindar during the British rule in India?
Ans. c
a. The main interest of the zamindar was
to produce cash crops In which year salt Satyagraha took place?
b. The main interest of the zamindar was A. 1929
to collect rent from the farmers B. 1930
C. 1931
c. The main interest of the zamindar was D. 1932
to improve the condition of the
agricultural sector
Answer: Option B
d. The main interest of the zamindar was
to produce food crops
The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e.
Answer: b Muslim women in particular
A. Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and
ways of thought and behavior
What was the policy of British rulers in India for
B. Removal of purdah and spread of education
industrialisation?
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
a. The British rulers wanted to make
India an importer of both primary and
finished goods Answer: Option C
b. The British rulers wanted to make
“Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
India an exporter of both primary and
A. Mahatma Gandhi
finished goods
B. Sree Narayana Guru
c. The British rulers wanted to make C. Chattambi Swamikal
India an importer of primary goods D. Tilak
from Britain and an exporter of
finished goods to Britain
Answer: Option A
d. The British rulers wanted to make
India an exporter of primary goods to After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of ‘Sardar’ to
Britain and an importer of finished Vallabhbhai Patel was given by
goods from Britain A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Motilal Nehru
Answer: d
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Which of the following statements is not true about the
Zamindari system?
Answer: Option C
a) It was first implemented in Bengal
The 1857 revolt did not acquire much intensity in
A. Delhi
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B. Awadh a) Ryotwari system: Karnataka
C. Bombay b) Zamindari system: Bengal, Bihar, Uttar
D. The Chambal Region Pradesh
c) Mahalwari system: Awadh
d) Operation Barga: West Bengal
Answer: Option C

The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Ans. a

Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at
its session held at Land reform is covered under......
A. Karachi
B. Allahabad a) Central list
C. Lahore b) State list
D. Calcutta c) Concurrent list
d) None of the above
Answer: Option C
Ans. b
The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by
A. Rajendra Prasad Which state initiated the eradication of Zamindari
B. Mahatma Gandhi system?
C. Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Morarji Desai a) Bihar
b) Bengal
c) Maharashtra
Answer: Option C
d) Uttar Pradesh
Which of the following leader was not associated with
extremist leadership of Indian National Congress? Ans. D
A. Lokmanya Tilak
B. Aurobindo Ghosh Which of the following statements about Baba
C. Lala Lajpat Rai Ramchandra was correct ?
D. O. Hume
a) Peasants in Awadh were led by him as a part of
non-cooperation movement.
Answer: Option D b) He had earlier been to Fiji islands as an
indentured labourer.
Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique c) All of the above.
of Satyagraha? d) He was associated with Oudh Kisan Sabha
A. Dandi Answer – C
B. Noakhali
C. England Consider the following statements associated with
D. South Africa Telangana Movement (1946-1951)
i) It was a non-violent movement by the peasants
Answer: Option D under the leadership of Communist Party of India
against the oppressive landlordism patronized by the
Which of the following ideas propagated through autocratic rule of Nizam of Hyderabad
Ramakrishna Mission?,I. Social and religious reform,II. ii) During that time, peasants were subjected to Vetti
Women education,III. Doctrine of service,IV. Service of system (Forced labour)
jiva and worship of Shiva Which of the above is/are correct?
A. Both I and II
B. II III and IV
C. III and IV a) Only i
D. I III and IV b) Both i and ii
c) Only ii
d) Neither i nor ii
Answer: Option D Answer – C

Which of the following is not matched correctly?

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There was a rebellion in the Malabar district in Kerala b. ii and iii only
by the peasants against their oppressive landlords as c. all of the above
well as the British government's crackdown on the d. none of the above
Khilafat movement. Answer – D

a) Moplah Consider the following statement regarding the Indigo

b) Supa revolt in India:
c) Rampa 1. Bankim Chandra Chatterji’s Anand Math
Answer – A vividly describes the atrocities on peasants
during the Indigo revolt.
Consider the following statements about the Moplah 2. The peasants, after being subdued, were
Rebellion or Malabar Rebellion: shipped off to Fiji as indentured labourers.
1. The Malabar Rebellion was an extended 3. The crash in the indigo prices occured due to
version of the Khilafat Movement in Kerala in the development of synthetic dyes by
1921. Germany.
2. The British forces were unable to suppress Which of the above statements is/are correct?
this movement till the end.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
a) Only 1 b) 2 and 3 only
b) Both 1 and 2 c) 3 only
c) None of the Above d) None of the above
d) Only 2 Answer – C
Answer – A
The Indigo revolt of the peasants in 1859-60 happened
In 19th century several rebellions broke out in in the state of _________.
Malabar. It was led by the _________ tenants and are
known as the _________ rebellions. a) Bengal
b) Andhra Pradesh
a) Mappila, Mappila c) Maharashtra
b) Faraizi, Faraizi d) Madhya Pradesh
c) Faraizi, Mappila Answer – A
d) Mappila, Faraizi
Answer – A The British government set up the Indigo Commission
in to investigate indigo cultivation in Bengal.
In 19th century several rebellions broke out in
___________. a) 1860
b) 1859
a) Mysore c) 1875
b) Calcutta d) 1870
c) Bombay Answer – A
d) Malabar
Answer – D The farmers in Champaran were forced to cultivate
Indigo. Their refusal to cultivate indigo in Champaran
Consider the following statements. culminated into which of the following?
i) The Ekka or unity movement was a peasant
movement against high rent, oppression of revenue a) Chipko Movement
collectors etc. b) Revolt of 1857
ii) Madaripasi was a prominent leader of the Ekka c) Civil Disobedience Movement
movement. d) Non-Cooperation Movement
iii) Gauri Shankar Mishra and Indra Narayan Dwivedi Answer – C
were instrumental in setting up KisanSabhas.
iv) These peasant movements were largely peaceful in Under which of the following systems “Indigo
nature. cultivators cultivated indigo in land controlled directly
Which of the above statement/s is are incorrect? by them”?

a. i and ii only a) Nij System

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 b) Ryoti System mill owners of the region.
c) Munro System 2. During this Satyagraha, Vallabhbhai Patel was given
d) Permanent Settlement System the title of 'Sardar'.
Answer – A Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

The Pabna agrarian leagues were formed in the state

of _________. a) Both 1 and 2
b) None of the above
a) Bengal c) Only 2
b) Rajasthan d) Only 1
c) Maharashtra Answer – C
d) Kerala
Answer – A The Eka movement was active in which of the
following regions?
The Deccan Riots of 1874-75 in Maharashtra were
directed against ____________. a) Deccan region
b) Eastern Bengal
a) Big landlords c) Madras Presidency
b) Moneylenders d) Northern districts of United provinces
c) Revenue collectors Answer – D
d) British opium planters
Answer – B The Eka Movement was organized against
___________________.
______ was the leader of the Kisan Sabha.
a) High rents and oppression by Thikadars
a) Baba Ramchandra b) Forced plantation of Indigo
b) N.G. Ranga c) British interference in their territory
c) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati d) Hindu landlords by Muslim laborers
d) Sane Guruji Answer – A
Answer – C
With reference to the Eka Movement of the early 20th
In which year was the Kisan Sabha formed? century, which among the following is / are correct
statements?
a) 1916 1. It was essentially a peasant struggle
b) 1918 2. It was supported by Congress and Khilafat leaders
c) 1919 3. The Reason was the oppression by Thekedar i.e.
d) 1917 High rents
Answer – B Code:

The Tebhaga Movement was led by the Provincial

Kisan Sabha. a) Only 1 & 2
b) Only 2 & 3
a) True c) Only 1 & 3
b) False d) 1, 2 & 3
Answer – A
Answer – D
The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by _____.
Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?
a) Rajendra Prasad A. Priority to be given to communal question
b) Mahatma Gandhi B. Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Morarji Desai C. Grant of Dominion Status
d) Vallabhbhai Patel D. Date of transfer of power
Answer – D
Answer: Option A
Consider the following statements regarding Bardoli
Satyagraha:
Who is called as “beacon of light of Asia”
1. It was against the withdrawal of plague bonus by the
A. Gautam Buddha
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B. Mahatma Gandhi Answer: Option D
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Abdul Gaffer khan
My strongest bulwark is gone lamented Mahatma
Gandhi on the death of
Answer: Option C A. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
B. Motilal Nehru
Which of the following statements best explains the C. Pheroze Shah Mehta
nature of revolt of 1857? D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
A. The last effort of the old political order to regain
power
Answer: Option D
B. Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
C. A struggle of the common people to overthrow
common rule Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of
D. An effort to establish a limited Indian nation Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place
A. Shah Alam II
B. Jahandar Shah
Answer: Option A
C. Bahadur Shah Zafar
D. Humayun
It is said that Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar’s
contribution to making of modern India is many sided.
Which of the following aspects contribute to it? Answer: Option C
A. Farmers and depressed class upliftment
B. New methodology of teaching Sanskrit
C. Uplifting downtrodden women abolishing child In which of the following years 26th January was
marriage widow re marriage celebrated as an independence day?
D. Both B and C A. 1930
B. 1929
C. 1942
Answer: Option D D. 1946

Who said that Indian National Congress is a ‘begging

institute’? Answer: Option A
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Bipin Chandra Pal Which of the following cannot be said to be a cardinal
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak principle of the theosophical society?
D. Aurobindo Ghosh A. It questioned the ancient philosophies that
dominated the Indian thinking
Answer: Option D B. Aimed Hindu spiritual wisdom through western
enlightenment
C. It believed in the existence of unique connections
As per Indian Independence Act, the suzerainty of His between god and every being
Majesty over the Indian State would come to an end on D. It believed in the possibility of reincarnation and
__________ karma
A. 15 August 1947
B. 14 August 1947
C. 15 August 1950 Answer: Option A
D. 26 January 1950
Which of the following event compel M.K Gandhi to
Answer: Option B withdraw the Nation’s cooperation from the British
Government?
A. Jallianwala massacre
Which among the following names is not associated B. Bhagat singh Hanging
with the theosophical society? C. Lathi charge
A. Col. Occolt D. All of the above
B. Madame Blavatsky
C. Annie Besant
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak Answer: Option A

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In 1883 Dayananda was invited by the Maharaja of B. Macaulay Commission
__________ to stay at his palace C. Vernacular Act
A. Uttar Pradesh D. Both A ; B
B. Kashmir
C. Gujarat
Answer: Option A
D. Jodhpur

Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian

Answer: Option D
Constitution?
A. The Constitution of China
When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated? B. The Constitution of USSR
A. 15th August 1947 C. The Constitution of USA
B. 4th July 1947 D. The Constitution of Japan
C. 16th August 1947
D. 14th August 1947
Answer: Option C

Answer: Option D
In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns,
Mahatma Gandhi did not participate directly?
A. Rajkot Satyagraha
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct B. Non-Cooperation Movement
related to the Indian National Congress? ,I. The Poorna C. Kheda Satyagraha
Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of D. Vaikom Satyagraha
the Congress held in December ,II. The Congress
Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930,
Answer: Option A
decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as
the Poorna Swarajya Day
A. Only I The Bengal Regulation Act of 1829 dealt with which of
B. Only II the following issues primarily
C. Both I and II A. Abolition of sati
D. Neither I nor II B. Female infanticide
C. Child marriages
D. Dowry prohibition
Answer: Option C

Answer: Option A
Where did Moplah revolt took place?
A. Bengal
B. Bihar
C. Uttar Pradesh Who told that Indian National Congress represents
D. Kerala only microscopic minorities?
A. Lord Curzon
B. Lord Dufferin
Answer: Option D
C. Lord Minto
D. None of these
Which of the following upheavals took place In Bengal
immediately after the revolt of 1857?
Answer: Option B
A. Santhal rebellion
B. Indigo disturbances
Arrange the following events in a correct sequence of
C. Sanyasi rebellion
Indian National Movement , I. Foundation of Indian
D. Pabna disturbances
National Congress, II. Simon Commission, III. Home
Rule Movement,IV. Cabinet Mission
Answer: Option B A. I III II IV
B. III I IV II
C. I II IV III
Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of
D. I IV III II
English Education in India”?
A. Wood’s Dispatch

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Answer: Option A The Arya Samaj is against
A. Existence of God
As per the Indian Independence Act of 1947, which of B. Rituals and idol-worship
the following did not form a part of Pakistan? C. Hinduism
A. East Bengal and the West Punjab D. Islam
B. Sind and British Baluchistan
C. The North West Frontier
Answer: Option B
D. Assam
The Dandi March undertaken by Gandhi was
Answer: Option D A. A routine March
B. A part of the Quit India Movement
In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had C. A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
been led by D. A demonstration of Congress power
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Option C
C. Aruna Asaf Ali
D. Dadabhai Naoroji
For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers
of the Salt satyagraha walk?
Answer: Option C A. 24
B. 36
When was the Non-Cooperation Movement got C. 12
momentum under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi D. 6
and the Indian National Congress?
A. 1920-1922
Answer: Option A
B. 1922-1924
C. 1987-1989
The Working Committee of the Congress passed the
D. 1990-1992
Quit India resolution on
A. July 14 1942
Answer: Option A B. August 10 1942
C. August 8 1942
Which of the following is considered as the main D. June 30 1942
reason for division of Brahmo Samaj?
A. Resolutely opposing Christian missionaries and
Answer: Option A
their work against Hinduism
B. Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and
Among the numerous followers of Gandhi’s
Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all
‘philosophy’ was/were
religions
A. Bertrand Russell
C. Lack of strong propagator of views
B. Marshal Tito
D. Opposition by people for disturbing traditional
C. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
caste practices like abolition of sati widow remarriage
D. All of the above
and women education

Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was
The famous ‘Ratings Mutiny’ (Revolt of a section of
associated with which of the following movements of
Indian soldiers serving in the Royal Indian Navy) in
the Indian National Congress?
Bombay in February 1946 was calmed down largely by
A. Extremist
the efforts of
B. Non-Cooperation
A. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Civil Disobedience
B. C Rajagopalachari
D. Quit India
C. Jawahar Lal Nehru
D. Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option D

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Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th Answer: Option A
century who provided inspiration to the Indian
National Movement were In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society
A. Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda founded?
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendra Nath Tagore A. 1905
C. MG Ranade and DK Karve B. 1908
D. Keshab Chandra Sen and Ishwar Chandra C. 1911
Vidyasagar D. 1914

Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

The actual name of Dayanand Saraawati, the founder As per the Act of 1919, the Council of India would
of the Arya Samaj was consist of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of __________
A. Daya Shankar members
B. Mula Shankar A. 15
C. Virjanand B. 12
D. Mool Chandra C. 10
D. 20
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
The All India Muslim league was founded by
A. Maulana Ahmed Ali When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the
B. Mohammad Ali Jinnah following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
C. Agha Khan A. Vinoba Bhave
D. Hakim Ajmal Khan B. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
C. Abbas Tayyabji
D. Maulana Abdul Kalarn Azad
Answer: Option C

Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested, during ‘Satyagrah’ Answer: Option C

in the year
A. 1906 Where was Narayana Guru born?
B. 1908 A. Kerala
C. 1913 B. Maharashtra
D. 1917 C. Bengal
D. Punjab
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
During the freedom struggle a parallel movement
launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by Khilafat Movement was organised by
the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, A. Jinnah
Travancore, etc.) was/were B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
A. State People’s Movement C. Ali Brothers
B. Praja Mandal Movement D. Agha Khan
C. Both (a) and (b) above
D. Swaraj Movement
Answer: Option C

Answer: Option C Who is the author of the book “Satyarth Prakash”?

A. Dayanand Saraswati
__________formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune? B. Rajaram Mohan Ray
A. Ramabai Saraswati C. Mahadev Govind Ranade
B. Swarnakumari Devi D. Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
C. Lord Chelmsford
D. Annie Besant
Answer: Option A

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At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the Answer: Option B
tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of
the Ravi at Lahore?
A. Mahatma Gandhi Which of the following statements about Mahatma
B. Subhas Bose Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?
C. Jawaharlal Nehru A. It denotes assertion of the power of the human soul
D. Motilal Nehru against social political and economic dominance
B. It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all
Answer: Option C injustice oppression and exploitation
C. It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in D. Mahatma Gandhi’s theory of Satayagraha was based
February 1922 on account of on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering
A. the Chauri Chaura incident
B. Hindu Muslim riots Answer: Option C
C. arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his imprisonment for
six years What was the role of Tatia Tope in 1857 mutiny?,I. He
D. all the above was commander-in-chief of the army of Nana Saheb,II.
He organized Bhils of Panchamahal region against the
Answer: Option A British,III. He helped Begum Hazrat Mahal to capture
Awadh
Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya A. II only
Samaj in 1875 at B. I and II only
A. Bombay C. II and III only
B. Lahore D. All of the above
C. Nagpur
D. Ahmadnagar Answer: Option B

Answer: Option A The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc.

in 19th century, India remained mainly localised
After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, because
Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on A. they were mainly directed against enhancement in
A. compromise with the British rent evictions usurious practices of moneylenders etc.
B. limited use of Violence B. the peasants had no leadership and organisation
C. constructive programme C. they grew out of local grievances
D. None of the above D. the big landlords were allies of the British

Answer: Option C Answer: Option C

When was the first Independence day unofficially The author of ‘A Nation in the Making’ was
celebrated before Independence? A. SN Banerjee
A. On 26th January 1929 B. Mahatma Gandhi
B. On 26th January 1931 C. Hume
C. On 26th January 1935 D. Tilak
D. On 26th January 1930
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option D
Who among the following controlled maximum trade
On October 16, 1905, when the partition of Bengal was in the western coastal region during 17th century?
enforced, the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, to A. Portuguese
emphasise the unity of Bengal, suggested the B. Dutch
programme of C. The house of Jagat Seth
A. singing Bande Mataram D. Mulla Abdul Gaffar
B. tying of Rakhi on each other’s wrists
C. composing of patriotic songs Answer: Option A
D. establishing national educational institutions
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Which of the following works taken up even after the A. Raja Rammohan Roy
decline of the movement? B. Keshub Chandra Sen
A. Fight for women’s rights and education C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B. Carry forward Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s tradition of D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
public education on social economic and political
questions
Answer: Option C
C. Took up farmers issues and fought for their better
treatment and against oppressive zamindars
Which of the following leader associated with Barout
D. All the above
in Uttar Pradesh during 1857 revolts?
A. Shah Mal
Answer: Option D B. Maulavi Ahamadullah Shah
C. Tatya Tope
Which of the following statements is not correct with D. Veer Kuwar Singh
reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle?
A. The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation
Answer: Option A
and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre
B. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc
C. Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Which of the following is not the part of Government of
Republican Socialist Association India Act, 1935
D. In 1931 the Congress Session at Karachi opposed
Gandhi-Irwin Pact (a) This act provided for setting up of the federation of
India comprising British Indian provinces.
Answer: Option D
(b) Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by
provincial autonomy.

The Bhoodan Movement had been started by (c) The post of Indian council of secretary of state for
A. M K Gandhi India made permanent.
B. Acharya Kripalani
C. Jayaprakash Narayan
D. Vinoba Bhave (d) The diarchy was introduced at the centre

Answer – C
Answer: Option D

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience

Which of the following act of India ensured the
Movement in 1930 from
partition of India?
A. Sabarmati Ashram
B. Ahmedabad
C. Porbandar (a) Government of India Act, 1909
D. Dandi
(b) Government of India Act, 1919

Answer: Option A
(c) Government of India Act, 1935
Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian
Dominion? (d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
A. Rajendra Prasad
B. Vallabhbhai Patel Answer – D
C. Rajagopalachari
D. Lord Mountbatten Which of the following Government of India Act
introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of
India?
Answer: Option D

The first lawful Hindu widow remarriage among upper (a) Government of India Act, 1909
castes in our country was celebrated under which of
the following reformer (b) Government of India Act, 1919

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(c) Government of India Act, 1935 (b) Lord William Bentinck was the first governor
general of India.
(d) None of these
(c) Pitt’s India Act, AD 1784, established the dual
Answer – B system of governance in India

Which of the following statement is not correct? (d) All of the above are wrong

(a) Morley – Minto reforms introduced the separate Answer – D

electorate for Muslims in India.
Which of the following act led to the introduction of
(b) Government of India act -1858 made the Governor dual system of government in India?
General of India is called the Viceroy.
(a) Pitt’s India Act, AD 1784
(c) The post of secretary of the state was created under
the Government of India act -1858. (b) The Regulating Act, AD 1773

(d) The recruitment for the civil services began on the (c) Charter Act, 1793 AD
basis of charter act of 1833
(d) Charter Act, 1813 AD
Answer – D
Answer – A
Who was Lord Morley?
The Company lost all its administrative
(a) Secretary of the state powers__________
A. By the Government of India Act of 1658
(b) Viceroy of India B. By the Government of India Act of 1758
C. By the Government of India Act of 1858
(c) Governor General of India D. By the Government of India Act of 1958

(d) None of the above Answer – C

Answer – A Under the Government of India __________, the British

Crown assumed direct administration of India in the
new British Raj
Which of the following charter act ended the monopoly A. Act of 1658
of trade of east India Company with china and sea B. Act of 1758
route also? C. Act of 1858
D. Act of 1947
(a) Pitt’s India Act, AD 1784
Answer – C
(b) The charter Act, 1813 AD
Which of the following is not correct about Montegu-
(c) Charter Act, 1833 AD Chelmsford’s Reform & Government of India Act,
1919?
(d) The Regulating Act, AD 1773 A. It changed the administrative system in India
B. In this Act the central legislative council was
Answer – C replaced by two houses-the imperial legislative
assembly and the council of state
Which of the following statement is not correct? C. Education and public health were placed under
charge of ministers responsible to the legislature
D. All of the above are incorrect
(a) The Regulating Act, AD 1773 was the first step to
regulate the affairs of the company.
Answer – D

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Which of the following is not the part of Government of A. Bhagat Singh
India Act, 1935 B. Azad
A. This act provided for setting up of the federation of C. Rajguru
India comprising British Indian provinces D. Sukhdev
B. Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial
autonomy
Answer: Option B
C. The post of Indian council of secretary of state for
India made permanent
Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________,
D. The diarchy was introduced at the centre
the daughter of a traditional village doctor
A. Kaliamma
Answer – C B. Kaliamma
C. Rohini
Which of the following is not the provision of D. Meenkshi Amma
government of India act, 1935?
A. This act ended the system of diarchy
B. The structure for “Federation of India” was Answer: Option B
established for both British India and some or all of
the “princely states” Which of the following event was the reason for the
C. Burma became the part of India withdrawn of non cooperation movement?
D. The introduction of direct elections thus increasing A. Chauri Chaura incident
the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million B. Jallianwala massacre
people C. Gandhi Imprisionment
D. None
Answer – C
Answer: Option A
The Act constituting the first legislative interference
by the British Parliament in the affairs of India was the The office of Governor-General of India was created by
A. Fox’s India Act 1783 the
B. Pitt’s India Act 1784 A. Government of India Act 1833
C. Regulating Act 1773 B. Government of India Act 1858
D. Declaratory Act 1781 C. Charter Act 1833
D. Charter Act 1813
Answer – C
Answer: Option C
By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of
__________ to the East India Company When was the ‘Quit India Movement’ launched by
A. Rs 480000 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
B. Rs 400000 A. 1946
C. Rs 500000 B. 1939
D. Rs 300000 C. 1942
D. 1940
Answer – B
Answer: Option C
Which of the following Government of India
Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and
presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?
common system? A. Lucknow
A. Indian Council Act of 1861 B. Varanasi
B. Government of India Act 1935 C. Hyderabad
C. Government of India Act 1919 D. Bengal
D. Indian Council Act of 1909
Answer: Option D
Answer – A
Which of the following leader was not moderate?
Who was not among the three revolutionaries who
A. Dada Bhai Naoroji
were hanged on March 23, 1931?
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B. Anand Charlu Titu mir’s movement considered one of the Muslim
C. Bipin Chandra Pal reform movement mainly aimed at eradicating which
D. Madan Mohan Malviya of the following systems?
A. Polygamy
B. Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
Answer: Option C
C. Easy divorce
D. Working against Indian national movement
The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis is
in Bengal is known as
A. Roytwari System Answer: Option B
B. Mahalwari System
C. Zamindari System Which movement got the support from both Hindus
D. Iqtadari System and Muslims?
A. Non-Cooperation Movement
B. Quit India Movement
Answer: Option C
C. Champaran Stayagraha
D. Anti-Partition Movement
Two socio-religious reform movements founded in
India in 1875 were
A. Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj Answer: Option A
B. Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission
C. Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj Subhash Bose established the Provisional Government
D. Aligarh Movement and Servants of Indian Society of Free India at
A. Berlin
B. Bangkok
Answer: Option C
C. Singapore
D. Tokyo
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had started a reform movement
among the Muslim, called the __________ Movement
A. Sufi Answer: Option C
B. Aligarh
C. Jaipur The Namdhari, or Kuka, movement had its origin in
D. Wahabi the __________ corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the
places of royal pomp and grandeur
A. North-west
Answer: Option B
B. North-south
C. North-east
Who advocated the concept of one caste, one religion
D. South
and one God for all?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Narayan Guru Answer: Option A
C. Periyar
D. Swami Vivekananda Which of the following was the main part of
Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
A. Organisation of secret societies
Answer: Option B
B. Passive resistance
C. Constitutional agitation
Which one among the following pairs of battle is
D. Terrorism
correctly matched?
A. The 2nd battle of Tarain : Defeat of Jaichand of
Kannauj by Muhammad Ghori Answer: Option B
B. The first battle of Panipat : Defeat of Sikander Lodi
by Babur Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on
C. The battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the
SherShah freedom fighters was done on 9th August?
D. The battle of Khanwa : Defeat of Rana Pratap by A. Salt Satyagraha
Akbar B. Boycott of Simon Commission
C. Champaran Satyagraha
D. Kakori Mail train robbery
Answer: Option C

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Answer: Option D Answer: Option A

Which of the following statement is not correct about Which of the following was the achieved milestone of
Raja Ram Mohan Roy? the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921?
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do A. It stopped the injustice done to the Khilafat
family in Bengal probably in 1772 B. Indian obtains some political rights
B. He died in Indian in 1833 C. The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political
C. He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor pursuit
D. He started the newspaper named “Sambad D. It avenged the Punjab atrocities
Kaumudi”
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the
Who was the author of the Book, the Indian War of inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a
Independence, 1857? special session of Congress held at Calcutta in
A. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan A. September 1920.
B. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar B. December 1922.
C. Savarkar C. October 1924.
D. Majumdar D. November 1925.

Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

During Quit India Movement,’Parallel Government’ In __________, a man named Raja Ram Mohan Roy
was constituted at founded an organization called ‘Brahma Samaj’
A. Varanasi A. 1628
B. Allahabad B. 1728
C. Lucknow C. 1828
D. Ballia D. 1928

Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

Baba Ram Singh passed away on November 29, Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the
__________ Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule
A. 1885 Movement?
B. 1887 A. G. K. Gokhale
C. 1889 B. Mahatma Gandhi
D. 1923 C. Aurobindo Ghosh
D. G. Tilak
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option A
AI Hilal was a
A. Mosque Faraizi Movement which aimed at removing social
B. Journal reforms in muslims started in which of the following
C. Madrasah regions?
D. Garden A. East Bengal
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Kerala
Answer: Option B
D. Delhi
All India State’s Peoples Conference formed in 1927
launched popular movements in Answer: Option A
A. Princely States
B. British Provinces __________ was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement
C. Hill Regions A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
D. Tribal Areas B. Maqsud Ali

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C. Abul kalam Azad A. Khidmatgars (Servants)
D. Karim Ali B. Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
C. Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
D. Angels of Freedom
Answer: Option A

