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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.
| 151. |
__In 1918 who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ?__ |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| Answer» D. Mohammad Ali Jinnah | |
| 152. |
__In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:__ |
| A. | Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |
| C. | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah |
| Answer» C. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru | |
| 153. |
__Rani Gaidilehu was a rebel leader against the Britishers from:__ |
| A. | Manipur |
| B. | Uttar Pardesh |
| C. | Madhya Prasesh |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» B. Uttar Pardesh | |
| 154. |
__Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :__ |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Jawahar Lal Neharu |
| C. | Damodar Chapekar |
| D. | V.D. Savarkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 155. |
__The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :__ |
| A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| B. | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| C. | Sarat Chandra Chatterjee |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee | |
| 156. |
__Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were CherasCholasChalukyasPallavasPandyas__ |
| A. | I, II, V |
| B. | II, III, IV |
| C. | III, IV, V |
| D. | I, II, IV |
| Answer» B. II, III, IV | |
| 157. |
__Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work__ |
| A. | Mudrarakasam |
| B. | Devi Chand Guptam |
| C. | Mrichekakatika |
| D. | Malavikagnimitra |
| Answer» B. Devi Chand Guptam | |
| 158. |
__There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohen-jodaro. This is clear from the__ |
| A. | Indus seals excavated |
| B. | Religious beliefs of the Harappans |
| C. | Tools and implements used by the Harappans |
| D. | Different types of dwellings excavated |
| Answer» E. | |
| 159. |
__The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of__ |
| A. | Wind |
| B. | Eternity |
| C. | Rain and thunder |
| D. | Fire |
| Answer» D. Fire | |
| 160. |
__The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in__ |
| A. | Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari |
| B. | Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi |
| C. | Abul Fazl's Akbarnama |
| D. | Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh |
| Answer» D. Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh | |
| 161. |
__Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.__ |
| A. | Bhukit |
| B. | Pradesa |
| C. | Vifhi |
| D. | Ahara |
| Answer» D. Ahara | |
| 162. |
__Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is__ |
| A. | Kunala |
| B. | Tivara |
| C. | Mahendra |
| D. | Jalauka |
| Answer» C. Mahendra | |
| 163. |
__The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was__ |
| A. | Athanasius Nikitin |
| B. | Niccolo de Conti |
| C. | Ibn Batuta |
| D. | Ferishta |
| Answer» C. Ibn Batuta | |
| 164. |
_Who conveyed to the Indians – "I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you ?”$? |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| C. | George Yule |
| D. | Sir William Wedderburn |
| Answer» B. Badruddin Tyabji | |
| 165. |
_Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student Farmer-Middle class Revolt’?$? |
| A. | Sumit Sarkar |
| B. | Barun De |
| C. | B A Saletore |
| D. | Dr. Amba Prasad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 166. |
_In order to secure co-operation of Indians the British government in the midst of worsening wartime international situation sent Cripps Mission to India:$? |
| A. | In 1940 |
| B. | In 1942 |
| C. | In 1945 |
| D. | In 1946 |
| Answer» C. In 1945 | |
| 167. |
_Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?$? |
| A. | Shri Bharat Kumar |
| B. | Purushottam Das Tandon |
| C. | Sir William Wedderburn |
| D. | Gopal Krishna Gokhle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 168. |
_In July 1933 the Congress decided to launch:$? |
| A. | An Individual Civil Disobedience |
| B. | Styagarah |
| C. | Bharat Chhoro Aandolan |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Styagarah | |
| 169. |
_In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper$? |
| A. | The Native Opinion |
| B. | The New India |
| C. | Al-Balagh |
| D. | The Comrade |
| Answer» E. | |
| 170. |
_With the objective of raising the moral and material status of the untouchables Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized:$? |
| A. | The Harijan Hitkari sabha |
| B. | The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha |
| C. | The Harijan Uthan sabha |
| D. | The Bahishkrit Utthan sabha |
| Answer» C. The Harijan Uthan sabha | |
| 171. |
_Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at$? |
| A. | Ratnagiri |
| B. | Pune |
| C. | Mumbai |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Pune | |
| 172. |
_The congress policy of prayer and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of$? |
| A. | B G Tilak |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 173. |
_The novel ‘Neel Darpan’ depicting the harassment and oppression of Indigo farmers by the Britishers was written by:$? |
| A. | M M Malviya |
| B. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| C. | Tara Shankar Bandhopadhyay |
| D. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh |
| Answer» D. Sisir Kumar Ghosh | |
| 174. |
_By which Act may be the British parliament did Queen Victoria assume the title of ‘the Empress of India’ to emphasize British sovereignty over the whole of British provinces in India and Indian states?$? |
| A. | The Royal Titles Act 1866 |
| B. | The Royal Titles Act 1870 |
| C. | The Royal Titles Act 1876 |
| D. | The Royal Titles Act 1886 |
| Answer» D. The Royal Titles Act 1886 | |
| 175. |
_In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed$? |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1903 |
| D. | 1896 |
| Answer» C. 1903 | |
| 176. |
_Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagrah came in 1917 in$? |
| A. | Ahemdabad |
| B. | Champaran |
| C. | Kheda |
| D. | Dandi |
| Answer» C. Kheda | |
| 177. |
_Who said about the British Government these words - “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?$? |
| A. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Basant Kumar Biswas |
| D. | Annie Besant |
| Answer» C. Basant Kumar Biswas | |
| 178. |
_The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the$? |
| A. | 9th Century AD |
| B. | 10th Century AD |
| C. | 12th Century AD |
| D. | 14th Century AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 179. |
_Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:$? |
| A. | April 1907 |
| B. | April 1906 |
| C. | April 1905 |
| D. | April 1904 |
| Answer» B. April 1906 | |
| 180. |
_The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :$? |
| A. | Muslim Land Holders |
| B. | The British Government Authority |
| C. | The non-tribal outsiders |
| D. | Hindu Land Holders |
| Answer» E. | |
| 181. |
Delhi was formally declared the future capital of the British India in :$? |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1909 |
| C. | 1912 |
| D. | 1911 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 182. |
The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck :$? |
| A. | Eastern India |
| B. | Northern India |
| C. | Southern India |
| D. | Western India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 183. |
Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions?”$? |
| A. | V N MAndalik |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| D. | Abdul Kalam Azad |
| Answer» C. Bipin Chandra Pal | |
| 184. |
The national College in Calcutta had been established on :$? |
| A. | September 14, 1906 |
| B. | July 14, 1906 |
| C. | March 14, 1906 |
| D. | August 14, 1906 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 185. |
Who established East India Association in London 1866?$? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai |
| D. | Hemu Kalani |
| Answer» C. V. O. Chidambaram Pillai | |
| 186. |
The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on$? |
| A. | February 20, 1942 |
| B. | February 20, 1947 |
| C. | March 20, 1947 |
| D. | March 20, 1942 |
| Answer» C. March 20, 1947 | |
| 187. |
Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:$? |
| A. | October 17, 1942 |
| B. | October 17, 1940 |
| C. | October 17, 1939 |
| D. | October 17, 1938 |
| Answer» C. October 17, 1939 | |
| 188. |
Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?$? |
| A. | The Government of India Act 1935. |
| B. | The Government of India Act 1919. |
| C. | Indian Independence act 1947 |
| D. | The Registration act, 1908 |
| Answer» B. The Government of India Act 1919. | |
| 189. |
Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?"$? |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Hardinge |
| C. | Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord Minto |
| Answer» B. Lord Hardinge | |
| 190. |
Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of$? |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Bihar |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» E. | |
| 191. |
The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about$? |
| A. | two centuries |
| B. | three centuries |
| C. | four centuries |
| D. | a little over one century |
| Answer» C. four centuries | |
| 192. |
In which year was the quit India movement launched?$? |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 193. |
Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :$? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Rai |
| C. | Dyanand Sarshawati |
| D. | Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 194. |
Whom did B.G.Tilak call the "Diamond of India"?$? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| C. | Gopal Krishana Gokhle. |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» D. Bhagat Singh | |
| 195. |
The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent$? |
| A. | Nirvana |
| B. | Sangha |
| C. | Buddha |
| D. | Dhamma |
| Answer» B. Sangha | |
| 196. |
The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in$? |
| A. | Telugu |
| B. | Sanskrit |
| C. | Tamil |
| D. | Kannada |
| Answer» B. Sanskrit | |
| 197. |
The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were known as$? |
| A. | Walashahi |
| B. | Barawardi |
| C. | JCumaki |
| D. | Dakhili |
| Answer» E. | |
| 198. |
Todar Mal was associated with$? |
| A. | music |
| B. | literature |
| C. | land revenue reforms |
| D. | law |
| Answer» D. law | |
| 199. |
Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?$? |
| A. | Madame Bhikaji Cama |
| B. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Sardar Patel |
| Answer» B. Subash Chandra Bose | |
| 200. |
Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?$? |
| A. | Dayanand Sarshawati |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Rai |
| C. | The Chapekar brothers |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |