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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1251. |
The main architect of the League of Nations |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | m k gandhi |
| C. | franklin roosevelt |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1252. |
Which of the following nations is not a permanentmember of the Security Council of the UN |
| A. | china |
| B. | usa |
| C. | france |
| D. | germany |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1253. |
The UN came in to being on |
| A. | 24th october 1945 |
| B. | 26th november 1945 |
| C. | 1st november 1945 |
| D. | 5th october 1945 |
| Answer» B. 26th november 1945 | |
| 1254. |
The head quarters of the International Court of Justice |
| A. | new york |
| B. | hague |
| C. | washington |
| D. | new delhi |
| Answer» C. washington | |
| 1255. |
The World Bank is also known as |
| A. | industrial bank |
| B. | international bank |
| C. | ibrd |
| D. | globalbank |
| Answer» D. globalbank | |
| 1256. |
Name a specialized agency of the UN |
| A. | security council |
| B. | secretariat |
| C. | general assembly |
| D. | world health organization |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1257. |
Who authored Novum Organum |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | vesalius |
| C. | galileo |
| D. | francis bacon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1258. |
Who was responsible for the invention of Power loom? |
| A. | john kay |
| B. | richard cartwright |
| C. | edmund cartwright |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1259. |
To which country Galilee Galileo belonged |
| A. | germany |
| B. | england |
| C. | italy |
| D. | holland |
| Answer» D. holland | |
| 1260. |
Who invented the Flying Shuttle? |
| A. | john kay |
| B. | dante |
| C. | george stephenson |
| D. | abrahamdurby |
| Answer» B. dante | |
| 1261. |
Name the thinker who coined the term ScientificRevolution |
| A. | alexandre koyre |
| B. | francis bacon |
| C. | roger bacon |
| D. | sirisaac newton |
| Answer» B. francis bacon | |
| 1262. |
Who founded the ‘Society of Jesus |
| A. | ignatius loyola |
| B. | martin luther |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | johncalvin |
| Answer» B. martin luther | |
| 1263. |
Ignatius Loyola was associated with |
| A. | reformation |
| B. | counter reformation |
| C. | renaissance |
| D. | nation state |
| Answer» C. renaissance | |
| 1264. |
Who authored the book, ‘Institutes of Christian Religion’ |
| A. | john calvin |
| B. | john wycliffe |
| C. | martin luther |
| D. | ulrichzwingli |
| Answer» B. john wycliffe | |
| 1265. |
Who was known as the ‘morning star of English Reforation’? |
| A. | martin luther |
| B. | tetzel |
| C. | john calvin |
| D. | john wycliffe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1266. |
Name the founder of the Florentine School of Art in Italy |
| A. | giotto |
| B. | raphael |
| C. | michael angelo |
| D. | leonardo davinci |
| Answer» B. raphael | |
| 1267. |
Who is the Secretary General of the UN |
| A. | boutros ghali |
| B. | sasi tharoor |
| C. | ban ki moon |
| D. | none ofthese. |
| Answer» D. none ofthese. | |
| 1268. |
The headquarters of the UN is in |
| A. | washington |
| B. | paris |
| C. | geneva |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1269. |
The Helio – centric theory of universe is put forwarded by |
| A. | copernicus |
| B. | the pope |
| C. | william harvey |
| D. | vesalius |
| Answer» B. the pope | |
| 1270. |
Martin Luther is known in history as the leader of |
| A. | scientific revolution |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | unification of germany |
| Answer» D. unification of germany | |
| 1271. |
Identify the characteristic feature of Renaissance |
| A. | speculation |
| B. | faith |
| C. | irrationality |
| D. | humanism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1272. |
Divine Comedy is written by |
| A. | dante |
| B. | baccaccio |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | erasmus |
| Answer» B. baccaccio | |
| 1273. |
Who invented the Printing Press |
| A. | john gutenberg |
| B. | martin luther |
| C. | leonardo davinci |
| D. | sir isaac newton |
| Answer» B. martin luther | |
| 1274. |
Name the home of Renaissance |
| A. | germany |
| B. | france |
| C. | italy |
| D. | india |
| Answer» D. india | |
| 1275. |
Modern age is characterized by |
| A. | faith in belief |
| B. | faith in rationality |
| C. | faith in religion |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. faith in religion | |
| 1276. |
The inspirational leader behind the founding of the All India Women’s Conference was |
| A. | durgabaideshmukh |
| B. | margaret cousins |
| C. | madam cama |
| D. | mutthulaxmi reddy. |
| Answer» C. madam cama | |
| 1277. |
Which Gandhian movement has been called a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’? |
| A. | champaran movement |
| B. | non-cooperation movement |
| C. | civil disobedience movement |
| D. | quit india movement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1278. |
The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the…………..Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore theSultan. |
| A. | british |
| B. | austrian |
| C. | american |
| D. | serbian |
| Answer» B. austrian | |
| 1279. |
