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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.
| 401. |
Who founded the Tughluqabad city |
| A. | Tughluq Khan |
| B. | Firuz Shah Tughlaq |
| C. | Muhammad bin Tughluq |
| D. | Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq |
| Answer» E. | |
| 402. |
The Indian Police Act was promulgated in the year |
| A. | 1861 |
| B. | 1867 |
| C. | 1874 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» B. 1867 | |
| 403. |
Which viceroy passed the famous Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act (1899) |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Minto |
| C. | Lord Dufferin |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» B. Lord Minto | |
| 404. |
Who introduced Cannon and muskets in warfare in India |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Sher Shah Suri |
| D. | Alauddin Khilji |
| Answer» B. Akbar | |
| 405. |
Mula Shankar was the original name of |
| A. | Adi Shankara |
| B. | Sri Aurobindo |
| C. | Swami Vivekananda |
| D. | Swami Dayananda Saraswati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 406. |
English East India Company lost the monopoly of India trade by |
| A. | The Charter Act of 1813 |
| B. | The Charter Act of 1833 |
| C. | The Charter Act of 1853 |
| D. | The Charter Act of 1873 |
| Answer» B. The Charter Act of 1833 | |
| 407. |
What was the Language of Administration in Mauryan times |
| A. | Prakrit |
| B. | Sanskrit |
| C. | Ardhamagadi |
| D. | Kharoshti |
| Answer» B. Sanskrit | |
| 408. |
At which of the following places was Ashoka stationed as Viceroy at the time of Bindusara’s death |
| A. | Taxila |
| B. | Ujjain |
| C. | Saurashtra |
| D. | Tosali |
| Answer» C. Saurashtra | |
| 409. |
Which of the following Kashmiri Sultans translated the historical works ‘Rajatarangini’ and the ‘Mahabharata’ into Persian language |
| A. | Alauddin Shah |
| B. | Sultan Shahabuddin Shah |
| C. | Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin |
| D. | Sultan Haider Shah |
| Answer» D. Sultan Haider Shah | |
| 410. |
Who among the following was made the Nawab of Bengal twice by the British East India Company |
| A. | Mir Qasim |
| B. | Siraj-ud-Daulah |
| C. | Shah Alam II |
| D. | Mir Jafar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 411. |
Who looked after foreign affairs in Shivaji’s Ashta Pradhana |
| A. | Peshwa |
| B. | Sumant |
| C. | Sacheev |
| D. | Pandit Rao |
| Answer» C. Sacheev | |
| 412. |
When Nadir Shah invaded India, who among the following was the emperor at Delhi |
| A. | Muhammad Shah |
| B. | Alamgir I |
| C. | Alamgir II |
| D. | Farrukhsiyar |
| Answer» B. Alamgir I | |
| 413. |
Which Mughal emperors was also known as Shah-i-Bekhabar |
| A. | Muhammad Shah |
| B. | Farrukhsiyar |
| C. | Jahandar Shah |
| D. | Bahadur Shah I |
| Answer» E. | |
| 414. |
Operation Polo' was related to which of the following |
| A. | Arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru during the Quit India Movement |
| B. | Invasion of Indian National Army over British India |
| C. | Annexation of Hyderabad Princely State by the Government of India |
| D. | Freedom struggle of Goa against the Portuguese |
| Answer» D. Freedom struggle of Goa against the Portuguese | |
| 415. |
The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was |
| A. | To modernize the Indian Army |
| B. | To modernize Indian agriculture |
| C. | To impose censorship on national press |
| D. | To improve the relationship between the Government of India and Indian Princely States |
| Answer» E. | |
| 416. |
At the Mughal Court, who were known as Turanis |
| A. | Those who came from Iraq |
| B. | Those who belonged to Afghanistan |
| C. | Those who hailed from regions of Central Asia |
| D. | Those who came from Iran |
| Answer» D. Those who came from Iran | |
| 417. |
What action was taken against first British Governor General of India, Warren Hastings after accused of misconduct |
| A. | He was asked to return to Britain |
| B. | Impeachment proceedings were started against him |
| C. | He was asked to pay a heavy fine |
| D. | He was asked to apologize to the British Empire |
| Answer» C. He was asked to pay a heavy fine | |
| 418. |
Who was the Chairman of Official language commission in 1955 |
| A. | KC Pant |
| B. | GB Pant |
| C. | SK Dhar |
| D. | BG Kher |
| Answer» E. | |
| 419. |
"The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction and tyrannical and mean." This statement was made by |
| A. | Sister Nivedita |
| B. | Savitribai Phule |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» B. Savitribai Phule | |
| 420. |
Which Mughal emperor is also known by the name of "Rangeela" |
| A. | Jahangir |
| B. | Shah Jahan |
| C. | Muhammad Shah |
| D. | Farrukhsiyar |
| Answer» D. Farrukhsiyar | |
| 421. |
Who was the President of Indian National Congress when congress signed merger pact with Muslim League in 1916 |
| A. | S.P. Sinha |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Bhupendranath Bose |
| D. | A.C. Majumdar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 422. |
The first great experiment in Satyagraha was launched by Mahatma Gandhi at |
| A. | Dandi |
| B. | Champaran |
| C. | Bardoli |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» C. Bardoli | |
| 423. |
The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by |
| A. | Lord Mountbatten |
| B. | Sir Cyril Radcliffe |
| C. | Sir Stafford Cripps |
| D. | Lawrence |
| Answer» C. Sir Stafford Cripps | |
| 424. |
The Jain text which contains the Biographies of the Tirthankaras is known as |
| A. | Upanishads |
| B. | Arthashastra |
| C. | Tattvartha Sutra |
| D. | Kalpa Sutra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 425. |