One of the earliest and the best known mutinies before Answer: Option C
the Revolt of 1857 was
A. the Native Infantry Mutiny (1824) Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience
Movement on March 12, 1930 by
B. Indian Soldiers Mutiny at Vellore (1806)
A. asking the Viceroy through a letter containing
C. Sholapur Mutiny (1838) Eleven Points Programme to remove the evils of the
D. Assam Soldiers Mutiny (1824) British rule
B. Dandi March to break the Salt Laws
Answer: Option B C. asking the people to take Poorna Swaraj Pledge
D. launching the non-payment of taxes campaign
Who called Sree Narayana Guru as ‘The Second
Buddha’?
A. G. Sankara Kurup Answer: Option B
B. Swami Vivekananda
C. Bodhananda Swamikal What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand
D. Moorkoth Kumaran Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
A. He ensured the widow’s marriage and girl’s
education
Answer: Option A B. Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha
C. Established the Brahma Samaj
Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, D. He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from
Bal and Pal during the freedom movement? Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life
A. Lala Lajpat Rai Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin
Chandra Pal
B. Lal Bahadur Shastri Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Answer: Option A
Chandra Pal
C. Lal Bahadur Shastri Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Socialism is essentially a movement of
Krishna Gokhale A. Intellectuals
D. Rajagopalachari B. The poor people
C. The middle classes
D. The workers
Answer: Option A

Which among the following place, was not an Answer: Option C

important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?
A. Agra I. The rebels lacked effective leadership.,II. They did
B. Kanpur not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in
C. Jhansi the country.,III. There was no central organisation to
D. Lucknow guide them.,IV. Their military equipment was inferior
to that of the English.,Which of these statements is/are
correct related the causes for the failure of the Great
Answer: Option A Revolt of 1857?
A. I III ; IV
Sindhia’s troops were defeated by General Wellesley at B. I II ; III
A. Bessein C. III ; IV
B. Assaye D. II III ; IV
C. Tanjore
D. Poona
Answer: Option A

Answer: Option B Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a

halfnaked fakir?
The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt A. Lord Wavell
Movement were known as B. Lord Irwin
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C. Lord Willingdon Which one of the following was not a French
D. Winston Churchill settlement in India?
A. Puducherry
B. Mahe
Answer: Option D
C. Goa
D. Chandannagar
What was the another name of ‘Quit India movement’?
A. Khilafat Movement
B. Swadeshi Movement Answer: Option C
C. Home Rule Movement
D. August Kranti The famous Quit India Resolution was passed on
A. August 8 1942
Answer: Option D B. August 28 1942
C. April 4 1928
The “Arya Samaj” was founded by D. April 24 1928
A. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B. Swami Vivekananda Answer: Option A
C. Keshav Chandra Sen
D. Ishwar Chandra VidyaSagar Raja Rammohan Roy’s contribution to education are:,I.
Assisted David Hare in setting Hindu college,II. English
school at Calcutta was maintained at his own cost,III.
Answer: Option A
Established Vedanta College which taught only
western social and physical sciences
Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of
A. Only III
1857 managed to escape to Nepal?
B. Both II and III
C. Only I and II
I. Kunwar Singh,II. Nana Sahab,III. Begum of Awadh,IV. D. All the above
Bakht Khan
A. I and II
Answer: Option C
B. I and IV
C. II and IV
Where did Gandhi call the Congress Working
D. II and III
Committee to announce the suspension of Non-
Cooperation movement?
Answer: Option D A. Bardoli
B. Poona
Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during C. Calcutta
the __________ Movement D. Madras
A. Khilafat
B. Non-cooperation
Answer: Option A
C. Swadeshi
D. Civil Disobedience
Dayananda was born on February 12 in 1824, in the
town of Tankara, near Morvi (Morbi) in the Kathiawar
Answer: Option C region of the princely state of__________
A. Assam
Which one is the correct chronological order of the B. Uttar Pradesh
following vents?, C. Bihar
I.Quit India Movement,II. Shimla Conference,III. Poona D. Gujarat
Pact,IV. Cabinet Mission
A. II IV I III
Answer: Option D
B. III IVII I
C. III I II IV
The landmarks or Dalhousie’s administration did not
D. IV II III I
include
A. Indian Railways
Answer: Option C B. English as the medium of instruction
C. Public works department
D. Telegraph
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Answer: Option B curriculum?
A. Divinity
The main objectives of the Non-Cooperation B. Salvation
Movement were C. Means of enlightenment
A. restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat D. Mystic superstition
Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
B. protest against the Punjab wrongs and withdrawal
Answer: Option D
of the Rowlatt Acts
C. lifting of martial law from Punjab and withdrawal of
In which of the following movement did Mahatma
repressive laws
Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a
D. None of the above
weapon?
A. Non-Cooperation Movement 1920-22
Answer: Option A B. Rowlatt Satyagraha 1919
C. Ahmedabad Strike 1918
The Golden Jubilee of the Indian National Congress D. Bardoli Satyagraha
(1885-1935) fell in 1935, which was observed during
the session held at
Answer: Option C
A. Karachi
B. Lucknow
Which of the following act was the revision of
C. Faizpur
Vernacular Act?
D. Nowhere
A. Indian Press act 1910
B. Newspaper Act 1908
Answer: Option D C. Both A ; B
D. None of the above
Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or Die’
during the __________ Movement
Answer: Option A
A. Non-cooperation
B. Khilafat
The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the
C. Civil Disobedience
Battle of
D. Quit India
A. Bauxar
B. Plassey
Answer: Option D C. Arcot
D. Panipat
In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to__________ to organise
a satyagraha movement amongst
Answer: Option D
cotton mill workers
A. Madras
The Home Rule Movement was aimed at
B. Bombay
A. complete independence for India
C. Surat
B. complete autonomy to India
D. Ahmedabad
C. self-government for India within the British
Commonwealth
Answer: Option D D. larger participation of Indians in India’s
administration
The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed
against Answer: Option C
A. British mill owners and government officials
B. Indian mill owners and non government officials Vivian Derozio had been associated with the __________
C. British non-government officials movement
D. Indian government officials A. Swadeshi
B. Back to the Vedas
Answer: Option B C. Young Bengal
D. Young India
The theosophical society was marked by the close
understanding of the cosmos and the mundane life. Answer: Option C
Which among the listed options is not a part of their
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Henry Vivian Derozio started young Bengal movement Who was the author of the Book, the Indian War of
with the inspiration of which revolutionary ideas? Independence, 1857?
A. Industrial revolution A. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B. French revolution B. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
C. American Revolution C. Savarkar
D. Marxian theory D. Majumdar

Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

The objective(s) of the Kuka Movement in the Punjab When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit
was/were India Movement’ of 1942?
A. To purify Sikh religion of its abuses and A. 7th August 1942
superstitions B. 30th April 1942
B. The revival of Sikh sovereignty C. 9th August 1942
C. Both (a) and (b) above D. 5th July 1942
D. The revival of the Khalsa
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
Who of the following leaders is not associated with the
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22, 1772 in Brahma Samaj?
village Radhanagar in the District of Hooghly in A. Debendranath Tagore
__________ B. Keshab Chandra Sen
C. Raja ram Mohan Rai
A. Bombay
D. Atma Ram Pandurang
B. Assam
C. Bengal
D. MP Answer: Option D

Answer: Option C In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to

Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in
Mahatma Gandhi had been joined the Champaran Punjab?
struggle by A. 1905
A. Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave B. 1907
B. Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha C. 1909
C. Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel D. 1911
D. Rajendra Prasad and Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option D
In 1913 . . . . . founded the Advaita Ashram at Aluva.
When was the non-cooperation movement started by A. Narayana Guru
M.K Gandhi? B. Mahatma Gandhi
A. After Rowlatt Act C. Chattambi Swamikal
B. Chauri-Chaura incident D. K.Madhavan
C. Jalliawala bagh Massacre
D. None of the above Answer: Option A

Answer: Option C Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India
Movement in 1942 ?
According to Dadabhai Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ means A. Severe unrest among the people
A. Complete independence B. Report of Simon Commission
B. Self government C. Failure of the Cripps Mission
C. Economic independence D. British involved in the world was-II
D. Political independence
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy was given the title ‘Raja’ by C. Lala Lajpat Rai
the__________ D. Lokmanya Tilak
A. Mughals
B. British Answer: Option D
C. French
D. Dutch The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a
feature of the later revolutionary movements) was
Answer: Option A A. Jyotiba Phule
B. Chapekar brothers
Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India C. Vasudev Balwant Phadke
first from D. Yatindra Das
A. Dandi
B. Kheda Answer: Option C
C. Sabarmati
D. Champaran Which of the following is the correct chronological
order of the establishment of parties during Indian
Answer: Option D Struggle Movement?
A. Indian National Congress Justice Party Swaraj party
One time associated of Mahatma Ghandhi, broke off Muslim League
from him and launched a radical movement called B. Indian National Congress Muslim League Justice
‘self-respect movement’. Who was he? Party Swaraj party
A. P. Thyagaraja Shetti C. Swaraj Party Indian National Congress Muslim
B. Chhatrapati Maharaj League Justice Party
C. E.V.Ramaswamy Naicker D. Swaraj Party Indian National Congress Justice Party
D. Jyotirao Govindrao Phule Muslim League

Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

Who established Prarthna Samaj? Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ take
A. Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar place ?
B. Derozio A. Daccan
C. David Hare B. Monghyr
D. Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav C. Calcutta
Chandra Sen D. Murshidabad

Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

Which of the following is one of the social reasons for Which of the following Congress leader rejected the
1857 revolt? ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
A. The English could not establish any social A. Lord Wavell
relationship with the Indians B. Lord Linlithgow
B. The racial arrogance of the British created a C. Sir George Stanley
difference between the rulers and the ruled D. Lord Willingdon
C. Both A ; B
D. The company’s trade policy destroyed Indian Answer: Option B
handicrafts
The slogan of ‘Bande Matram’ was first adopted during
Answer: Option C the __________ Movements?
A. Non-cooperation
Who was in command of the nationalist movement B. Civil Disobedience
before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the C. Swadeshi
Congress? D. Quit India
A. C R Das
B. Motilal Nehru Answer: Option C

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The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth The Shuddhi Movement, involving the conversion of
century in non-Hindus to Hinduism, was started by
A. Western Punjab A. Swami Vivekanand
B. Maharashtra B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Bengal C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Madhya Bharat D. Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal The issue on which the Civil disobedience movement
Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the of 1930 was launched was
following objectives? A. Equal employment opportunities for Indians
A. Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and B. The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
devote their lives if needed C. Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
B. Train national missionaries for the service of D. Complete freedom
country
C. Both the above statement
Answer: Option C
D. Reorganization of Indian society on rational
principles
Who is called the “Lokhitwadi”?
A. Dayanand saraswati
Answer: Option C B. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
C. Mahadev Govend Ranade
Kheda Satyagraha is related to __________ D. Mul Sankara
A. Gujarat
B. Calcutta
Answer: Option B
C. Thana
D. Malabar
What was the another name of ‘Pledge of Indian
Independence’?
Answer: Option A A. Declaration of Independence
B. Declaration of Constitution
Arrange the following events in correct sequence with C. Declaration of Constituent Assembly
reference to the Indian freedom struggle, I. Passing of D. None of the above
‘Indian Press Act’, II. Surat Split of Congress, III. Launch
of Non-Cooperation Movement, IV. Passing of ‘Rowlatt
Answer: Option A
Act’
A. I II III IV
__________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874
B. II I III IV
and worked in the free thought and radical
C. II I IV III
movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
D. I II IV III
A. Annie Besant
B. Tarachand Chakravarty
Answer: Option C C. Tilak
D. Brojnath Dhar
Which of the means adopted under Self Respect
Movement?,I. Violent protests against upper classes,II.
Answer: Option A
Undermine position of Brahmin priests by formalizing
weddings without them,III. Boycott of temples and
Assertion (A): The introduction of ‘Western Education’
places of Brahmin residence
and English language as medium of instruction led the
A. I and III
foundation for the rise and growth of nationalism in
B. Only II
India. ,Reason (R): The Indian National Movement
C. Only III
would not have been possible without the English
D. All the above
language as the medium
A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation
Answer: Option B of A
B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct
explanation of A
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C. A is true but R is false C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. A is false but R is true D. Jagjivan Ram

Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

Who had become the first Governor-General of India Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in
after independence? hand-spun Khadi?
A. Dr Rajendra Prasad A. M.K. Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Lord Pethick Lawrence C. Bipin Chandra Pal
D. Lord Mountbatten D. Ganesh Vasudev Joshi

Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social Who was the founder of the Boy Scouts and Civil
reform movements in 19th century India? Guides Movement in India?
A. Aurobindo Ghosh A. Richard Temple
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy B. Baden Powell
C. Devendra Nath Tegore C. Charles Andrew
D. Keshav Chandra Sen D. Robert Montgomery

Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

Which of the following statements is not correct?, The Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation
materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 against the
were drawn from A. Caste system
A. The Simon Commission Report B. Evil custom of sati
B. The Nehru Committee Report C. Degrading position of women in society
C. The White Paper issued by the British Government D. Practice of superfluous religious rituals
D. Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option D
Which of the following statements about the
As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Government of India Act of 1935 is not correct?
Constituent Assembly would be A. Diarchy was established in the provinces
A. 389 B. The Viceroy was given special powers
B. 289 C. The federal executive was to consist of the Viceroy
C. 250 councillors and the ministers
D. 350 D. The federal legislature was to be bicameral

Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Which of the following was not contained in the Cripps
Disobedience Movement from Offer?
A. Wardha A. Dominion Status to India
B. Sevagram B. Constituent Assembly
C. Sabarmati C. Control of Defence of India by the Indian National
D. Dandi Government
D. Right to take part in highest Counsels
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
Who founded the ‘All India Harijan Samaj’ in 1932?
A. B R Ambedkar Which of the following movement was NOT led by
B. Acharya Narendra Dev Mahatma Gandhi?

