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| 1. |
The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1920, was presided over by |
| A. | J L Nehru |
| B. | VV Giri |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | MM Joshi |
| Answer» D. MM Joshi | |
| 2. |
First Governor-General of India |
| A. | Lord Amherst |
| B. | Lord William Bentinck |
| C. | Sir Charles Metcalfe |
| D. | Robert Clive |
| Answer» C. Sir Charles Metcalfe | |
| 3. |
First Governor-General of Bengal |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | William Bentinck |
| C. | Wellesley |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
All India Harijan Sangha established by Mahtama Gandhi, in the year |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1932 |
| C. | 1920 |
| D. | 1927 |
| Answer» C. 1920 | |
| 5. |
First Indian to used the word 'Swarajya' |
| A. | Raja Rammohan Rai |
| B. | Mahtma Gandhi |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Swami Vivekanand |
| Answer» D. Swami Vivekanand | |
| 6. |
In which place did Satyagraha first started |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Baroda |
| D. | Champaran |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
First census in India was conducted at the time of |
| A. | Lord Dufferin |
| B. | Lord Lytton |
| C. | Lord Auckland |
| D. | Sir John Napier |
| Answer» B. Lord Lytton | |
| 8. |
Who first translated Bhagvad Gita to English |
| A. | William Jones |
| B. | Charles Wilkins |
| C. | Alexander Cunningham |
| D. | John Marshall |
| Answer» C. Alexander Cunningham | |
| 9. |
Who was the founder of the Indian Association |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| D. | AO Hume |
| Answer» D. AO Hume | |
| 10. |
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was Passed |
| A. | Lord Irwin |
| B. | Lord Reading |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Wavell |
| Answer» D. Lord Wavell | |
| 11. |
Who introduce English as official language |
| A. | Lord William Bentick |
| B. | Sir Charles Wood |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Allan Octawain Hume |
| Answer» C. Dalhousie | |
| 12. |
The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment |
| A. | C Vijaraghavachari |
| B. | B G Tilak |
| C. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| D. | Dadabhai Noroji |
| Answer» B. B G Tilak | |
| 13. |
Who wrote the book Babuvivah |
| A. | Raja Rammohan Rai |
| B. | Pandit Rambai |
| C. | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| D. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Answer» D. Rabindranath Tagore | |
| 14. |
Which farm eastablished by Mahatma Gandhi in Natal, South Africa |
| A. | Phoenix Farm |
| B. | Tolstoy Farm |
| C. | Sabamati Ashram |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Tolstoy Farm | |
| 15. |
Who is consider as the chief architect of Tajmahal |
| A. | Mir Abd-ul Karim |
| B. | Ahmad Lahauri |
| C. | Makramat Khan |
| D. | Ustad Isa |
| Answer» C. Makramat Khan | |
| 16. |
Dandi March was began on the date of |
| A. | 12th March 1930 |
| B. | 15th March 1928 |
| C. | 15th April 1932 |
| D. | 30th March 1932 |
| Answer» B. 15th March 1928 | |
| 17. |
Who first address Mahtma Gandhi as "Father of Nation" |
| A. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| B. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| C. | B G Tilak |
| D. | JL Nehru |
| Answer» B. Rabindra Nath Tagore | |
| 18. |
Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885 |
| A. | Decan Educational Society |
| B. | Bharatiya Sewak Samaj |
| C. | Samaj Sewa Sangh |
| D. | Theosophical Society |
| Answer» B. Bharatiya Sewak Samaj | |
| 19. |
Where did British first open their factories in Eastern part of India? |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Orissa |
| C. | Bihar |
| D. | Sikim |
| Answer» C. Bihar | |
| 20. |
Goa was captured by Portuguese |
| A. | 1479 AD |
| B. | 1575 AD |
| C. | 1510 AD |
| D. | 1600 AD |
| Answer» D. 1600 AD | |
| 21. |
Sati was declared illegal and punishable by |
| A. | Lord William Bentinck |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Canning |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» B. Lord Ripon | |
| 22. |
First English newspaper in India |
| A. | The Bengal Gazette |
| B. | The Calcutta Gazette |
| C. | The Bengal Journal |
| D. | The Bombay Herald |
| Answer» B. The Calcutta Gazette | |
| 23. |
In Bengal, the headquarters of East India Company were located at |
| A. | Fort St David |
| B. | Fort William |
| C. | Fort St George |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Fort St George | |
| 24. |
The Battle of Chausa was fought between Humayun and ......._x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Nadir Shah |
| B. | Krishnadeva Raya |
| C. | Hemu |
| D. | Sher Shah Suri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
World War II started in the year? |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» D. 1945 | |
| 26. |
World War I broke out in the year |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1924 |
