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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.
| 1301. |
A series of non-violence campaigns of Civil Disobedience Movement werelaunched by the Indian National Congress under the leadershipof………………………. |
| A. | mohammad ali jinnah |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | motilalnehru |
| D. | sri aurobindo |
| Answer» C. motilalnehru | |
| 1302. |
………………….., who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhito the concerns in India and the struggle of the people. |
| A. | tejbahadursapru |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | mohammad ali jinnah |
| D. | gopal krishna gokhale |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1303. |
After …………….came back to India from South Africa, where he worked asa barrister. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | gopalkrishna gokhale |
| Answer» B. rabindranath tagore | |
| 1304. |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October………….. |
| A. | 1859 |
| B. | 1869 |
| C. | 1889 |
| D. | 1900 |
| Answer» C. 1889 | |
| 1305. |
Brigadier-General ………………with his British troops entered the park atJallianwalaBagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire onthe gathered people without any warning. |
| A. | reginald dyer |
| B. | sir stafford cripps |
| C. | sir claude auchinleck |
| D. | general sir rob lockhart. |
| Answer» B. sir stafford cripps | |
| 1306. |
A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at …………….in a small parkenclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the arrest. |
| A. | jallianwalabagh |
| B. | uttar pradesh |
| C. | mumbai |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» B. uttar pradesh | |
| 1307. |
In Punjab the protest movement was vast and strong.On 10th April, 1919 tworenowned leaders of the Congress, …………….and Dr. SaifuddinKithlew werearrested and were taken to unknown place. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | dr. satya pal |
| C. | gopal krishna gokhale |
| D. | rabindranath tagore |
| Answer» C. gopal krishna gokhale | |
| 1308. |
The Rowlatt act was effective from 10th March,…………….. |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1923 |
| D. | 1927 |
| Answer» C. 1923 | |
| 1309. |
In the year 1919, the British Government passed a new rulecalled…………………, under which the Government had the authority and power toarrest people and keep them in prisons without any trial if they are suspected with thecharge of terrorism. |
| A. | rowlatt act |
| B. | trade union act |
| C. | gandhi-irwin pact |
| D. | minto-morley act |
| Answer» B. trade union act | |
| 1310. |
The Peasant and the Raj is the work of ………. |
| A. | eric stokes |
| B. | a.r.desai |
| C. | d.n.dhanagare |
| D. | shirin mehta |
| Answer» B. a.r.desai | |
| 1311. |
Writing Social History is the book of ………… |
| A. | anialoomba |
| B. | sumitsarkar |
| C. | cohn bernard |
| D. | ranajithguha |
| Answer» C. cohn bernard | |
| 1312. |
Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is…………… |
| A. | romilathapar |
| B. | irfanhabib |
| C. | s.c.ghosh |
| D. | naorojidadabhai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1313. |
Author of ‘Culture ideology Hegemony Intellectual and Social consciousnessin Colonial India’ is ……… |
| A. | k.n.ganesh |
| B. | k.n.panikkar |
| C. | r.c. majumdar |
| D. | herman kulke |
| Answer» C. r.c. majumdar | |
| 1314. |
Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’? |
| A. | a.r.desai |
| B. | dharam kumar |
| C. | ray chaudhuri |
| D. | k.rajayyan |
| Answer» B. dharam kumar | |
| 1315. |
My Experiments with Truth is the work of ………. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | tarachand |
| C. | shankarlal banker |
| D. | mahadev desai |
| Answer» B. tarachand | |
| 1316. |
The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India forthe first time in |
| A. | 1848 a.d |
| B. | 1858 a.d |
| C. | 1862 a.d |
| D. | 1856 a.d |
| Answer» C. 1862 a.d | |
| 1317. |
Who of the following Governor Generals is associated with Subsidiary AllianceSysten? |
| A. | lord cornwallies |
| B. | lord wellesley |
| C. | lord mayo |
| D. | lord delhousie |
| Answer» C. lord mayo | |
| 1318. |
Against Lord and State was written by ……….. |
| A. | sumitsarkar |
| B. | r.c.majumdar |
| C. | panikkar k.n |
| D. | k.k.n.kurup |
| Answer» D. k.k.n.kurup | |
| 1319. |
PazhassiSamarangal (Malayalam) was written by ………… |
| A. | k.k.n.kurup |
| B. | bhattacharya sabya |
| C. | k.k.kusuman |
| D. | b.sobhanan |
| Answer» B. bhattacharya sabya | |
| 1320. |
In……….., the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade UnionCongress (AITUC)) was established. |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1908 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1321. |
Kheda Satyagraha………………………. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | calcutta |
| C. | thana |
| D. | malabar |
| Answer» B. calcutta | |
| 1322. |
Champaran Satyagraha was led by ……………. |
| A. | amareshchakravarty |
| B. | pulinbeharisarkar |
| C. | gandhi |
| D. | patel |
| Answer» D. patel | |
| 1323. |
Champaran Satyagraha was in …………….. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | bombay |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | madras |
| Answer» D. madras | |
| 1324. |
Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers - the Kesari andthe Maratha? |
| A. | gokhale |
| B. | annie besant |
| C. | tilak |
| D. | jawaharlal nehru |
| Answer» D. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 1325. |
………. made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said,"Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it." |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | jawaharlal nehru |
| Answer» B. mahatma gandhi | |
| 1326. |
The background of the foundation of the Muslim League at ……….on 30 December1906 may be traced back to the establishment of the Indian national congress in1885. |
| A. | dhaka |
| B. | shahbag |
| C. | simla |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» B. shahbag | |
| 1327. |
Muslim League established in December ……….. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1902 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» D. 1946 | |
| 1328. |
Hindu Mahasabha was founded in …………….. . |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1906 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» D. 1925 | |
| 1329. |
The first Shivaji festival was held at Raigarh in ………….. |
| A. | 1890 |
| B. | 1892 |
| C. | 1895 |
| D. | 1899 |
| Answer» D. 1899 | |
| 1330. |
The Ganapati festival was started in …………. |
| A. | 1792 |
| B. | 1793 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1904 |
| Answer» D. 1904 | |
| 1331. |
The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by ………. |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | panditmadan mohan malaviya |
| C. | shyamaprasadmukherjee |
| D. | j.n.mukherjee |
| Answer» B. panditmadan mohan malaviya | |
| 1332. |
The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in ……………. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» C. 1928 | |
| 1333. |
The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the ………….decision to partitionBengal. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» C. dutch | |
| 1334. |
………………., the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrativepurposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31million people and with its capital at Dhaka. |
| A. | lord curzon |
| B. | lord rippon |
| C. | lord hastings |
| D. | wellesley |
| Answer» C. lord hastings | |
| 1335. |
…………… is the acknowledged high priest of the drain theory. |
| A. | dadabhainaoroji |
| B. | s n bose |
| C. | j.n. ghosh |
| D. | j.n.mukherjee |
| Answer» B. s n bose | |
| 1336. |
DadabhaiNaoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in…………. analysed the nature of the British rule in India. |
| A. | 1898 |
| B. | 1901 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» B. 1901 | |
| 1337. |
The Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency wasfounded by ………….in 1852. |
| A. | dadabhainaoroji |
| B. | pulinbeharisarkar |
| C. | amareshchakravarty |
| D. | prankrishnaparija. |
| Answer» C. amareshchakravarty | |
| 1338. |
. …………………….is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’. |
| A. | ranade |
| B. | dadabhainaoroji |
| C. | pulinbeharisarkar |
| D. | amareshchakravarty |
| Answer» B. dadabhainaoroji | |
| 1339. |
The ‘political philosophy’ was the work of …………. |
| A. | gopala krishna gokhale |
| B. | dadabainaoroji |
| C. | r. c. dutt |
| D. | lalalajpathrai |
| Answer» B. dadabainaoroji | |
| 1340. |
………………in his book ‘Economic history of India’ wrote ‘If India is poor today itis through the operation of economic causes’. |
| A. | dadhabainaoroji |
| B. | r.c. dutt |
| C. | ranade |
| D. | r.p.datt |
| Answer» C. ranade | |
| 1341. |
1905 ………….laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’, with a view tothe training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by allconstitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people. |
| A. | gokhale |
| B. | dadabainaoroji |
| C. | r. c. dutt |
| D. | ranade |
| Answer» B. dadabainaoroji | |
| 1342. |
The Minto Morley reforms was in the year …………. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1907 |
| C. | 1909 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» B. 1907 | |
| 1343. |
The Deccan Educational Society founded by ………. |
| A. | d.ewacha |
| B. | ranade |
| C. | w.c.banerjee |
| D. | s.n.banerjee |
| Answer» C. w.c.banerjee | |
| 1344. |
……………..edited the journal of Poona SarvajanikSabha. |
| A. | gokhale |
| B. | w.c.banerjee |
| C. | ranade |
| D. | s.n.banerjee |
| Answer» D. s.n.banerjee | |
| 1345. |
Gokhale was born in a Marath Brahmin family at …………. |
| A. | kolhapur |
| B. | poona |
| C. | allahabad |
| D. | assam |
| Answer» C. allahabad | |
| 1346. |
The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under thepresident ship of ……………. |
| A. | dadabhainaoroji |
| B. | kadambiniganguli |
| C. | pherozeshah mehta |
| D. | d.ewacha |
| Answer» B. kadambiniganguli | |
| 1347. |
In ……… Derozio founded with his students the 'Academic Association' whichorganised debates on various subjects. |
| A. | 1824 |
| B. | 1825 |
| C. | 1828 |
| D. | 1834 |
| Answer» B. 1825 | |
| 1348. |
The British India Society was formed in ……………) |
| A. | 1832 |
| B. | 1833 |
| C. | 1839 |
| D. | 1874 |
| Answer» D. 1874 | |
| 1349. |
Bengal British India Society founded in Calcutta on 20 April 1843, was the…………………political public association to be formed in British India, the firstbeing the zamindari association (1837). |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 1350. |
Zamindari Association was the ………. political association of modern India. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» B. second | |