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A. Champarah Satyagraha Which of the following are the reasons for which
B. Wahabi Movement Wahabi / Walliullah movement was started?
C. Non-Coorperation Movement A. Spreading education among Muslim women
D. Civil Disobedience Movenment B. Encouraging to give up puradh system
C. Reviving Muslim principles in response to western
influences
Answer: Option B
D. Propagating Quran as the only source
Which of the following reform movements was the
first to be started in the 19th Century? Answer: Option C
A. Prathana Samaj
B. Brahmo Samaj Nirankari movement was started by__________
C. Arya Samaj A. Baba Dyal Singh
D. Rama Krishna Mission B. Ranjit Singh
C. Lal Singh
D. Tej Singh
Answer: Option B

Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Answer: Option A
Revolt of 1857?
A. Begum Hazrat Mahal The Swadeshi Movement was launched
B. Rani Laxmi Bai A. As a protest against division of Bengal
C. Kuar Singh B. With a view to improve the economic condition of
D. Bahadur Shah Zafar the people by encouraging consumption of Indian
goods
C. As a protest against the massacre of Indian people at
Answer: Option A
Jallianwala Bagh
D. Due to the failure of the British Government to
The Civil Disobedience Movement had been led in the
introduce responsible Government in India
North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) by
A. Sheikh Mohammed Tyabji
B. Dr M A Ansari Answer: Option A
C. Badruddin Tyabji
D. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in
1922 because of
A. Gandhi’s ill health
Answer: Option D
B. The Congress’ extremist policies
C. Afervent appeal by the government to do so
Which among the following movements was not led by
D. Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
Mahatma Gandhi?
A. Quit India Movement
B. Swadeshi Movement Answer: Option D
C. Non-Cooperation Movement
D. Civil Disobedience Movement Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed form
A. Bengal
B. Kashmir
Answer: Option B
C. Maharashtra
D. Tamil Nadu
The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th
century was attributed to
A. Competition from British manufacturing industries Answer: Option C
only
B. Disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress
C. Establishment of alien rule only (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was
D. All of the above unfurled by
A. AO Hume
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Option D
C. GK Gokhale
D. BG Tilak

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Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

Which of the following are the main reasons for failure Who was the Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of
of Young Bengal Movement?,I. Suppression by British Plassey”?
new law,II. Did not involve peasant cause,III. A. Mir Jafar
Radicalism was bookish in character and did not B. Mir Qasim
develop links with masses C. Sirajudduala
A. Only I D. None of these
B. Only II
C. Both II and III
Answer: Option C
D. All the above
Which of the following place where the first
Answer: Option C meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was
held?
What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt A. Calcutta
in the last century? B. Bombay
A. Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans C. Madras
and their opportunistic scriptures D. Allahabad
B. Attacking the caste system
C. Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in
Answer: Option B
Satara
D. Seperate representation for untouchables
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier
Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the
Answer: Option A NorthWest Frontier Province (NWFP) for
A. countering the communal propaganda of the Muslim
Which of the following statement is incorrect about League
the Act of 1919? B. establishing separate Pakhtoonistan
A. British India must an integral part of the British C. social and religious reforms
Empire D. All the above
B. Responsible government would be realised only by
progressive stages
Answer: Option C
C. Provincial subjects were classified into reserved
subjects ; transferred subjects
Which of the following leader gave the safety valve
D. The salary of the Secretary of State for India was
theory for Indian National Congress and said that it
drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
was brain child of Lord Dufferin?
A. Dadabhai Nairoji
Answer: Option D B. M N Roy
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
__________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist D. Motilal Nehru
movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social
Democratic Federation, and took an active part in
Answer: Option C
Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
A. Annie Besant
The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was
B. H. P. Blavatsky
A. Madam Blavatsky
C. W. T. Stead
B. Annie Besant
D. H. S. Olcott
C. Sister Nivedita
D. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in
the __________ Movement
Which of the following is not correct about Arya
A. Swadeshi
Samaj?
B. Quit India
A. The Arya Samajists opposed child marriages and
C. Khilafat
encouraged remarriage of widows
D. Civil Disobedience
B. It was founded in 1875
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C. Its main motive was to promote faith in one God 2. Indian rulers lost all vestiges of sovereignty in
D. None of the above is correct external matters by signing SAS.
3. The system of Subsidiary Alliances led to the
disbandment of the armies of the protected
Answer: Option A
states.
According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
mean
a) 1 and 2 only
A. truth
b) 1, 2 and 3
B. a positive state of law
c) 2 and 3 only
C. tolerance of the wrong and unjust
d) 1 and 3 only
D. doing good even to the evildoers
Answer – C
Answer: Option C
“Subsidiary Alliance (1798)” was one of the methods
Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit used by the British to bring as many India states as
India Movement? possible under their control. Which one of the
A. Annie Besant following is/are correct regarding subsidiary alliance?
B. Sucheta Kripalani
C. Sarojini Naidu 1. It provided for permanent stationing of British force
D. Aruna Asaf Ali within the Princely state.
2. The First victim of the policy of subsidiary alliance
was the Oudh.
Answer: Option D 3. British took responsibility to protect Indian ruler
from external and internal threats.
Lord Mountbatten had held detailed discussions on the 4.It was introduced by Lord Dalhousie.
approaching partition of India with
A. Mohammed Ali Jinnah Code:
B. Jawaharlal Nehru a) 2, 3 and 4 only
C. Mahatma Gandhi b) All the above
D. All of the above c) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) 1 and 3 only
Answer: Option D
Answer – D
‘Ring Fence’ policy is associated with
a) Henry Lawrence With reference to the history of Modern India,
b) Dalhousie consider the following statements:
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Clive 1.The policy of subsidiary alliance was introduced by
Lord Wellesley.
Answer – C 2.The states of Hyderabad and Awadh had signed the
Subsidiary Alliance .
Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Cornwallis a) 1 only
c) Lord Wellesley b) 2 only
d) Lord Hector Munroe c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer - B
Answer – C
With reference to the Subsidiary Alliance system
(SAS), which of the following statements are correct? Who was the Nawab of Awadh who signed the
Subsidiary Alliance with Lord Wellesley in 1801?
1. Allying Indian states were compelled to accept
the temporary stationing of a British force a) Wazir Ali
within his territory. b) Ajmad Ali

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 c) Safdar Jang d) Ryotwari System
d) None of the Above
Answer – C
Answer – B
With reference to Rani Channamma, which of the
Who was forced by Lord Wellesley to accept the following statements is/are incorrect?
Subsidiary Alliance System?
1. Rani Channamma was the first Indian Woman
a) The Nawab of Carnatic ruler to lead an armed rebellion against the
b) The Nawab of Hyderabad British East India Company.
c) The Nawab of Oudh 2. Her princely state Kitturu was annexed by
d) None of these Lord Dalhousie by using policy doctrine of
lapse.
Answer – C
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Which one of the following statements does not apply
to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by a) 2 only
Lord Wellesley? b) Both 1 and 2
c) Neither 1 and 2
a) To maintain a large standing army at other's d) 1 only
expense
b) To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger Answer – A
c) To secure a fixed income for the Company
d) To establish British paramountcy over the While under the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ of Lord Dalhousie,
Indian State the first state to lapse to the British Empire was Satara
in 1848, the last State to lapse was?
Answer – B
The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was enforced by a governor a) Jaitpur
general named _____. b) Nagpur
c) Udaipur
a) Lord Rippon d) Jhansi
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Lytton Answer – B
d) Warren Hastings
Which among the following states was not annexed
Answer - B under Doctrine of Lapse?

