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| 1. |
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from: |
| A. | Sabarmati Ashram |
| B. | Ahmedabad |
| C. | Porbandar |
| D. | Dandi |
| Answer» B. Ahmedabad | |
| 2. |
Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British |
| A. | Jitin Das |
| B. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| C. | Rajguru |
| D. | Kalpana-Dutt |
| Answer» D. Kalpana-Dutt | |
| 3. |
Who said that "India's Soul live in villages”? |
| A. | Vinoba Bhave |
| B. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Name the ‘Political Guru' of Mahatma Gandhi |
| A. | Gopalkrishna Gokhle |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 5. |
On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/ Union Territory is that town now? |
| A. | Tripura |
| B. | Manipur |
| C. | Manipur |
| D. | Mizoram |
| Answer» D. Mizoram | |
| 6. |
What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality? |
| A. | Rowlatta Act |
| B. | Minto-Morley Reforms |
| C. | Simon CommissionD Pitts India Act |
| Answer» D. | |
| 7. |
The Arya Samaj is against |
| A. | Existence of God |
| B. | Rituals and idol-worship |
| C. | Hinduism |
| D. | Islam |
| Answer» C. Hinduism | |
| 8. |
Who said "Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom"? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Lala Lajpat ka |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» B. Lala Lajpat ka | |
| 9. |
Which of the following movement was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi? |
| A. | Champarah Satyagraha |
| B. | Wahabi Movement |
| C. | Non-Coorperation Movement |
| D. | Civil Disobedience Movenment |
| Answer» C. Non-Coorperation Movement | |
| 10. |
Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law |
| A. | Rowlatt Act of 1919 |
| B. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| C. | Indian Council Act of 1909 |
| D. | Government of India Act of 1919 |
| Answer» B. Government of India Act of 1935 | |
| 11. |
In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British ? |
| A. | Punjab |
| B. | Chhota Nagpur |
| C. | Tarai |
| D. | Manipur |
| Answer» C. Tarai | |
| 12. |
The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru |
| A. | At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947 |
| B. | On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929 |
| C. | When India became a democratic republic in 1950 |
| D. | When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935. |
| Answer» C. When India became a democratic republic in 1950 | |
| 13. |
Who led the armed raid on the government armoury at Chittagong in 1930? |
| A. | Chandra Shekhar Azad |
| B. | Bhagat SinoD) Sukhdev |
| C. | Surya Sen |
| Answer» D. | |
| 14. |
Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held? |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Bombay |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» D. Madras | |
| 15. |
Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims? |
| A. | Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi |
| B. | Shah Waliullah |
| C. | Sayyed Ahmad Khan |
| D. | Sayyed Amir Ali |
| Answer» D. Sayyed Amir Ali | |
| 16. |
The Portugues build their first fort on India soil in the territory of the Raja of |
| A. | Calicul |
| B. | Cochin |
| C. | Daman |
| D. | Bijapur |
| Answer» C. Daman | |
| 17. |
The first newspaper which was published in India was |
| A. | The Calculatta Gazette |
| B. | The Calculatta Gazette |
| C. | The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta |
| D. | The Bengal Gazette |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Champaran Satyagraha was related to |
| A. | Indigo |
| B. | Mill-owners |
| C. | Plague |
| D. | Fresh assessment of land |
| Answer» B. Mill-owners | |
| 19. |
“Neel Darpan' a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by |
| A. | Dinbandhu Mitra |
| B. | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| D. | Naveen Chandra Sen |
| Answer» B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | |
| 20. |
When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made? |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1931 |
| C. | 1929 |
| D. | 1932 |
| Answer» C. 1929 | |
| 21. |
Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India ? |
| A. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| C. | Devendra Nath Tegore |
| D. | Keshav Chandra Sen |
| Answer» C. Devendra Nath Tegore | |
| 22. |
Swami Dyanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Lahore |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | Ahmadnagar |
| Answer» B. Lahore | |
| 23. |
The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where |
| A. | The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State |
| B. | The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar |
| C. | The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord |
| D. | the land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis |
| Answer» B. The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar | |
| 24. |
Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'? |
| A. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| B. | Khan Saheb |
| C. | Chaudhary Shaukatullah |
| D. | Liaquat Ali Khan |
| Answer» B. Khan Saheb | |
| 25. |
Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute? |
| A. | Lord Elgin |
| B. | Lord Macaulay |
| C. | Sadler |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sadler | |
| 26. |
Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Kanpur |
| C. | Jhansi |
| D. | Lucknow |
| Answer» B. Kanpur | |
| 27. |
In which of the following places was the Ryotwari settlement introduced? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh and Punjab |
| B. | North-West Provinces and Punjab |
| C. | Madras and Bombay |
| D. | Bengal and Bihar |
| Answer» D. Bengal and Bihar | |
| 28. |
Who, among the following, founded the 'All India Depressed Classes Federation' in 1920? |
| A. | M.K. Gandhi |