A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali,………………..,Maulana Azad and HasratMohini to organise a country-wideagitation. |
| A. | shaukat ali |
| B. | qutubuddin ahmad |
| C. | shamsuddinhussain |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah |
| Answer» B. qutubuddin ahmad | |
| 1280. |
During the First World War, …………….joined the central powers againstBritain. |
| A. | america |
| B. | britain |
| C. | france |
| D. | turkey |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1281. |
In 1946, upon persuasion of…………………, Mahatma Gandhi reluctantlyaccepted the proposal of partition and independence offered by the British cabinet, inorder to evade a civil war. |
| A. | sardarvallabhbhai patel |
| B. | rajguru |
| C. | sukhdev |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah |
| Answer» B. rajguru | |
| 1282. |
On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress WorkingCommittee were arrested in……………. |
| A. | up |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | ahmedabad |
| D. | mumbai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1283. |
………………called on all Congressmen and Indians to maintain disciplinevia non violence and Do or Die in order to achieve ultimate freedom. |
| A. | mahatmagandhi |
| B. | motilal nehru |
| C. | balgangadhartilak |
| D. | sri aurobindo |
| Answer» B. motilal nehru | |
| 1284. |
Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, ………….gave the call for Quit IndiaMovement. |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1285. |
On 8th May, 1933, ……………..started a 21-day fast of self-purification inorder to help the Harijan movement. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | balgangadhartilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» B. balgangadhartilak | |
| 1286. |
…………….. movement stimulated the entire nation and it came to be knownas Civil Disobedience Movement. |
| A. | dandi |
| B. | mumbai |
| C. | chaurichaura |
| D. | kheda |
| Answer» B. mumbai | |
| 1287. |
……………. started the historic Dandi March, by walking from Ahmedabadto Dandi, to break the law that had deprived the poor of his right to make his ownsalt. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | motilal nehru |
| C. | balgangadhartilak |
| D. | sri aurobindo |
| Answer» B. motilal nehru | |
| 1288. |
On March 12, …………..Gandhi launched a new Satyagraha against the taxon salt known as Dandi March. |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1289. |
When the movement reached great success, it ended unexpectedly after theviolent clash at ChauriChaura in…………………. |
| A. | kashmir |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | uttar pradesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1290. |
Nobel laureate ……………….resigned the title knight from the British soonafter the Jalianwalabagh Massacre as a protest. |
| A. | rabindranath tagore |
| B. | balgangadhartilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | ems |
| Answer» B. balgangadhartilak | |
| 1291. |
In the fight against injustice, ……………..weapons were non-cooperation andpeaceful resistance. |
| A. | gandhi`s |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» B. rabindranath tagore | |
| 1292. |
……………….. urged to boycott the British educational institutions, to resignfrom government jobs, and to leave British titles. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | sukhdev |
| D. | qutubuddin ahmad |
| Answer» B. rabindranath tagore | |
| 1293. |
……………….. strongly appealed to all Indians to spend some time spinningkhadi for supporting the independence movement of India. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | sukhdev |
| Answer» B. rabindranath tagore | |
| 1294. |
…………………. addressed all the Indians to wear Khadi (homespun cloth)instead of British-made textiles. |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | sukhdev |
| Answer» D. sukhdev | |
| 1295. |
Non Cooperation movement was led by ………………..and the IndianNational Congress. |
| A. | motilal nehru |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» D. gokhale | |
| 1296. |
Mahatma Gandhi went to Champaran in …………….in 1917 at the request ofthe poor peasants to enquire about the situation as they were compelled by Britishindigo planters to grow indigo on 15% of their land and part with the whole crop forrent. |
| A. | bihar |
| B. | gujarat |
| C. | uttar pradesh |
| D. | mumbai |
| Answer» B. gujarat | |
| 1297. |
The Non Cooperation movement took place from September ……………..until February 1922. |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1920 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» D. 1921 | |
| 1298. |
The ……………….Era in the Indian Freedom Struggle took place with theNon Cooperation Movement. |
| A. | gandhi |
| B. | balgangadhartilak |
| C. | sri aurobindo |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» B. balgangadhartilak | |
| 1299. |
. …………………accorded Mahatma (Great Soul) title to Gandhi in the year1920. |
| A. | mohammed ali jinnah |
| B. | motilal nehru |
| C. | rabindranath tagore |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» D. tilak | |
| 1300. |
The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one of……………….first significant steps to achieve Indian independence. |
| A. | gandhi`s |
| B. | rabindranath tagore’s |
| C. | motilal nehru’s |
| D. | mohammed ali jinnah’s |
| Answer» B. rabindranath tagore’s | |