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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 Deccan Riots of 1874-75 in Maharashtra were directed against |
| A. | Big landlords |
| B. | Moneylenders |
| C. | Revenue collectors |
| D. | British opium planters |
| Answer» C. Revenue collectors | |
| 2. |
Who of the following was associated with the publication of a large number of weeklies and dailies such as Hindustan, Indian Union, Leader, Maryada, Kissan, Abhudaya etc.? |
| A. | Motilal Nehru |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| D. | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Under whose leadrship was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Acharya Narendra Bose and P.C, Joshi |
| C. | Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi |
| D. | Saifuddin Kitchlwe and Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» C. Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi | |
| 4. |
The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | LaIa Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bose |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» C. Bose | |
| 5. |
Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell's Plan in the Conference held at __________ |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Shimla |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» C. Calcutta | |
| 6. |
Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress? |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| C. | Ambika Charan Majumdar |
| D. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subhas Chandra Bose | |
| 7. |
Who among of the following was the founder of society called 'Abhinav Bharat'? |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Answer» D. Bipin Chandra Pal | |
| 8. |
Who termed Cripps proposals as " a post dated cheque in a crashing bank"? |
| A. | Ambedkar |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Patel |
| D. | Gandhiji |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Who gave the concept of Total Revolution? |
| A. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 10. |
Where did the revolutionaries have their deliberations, which led to the formation of the Hindustan Republican Association? |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Kanpur |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Allahabad |
| Answer» C. Madras | |
| 11. |
Who started the journal'The Commonweal'? |
| A. | N.G.Chandavarkar |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | M.G. Ranade |
| D. | R.G. Bhandarkar |
| Answer» C. M.G. Ranade | |
| 12. |
Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table conference after |
| A. | signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931 |
| B. | refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League |
| C. | being permitted by the Congress |
| D. | receiving assurance that independence was fast coming |
| Answer» B. refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League | |
| 13. |
Infanticide was completely banned by the |
| A. | Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829 |
| B. | Sharda Act, 1930 |
| C. | Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795 |
| D. | Minto-Morley reforms |
| Answer» D. Minto-Morley reforms | |
| 14. |
Who was the Congress President at the time when India become free? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | V L Pandit |
| C. | Sardar Patel |
| D. | J B Kripalani |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The Battle of Buxar was fought between the combined armies (of the Nawab of Awadh, the Mughal Emperor and Mir Kasim II) and the |
| A. | French |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | Portuguese |
| D. | English |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal? |
| A. | Lord Cornwallis |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Curzon |
| Answer» B. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 17. |
The Interim Government which took office on September 2, 1946 was headed by |
| A. | Rajendra Prasad |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| D. | C Rajagopalachari |
| Answer» C. Vallabhbhai Patel | |
| 18. |
The first organisation in the Madras Presidency to agitate for the rights of Indians was the Madras Native Association which was established by publicist __________ Chetty in 1849. This organisation did not survive for long and was eventually disbanded |
| A. | Gazulu Lakshminarasu |
| B. | S. Ramaswami Mudaliar |
| C. | P. Anandacharlu |
| D. | R. Balaji Rao |
| Answer» B. S. Ramaswami Mudaliar | |
| 19. |
The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between |
| A. | The Nizam of Hyderabad and the French |
| B. | The English and the French |
| C. | The English and Hyder Ali |
| D. | The Nawab of Carnatic and the English |
| Answer» C. The English and Hyder Ali | |
| 20. |
In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating |
| A. | Pattabhi Sitharamayy |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | VB Patel |
| Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 21. |
Bicameral Legislature was first provided to India by the |
| A. | Pitt's India Act |
| B. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| C. | Government of India Act of 1919 |
| D. | Council Act of 1861 |
| Answer» D. Council Act of 1861 | |
| 22. |
Bhulabhai Desai's most memorable achievement was his defence of the India National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red fort Trial towards the end of |
| A. | 1943 |
| B. | 1944 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» D. 1946 | |
| 23. |
The Secretary of State for India was given powers by |
| A. | The Act of 1909 |
| B. | The Act of 1919 |
| C. | The Act of 1858 |
| D. | The Act of 1861 |
| Answer» C. The Act of 1858 | |
| 24. |
The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by |
