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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. |
During the period of which Governor General/ Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced? |
| A. | Dalhousie |
| B. | Curzon |
| C. | Bentick |
| D. | Conrnwallis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of 'Drain of Wealth' in the book: |
| A. | Poverty and Un-British Rule in India |
| B. | British Rule and its Consequences |
| C. | Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India |
| D. | Nature of British Colonial Rule |
| Answer» B. British Rule and its Consequences | |
| 3. |
Arrange in chronological order:[1. Cabinet Mission [2. Cripps Mission [3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms [4. Minto-Morley Reforms |
| A. | 3,2,4,1 |
| B. | 1,2,3,4 |
| C. | 4,3,2,1 |
| D. | 2.3.4, |
| Answer» D. 2.3.4, | |
| 4. |
Who was the founder of Swatantra Party? |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | B.G Tilak |
| C. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| D. | C. Rajagopalar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
With which conspriracy case AurobindoGhosh's name is conected? |
| A. | Kakori Conspiracy Case |
| B. | Lahore Conspiracy Case |
| C. | Meerut Conspiracy Case |
| D. | Alipore Conspiracy Case |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Which of the following pair is incorrect? |
| A. | Comrade – Mohammed Ali |
| B. | Indian Sociologist – Lala Har Dayal |
| C. | Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Common Weal – Annie Besant |
| Answer» D. Common Weal – Annie Besant | |
| 7. |
The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at: |
| A. | Calcutta Madras |
| B. | Madras |
| C. | Belgaum |
| D. | Lahore |
| Answer» D. Lahore | |
| 8. |
Who was the Nawab of Bengal during "Battle of Plassey"? |
| A. | Mir Jafar |
| B. | Mir Qasim |
| C. | Siraj-ud-duala |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 9. |
Gandhiji's famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in |
| A. | 1943 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» D. 1940 | |
| 10. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of: |
| A. | Arya Samaj |
| B. | Ram Krishna Mission |
| C. | Brahmo Samaj |
| D. | Prathna Samaj |
| Answer» D. Prathna Samaj | |
| 11. |
Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from: |
| A. | Dandi |
| B. | Kheda |
| C. | Sabarmati |
| D. | Champaran |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy? |
| A. | General Dyer |
| B. | Arthur Wellesly |
| C. | General Harris |
| D. | Colonel Wellesly |
| Answer» B. Arthur Wellesly | |
| 13. |
The non- cooperation movement was called off due to |
| A. | Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy |
| B. | Chauri Chaura Incident |
| C. | Poona pact |
| D. | Gandhi-Irwin pact |
| Answer» C. Poona pact | |
| 14. |
Who is the founder of the concept "Sarvodaya"? |
| A. | Vinobha Bhave |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| D. | K G Mushroowala |
| Answer» C. Jai Prakash Narayan | |
| 15. |
Who established the 'Sharda Sadan', a school for Indian Widows in colonial India? |
| A. | Mahadev Govind Ranade |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| D. | Pandita Ramabai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
When was the office of District Collector created? |
| A. | 1786 |
| B. | 1772 |
| C. | 1771 |
| D. | 1773 |
| Answer» C. 1771 | |
| 17. |
In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating |
| A. | Pattabhi Sitharamayy |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | VB Patel |
| Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 18. |
Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761? |
| A. | Alamgir I |
| B. | Muhammad Shah |
| C. | Jahadar Shah |
| D. | Shah Alam II |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised? |
| A. | Sukhdev |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Surya Sen |
| D. | Rajguru |
| Answer» D. Rajguru | |
| 20. |
Who among the following introduced Ryotwari system in madras? |
| A. | Lord Hastings |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Sir Thomas Munro |
| D. | Lord Cannemara |
| Answer» D. Lord Cannemara | |
| 21. |
Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo-Mysore War? |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Lord Cornwallis |
| C. | Sir John Shore |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Cripps Mission came to India |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» D. 1940 | |
| 23. |
The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D. known as the |
| A. | Regulating Act |
| B. | Pitt's India Act |
| C. | Charter Act |
| D. | Company Act |
| Answer» B. Pitt's India Act | |
| 24. |
The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767 - 69 A.D., came to an end by the |
| A. | Treaty of Pondicherry |
| B. | Treaty of Madras |
| C. | Treaty of Mysore |
| D. | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle |
| Answer» C. Treaty of Mysore | |
| 25. |
Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company? |
| A. | Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally |
| B. | Godeheu |
| C. | La Bourdonnais |
| D. | Joseph Francois Dupleix |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Compnay in the year |
| A. | 1857 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1859 |
| D. | 1860 |
| Answer» C. 1859 | |
| 27. |
“There are no politics deviod of religion' is stated by |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Vinoba Bhave |
| D. | Jaya Prakash Narayan |
| Answer» C. Vinoba Bhave | |
| 28. |
Socialism is essentially a movement of |
| A. | Intellectuals |
| B. | The poor people |
| C. | The middle classes |
| D. | The workers |
| Answer» D. The workers | |
| 29. |
Who was the founder of 'Gadhar party' |
| A. | Sachindranath Sanyal |
| B. | Chandarshekhar Azad |
| C. | Lala Har Dayal |
| D. | Batukeshwar Dutt |
| Answer» D. Batukeshwar Dutt | |
| 30. |
India became independent during viceroyalty of |
| A. | William Bentinck |
| B. | Wellesley |
| C. | Wavell |
| D. | Mountbatten |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred duringGovernor Generalship of: |
| A. | Lord dalhousie |
| B. | Lord Lytton |
| C. | Lord william Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Canning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940? |
| A. | Nadiad in Gujrat |
| B. | Pavnar in Maharashtra |
| C. | Adyar in Tamil Nadu |
| D. | Guntur in Andhra Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Adyar in Tamil Nadu | |
| 33. |
Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India? |
| A. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| B. | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar |
| C. | Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar |
| D. | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
What did the Hunter Commission, appointed by the Viceroy probe? |
| A. | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| B. | Khilafat Agitation |
| C. | Jallianwala Bagh tragedy |
| D. | Chauri Chaura incident |
| Answer» D. Chauri Chaura incident | |
| 35. |
When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly? |
| A. | After the Battle of Plassey |
| B. | After the Battle of Panipat |
| C. | After the war of Mysore |
| D. | After Sepoy Mutiny |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
When was first telegraph line started in India? |
| A. | 1851 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1884 |
| D. | 1900 |
| Answer» B. 1875 | |
| 37. |
Who among the following organised the "All India Depressed Classes Association.” in colonial India? |
| A. | M. K. Gandhi |
| B. | Jyotiba Phule |
| C. | Pandita Ramabai |
| D. | B. R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Which one of the following events did not tai place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzona |
| A. | Establishment of the department of Archaeologi |
| B. | Second Delhi Durbar |
| C. | Formation of Indian National Congress |
| D. | Partition of Bengal |
| Answer» D. Partition of Bengal | |
| 39. |
When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was |
| A. | Jahangir |
| B. | Humayun. |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» D. Aurangzeb | |
| 40. |
Name three important forms of Satyagraha. |
| A. | Non-cooperation,civil disobedience and boycott |
| B. | Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion |
| C. | Non-cooperation, revolution and referendum |
| D. | Revolution, plebiscite and boycott |
| Answer» B. Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India? |
| A. | Pariksha Guru |
| B. | Anandmath |
| C. | Rangbhoomi |
| D. | Padmarag |
| Answer» C. Rangbhoomi | |
| 42. |
Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an |
| A. | White Paper |
| B. | Regulating Act |
| C. | Ordinance |
| D. | Resolution |
| Answer» C. Ordinance | |
| 43. |
The Idea of federation was first proposed in |
| A. | Indian Councils Act of 1892 |
| B. | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| C. | Montague-Chelmsford Reforms |
| D. | Nehru Report of 1928 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
By which Charter Act, the East India Company's monopoly of trade with China come to an end? |
| A. | Charter Act of 1793 |
| B. | Charter Act of 1813 |
| C. | Charter Act of 1833 |
| D. | Charter Act of 1853 |
| Answer» C. Charter Act of 1833 | |
| 45. |
The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa |
| A. | Raghunath Rao |
| B. | Narayan Rao |
| C. | Madhav Rao II |
| D. | Baji Rao II |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
In 1937, an educational conference endorsing Gandhi's proposals for 'basic education' through the vernacular medium was held at |
| A. | Surat |
| B. | Bombay |
| C. | Ahmedabad |
| D. | Wardha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
During British rule, who in strumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency? |
| A. | Macaulay |
| B. | Elphinstone |
| C. | Thomas Munro |
| D. | John Lawrence |
| Answer» D. John Lawrence | |
| 48. |
Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India? |
| A. | Masulipatnam |
| B. | Pulicat |
| C. | Surat |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» C. Surat | |
| 49. |
For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of Lapse” was not followed? |
| A. | Nagpur |
| B. | Satara |
| C. | Punjab |
| D. | Jhansi |
| Answer» D. Jhansi | |
| 50. |
Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India? |
| A. | Battle of Wandiwash |
| B. | First Carnatic WarD) Battle of Plassey |
| C. | Battle of Buxar |
| Answer» B. First Carnatic WarD) Battle of Plassey | |