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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The organization of Khudai Khidmatgar was established: |
| A. | Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. |
| B. | Under the leadership of Abul Kalam Azad |
| C. | Under the leadership of M.A. Ansari |
| D. | Under the leadership of Syed Hasan Imam |
| Answer» B. Under the leadership of Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 2. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in : |
| A. | 1896 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» D. 1910 | |
| 3. |
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year : |
| A. | 1872 |
| B. | 1982 |
| C. | 1884 |
| D. | 1892 |
| Answer» B. 1982 | |
| 4. |
Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in: |
| A. | April 1907 |
| B. | April 1906 |
| C. | April 1905 |
| D. | April 1904 |
| Answer» B. April 1906 | |
| 5. |
Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom?” |
| A. | Syed Hasan Imam |
| B. | Dr. S.Gopal |
| C. | M.A. Ansari |
| D. | Bharat Kumar |
| Answer» C. M.A. Ansari | |
| 6. |
The Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in : |
| A. | 1872 |
| B. | 1883 |
| C. | 1886 |
| D. | 1893 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
The two names which were associates with the publication of the paper ‘Yugantar’ are: |
| A. | Barindra kumar Ghose and Arbindo Ghosh |
| B. | Bhupendranath Dutta and Arbindo Ghosh |
| C. | Barindra kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta |
| D. | Arbindo Ghosh and V.D. Sawarkar |
| Answer» D. Arbindo Ghosh and V.D. Sawarkar | |
| 8. |
Delhi was formally declared the future capital of the British India in : |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1909 |
| C. | 1912 |
| D. | 1911 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
The year which is associated with the Gadar movement is: |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1922 |
| Answer» C. 1927 | |
| 10. |
The Queen Victoria assumed the title of the Empress of India in 1876 by : |
| A. | British parliament |
| B. | Indian Sabha |
| C. | Singaporian Parliament |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Indian Sabha | |
| 11. |
Who established East India Association in London 1866? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai |
| D. | Hemu Kalani |
| Answer» C. V. O. Chidambaram Pillai | |
| 12. |
In 1893 mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant: |
| A. | Hemu Kalani |
| B. | Sachindra Bakshi |
| C. | Manmath Nath Gupta |
| D. | Abdulla Seth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893? |
| A. | Khan Abdul Gaffar |
| B. | W A Hume |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 14. |
Who said - “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj ?” |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Veer Kunwar |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» B. Veer Kunwar | |
| 15. |
The newspapers ‘The Punjabi and The pupil’ were published by : |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Lala Hardyal |
| Answer» C. Bhagat Singh | |
| 16. |
The national College in Calcutta had been established on : |
| A. | September 14, 1906 |
| B. | July 14, 1906 |
| C. | March 14, 1906 |
| D. | August 14, 1906 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in: |
| A. | The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress |
| B. | The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress |
| C. | The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress |
| D. | The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress |
| Answer» B. The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress | |
| 18. |
Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 19. |
Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions?” |
| A. | V N MAndalik |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| D. | Abdul Kalam Azad |
| Answer» C. Bipin Chandra Pal | |
| 20. |
Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’? |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Lala Hardyal |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | M G Ranade |
| Answer» D. M G Ranade | |
| 21. |
Who was the founder of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ? |
| A. | J K Hikki |
| B. | B B Upadhyay |
| C. | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 22. |
The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck : |
| A. | Eastern India |
| B. | Northern India |
| C. | Southern India |
| D. | Western India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization? |
| A. | V A Smith |
| B. | T. R. Holmes |
| C. | J K Hikki |
| D. | Sir Ahmed Khan |
| Answer» C. J K Hikki | |
| 24. |
Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’? |
| A. | Robert Knight |
| B. | T N Das |
| C. | Ashok Mehta |
| D. | K M Pannikar |
| Answer» D. K M Pannikar | |
| 25. |
Who said, “this (the revolt 1857) was an eruption of social volcano, where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars if rebellion remained deep and shining?” |
| A. | J K Hikki |
| B. | Ashok Mehta |
| C. | K M Pannikar |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. K M Pannikar | |
| 26. |
Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ? |
| A. | The Government of India Act 1935. |
| B. | The Government of India Act 1919. |
| C. | Indian Independence act 1947 |