After the First Carnatic War, Madras was restored to the English by the French through |
| A. | The Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle |
| B. | The Treaty of Pondicherry |
| C. | The Treaty of Salbai |
| D. | The Treaty of Mangalore |
| Answer» B. The Treaty of Pondicherry | |
| 426. |
Which bill or Act is also known as "White Mutiny" |
| A. | Rowlatt Act |
| B. | Ilbert Bill |
| C. | Pitt's India Act |
| D. | Indian Council Act, 1861 |
| Answer» C. Pitt's India Act | |
| 427. |
The first national news agency of India was |
| A. | The Indian Review |
| B. | The Free Press of India |
| C. | The Hindustan Review |
| D. | The Associated Press of India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 428. |
In which year was English made the official language of India and a medium of higher education |
| A. | 1932 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1938 |
| Answer» D. 1938 | |
| 429. |
Which of the following was not one of the storm-centres of the Revolt of 1857 |
| A. | Bareilly |
| B. | Jhansi |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Arrah |
| Answer» D. Arrah | |
| 430. |
Who remarked in 1834 that "the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India" |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | William Bentinck |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | RC Dutt |
| Answer» C. Dadabhai Naoroji | |
| 431. |
Who said “Poverty is the Worst Form of Violence†|
| A. | M.N.Roy |
| B. | M.K.Gandhi |
| C. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» C. Vallabhbhai Patel | |
| 432. |
The famous Ilbert Bill was about |
| A. | Civil Services |
| B. | Financial Reforms |
| C. | Judiciary |
| D. | Military Administration |
| Answer» D. Military Administration | |
| 433. |
Who said "Women empowerment means mother India empowered" |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | BR Ambedkar |
| D. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» C. BR Ambedkar | |
| 434. |
The first and the second battles of Tarain fought by Mohammed Ghori were with |
| A. | Prithvi Raj Chauhan-I |
| B. | Prithvi Raj Chauhan-II |
| C. | Prithvi Raj Chauhan-III |
| D. | Prithvi Raj Chauhan-IV |
| Answer» D. Prithvi Raj Chauhan-IV | |
| 435. |
The original name of Ala-uddin Khilji was |
| A. | Shahabuddin Maud |
| B. | Almas Beg |
| C. | Ali Gurshap |
| D. | Ahmed Chap |
| Answer» D. Ahmed Chap | |
| 436. |
Gandhiji’s political philosophy, Sarvodaya was influenced by |
| A. | Leo Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You |
| B. | P.B. Shelley’s The Masque of Anarchy |
| C. | H.D. Thoreau’s Resistance to Civil Government |
| D. | John Ruskin’s Unto This Last |
| Answer» E. | |
| 437. |
Who described the Sati system as "murder according to every shastra" |
| A. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
| B. | M. G. Ranade |
| C. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| D. | Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar |
| Answer» B. M. G. Ranade | |
| 438. |
Which of the following was completely separated from India by the Government of India Act, 1935 |
| A. | Nepal |
| B. | Burma |
| C. | Bhutan |
| D. | Sri Lanka |
| Answer» C. Bhutan | |
| 439. |
In British India, the expenditure on railways was like "decorating another's wife". Who made this statement |
| A. | R. C. Dutt |
| B. | G. V. Joshi |
| C. | B. G. Tilak |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» D. Dadabhai Naoroji | |
| 440. |
The Sangam age is associated with |
| A. | The Pandyas |
| B. | The Cholas |
| C. | The Cheras |
| D. | The Pallavas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 441. |
Which Indian philosopher written the book "Satyarth Prakash" was |
| A. | Jyotirao Phule |
| B. | Dayananda Saraswati |
| C. | Swami Shraddhanand |
| D. | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| Answer» C. Swami Shraddhanand | |
| 442. |
Which commission was setup to inquire the working of police administration in 1902 |
| A. | Fraser Commission |
| B. | James Commission |
| C. | Victor Commission |
| D. | Robert Commission |
| Answer» B. James Commission | |
| 443. |
Who imposed the taxes like jaribana and mahasilana on the cultivators during the Mughal period |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Shahjahan |
| C. | Shershah |
| D. | Aurangazeb |
| Answer» D. Aurangazeb | |
| 444. |
Who is the first Chief Justice of the Fort of St. George (Madras) |
| A. | Sir Maurice Gwyer |
| B. | Sir Thomas Strange |
| C. | Sir Patrick Spens |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Sir Patrick Spens | |
| 445. |
Who was the founder of the Vakataka dynasty |
| A. | Damodarasena |
| B. | Rudrasena |
| C. | Pravarasena |
| D. | Vindhyashakti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 446. |
Tuzuk-i-Baburi (the autobiography of Babur) was originally written in |
| A. | Urdu |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Turki |
| D. | Persian |
| Answer» D. Persian | |
| 447. |
The Mughal General who persuaded Shivaji to pay a visit to Aurangzeb at Agra was |
| A. | Jai Singh |
| B. | Shaista Khan |
| C. | Afzal Khan |
| D. | Bahadur Khan |
| Answer» B. Shaista Khan | |
| 448. |
In which year, Babur occupied the Kabul city |
| A. | 1502 |
| B. | 1503 |
| C. | 1504 |
| D. | 1505 |
| Answer» D. 1505 | |
| 449. |
Which of the following conquered Java and Sumatra first of all |
| A. | Chalukya Kings |
| B. | Tipu Sultan |
| C. | Chola Kings |
| D. | Krishna Deva Raya |
| Answer» D. Krishna Deva Raya | |
| 450. |
Who among the following historians said that Sufism was “born in the bosom of Islam†|
| A. | KA Nizami |
| B. | Irfan Habib |
| C. | A.L. Srivastava |
| D. | Yusuf Hussain |
| Answer» E. | |