| A. | Hiren Mukherjee |
| B. | SM Joshi |
| C. | MN Roy |
| D. | RC Dutt |
| Answer» D. RC Dutt | |
| 25. |
August Offer' was issued by __________ |
| A. | Crown |
| B. | Parliament |
| C. | Viceroy |
| D. | Secretary of State |
| Answer» D. Secretary of State | |
| 26. |
As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of |
| A. | Lord Benttick |
| B. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
| C. | Lord Macaulay |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» D. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 27. |
In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi's proposals for 'basic education' through the vernacular medium was held at |
| A. | Surat |
| B. | Bombay |
| C. | Ahmedabad |
| D. | Wardha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Who was in favour of a partyless democracy? |
| A. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| B. | Bhupendra Nath Dutta |
| C. | M.N.Roy |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Bhupendra Nath Dutta | |
| 29. |
'The Times of India' which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1988, was first published in 1838 as |
| A. | Bombay Chronicle |
| B. | Bombay Times |
| C. | Indian Times |
| D. | National Times |
| Answer» C. Indian Times | |
| 30. |
Who had conceived and founded the Ramakrishna Mission? |
| A. | Swami Muktananda |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | CR Das |
| D. | Swami Vivekananda |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
The Presidents of early English Settlements (Madras, Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to __________ |
| A. | The House of Common |
| B. | The House of Lords |
| C. | The Home Government of the Company |
| D. | The Council of Senior Merchants |
| Answer» D. The Council of Senior Merchants | |
| 32. |
Tilak called him the 'Diamond of India' the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers'. Who is referred in these words |
| A. | Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Shivaji |
| C. | Gokhale |
| D. | Madhava Rao |
| Answer» D. Madhava Rao | |
| 33. |
In 1920 under her leadership the__________, the Ahmedabad textile mill workers union was established |
| A. | Majoor Mahajan |
| B. | Ushabai Dange |
| C. | Parvati Bhore |
| D. | Maniben Kara |
| Answer» B. Ushabai Dange | |
| 34. |
Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India? |
| A. | Pariksha Guru |
| B. | Anandmath |
| C. | Rangbhoomi |
| D. | Padmarag |
| Answer» C. Rangbhoomi | |
| 35. |
The problem that exercised and evoked the reformists in the 19th century to the greatest extent related to |
| A. | Education |
| B. | Caste restrictions |
| C. | Religious revivalism |
| D. | Women's issues |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
What was the Ilbert Bill intended for? |
| A. | To remove racial discrimination in employment |
| B. | To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans |
| C. | To save Indians from racial humiliation |
| D. | To change the method of recruitment in the Indian Civil Service |
| Answer» C. To save Indians from racial humiliation | |
| 37. |
Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society? |
| A. | Madan Lal Dhingra |
| B. | V D Savarkar |
| C. | Lala Hardayal |
| D. | Shyamji Krishna Varma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Who was the founder of the Servent of India Society? |
| A. | G K Gokhale |
| B. | MG Ranade |
| C. | B G Tilak |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Answer» B. MG Ranade | |
| 39. |
The Government of India Act of 1935 consists of __________ sections and 10 schedules |
| A. | 300 |
| B. | 330 |
| C. | 321 |
| D. | 331 |
| Answer» D. 331 | |
| 40. |
Who amidst the following great music composerswas the ruler of a State? |
| A. | Tyagaraja |
| B. | Shyama Shastri |
| C. | Muthu Swami Diskshitar |
| D. | Swati Thirunal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
The first weekly paper published by the INC (in 1889) was |
| A. | Young India |
| B. | India |
| C. | Indian People |
| D. | Voice India |
| Answer» C. Indian People | |
| 42. |
With whom is the slogan "Do or Die" associated? |
| A. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to all by the Act of |
| A. | 1853 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1813 |
| D. | 1784 |
| Answer» C. 1813 | |
| 44. |
The first Indian to enter the Indian Civil Service was |
| A. | Gokhale |
| B. | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| C. | Ramanuja |
| D. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Answer» C. Ramanuja | |
| 45. |
Who among the following started Bengal weeklynewspaper 'Samvad Kaumudi' in year 1821? |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| C. | Ramkrishna Paramhans |
| D. | Debendranath Tagore |
| Answer» B. Aurobindo Ghosh | |
| 46. |
Sati was prohibited by |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» D. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 47. |
__________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State |
| A. | Gandhi |
| B. | Patel |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Gokhale |
| Answer» D. Gokhale | |
| 48. |
Which of the following event was probe by the Hunter Commission? |
| A. | Chauri Chaura incident |
| B. | Demolition of Kanpur mosque |
| C. | Jalianwalla Bagh massacre |
| D. | Kakori train dacoity incident |
| Answer» D. Kakori train dacoity incident | |
| 49. |
Which of the following was a leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army founded in 1928? |
| A. | Khudiram Bose |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Chandra Shekhar Azad |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| 50. |
Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761? |
| A. | Alamgir-I |
| B. | Muhammad Shah |
| C. | Jahadar Shah |
| D. | Shah Alam-II |
| Answer» E. | |