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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The first Defence Minister of India was |
| A. | .M. Cariappa |
| B. | opalaswami Aiyangar |
| C. | aldev Singh |
| D. | ardar Patel |
| Answer» D. ardar Patel | |
| 2. |
Jyotiba Phule died On 28 November,__________ |
| A. | 850 |
| B. | 859 |
| C. | 870 |
| D. | 890 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against |
| A. | ritish repression of the Satyagrahis |
| B. | iolation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact |
| C. | ommunal award of Ramsay MacDonald |
| D. | ommunal Roits in Calcutta |
| Answer» D. ommunal Roits in Calcutta | |
| 4. |
Who said: "Let the pilgrims congregate at the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. It should be Dhanu 16-17 in Malayalam calendar. Let the pilgrims observe 10 days self-purification according to Sri Buddha's principles of five purities - body, food, mind, word, and deed called as Pancha Dharma" |
| A. | .Sankunni |
| B. | .V.Raghavan |
| C. | .S.Raghavan |
| D. | ree Narayana Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Who, among the following, founded the 'All India Depressed Classes Federation' in 1920? |
| A. | .K. Gandhi |
| B. | yotiba Phule |
| C. | .K. Gokhale |
| D. | .R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms? |
| A. | ews |
| B. | uslims |
| C. | hristians |
| D. | ikhs |
| Answer» C. hristians | |
| 7. |
The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named |
| A. | agannath Shankar |
| B. | ishnu Shastri |
| C. | al Shastri |
| D. | rishna Shastri |
| Answer» D. rishna Shastri | |
| 8. |
Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and __________ |
| A. | akistan |
| B. | hina |
| C. | ibet |
| D. | fghanistan |
| Answer» B. hina | |
| 9. |
Which religious reformer of Western India was known as 'Lokhitwadi'? |
| A. | opal Hari Deshmukh |
| B. | .G. Bhandarkar |
| C. | ahadev Govind Ranade |
| D. | .G Tilak |
| Answer» B. .G. Bhandarkar | |
| 10. |
The immediate cause for the Mutiny was |
| A. | octrine of Lapse |
| B. | he Social Legislation of 1856 |
| C. | he Episode of the Greased Cartridges |
| D. | he fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity |
| Answer» D. he fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity | |
| 11. |
In which session of Congress the demand of "PurnaSwaraj" was accepted as the aim of the congress ? |
| A. | alcutta |
| B. | adras |
| C. | agpur |
| D. | ahore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
How many volunteers had accompanied Gandhi on the famous Dandi March of March 12, 1930? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 08 |
| Answer» D. 08 | |
| 13. |
The term of office of member of the Council of India as per the act of 1919 was |
| A. | years |
| B. | years |
| C. | years |
| D. | years |
| Answer» B. years | |
| 14. |
Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936? |
| A. | ubhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | al Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | awahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | ajendra Prasad |
| Answer» D. ajendra Prasad | |
| 15. |
Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856? |
| A. | he Religious Disabilities Act |
| B. | he Hindu Widow Remarriage Act |
| C. | oth the above |
| D. | one of the above |
| Answer» D. one of the above | |
| 16. |
Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for |
| A. | nforcing monogamy |
| B. | emoval of restrictions on intercaste marriages |
| C. | enalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age |
| D. | ivil marriages |
| Answer» D. ivil marriages | |
| 17. |
I. Nasir Jang II. Muzaffar Jang III. Anwaruddin IV. Chanda Sahib Which of the above ruler(s) is/are associated with the French during the course of the Carnatic wars? |
| A. | & II |
| B. | II & IV |
| C. | I & III |
| D. | I & IV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Mahatma Gandhi had been present at the Round Table Conference(s) held in London |
| A. | hird |
| B. | econd |
| C. | irst |
| D. | ll of the above |
| Answer» C. irst | |
| 19. |
The Dyarchy which was introduced on 1921 in province was in force till the year |
| A. | 927 |
| B. | 935 |
| C. | 937 |
| D. | 947 |
| Answer» D. 947 | |
| 20. |
The first to come and last to leave India were |
| A. | he Portuguese |
| B. | he French |
| C. | he English |
| D. | he Dutch |
| Answer» B. he French | |
| 21. |
The Cabinet Mission which arrived Delhi in 1946 was headed by |
| A. | ord Pethrick Lawrence |
| B. | ir Stafford Cripps |
| C. | V Alexander |
| D. | ord Attlee |
| Answer» B. ir Stafford Cripps | |
| 22. |
In . . . . . Derozio founded with his students the 'Academic Association' which organised debates on various subjects |
| A. | 824 |
| B. | 825 |
| C. | 828 |
| D. | 834 |
| Answer» D. 834 | |
| 23. |
Who termed Cripps proposals as" a post dated cheque in a crashing bank"? |
| A. | mbedkar |
| B. | nnie Besant |
| C. | atel |
| D. | andhiji |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
The Cripps Offer was regarded as a 'post dated cheque' by |
| A. | ehru |
| B. | innah |
| C. | andhi |
| D. | ajaji |
| Answer» D. ajaji | |
| 25. |
Which of the following statements is correct about Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru? |
| A. | ehru did not believe in the doctrine of non-violence |
| B. | ehru was not in favour of socialism |
| C. | ehru had his higher education in India only |
| D. | ehru stressed the importance of national planning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Cripps Mission came to India |
