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This section includes 395 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
India Gate in New Delhi is a memorial built in commemoration of the Indian soldiers killed in which of the following wars? |
| A. | India-Pakistan War of 1965 |
| B. | World War II |
| C. | World War I |
| D. | India-China War of 1962 |
| Answer» D. India-China War of 1962 | |
| 102. |
Poor peasants in the backward taluqs of Kinwat, Boath and Sirpur in Adilabad district, Huzurabad in Karimnagar district and Boorgampahad in Warangal district were forced during 1946-48, to resort to the killing of six Revenue inspectors and injuring or manhandling of one Second Taluqdar and six Revenue Inspectors, because of: |
| A. | War fund collections |
| B. | Forcible, unjust and unequal collection of levy grain. |
| C. | Higher rates of land tax |
| D. | Frequent and easy eviction of tenants |
| Answer» C. Higher rates of land tax | |
| 103. |
Godse Bhatji, Who wrote the first Marathi travelogue 'Majha Pravas', was from which district? |
| A. | Raigad |
| B. | Ratnagiri |
| C. | Thane |
| D. | Palghar |
| Answer» B. Ratnagiri | |
| 104. |
In which of the following states did the famous ‘Moplah revolt’ take place during the freedom struggle? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh |
| B. | Odisha |
| C. | Bihar |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» E. | |
| 105. |
_______ presided over the Indian National Congress meeting in 1885 of Mumbai. |
| A. | Womesh Chandra Bannerjee |
| B. | Dadabhai Naroji |
| C. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| D. | George Yule |
| Answer» B. Dadabhai Naroji | |
| 106. |
Mahatma Gandhi returned his ________ gold medal as a mark of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. |
| A. | Hind Kesari |
| B. | Hindustan Kesari |
| C. | Kaisar-i-Hind |
| D. | Kaisar-i-Hindustan |
| Answer» D. Kaisar-i-Hindustan | |
| 107. |
Consider the following statements:1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» C. Both 1 and 2 | |
| 108. |
He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji, and Shri Krishna; stayed in America for some time, and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was |
| A. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| B. | Bipin chandra Pal |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Motilal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Motilal Nehru | |
| 109. |
Match the following :a. Pandit Ramkumar VidyaratnaI. Wrote English articles for newspaper‘Bengalee’b. Krishna Kumar MitraII. Was a Brahmo missionaryc. Pandit Shivnath ShastriIII. Editor of Bengali newspaper ‘Sanjivani’d. Dwarkanath GangulyIV. Wrote ‘Kuli-Kahini’ |
| A. | a - IV, b - III, c - II, d - I |
| B. | a - III, b - IV, c - I, d - II |
| C. | a - I, b - II, c - III, d - IV |
| D. | a - II, b - I, c - IV, d - III |
| Answer» B. a - III, b - IV, c - I, d - II | |
| 110. |
In the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 who ordered the shooting of peaceful protesters? |
| A. | General Reginald E. H. Dyer |
| B. | Michael O’ Dwyer |
| C. | Viceroy Lord Chelmsford |
| D. | Lord William Hunter |
| Answer» B. Michael O’ Dwyer | |
| 111. |
Communal Award announced by British Government on 4th August, 1932 gave a separate electorate to : |
| A. | Muslims |
| B. | Depressed Classes |
| C. | Sikhs |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Sikhs | |
| 112. |
Dr B R Ambedkar Clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the 2nd Round Table Conference demanding |
| A. | Reservation for Dalits in Government jobs |
| B. | Reservation for Dalits in Ministries |
| C. | Seperate citizen status for Dalits |
| D. | Seperate Electorate for Dalits |
| Answer» E. | |
| 113. |
By which one of the following Acts was created the Federal Court in India? |
| A. | Indian Council Act, 1861 |
| B. | Government of India Act, 1909 |
| C. | Government of India Act, 1919 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
Match the following:a. RajgopalachariI. Was elected as the President of the Central Legislative Assembly.b. Madan Mohan Malviya and Lala Lajpat RaiII. Kept himself busy with constructive programmes such as upliftment of Harijans.c. Vithalbhai PatelIII. Was elected Mayor of Calcutta.d. C.R. DasIV. Criticized the swarajists. |
| A. | a - II, b - IV, c - I, d - III |
| B. | a - I, b - II, c - III, d - IV |
| C. | a - IV, b - III, c - II, d - I |
| D. | a - III, b - I, c - IV, d - II |
| Answer» B. a - I, b - II, c - III, d - IV | |
| 115. |
In 1926, ______ proposed a bill in the Bombay Legislative Assembly, by which the 'Gram Joshi' would have no right to claim his fees if he was not invited to perform rituals. |
| A. | Barrister Jaykar |
| B. | Rao Bahadur C.K. Bole |
| C. | Bhaskarrao Jadhav |
| D. | Damodar Sakharam Yande |
| Answer» C. Bhaskarrao Jadhav | |
| 116. |
In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a ______. |
| A. | bread line |
| B. | living wage |
| C. | subsistence level |
| D. | poverty line |
| Answer» E. | |
| 117. |
‘From Purdah to Parliament’ is a book authored by: |
| A. | Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah |
| B. | Fatima al - Fihri |
| C. | Benazir Bhutto |
| D. | Soufeina Hamed |
| Answer» B. Fatima al - Fihri | |
| 118. |
Gandhiji's famous comment 'A post dated cheque on a crashing bank' was delivered during the visit of |
| A. | The Simmon Commission |
| B. | The Cabinet Mission |
| C. | The Cripps Mission |
| D. | Lord Wavell |
| Answer» D. Lord Wavell | |
| 119. |
During the first phase of the Civil “Disobedience Movement the following events took place in Chhattisgarh :(i) An attempt to hoist tricolour on the: high school building of Bilaspur by the students.(ii) Imprisonment of Wamanrao Lakhe, Shivdas Daga, Abdul Rauf, and Pyarelal Singh in Raipur.(iii) Celebration ‘Poorna Swaraj’ week at different places in C. G.(iv) Election of Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla was Chairman of the Raipur District Council while he was in the Jail.Select the answer determining the chronology of these events. |
| A. | (i), (iv), (iii), (ii) |
| B. | (ii), (i), (iv), (iii) |
| C. | (iii), (i), (ii), (iv) |
| D. | (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) |
| Answer» D. (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) | |
| 120. |
In Which year, did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa? |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» D. 1910 | |
| 121. |
In 1781, Warren Hasting, the first Governor-General of India set up a Madarssa in __________ for the study and teaching of Muslim law. |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Bihar |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» C. Bihar | |
| 122. |
Match the following:(a)Swatantra Party(i)C. Rajgopalachari(b)Communists(ii)P.C. Joshi(c)Socialists(iii)Acharya Narendra Dev(d)Hindu Communalist (iv)S.P. Mookerjee |
| A. | (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i) |
| B. | (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii) |
| C. | (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv) |
| D. | (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii) |
| Answer» D. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii) | |
| 123. |
In which place did Lokamanya Tilak serve a prison sentence for six years for conviction on charges of sedition? |
| A. | Celluar Jail, Andamans |
| B. | Yerwada Jail, Pune |
| C. | Central Jail, Lahore |
| D. | Mandalay Jail, Burma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 124. |
In which Congress Session, was the demand for 'Purna Swaraj' adopted? |
| A. | Surat Session |
| B. | Lahore Session |
| C. | Kanpur Session |
| D. | Karachi Session |
| Answer» C. Kanpur Session | |
| 125. |
In which year was the Sahitya Parishad established in Madhya Pradesh? |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1955 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» D. 1953 | |