The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was a policy that aimed to a) Satara

___________. b) Jhansi
c) Awadh
a) control the rebellions in the Princely States d) Nagpur
b) regulate the landlords
c) extend the military strength of the British Answer - C
d) extend the territorial boundaries of the
English East India Company The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League
came to each other in 1916 at
Answer – D A. Lahore
B. Amritsar
Which was the policy of the British East India Company C. Lucknow
under which, if the ruler of a princely state or territory D. Haripura
under the paramountcy of the Company died without a
natural heir, the state/territory would automatically
Answer: Option C
be annexed to the British empire?
Why was the Khilafat Movement started?
a) Subsidiary Alliance
A. To protest against the injustice done to Egypt
b) Mahalwari System
B. To protest against the injustice done to Arabia
c) Doctrine of Lapse

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C. To protest against the injustice done to Persia knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non- Brahmins
D. To protest against the injustice done to Turkey B. Charles wood dispatch on education influenced it
towards female education
C. Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
Answer: Option D
D. Both A and B
Nirvruthi Panchakam was written by __________
A. Dr.Palpu Answer: Option D
B.Kesavan
C. Chattambi Swamikal The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after
D. Sree Narayana Guru the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to
resume the movement In January 1932?
A. Failure of the Second Round Table Conference
Answer: Option D
B. Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British
Government
The Indian National Congress was formed __________
C. British policies of repression
A. 1885
D. All the above
B. 1887
C. 1888
D. 1895 Answer: Option D

Which of the following tribes is associated with the

Answer: Option A
“Tana Bhagat” movement?
A. Oraon
Narayana Guru’s later literary and philosophical
B. Munda
masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written
C. Santhal
in__________
D. Konadora
A. Tamil
B. Malayalam
C. Sanskrit Answer: Option A
D. Hindi
Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
A. Dr.Palpu
Answer: Option B
B. Chattambi Swamikal
C. Kesavan
Pitt’s India Act brought the company in direct
D. Sree Narayana Guru
subordination to a body representing __________
A. The Parliament of Britain
B. The English Merchants in India Answer: Option D
C. The Indian Merchants
D. Princely States Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with
A. Mazzini
B. Cavour
Answer: Option A
C. Garibaldi
D. Bismarck
The background of the foundation of the Muslim
League at . . . . . . on 30 December 1906 may be traced
back to the establishment of the Indian national Answer: Option D
congress in 1885
A. Dhaka Narayana Guru’s later literary and philosophical
B. Shahbag masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written
C. Simla in__________
D. Bengal A. Tamil
B. Malayalam
C. Sanskrit
Answer: Option A
D. Hindi
The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the
Governor Generalship to Answer: Option B
A. Break priestly monopoly of scriptural

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Which of the following are the innovative means used Answer: Option D
by Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to bring Sanskrit
education to all? Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest
A. Devised new Bengali primer military leader of the rebel’?
B. Brought new prose style A. Begum Hazrat Mahal
C. Both A ; B B. Rani Laxmi Bai
D. Continued the same method without any new C. Kunwar Singh
innovation D. Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related Who spoke “At the stroke of midnight, when the world
to sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?
A. provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in A. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
the Act of 1919 B. Mahatma Gandhi
B. restoration of territories to Turkey captured by C. Jawaharlal Nehru
Britain in the First World War D. Rajagopalachari
C. restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph
of the Muslim World
Answer: Option C
D. lifting of martial law in Punjab
I.The Amritsar Session of the INC gave a great fillip to
Answer: Option C the Khilafat agitation.,II. Khilafat conference held in
Calcutta under Presidentship of Jinnah.,III. Khilafat
Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into Movement was started to support Ottoman
the fold of the Indian National Movement? Empire.,Which of the above statement (s) is/are
A. The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900 correct regarding Khilafat Movement?
B. The partition of Bengal A. Only I
C. The Surat Split B. Both I and II
D. The Jallianwala Bagh episode C. Both I and III
D. I II and III
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident
was headed by As per the Act of 1853 the Governor-General’s Council
A. Dyer was enlarged for the purpose of
B. Irwin A. Defence
C. Hunter B. Legislation
D. Simon C. Finance
D. Security
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with
the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with Who said “The Simmon Commission Report should be
A. the Sky thrown on a heap of rubbish”?
B. the Ganges A. Mahatma Gandhi
C. the Gangotri B. Shivaswami Iyer
D. the Mansarovar Lake C. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
The father of extremist movement in India is
A. Motilal Nehru The Wahabi Movement named after its founder Abdul
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale Wahab originated in . . . . . . in the 18th century with a
C. Vallabh Bhai Patel view to restoring Islam to its pristine purity and order
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak A. Manipal
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B. Arabia B. Motilal Nehru
C. America C. Rabindra Nath Tagore
D. Africa D. Mohammad Ali

Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

August Offer’ was issued on __________ 1940 Who declared “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have
A. 08 August. it”?
B. 15 August. A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. 20 August. B. Bal Gangadhara Tilak
D. 30 August. C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. K.T Telang
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala
aimed at which of the following “India for the Indians” was the political message of
A. Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads A. D E Wacha
B. Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class B. Vivekanand
C. Allowing women to enter temple C. Dayanand
D. Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin D. Hume
family members and others to be devoid of it in order
to preserve its purity
Answer: Option C

Answer: Option A The Quit India Movement was Launched in 1942 in the
month of
In which years did Gandhiji start Satyagraha A. January
Movement? B. March
A. 1919 C. August
B. 1917 D. December
C. 1934
D. 1909
Answer: Option C

Answer: Option B Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was

Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the
Calcutta medical college in__________ Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of
A. 1735 A. Peshwa Baji Rao II
B. 1745 B. King of Jhansi
C. 1832 C. Madhav Rao Sindhia
D. 1835 D. Malhar Rao Holkar

Answer: Option D Answer: Option A

Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi? In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a
A. Annie Besant movement called
B. Mridula Sarabhai A. Non-Cooperation movement
C. Muthu Lakshmi B. Swadeshi Movement
D. Sarojini Naidu C. Civil Disobedience movement
D. None of the above
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C
Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate
waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the The Wahabis operated from
Non-Cooperation Movement? A. Hindukush
A. Lord Reading B. Khyber Pass

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C. Western Ghat
D. Palghat

Answer: Option A

Which of the following is/are the main aim/s of Young

Bengal Movement?
A. Inspire pupil to think freely and rationally
B. Question all authority and oppose decadent customs
and traditions
C. Love liberty equality and freedom
D. All the above

Answer: Option D

In which year did the Indian National Congress hold its

first meeting in Bombay?
A. 1832
B. 1844
C. 1885
D. 1890

Answer: Option C

Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K

Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
A. Complete Independence for India
B. Economic relief to the common people
C. Repeal of salt laws
D. Curtailment of the Government’s powers

Answer: Option C

When was congress split?

A. At Surat session in 1907
B. At Benares session in 1905
C. At Madras in1908
D. At Lahore in1909

Answer: Option A

Who gave the title or “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan

Malviya?
A. Dada Bhai Naoroji
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Rabindra Nath Tagore
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: Option C

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