| B. | Jyotiba Phule |
| C. | G.K. Gokhale |
| D. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Kanpur |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» D. Madras | |
| 30. |
'Lucknow pact' was a deal between |
| A. | Indians and the British about legislative seats |
| B. | Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures |
| C. | Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations |
| D. | Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations |
| Answer» C. Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations | |
| 31. |
What was meant by the secretary of State of India during the British? |
| A. | An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India |
| B. | A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India |
| C. | A British minister given full control over the Government of India |
| D. | A senior officer appointed the Viceroy to look into his internal administration in India |
| Answer» D. A senior officer appointed the Viceroy to look into his internal administration in India | |
| 32. |
Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of |
| A. | Bernard Shaw |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Leo Tolstoy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Who was the founder of the 'Servant of India Society'? |
| A. | G.K. Gokhale |
| B. | M.G. Ranade |
| C. | B.G. Tilak |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Answer» B. M.G. Ranade | |
| 34. |
Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress? |
| A. | George Yule |
| B. | William Wedderburn |
| C. | A.O.Hume |
| D. | Henry Cotton |
| Answer» B. William Wedderburn | |
| 35. |
Match the following:Column –I Column-II [a. Keshab Sen. 1. Prarthana Samaj[b. Dayanand Saraswati 2. Brahmo Samaj [c. Atmaram Panduranga 3. Aligarh Movement [d. Sayyed Ahmad Khan 4. Arya Samaj |
| A. | A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 |
| B. | A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 |
| C. | A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 |
| D. | A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 |
| Answer» D. A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 | |
| 36. |
The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of |
| A. | January |
| B. | March |
| C. | August |
| D. | December |
| Answer» D. December | |
| 37. |
Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of Passive Resistance ? |
| A. | B. G Tilak |
| B. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| C. | Lajpat Rai |
| D. | G.K. Gokhale |
| Answer» C. Lajpat Rai | |
| 38. |
The hero of the Kakori 'Dacoity' case was |
| A. | Ramprasad Bismil |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Batukeshwar Datta |
| D. | Barkatulla |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 39. |
Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of |
| A. | Lord Lytton |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Ripon |
| D. | Lord Hardinge-I |
| Answer» C. Lord Ripon | |
| 40. |
The Indian National Army (Azad Hind fauj) fought in the Second World War against |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | Great Britain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Federal form of Governments at centre was in troduced in India under: |
| A. | Government of India Act of 1909 |
| B. | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
| C. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| D. | Indian Independence Act of 1947 |
| Answer» D. Indian Independence Act of 1947 | |
| 42. |
Who declared "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"? |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | Bal Gangadhara Tilak |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | K.T Telang |
| Answer» C. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 43. |
Who is called as the “Prophet of New India” |
| A. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| B. | Sri Ramkrishna |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Swami Vivekananda(FCI Assistant Grede-III-2010 |
| Answer» C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy | |
| 44. |
Where was the Royal Durbar Held on November 1st, 1858 to issue to Queen's proclamation? |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Cawnpore |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Kanpur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
In which years did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement? |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1934 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» C. 1934 | |
| 46. |
The All India Muslim league was founded by |
| A. | Maulana Ahmed Ali |
| B. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| C. | Agha Khan |
| D. | Hakim Ajmal Khan |
| Answer» D. Hakim Ajmal Khan | |
| 47. |
Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi? |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Mridula Sarabhai |
| C. | Muthu Lakshmi |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon? |
| A. | Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22 |
| B. | Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919 |
| C. | Ahmedabad Strike, 1918 |
| D. | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| Answer» D. Bardoli Satyagraha | |
| 49. |
What did Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century? |
| A. | Saving the lower castes from hypocriticalBrahmans and their opportunistic scriptures |
| B. | Attacking the caste system |
| C. | Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara |
| D. | Seperate representation for untouchables |
| Answer» B. Attacking the caste system | |
| 50. |
One time associated of Mahatma Ghandhi, brokeoff from him and launched a radical movement called 'self-respect movement'. Who was he? |
| A. | P. Thyagaraja Shetti |
| B. | Chhatrapati Maharaj |
| C. | E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker |
| D. | Jyotirao Govindrao Phule |
| Answer» D. Jyotirao Govindrao Phule | |