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This section includes 302 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Zabti System of revenue was prevalent during the reign of~! |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Babar |
| C. | Humayun |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» B. Babar | |
| 2. |
Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?%! |
| A. | Khan Abdul Gaffar |
| B. | W A Hume |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 3. |
During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?%! |
| A. | Lord Irwin |
| B. | Lord Minto |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Reading |
| Answer» B. Lord Minto | |
| 4. |
Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of%! |
| A. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh |
| B. | Birendra Nath Chatterjee |
| C. | Pini Chandra Pal |
| D. | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by%! |
| A. | S.N. Sen |
| B. | R.C. Mazumdar |
| C. | B.G. Tilak |
| D. | V.D. Savakar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :%! |
| A. | Eleven States |
| B. | Nine States |
| C. | Five States |
| D. | Ten States |
| Answer» B. Nine States | |
| 7. |
Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of : |
| A. | Mill Owners |
| B. | Land Lords |
| C. | The peasants |
| D. | Kol Rebellion |
| Answer» D. Kol Rebellion | |
| 8. |
Who gave the slogan DO OR DIE during the quit India movement in 1942?%! |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| 9. |
The Title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:%! |
| A. | Samudragupta |
| B. | Kanishka |
| C. | Chandragupta II |
| D. | Ashoka |
| Answer» D. Ashoka | |
| 10. |
For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayananda stressed on :%! |
| A. | Swabhasha and Swarajya. |
| B. | Swadharma |
| C. | Swadeshi |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :%! |
| A. | Rash Bihari Bose. |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Rajguru |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 12. |
Who called Government of India Act 1935 as thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable?%! |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Balkrishana Chapekar |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 13. |
The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :%! |
| A. | Cripps Mission 1942 |
| B. | Government of India, 1935 |
| C. | Independent India 1947 |
| D. | August Offer of 1940 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?%! |
| A. | Khilafat movement |
| B. | Noncooperation Co-operation |
| C. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» D. Quit India Movement | |
| 15. |
Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy's Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:%! |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1943 |
| Answer» D. 1943 | |
| 16. |
When quit India Resolution was passed in 1942, the Viceroy of India was :%! |
| A. | Lord Linlithgow |
| B. | Lord Wavell |
| C. | Lord Willingdon |
| D. | Lord Mountbatten |
| Answer» B. Lord Wavell | |
| 17. |
Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :%! |
| A. | Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness. |
| B. | Prefect Chastity |
| C. | Adopts poverty |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
In March 1923 Chittranjan Das along with Motilal Nehru formed :%! |
| A. | The Gaddar Party |
| B. | The Forward Block |
| C. | The Swaraj Party |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 19. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogan Swaraj is my birth right in :%! |
| A. | 1896 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» D. 1910 | |
| 20. |
The main centre of Gadar Movement of 1915 was :%! |
| A. | United States of America. |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | Singapore |
| Answer» B. Japan | |
| 21. |
The First Round Table Conference was held on:%! |
| A. | November 12, 1930 |
| B. | December 12, 1930 |
| C. | November 12, 1937 |
| D. | October 12, 1930 |
| Answer» B. December 12, 1930 | |
| 22. |
Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?%! |
| A. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh |
| B. | Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh |
| C. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 23. |
Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after%! |
| A. | military affairs |
| B. | the state treasury |
| C. | the royal household |
| D. | the land revenue system |
| Answer» B. the state treasury | |
| 24. |
The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year%! |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1853 |
| C. | 1858 |
| D. | 1882 |
| Answer» C. 1858 | |
| 25. |
The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India's contact with%! |
| A. | Central Asia |
| B. | Iran |
| C. | Greece |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |
| 26. |
To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?%! |
| A. | Lawyers |
| B. | Teachers |
| C. | Journalists |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over%! |
