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This section includes 1093 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Indian Polity and Civics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 601. |
The dandi march was started by Mahatma Gandhi on __ in 1930 |
| A. | 12th March |
| B. | 30th March |
| C. | 16th April |
| D. | 28th April |
| Answer» B. 30th March | |
| 602. |
In how many days, the dandi march was completed |
| A. | 12 days |
| B. | 18 days |
| C. | 24 days |
| D. | 30 days |
| Answer» D. 30 days | |
| 603. |
Total number of people that participate at the beginning of the dandi march was |
| A. | 52 |
| B. | 78 |
| C. | 92 |
| D. | 115 |
| Answer» C. 92 | |
| 604. |
The dandi march was began from __ |
| A. | Sabarmati |
| B. | Nanded |
| C. | Dandi |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» B. Nanded | |
| 605. |
The first Satyagraha campaign by Gandhiji was started in |
| A. | Bardoli |
| B. | Baroda |
| C. | Dandi |
| D. | Champaran |
| Answer» E. | |
| 606. |
Who set up the famous "Bengal Chemical Swadeshi Stores" during the Seadeshi Movement |
| A. | P. C. Roy |
| B. | Anandamohan Bose |
| C. | Ashwini Kumar Dutt |
| D. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Answer» B. Anandamohan Bose | |
| 607. |
Who of the following nationalist leader has been referred to as "Lokhitwadi" |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar |
| C. | Gopal Hari Deshmukh |
| D. | Motilal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Motilal Nehru | |
| 608. |
Hunter Commission was appointed by the British to probe into the |
| A. | Chauri-Chaura incident |
| B. | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| C. | Jallianwala Bagh incident |
| D. | Khailafat agitation |
| Answer» D. Khailafat agitation | |
| 609. |
The local name of Mohenjodaro is |
| A. | Mound of the Great |
| B. | Mound of the Living |
| C. | Mound of the Survivor |
| D. | Mound of the Dead |
| Answer» E. | |
| 610. |
Which of the following was the first Indian State that signed the Subsidiary Alliance with the East India Company |
| A. | Tanjore |
| B. | Oudh |
| C. | Hyderabad |
| D. | Mysore |
| Answer» D. Mysore | |
| 611. |
Who established Independent Labour Party in 1936 |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| C. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| D. | B. R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 612. |
The leader who represented Indian labour at the Second Round Table Conference was |
| A. | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| B. | VV Giri |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Zakir Hussain |
| Answer» C. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 613. |
Who described Jinnah as "the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity" |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Tej Bahadur Sapru |
| Answer» C. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 614. |
When did Lord Curzon initiate "Co-operative Credit Society Act" to provide farmers a loan on low interest rate |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1906 |
| Answer» C. 1905 | |
| 615. |
Under whose command was the "Rani Jhansi Regiment" - the women's regiment of Azad Hind Fauj |
| A. | Usha Mehata |
| B. | Aruna Asaf Ali |
| C. | Laxmi Sehagal |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 616. |
Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress |
| A. | Abdul Kalam Azad |
| B. | Maulana Azad |
| C. | Badruddin Taiyabji |
| D. | Hakim Khan |
| Answer» D. Hakim Khan | |
| 617. |
The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought in the year |
| A. | 326 BC |
| B. | 312 BC |
| C. | 298 BC |
| D. | 241 BC |
| Answer» B. 312 BC | |
| 618. |
Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | M. Malabari |
| C. | D.E. Wacha |
| D. | W.C. Bonnerjee |
| Answer» B. M. Malabari | |
| 619. |
Which ancient Indian scholar was first to introduce negative numbers |
| A. | Brahmagupta |
| B. | Bhaskar II |
| C. | Aryabhatta |
| D. | Barahamihira |
| Answer» B. Bhaskar II | |
| 620. |
The export of slaves from India was banned by |
| A. | Muhammad bin Tughluq |
| B. | Feroz Tughluq |
| C. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| D. | Sikandar Lodi |
| Answer» C. Ala-ud-din Khalji | |
| 621. |
The Mughal emperor who drove away the Portuguese from Hugli, the premier port of Bengal, was |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» D. Aurangzeb | |
| 622. |
The Mughal 'firman' of free trade in Bengal was granted to the English in |
| A. | 1717 |
| B. | 1735 |
| C. | 1738 |
| D. | 1745 |
| Answer» B. 1735 | |
| 623. |
The Ram Krishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekanand in the year |
| A. | 1890 |
| B. | 1892 |
| C. | 1897 |
| D. | 1899 |
| Answer» D. 1899 | |
| 624. |
The Ryotwari system was first introduced by British in |
| A. | Madras |
| B. | Bombay |
