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This section includes 33 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Arts (BA) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who among the following opposed Gandhiji s Satyagraha against the Rowlett Act? |
| A. | M.A Jinnah |
| B. | Abdulbari |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | none of them |
| Answer» D. none of them | |
| 2. |
Which of the following sections of the Indian middle class dominated the congress in its early phase? |
| A. | Teacher |
| B. | Journalists |
| C. | Lawyers |
| D. | Big Zamindars. |
| Answer» D. Big Zamindars. | |
| 3. |
Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence? |
| A. | Ashok Mehta |
| B. | Surendranath sen |
| C. | V |
| D. | Savarkar d) Dayanand Saraswati |
| Answer» C. V | |
| 4. |
Where did B.R. Ambedkar form his Bahiskirt Hitakarini Sabha in 1924? |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Poona |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Bhopal |
| Answer» B. Poona | |
| 5. |
Which Charter Act made provisions for education in India for the first time? |
| A. | 1813 |
| B. | 1805 |
| C. | 1834 |
| D. | 1830 |
| Answer» B. 1805 | |
| 6. |
What was the strength of Indians in the army of the East India Company in 1857? |
| A. | 100,000 |
| B. | 150,765 |
| C. | 265,900 |
| D. | 255, 879 |
| Answer» D. 255, 879 | |
| 7. |
The charter Act of -------- ended the monopoly of the East India Company in India |
| A. | 1809 |
| B. | 1811 |
| C. | 1812 |
| D. | 1813 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
What has been described by V.A.Smith as the monument of Akbars Folly? |
| A. | Revenue policy |
| B. | Marriage relations |
| C. | Din i- IIahi |
| D. | Rajput policy |
| Answer» C. Din i- IIahi | |
| 9. |
Which of the following was the first proprietary holding of the English in India? |
| A. | Madra |
| B. | Masulipatanam |
| C. | Surat |
| D. | Hariharpur |
| Answer» B. Masulipatanam | |
| 10. |
Which one of the following European wars is associated with the Third Carnatic War? |
| A. | seven years war |
| B. | war of the Austrian succession |
| C. | War of Roses |
| D. | Austro Prussian war |
| Answer» B. war of the Austrian succession | |
| 11. |
Who said our island has scarcely produced a man more truly great either in arms or in council |
| A. | John shore |
| B. | Cornwallis |
| C. | Macaulay |
| D. | Ellen borough |
| Answer» D. Ellen borough | |
| 12. |
Lord Dalhousie proposed a railway system for the whole country in ---- ----- |
| A. | 1853 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1869 |
| D. | 1880 |
| Answer» B. 1859 | |
| 13. |
When did the English start draining Bengal of her wealth on a larger scale? |
| A. | 1757 |
| B. | 1765 |
| C. | 1770 |
| D. | 1793 |
| Answer» B. 1765 | |
| 14. |
Which one of the following destroyed the peasants rights over the land cultivated by them? |
| A. | Riot wari settlement |
| B. | Mahalwari settlement |
| C. | Permanent settlement |
| D. | Annual settlement |
| Answer» D. Annual settlement | |
| 15. |
With whom did the British government work out the riotwari settlement? |
| A. | Zamindar |
| B. | Cultivators |
| C. | Village communities |
| D. | Muqqadams |
| Answer» B. Cultivators | |
| 16. |
------ deals with the history of Indian economy from the Battle of Plassey up to 1900 |
| A. | Hunter |
| B. | Smith |
| C. | R.C.Dutt |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» D. Karl Marx | |
| 17. |
Gandhi went to England in ------ 1931 to attend the second round table conference |
| A. | October 1931 |
| B. | September 1931 |
| C. | November 1931 |
| D. | June 1931 |
| Answer» C. November 1931 | |
| 18. |
Who among the following resorted to guerilla technique of warfare in the revolt of 1857? |
| A. | Nanasaheb |
| B. | Bhakt Khan |
| C. | Kanwar Singh |
| D. | Tantia Topi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Give me blood in turn, I will give you freedom . Whose words are these? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Arabindo Ghosh |
| D. | Chandrasekhar Azad |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 20. |
Which of the following was the secretary of state for India at the time of the foundation of Indian National Congress? |
| A. | Lord cros |
| B. | Lord Elgin |
| C. | Lord Hamilton |
| D. | Lord Morley |
| Answer» B. Lord Elgin | |
| 21. |
Which of the following was the first women president of the Indian national congress? |
| A. | Sarojini Naidu |
| B. | Sucheta Kripalani |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur |
| Answer» B. Sucheta Kripalani | |
| 22. |
The kuka movement played a prominent role in arousing feelings of patriotism in -------- |
| A. | Oudh |
| B. | Bihar |
| C. | Sind |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
How many carnatic wars were fought between the English and the French? |
| A. | One |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 24. |
Some hints of congress programme for the quit India movement was given in the paper |
| A. | Harijan |
| B. | Hindu |
| C. | New India |
| D. | states man |
| Answer» B. Hindu | |
| 25. |
Where was the quit India resolution passed by the congress working committee in July 1942 |
| A. | wardha |
| B. | Nasik |
| C. | Poona |
| D. | bardoli |
| Answer» B. Nasik | |
| 26. |
The leader of the congress socialist party who played a key role in the quit India movement |
| A. | Jaya Prakash Narayanan |
| B. | J.B. Kripalani |
| C. | P.C. Joshi |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» B. J.B. Kripalani | |
| 27. |
Gandhi went on a fast unto death in the --------- jail on 20 September 1932 |
| A. | Yeravada |
| B. | Bhopal |
| C. | Gwalior |
| D. | Nasik |
| Answer» B. Bhopal | |
| 28. |
The khilafat committee launched a non co-operation movement on ----- ------- 1920 |
| A. | 31 August |
| B. | 4 May |
| C. | 16 October |
| D. | 23 June |
| Answer» B. 4 May | |
| 29. |
Who was adopted the Marxian approach in the interpretation of Indian History |
| A. | Ranke |
| B. | Vincent Smith |
| C. | D.Kosambi |
| D. | R.C. Dutt |
| Answer» D. R.C. Dutt | |
| 30. |
Who considered the revolt as a war of the orthodoxy against Christianity? |
| A. | L.E.R. Ree |
| B. | G.B. Malleson |
| C. | T.R. Holmes |
| D. | C. Raikes |
| Answer» B. G.B. Malleson | |
| 31. |
After whose name did Subhas Bose raise a women detachment of the INA? |
| A. | Lakshmi Bai |
| B. | Draupadi |
| C. | Chand Bibi |
| D. | Ahilya Bai |
| Answer» B. Draupadi | |
| 32. |
When did Gandhiji call for a limited satyagraha by a few selected individuals |
| A. | November 1940 |
| B. | October 1940 |
| C. | July 1940 |
| D. | September 1940 |
| Answer» C. July 1940 | |
| 33. |
Under the permanent settlement the zamindars could keep -------- of the rental |
| A. | 5/11 |
| B. | 4/11 |
| C. | 3/11 |
| D. | 1/11 |
| Answer» E. | |