| A. | Indo-Greeks |
| B. | Sakas |
| C. | Parthinas |
| D. | Kushanas |
| Answer» C. Parthinas | |
| 28. |
*$_Bal Gangadhar Tilak began his drive for new awakening among the Indians by publishing two newspapers in 1881? |
| A. | The Maratha and Kesari |
| B. | The Maratha and Samwad |
| C. | The Samwad and Kesari |
| D. | The Maratha and Kumudi |
| Answer» B. The Maratha and Samwad | |
| 29. |
*$_Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of? |
| A. | All India Hindu Mahasabha |
| B. | All India Unity Mahasabha |
| C. | All India Kisan Mahasabha |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 30. |
*$_During the tenure of which Governor general was the resolution of total independence passed?? |
| A. | Lord Irwin |
| B. | Lord Minto |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Reading |
| Answer» B. Lord Minto | |
| 31. |
*$_Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at chandani chowk in Delhi in 1912?? |
| A. | Amir Chand |
| B. | Avadh Behari |
| C. | Rasbihari Bose |
| D. | Basant Kumar Biswas |
| Answer» D. Basant Kumar Biswas | |
| 32. |
*$_On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?? |
| A. | Charter act of India |
| B. | Montague Chelmsford Declaration |
| C. | Morley Minto Reforms |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Morley Minto Reforms | |
| 33. |
*$_Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?? |
| A. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh |
| B. | Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh |
| C. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 34. |
*$_Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy's Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:? |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1943 |
| Answer» D. 1943 | |
| 35. |
*$_When quit India Resolution was passed in 1942, the Viceroy of India was :? |
| A. | Lord Linlithgow |
| B. | Lord Wavell |
| C. | Lord Willingdon |
| D. | Lord Mountbatten |
| Answer» B. Lord Wavell | |
| 36. |
*$_The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :? |
| A. | Cripps Mission 1942 |
| B. | Government of India, 1935 |
| C. | Independent India 1947 |
| D. | August Offer of 1940 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
*$_Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?? |
| A. | Khilafat movement |
| B. | Noncooperation Co-operation |
| C. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» D. Quit India Movement | |
| 38. |
*$_The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :? |
| A. | Rash Bihari Bose. |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Rajguru |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 39. |
*$_Who called Government of India Act 1935 as thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable?? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Balkrishana Chapekar |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 40. |
*$_For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayananda stressed on :? |
| A. | Swabhasha and Swarajya. |
| B. | Swadharma |
| C. | Swadeshi |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
*$_The Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: "Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children." This statement was made by? |
| A. | Monserrate |
| B. | Tavernier |
| C. | Manrique |
| D. | Bernier |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
*$_The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by? |
| A. | Swami Vivekananda |
| B. | Swami Dayananda |
| C. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Raja Rammohan Roy | |
| 43. |
*$_Tipu sultan was the ruler of? |
| A. | Hyderabad |
| B. | Madurai |
| C. | Mysore |
| D. | Vijayanagar |
| Answer» D. Vijayanagar | |
| 44. |
*$_Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of? |
| A. | Chalukyas |
| B. | Cholas |
| C. | Pallavas |
| D. | Satavahanas |
| Answer» B. Cholas | |
| 45. |
*$_To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of? |
| A. | Qutub-ud-din Aibak |
| B. | Iltutmish |
| C. | Ruknuddin Firoz Shah |
| D. | Jalal-id-din Khilji |
| Answer» C. Ruknuddin Firoz Shah | |
| 46. |
*$_The term Nirgrantha is associated with? |
| A. | Ajivikas |
| B. | Charvakas |
| C. | Jains |
| D. | Pasupatas |
| Answer» D. Pasupatas | |
| 47. |
*$_The Upanishads are? |
| A. | A source of Hindu philosophy |
| B. | Books of ancient Hindu laws |
| C. | Books on social behavior of man |
| D. | Prayers to God |
| Answer» B. Books of ancient Hindu laws | |
| 48. |
*$_The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by? |
| A. | S.N. Sen |
| B. | R.C. Mazumdar |
| C. | B.G. Tilak |
| D. | V.D. Savakar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
*$_The main centre of Gadar Movement of 1915 was :? |
| A. | United States of America. |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | Singapore |
| Answer» B. Japan | |
| 50. |
*$_Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :? |
| A. | Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness. |
| B. | Prefect Chastity |
| C. | Adopts poverty |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |