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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 formation of the Indian National Congress (INC) was in the year ………….. |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1885 |
| D. | 1905 |
| Answer» D. 1905 | |
| 2. |
JyotiraoPhule was born in Satara district of …………….in 1827. |
| A. | maharastra |
| B. | madras |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | malabar |
| Answer» B. madras | |
| 3. |
JyotibaPhule was one of the prominent ………….of the 19th century India. |
| A. | scientists |
| B. | politicians |
| C. | economists |
| D. | social reformers |
| Answer» B. politicians | |
| 4. |
Dayananda was born on February 12 in 1824, in the town of Tankara, near Morvi(Morbi) in the Kathiawar region of the princely state of…………… |
| A. | assam |
| B. | uttar pradesh |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | gujarat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The AryaSamaj movement believed in |
| A. | idolatry |
| B. | polytheism |
| C. | atheism |
| D. | vedic ritualism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
SatyarthPrakash was written by …………. |
| A. | lalalajpatrai |
| B. | lalahardyal |
| C. | dayanandsaraswati |
| D. | raja ram mohan roy |
| Answer» D. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 7. |
Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries. |
| A. | sriaurobindo |
| B. | lokmanyatilak |
| C. | shyamji krishna varma |
| D. | bhagat singh |
| Answer» D. bhagat singh | |
| 8. |
Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya– "India for Indians”? |
| A. | dayanandsaraswati |
| B. | lokmanyatilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo. |
| D. | bhagat singh |
| Answer» B. lokmanyatilak | |
| 9. |
Maharishi DayanandSaraswati was an important Hindu religious scholar, reformer,and founder of the …………… |
| A. | aryasamaj |
| B. | brahma samaj |
| C. | ramakrishnamission |
| D. | theosophical society |
| Answer» B. brahma samaj | |
| 10. |
Who is regarded as as the 'father of modern India'. |
| A. | raja ram mohan roy |
| B. | swami dayanandasaraswati |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | bhagat singh |
| Answer» B. swami dayanandasaraswati | |
| 11. |
In ……………., a man named Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded an organization called'Brahma Samaj'. |
| A. | 1628 |
| B. | 1728 |
| C. | 1828 |
| D. | 1928 |
| Answer» D. 1928 | |
| 12. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22, 1772 in village Radhanagar in theDistrict of Hooghly in ……………. |
| A. | bombay |
| B. | assam |
| C. | bengal |
| D. | mp |
| Answer» D. mp | |
| 13. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was given the title 'Raja' by the…………… |
| A. | mughals |
| B. | british |
| C. | french |
| D. | dutch |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 14. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the……………… |
| A. | brahma samaj |
| B. | aryasamaj |
| C. | ramakrishna mission |
| D. | theosophical society |
| Answer» B. aryasamaj | |
| 15. |
The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by …………… |
| A. | lord ripon |
| B. | lordlytton |
| C. | lord william bentic |
| D. | gladstone |
| Answer» B. lordlytton | |
| 16. |
The Vernacular Press Act was passed in …………… |
| A. | 1878 |
| B. | 1881 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1898 |
| Answer» B. 1881 | |
| 17. |
The Indian National Congress was formed ………… |
| A. | 1885 |
| B. | 1887 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1895 |
| Answer» B. 1887 | |
| 18. |
The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year ………… |
| A. | 1657 |
| B. | 1757 |
| C. | 1765 |
| D. | 1857 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by ……………… |
| A. | lord wellesley |
| B. | lord william bentinck |
| C. | lord macaulay |
| D. | lord dalhousie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act ……………… |
| A. | 1856 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1865 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» B. 1858 | |
| 21. |
Charles Wood's Despatch………………… |
| A. | 1554 a.d |
| B. | 1684 |
| C. | 1784 |
| D. | 1854 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
………………………., a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society ofBengal in 1784 A.D. |
| A. | sir william jones |
| B. | warren hastings |
| C. | raja ram mohanroy |
| D. | lord macaulay |
| Answer» B. warren hastings | |
| 23. |
Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominance in…………… |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | kerala |
| C. | karnataka |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by ……………… |
| A. | lord wellesley |
| B. | sir johnshore |
| C. | robert clive |
| D. | lord dalhousie |
| Answer» B. sir johnshore | |
| 25. |
The Permanent Settlement was enforced on…………………. |
| A. | 1693 |
| B. | 1793 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1933 |
| Answer» C. 1893 | |
| 26. |
…………………….Permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere ofrevenue administration. |
| A. | william pitt |
| B. | hastings |
| C. | william bentic |
| D. | lord cornwallis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The Company lost all its administrative powers…………… |
| A. | by the governmentof india act of 1658 |
| B. | by the government of india act of 1758 |
| C. | by thegovernment of india act of 1858 |
| D. | by the government of india act of 1958 |
| Answer» D. by the government of india act of 1958 | |
| 28. |
Indian Mutiny began in ………… |
| A. | 1557 |
| B. | 1657 |
| C. | 1857 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» D. 1957 | |
| 29. |
The First Opium War started…………… |
| A. | 1729 |
| B. | 1736 |
| C. | 1839 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» D. 1939 | |
| 30. |
Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of the ……………. forces in India. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | american |
| D. | dutch |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 31. |
Robert Clive, the Governor General of the ………………. |
| A. | dutch |
| B. | french |
| C. | british |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» D. portuguese | |
| 32. |
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) resulted in the defeat of the…………. forces. |
| A. | american |
| B. | british |
| C. | french |
| D. | russian |
| Answer» D. russian | |
| 33. |
The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in theBattle of …………………. in 1612. |
| A. | buxar |
| B. | plassey |
| C. | swally |
| D. | trafalgar |
| Answer» D. trafalgar | |
| 34. |
Defeat of the Spanish Armada in …………. |
| A. | 1256 |
| B. | 1288 |
| C. | 1588 |
| D. | 1688 |
| Answer» D. 1688 | |
| 35. |
Under the Government of India ……………, the British Crown assumed directadministration of India in the new British Raj. |
| A. | act of 1658 |
| B. | act of 1758 |
| C. | act of 1858 |
| D. | act of 1947 |
| Answer» D. act of 1947 | |
| 36. |
The Company was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name Governor andCompany of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, by ………………….on 31 December 1600. |
| A. | elizabeth i |
| B. | elizabeth ii |
| C. | henry vii |
| D. | henry viii |
| Answer» B. elizabeth ii | |
| 37. |
Treaty of Rajpurghat" was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and…………… |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | portuguese |
| D. | dutch |
| Answer» C. portuguese | |
| 38. |
The Treaty of Surat was in the year …………… |
| A. | 1475 |
| B. | 1575 |
| C. | 1675 |
| D. | 1775 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
The fourth …………………..War was of short duration and decisive and ended withTipu’s death on May 4, 1799. |
| A. | anglo-mysore |
| B. | french- mysore war |
| C. | maratha -mysore war |
| D. | nyzam-mysore war |
| Answer» B. french- mysore war | |
| 40. |
Seringapatnam was the capital of …………….. |
| A. | pazhassi raja |
| B. | tipu sultan |
| C. | kurumbranad raja |
| D. | srimoolamtirunal |
| Answer» C. kurumbranad raja | |
| 41. |
The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year ………………. |
| A. | 1484 |
| B. | 1584 |
| C. | 1684 |
| D. | 1784 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated …………….. at Porto Nova. |
| A. | hyder ali |
| B. | marthandaverma |
| C. | british |
| D. | tipu sultan |
| Answer» B. marthandaverma | |
| 43. |
Mahe was a colony of ………….. |
| A. | english |
| B. | french |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» C. dutch | |
| 44. |
Hyder Ali was the ruler of ………….. |
| A. | hyderabad |
| B. | mysore |
| C. | cochi |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» C. cochi | |
| 45. |
Regulating Act was in the year of…………… |
| A. | 1573 |
| B. | 1673 |
| C. | 1773 |
| D. | 1873 |
| Answer» D. 1873 | |
| 46. |
Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of …………… in 1772. |
| A. | bengal |
| B. | madras |
| C. | bombay |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» B. madras | |
| 47. |
Year of the Battle of Buxar is…………. |
| A. | 1764 |
| B. | 1767 |
| C. | 1784 |
| D. | 1864 |
| Answer» B. 1767 | |
| 48. |
Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is ………… |
| A. | 1560 |
| B. | 1660 |
| C. | 1760 |
| D. | 1860 |
| Answer» D. 1860 | |
| 49. |
In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in …………. |
| A. | bengal |
| B. | orissa |
| C. | mysore |
| D. | surat |
| Answer» B. orissa | |
| 50. |
Year of the Battle of Plassey is …………. |
| A. | 1557 |
| B. | 1657 |
| C. | 1757 |
| D. | 1857 |
| Answer» D. 1857 | |