| 126. |
Match List 1 and List 2 and select the correct answer.List 1List 2 A. Namdhari 1. Dayanand Saraswati B. Nirankari 2. Guru Balak Singh C. Radha Swami 3. Dayal Singh D. Arya Samaj 4. Shiv Dayal |
| A. | A - 3, B - 2, C - 4, D - 1 |
| B. | A - 4, B - 2, C - 3, D - 1 |
| C. | A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1 |
| D. | A - 3, B - 4, C - 2, D - 1 |
| Answer» D. A - 3, B - 4, C - 2, D - 1 | |
| 127. |
In 1872, Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India was assassinated in ___________ |
| A. | Port Blair |
| B. | Kolkata |
| C. | Diu |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Kolkata | |
| 128. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:List - I(Peasant Movement)List – II(Leader/follower)A. Bakasht Land Movement1. Baba RamchandraB. Eka Movement2. Kunhammed HajiC. Mappila Rebellion3. Madari PasiD. Avadh Kisan Sabha Movement4. Karyanand Sharma |
| A. | A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 |
| B. | A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 |
| C. | A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 |
| D. | A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 |
| Answer» B. A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 | |
| 129. |
Match the names of the authors with that of the books and choose your answer from the codes given below :Author Books(A) R. C. Dutt(i) Tadian Economic Thought - 19th Century Perspectives(B) J. R. Melane(ii) The Economic History of India Under Early British rule(C) B. N. Ganguli (iii) Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress Early British Rule (D) Bipin Chandra(iv) The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India |
| A. | (A) - (ii), (B) - (iii), (C) - (i), (D) - (iv) |
| B. | (A) - (iii), (B) - (ii), (C) - (i), (D) - (iv) |
| C. | (A) - (i), (B) - (iv), (C) - (ii), (D) - (iii) |
| D. | (A) - (iv), (B) - (i), (C) - (iii), (D) - (ii) |
| Answer» B. (A) - (iii), (B) - (ii), (C) - (i), (D) - (iv) | |
| 130. |
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:List – I(Authors)List – II(Books)(A) Atul Kohli(i) Divide and Quit(B) Granville Austin(ii) The Success of India’s Democracy(C) Penderal Moon(iii) The Republic of India: Development of its Laws and Constitution(D) Alan Gledhill(iv) Working a Democratic Constitution: A History of the Indian Experience |
| A. | (A) - (iii), (B) - (iv), (C) - (i), (D) - (ii) |
| B. | (A) - (ii), (B) - (i), (C) - (iii), (D) - (iv) |
| C. | (A) - (ii), (B) - (iv), (C) - (i), (D) - (iii) |
| D. | (A) - (i), (B) - (ii), (C) - (iii), (D) - (iv) |
| Answer» D. (A) - (i), (B) - (ii), (C) - (iii), (D) - (iv) | |
| 131. |
______ authorised the Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law. |
| A. | Rowlatt Act |
| B. | Pitt's India Act |
| C. | Morley Minto Act |
| D. | Charter Act |
| Answer» B. Pitt's India Act | |
| 132. |
In which year did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Civil Disobedience Movement from Sabarmati Ashram? |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1928 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» D. 1942 | |
| 133. |
Al-Birunì's Kitab-ul-Hind was written in which language? |
| A. | Arabic |
| B. | Persian |
| C. | Urdu |
| D. | Turkish |
| Answer» B. Persian | |
| 134. |
'New Lamps for Old' was a series of articles (1893-94) that criticized the Congress for being out of touch with the 'proletariat'. Who was the author of these articles? |
| A. | Aurobindo Ghose |
| B. | A.O.Hume |
| C. | G.K.Gokhale |
| D. | B.G.Tilak |
| Answer» B. A.O.Hume | |
| 135. |
During the 19th century, who among the following wrote Satapatra Series? |
| A. | M. G. Ranade |
| B. | B. G. Tilak |
| C. | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| D. | G. H. Deshmukh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 136. |
For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 137. |