| A. | 946 |
| B. | 945 |
| C. | 942 |
| D. | 940 |
| Answer» D. 940 | |
| 27. |
When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was |
| A. | alisbury |
| B. | urzon |
| C. | edgwood Benn |
| D. | ontagu |
| Answer» D. ontagu | |
| 28. |
As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councilors were appointed for |
| A. | engal |
| B. | ombay |
| C. | adras |
| D. | urat |
| Answer» B. ombay | |
| 29. |
With which of the following would you associate Jyotiba Phule? |
| A. | atya Shodhak Samaj |
| B. | heosophical Society |
| C. | attvabodhini Samaj |
| D. | harma Sabha |
| Answer» B. heosophical Society | |
| 30. |
Narendra MandaI was inaugurated by Duke of Connaught in the year |
| A. | 920 |
| B. | 921 |
| C. | 931 |
| D. | 910 |
| Answer» C. 931 | |
| 31. |
After Tilak's deportation which of the following extremist leaders was not similarly deported to Mandalay prison in Burma? |
| A. | ala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | ipin Chandra Pal |
| C. | swini Kumar Datta |
| D. | R Das |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in __________ |
| A. | 907 |
| B. | 911 |
| C. | 928 |
| D. | 929 |
| Answer» C. 928 | |
| 33. |
Who started the journal 'The Commonweal'? |
| A. | .G.Chandavarkar |
| B. | nnie Besant |
| C. | .G. Ranade |
| D. | .G. Bhandarkar |
| Answer» C. .G. Ranade | |
| 34. |
Who among the following had attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London? |
| A. | K Gandhi |
| B. | R Ambedkar |
| C. | L Nehru |
| D. | M Malaviya |
| Answer» C. L Nehru | |
| 35. |
To establish French political influence in Sothern India, Dupleix had an opportunity in the disputed succession to the thrones of |
| A. | elhi and Awadh |
| B. | yderabad and Carnatic |
| C. | ravancore |
| D. | ijayanagar and Ahmednagar |
| Answer» C. ravancore | |
| 36. |
Jyotirao Phule was born in Satara district of __________ in 1827 |
| A. | aharastra |
| B. | adras |
| C. | ujarat |
| D. | alabar |
| Answer» B. adras | |
| 37. |
Who said "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India"? |
| A. | aj Narain Bose |
| B. | ankim chandra Chatterjee |
| C. | wami Vivekanand |
| D. | charya Vinoba Bhave |
| Answer» C. wami Vivekanand | |
| 38. |
Who said "Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance" |
| A. | nder Kumar Gujral |
| B. | awaharlal Nehru |
| C. | ahatma Gandhi |
| D. | ohammad Iqbal |
| Answer» C. ahatma Gandhi | |
| 39. |
The Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission established by Vivekananda in 1898 are at |
| A. | anyakumari |
| B. | elur |
| C. | yderabad |
| D. | urshidabad |
| Answer» C. yderabad | |
| 40. |
The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the 'doctrine of lapse' is |
| A. | aghat |
| B. | walior |
| C. | ambalpur |
| D. | atara |
| Answer» C. ambalpur | |
| 41. |
The social reformer of Maharashtra who became famous by his pen name lokhitwadi was |
| A. | tmaram Panduranga |
| B. | al Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | opal Hari Deshmukh |
| D. | S Chaplunkar |
| Answer» D. S Chaplunkar | |
| 42. |
According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean |
| A. | ruth |
| B. | positive state of law |
| C. | olerance of the wrong and unjust |
| D. | oing good even to the evildoers |
| Answer» D. oing good even to the evildoers | |
| 43. |
Which of the following statement is incorrect about the Act of 1919? |
| A. | ritish India must an integral part of the British Empire |
| B. | esponsible government would be realised only by progressive stages |
| C. | rovincial subjects were classified into reserved subjects & transferred subjects |
| D. | he salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Which of the following was not contained in the Cripps Offer? |
| A. | ominion Status to India |
| B. | onstituent Assembly |
| C. | ontrol of Defence of India by the Indian National Government |
| D. | ight to take part in highest Counsels |
| Answer» D. ight to take part in highest Counsels | |
| 45. |
As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Constituent Assembly would be |
| A. | 89 |
| B. | 89 |
| C. | 50 |
| D. | 50 |
| Answer» B. 89 | |
| 46. |
Sivagiri pilgrimage was conceived by __________ and T K Kittan Writer. It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, 1928 |
| A. | allabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar |
| B. | . K. Madhavan |
| C. | ajaram Mohan Roy |
| D. | ovindan Vaidyar |
| Answer» B. . K. Madhavan | |
| 47. |
Who had observed that "Good government was never a good substitute for self-government"? |
| A. | wami Vivekananda |
| B. | amakrishna Paramahansa |
| C. | wami Dayananda |
| D. | urobindo Ghose |
| Answer» D. urobindo Ghose | |
| 48. |
Through which principle or device did Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics inequalities? |
| A. | bolition of machinery |
| B. | stablishment of village industries |
| C. | rusteeship theory |
| D. | one of the above |
| Answer» D. one of the above | |
| 49. |
The Simon Commission was boy-cotted by Indians because |
| A. | t sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians |
| B. | t proposed to partition India |
| C. | t was an all-white commission without Indianrepresentation |
| D. | t proposed measures to contain nationalism |
| Answer» D. t proposed measures to contain nationalism | |
| 50. |
Ram Prasad Bismil had been associated with the case? |
| A. | lipore bomb |
| B. | anpur conspiracy |
| C. | okori bomb |
| D. | eerut conspiracy |
| Answer» D. eerut conspiracy | |