| C. | Assam |
| D. | Bengal |
| Answer» B. Bombay | |
| 625. |
Who is known as the "The Mother of the Indian Revolution" |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Snehlata Wadekar |
| C. | Sarojini Naidu |
| D. | Madam Cama |
| Answer» E. | |
| 626. |
Who was the Prime Minister of England when the Montagu-Chelmsford Act was passed in 1919 |
| A. | Lloyd George |
| B. | George Hamilton |
| C. | Sir Samuel Hoare |
| D. | Lord Salisbury |
| Answer» B. George Hamilton | |
| 627. |
Which party was represented by Dadabhai Naoroji in the British House of Commons |
| A. | Liberal Party |
| B. | Labour Party |
| C. | Conservative Party |
| D. | Communist Party |
| Answer» B. Labour Party | |
| 628. |
The Rowlatt act was passed during the viceroyalty of |
| A. | Hardinge II |
| B. | Minto II |
| C. | Reading |
| D. | Chelmsford |
| Answer» E. | |
| 629. |
Dantidurga was the founder of which dynasty |
| A. | Cholas |
| B. | Rashtrakutas |
| C. | Chalukyas |
| D. | Pallavas |
| Answer» C. Chalukyas | |
| 630. |
The Arthasastra of Kautilya is a |
| A. | Biography of Kautilya |
| B. | Book on the principles of Government |
| C. | Biography of Chandragupta Maurya |
| D. | Book of poems |
| Answer» C. Biography of Chandragupta Maurya | |
| 631. |
The Saka era began from |
| A. | 78 B.C. |
| B. | 100 A.D. |
| C. | 712 A.D. |
| D. | 78 A.D. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 632. |
The style of architecture that was prevalent under Chola dynasty was |
| A. | Nagara style |
| B. | Dravida style |
| C. | Gopuram style |
| D. | Solanki style |
| Answer» C. Gopuram style | |
| 633. |
Who was the founder of the Pala dynasty of Bengal |
| A. | Dharmapala |
| B. | Mahipala |
| C. | Gopala |
| D. | Devapala |
| Answer» D. Devapala | |
| 634. |
Tamralipti was |
| A. | an island |
| B. | a temple |
| C. | an indian port |
| D. | a river |
| Answer» D. a river | |
| 635. |
The greatest Chalukya ruler who was contemporary of Harsha was |
| A. | Pulakesin II |
| B. | Govinda II |
| C. | Krishna II |
| D. | Kakka II |
| Answer» B. Govinda II | |
| 636. |
Timur invasion took place in the year |
| A. | 1398 AD |
| B. | 1598 AD |
| C. | 1739 AD |
| D. | 1761 AD |
| Answer» B. 1598 AD | |
| 637. |
Who among the following introduced the market control policy during the Sultanate rule of India |
| A. | Iltutmish |
| B. | Firoz Shah Tughluq |
| C. | Ala-ud-din Khiliji |
| D. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| Answer» D. Ibrahim Lodi | |
| 638. |
The iqta system means |
| A. | crown lands |
| B. | the grant or revenue from a territory |
| C. | State's share of 1/5th of the spoils of war |
| D. | law of primogeniture |
| Answer» C. State's share of 1/5th of the spoils of war | |
| 639. |
Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty |
| A. | Ghatotkacha |
| B. | Chandragupta I |
| C. | Samudragupta |
| D. | Sri Gupta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 640. |
What was the official language of the Sultanate |
| A. | Urdu |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Hindi |
| D. | Persian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 641. |
The Muslim general who campaigned deep into South India going as far as Kanyakumari is |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khiliji |
| B. | Malik Kafur |
| C. | Muhammad ibn-Kasim |
| D. | Jauna Khan |
| Answer» C. Muhammad ibn-Kasim | |
| 642. |
The word Sikh means |
| A. | single |
| B. | devotee |
| C. | disciple |
| D. | fighter |
| Answer» D. fighter | |
| 643. |
Dohas are |
| A. | the religious teachings of Sufis |
| B. | the Muslim devotees who emphasized personal devotion of man to god through love |
| C. | a group of merchants |
| D. | couplets which Kabir composed and by which the taught his followers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 644. |
Idn Battuta compiled his memoirs and named it |
| A. | Travel in India |
| B. | Mukujul Jabab |
| C. | Rihla |
| D. | Tughluqnamah |
| Answer» D. Tughluqnamah | |
| 645. |
When did the Arabs invade Sindh |
| A. | 710 AD |
| B. | 712 AD |
| C. | 714 AD |
| D. | 716 AD |
| Answer» C. 714 AD | |
| 646. |
Mehr-un-Nissa is popularly known as |
| A. | Nur Jahan |
| B. | Mumtaz |
| C. | Hamida Banu |
| D. | Gulbadan Begum |
| Answer» B. Mumtaz | |
| 647. |
Which Greek General was an ally of Chandragupta Maurya |
| A. | Seleucus I Nicator |
| B. | Alexander IV |
| C. | Antiochus I Soter |
| D. | Hector |
| Answer» B. Alexander IV | |
| 648. |
Who discontinued the policy of Jharokha-Darshan |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» E. | |
| 649. |
Which is the name of the Memoirs of Jahangir |
| A. | Iqbalnama-i-Jahangir |
| B. | Tarikh-i-Jahangir |
| C. | Tuzuk-i-Jahangir |
| D. | Masir-i-Jahangir |
| Answer» D. Masir-i-Jahangir | |
| 650. |
The mother of Shivaji was |
| A. | Putali Bai |
| B. | Ramabai |
| C. | Jija Bai |
| D. | Meera Bai |
| Answer» D. Meera Bai | |