| D. | 1934 |
| Answer» C. 1924 | |
| 27. |
With which country India did its seventh edition of bilateral EKUVERIN Exercise 2016 at Kadhdhoo? |
| A. | Nepal |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Maldives |
| D. | Bhutan |
| Answer» D. Bhutan | |
| 28. |
With reference to the first battle of freedom in 1857, who was related to Jhansi ? |
| A. | Chandra Shekhar Azad |
| B. | Rani Lakshmi Bai |
| C. | Mangal Pandey |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» C. Mangal Pandey | |
| 29. |
Whom the Greeks refered to as Amitraghata? |
| A. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| B. | Bimbisara |
| C. | Bindusara |
| D. | Vasudeva |
| Answer» D. Vasudeva | |
| 30. |
Whose reign in Indian History is called the Golden Age of India? |
| A. | Mughal Empire |
| B. | Maratha Empire |
| C. | Gupta Empire |
| D. | Maurya Empire |
| Answer» D. Maurya Empire | |
| 31. |
Whom did the Mughals take the festival of Navaroz?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Parsi |
| B. | Jewish |
| C. | Mangol |
| D. | Turks |
| Answer» B. Jewish | |
| 32. |
Whom did Lord Minto send to Ranjit Singh to make a peace immediate before the Treaty of Amritsar (1809)? |
| A. | Robert Rebert |
| B. | Joshua Child |
| C. | Ochterlony |
| D. | Charles Metcalfe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556? |
| A. | Genghis Khan |
| B. | Nader Shah |
| C. | Hemu Vikramaditya |
| D. | Bajirao |
| Answer» D. Bajirao | |
| 34. |
Whom can we call the first national ruler of India? |
| A. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| B. | Kanishka |
| C. | Harsah |
| D. | Ajatasatru |
| Answer» B. Kanishka | |
| 35. |
Who were the first among the following to establish trade relations with India? |
| A. | Dutch |
| B. | French |
| C. | English |
| D. | Portuguese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Who was the Prime Minister of India during adopting of Article 370 for Jammu & Kashmir? |
| A. | Narendra Modi |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Indira Gandhi |
| D. | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| Answer» C. Indira Gandhi | |
| 37. |
Who was the viceroy at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Canning |
| Answer» D. Lord Canning | |
| 38. |
Who was the son of Chandragupta Maurya? |
| A. | Bindusara |
| B. | Chandragupta II |
| C. | Ashoka |
| D. | Binbsara |
| Answer» B. Chandragupta II | |
| 39. |
Who was/were the 10th century composer(s) of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Alvars |
| B. | Nayanars |
| C. | Appar |
| D. | Sambandar |
| Answer» B. Nayanars | |
| 40. |
Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar? |
| A. | Raja Todar Mal |
| B. | Man Singh I |
| C. | Birbal |
| D. | Tansen |
| Answer» C. Birbal | |
| 41. |
Who was the pioneer of Chipko movement of 1973? |
| A. | Sambaji |
| B. | Baba Amte |
| C. | Sunderlal Bahuguna |
| D. | Medha Patkar |
| Answer» D. Medha Patkar | |
| 42. |
Who was the moving spirit behind the Organization of the Ghadar Party? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal |
| B. | V.P Savarkar |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Answer» B. V.P Savarkar | |
| 43. |
Who was the man to attend the Imperial Durbar in 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi and was one of the founders of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha in 1807? |
| A. | M.G.Ranade |
| B. | S.N. Banerjee |
| C. | Ganesh Vasudev Joshi |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 44. |
Who was the last Mughal emperor? |
| A. | Babar |
| B. | Noor Jehan |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Bahadur Shah |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India? |
| A. | Akbar II |
| B. | Bahadur Shah II |
| C. | Alamgir II |
| D. | Shah Alam II |
| Answer» C. Alamgir II | |
| 46. |
Who was the founder of the Indian Reform Association in 1870? |
| A. | Debendranath Tagore |
| B. | Keshab Chandra Sen |
| C. | Rammohan Roy |
| D. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| Answer» C. Rammohan Roy | |
| 47. |
Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny of Indian freedom struggle? |
| A. | Lord Ellenborough |
| B. | Lord Hardinge |
| C. | Lord Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Canning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Who was the founder of Nanda dynasty |
| A. | Bimbisara |
| B. | Ajatasatru |
| C. | Mahapadmananda |
| D. | Dhanananda |
| Answer» D. Dhanananda | |
| 49. |
Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party? |
| A. | Basant Kumar Biswas |
| B. | Sohan Singh Bhakna |
| C. | Ram Prasad Bismil |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» C. Ram Prasad Bismil | |
| 50. |
Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta? |
| A. | Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini |
| B. | Sister Nivedita |
| C. | Madamee Blavatsky |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» B. Sister Nivedita | |