| D. | The Registration act, 1908 |
| Answer» B. The Government of India Act 1919. | |
| 27. |
The Cabinet mission arrived in Delhi on: |
| A. | August 24, 1946 |
| B. | May 24, 1946 |
| C. | March 24, 1946 |
| D. | April 24, 1946 |
| Answer» D. April 24, 1946 | |
| 28. |
The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in: |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» C. 1930 | |
| 29. |
The Indian People play people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of: |
| A. | The Forward Block |
| B. | Indian National Congress |
| C. | Communist Party of India |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 30. |
In 1942 who appealed the Britishers to leave India in God’s hands? |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | Mohhamad Ali Jinnah |
| C. | Sardar patel |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on: |
| A. | October 17, 1942 |
| B. | October 17, 1940 |
| C. | October 17, 1939 |
| D. | October 17, 1938 |
| Answer» C. October 17, 1939 | |
| 32. |
Which slogan was given by the Congress in opposition to British Government involving India in Second World War in 1939 without consulting the people of India ? |
| A. | Karo ya Maro |
| B. | Nahi Karenge, Nahi Ladenge |
| C. | Na koi bhai, na koi pai. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 33. |
In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in : |
| A. | Seven States |
| B. | Nine States |
| C. | Five States |
| D. | Ten States |
| Answer» B. Nine States | |
| 34. |
Under which British Act was the provision to establish a Federation of India concession of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made? |
| A. | Government of India Act 1918 |
| B. | Government of India Act 1925 |
| C. | Government of India Act 1930 |
| D. | Government of India Act 1935 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on |
| A. | February 20, 1942 |
| B. | February 20, 1947 |
| C. | March 20, 1947 |
| D. | March 20, 1942 |
| Answer» C. March 20, 1947 | |
| 36. |
Who said, “India is for Indians?” |
| A. | Syed Hasan Imam |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Dr. S.Gopal |
| D. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Who said," One Country One God, One Caste, one Mind brothers all of us Without Difference, without Doubt ?" |
| A. | V. D. Savarkar |
| B. | Syed Hasan Imam |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» B. Syed Hasan Imam | |
| 38. |
Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)? |
| A. | Madame Bhikaji Cama |
| B. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Sardar Patel |
| Answer» B. Subash Chandra Bose | |
| 39. |
In 1906 to protest discrimination against Indians in S. Africa Mahatma Gandhi started |
| A. | Satyagraha at Durban |
| B. | Satyagraha at Cape Town |
| C. | Satyagraha at Port Elizabeth |
| D. | Satyagraha at Johannesburg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress : |
| A. | Ramgarh Session, 1940 |
| B. | Bombay Session, 1934 |
| C. | Tripuri session, 1939 |
| D. | Wardha Session, 1942 |
| Answer» D. Wardha Session, 1942 | |
| 41. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak began his drive for new awakening among the Indians by publishing two newspapers in 1881 |
| A. | The Maratha and Kesari |
| B. | The Maratha and Samwad |
| C. | The Samwad and Kesari |
| D. | The Maratha and Kumudi |
| Answer» B. The Maratha and Samwad | |
| 42. |
Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion? |
| A. | Dayanand Sarshawati |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Rai |
| C. | The Chapekar brothers |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 43. |
Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma samaj on |
| A. | 20 August,1838 |
| B. | 20 August,1828 |
| C. | 20 August,1848 |
| D. | 20 August,1858 |
| Answer» C. 20 August,1848 | |
| 44. |
Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in: |
| A. | The year 1910 |
| B. | The year 1915 |
| C. | The year 1917 |
| D. | The year 1920 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of |
| A. | All India Hindu Mahasabha |
| B. | All India Unity Mahasabha |
| C. | All India Kisan Mahasabha |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 46. |
Under which document was the separate electorate granted for muslims ? |
| A. | Charter Act of 1813 |
| B. | The Permanent Settlement |
| C. | Mahalwari System Reforms |
| D. | Morley Minto Reforms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Quit India movement began on: |
| A. | August 9, 1940 |
| B. | August 9, 1941 |
| C. | August 9, 1942 |
| D. | August 9, 1944 |
| Answer» D. August 9, 1944 | |
| 48. |
During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed? |
| A. | Lord Irwin |
| B. | Lord Minto |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Reading |
| Answer» B. Lord Minto | |
| 49. |
Lucknow pact of 1916 was between: |
| A. | Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress |
| C. | Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge |
| D. | Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» C. Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge | |
| 50. |
Abhinav Bharat organized in 1904 was : |
| A. | Hindu Mahashabha |
| B. | A secret society of revolutionary activists |
| C. | All India Kisan Mahasabha |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. All India Kisan Mahasabha | |