Consider the following statements.I. Mandu is in Dhar district.II. Hindola Mahal is in ManduSelect the correct answer on the basis of the above statements. |
| A. | Only I is true |
| B. | Only II is true |
| C. | Both are false |
| D. | Both are true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 138. |
Name the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament. |
| A. | Piloo Mody |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | Bhikaiji Cama |
| D. | Jamshetji Tata |
| Answer» C. Bhikaiji Cama | |
| 139. |
Arrange the following important Agitations in chronological order under the leadership of students of Osmania and Kakatiya Universities. |
| A. | 'Telangana Vidyarthi Garjana' |
| B. | 'Chalo Assembly' |
| C. | 'Telangana Vidyarthi Mahagarjana' |
| D. | 'Vidyarthula Polikeka' by Kakatiy University Students |
| Answer» B. 'Chalo Assembly' | |
| 140. |
In which of the following years, 100 years of the Champaran Satyagrah was completed? |
| A. | 2016 |
| B. | 2017 |
| C. | 2018 |
| D. | 2015 |
| Answer» C. 2018 | |
| 141. |
Name the leader who died of injuries from Lathi charge during the course of demonstration against the Simon Commission. |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Govind Ballabh Pant |
| C. | Dr. Satyapal |
| D. | Dr. Kitchlew |
| Answer» B. Govind Ballabh Pant | |
| 142. |
Gandhiji’s first major public appearance was at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in ______. |
| A. | February 1916 |
| B. | January 1918 |
| C. | December 1917 |
| D. | September 1915 |
| Answer» B. January 1918 | |
| 143. |
Gadge Maharaj used _____, a traditional medium of mass communication for propagating against some of the evil social customs. |
| A. | Aakhyan |
| B. | Aarti |
| C. | Katha |
| D. | Kirtan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
In the Federation established by the Government of India Act of 1935, residuary power were given to the |
| A. | Federal Legislature |
| B. | Viceroy |
| C. | Provincial Legislature |
| D. | Provincial Governors |
| Answer» C. Provincial Legislature | |
| 145. |
Post the Anglo-Mysore wars, whom did the East India Company appoint as the Governor of Bengal? |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Sir Charles Metcalfe |
| C. | Lord Hardinge |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» B. Sir Charles Metcalfe | |
| 146. |
Abhinav Bharat Society was founded by? |
| A. | Taraknath Bose |
| B. | Ras Behari Bose |
| C. | Chandrashekar Azad |
| D. | V D Savarkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 147. |
Consider the following statements:1. In Hind Swaraj, Mahatma Gandhi formulates a conception of a good life for the individual as well as society.2. Hind Swaraj was the outcome of the experience of Gandhi’s prolonged struggle against Colonial Raj in India.Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» B. 2 only | |
| 148. |
In which Congress session the demand for 'Purna Swaraj' was taken? |
| A. | Lahore Congress session |
| B. | Surat Congress session |
| C. | Calcutta Congress session |
| D. | Nagpur Congress session |
| Answer» B. Surat Congress session | |
| 149. |
In the context of Indian history, the principle of 'Dyarchy (diarchy)' refers to |
| A. | Division of the central legislature into two houses. |
| B. | Introduction of double government i.e., Central and State governments. |
| C. | Having two sets of rulers; one in London and another in Delhi. |
| D. | Division of the subjects delegated to the provinces into two categories. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 150. |
Match the following texts with their authors and select the correct option: a) Haqaiq-i-Hindi i) Ibn Miskawayh b) Tahdhibul Akhlaq ii) Sadruddin Muhammad "Aufi" c) Kunzal Tijar iii) Abdul Wahid Bilgrami d) Jawamiul Hikayat iv) Bailaq al Qabayaki |
| A. | a - iii, b - i, c - iv, d - ii |
| B. | a - ii, b - iv, c - i, d - iii |
| C. | a - iii, b - i, c - ii, d - iv |
| D. | a - i, b - ii, c - iii, d - iv |
| Answer» B. a - ii, b - iv, c - i, d - iii | |