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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. |
Through which principle or device did Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics inequalities?$? |
| A. | Abolition of machinery |
| B. | Establishment of village industries |
| C. | Trustrieeship theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 2. |
The Pakistan panacea was sponsored by$? |
| A. | Azad Kalam |
| B. | Jinnah |
| C. | Md Iqbal |
| D. | Liyakat All Khan |
| Answer» D. Liyakat All Khan | |
| 3. |
When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was$? |
| A. | Salisbury |
| B. | Curzon |
| C. | Wedgwood Benn |
| D. | Montagu |
| Answer» D. Montagu | |
| 4. |
The Ganapati festival was started in __________$? |
| A. | 1792 |
| B. | 1793 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1904 |
| Answer» D. 1904 | |
| 5. |
Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?$? |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord Hardinge |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Lytton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
According to __________ the Mutiny was a purely military outbreak$? |
| A. | VD Sarkar |
| B. | VASmith |
| C. | Sir John Lawrence |
| D. | Roberts |
| Answer» D. Roberts | |
| 7. |
At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi's official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi's nominee?$? |
| A. | Abdul Kalam Azad |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
| D. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» D. Vallabhbhai Patel | |
| 8. |
As per Wavell's Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________$? |
| A. | Viceroy |
| B. | Parliament |
| C. | An Indian Member of the Executive Council |
| D. | Secretary of State |
| Answer» D. Secretary of State | |
| 9. |
The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of$? |
| A. | unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress |
| B. | the pact between the Congress and Muslim League |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) above |
| D. | the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism |
| Answer» D. the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism | |
| 10. |
Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?$? |
| A. | Shyamji Krishna Varma |
| B. | Ashfaqullah |
| C. | Lala Hardayal |
| D. | V D Savarkar |
| Answer» C. Lala Hardayal | |
| 11. |
Which Brigadier was associated with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?$? |
| A. | General Dyer |
| B. | Arthur Wellesly |
| C. | General Harris |
| D. | Colonel Wellesly |
| Answer» B. Arthur Wellesly | |
| 12. |
Which of the following Acts gave representation of the Indians for the first time in legislation?$? |
| A. | Indian Councils Act, 1909 |
| B. | Indian Councils Act, 1919 |
| C. | Government of India Act, 1935 |
| D. | Government of India Act, 1935 |
| Answer» B. Indian Councils Act, 1919 | |
| 13. |
The 'Hero of Plassey' was$? |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | Dupleix |
| C. | Clive |
| D. | Shuja-ud-Daulah |
| Answer» D. Shuja-ud-Daulah | |
| 14. |
Of the following who was not the leader of the Extremists?$? |
| A. | Lokamanya Tilak |
| B. | Aurobindo Ghose |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Hume |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was$? |
| A. | wider employment of Indians in higher public services |
| B. | establishment of representative institutions |
| C. | self-government to India |
| D. | Only (a) and (b) above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad?$? |
| A. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Iqbal |
| Answer» D. Iqbal | |
| 17. |
Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of$? |
| A. | Lord Lytton |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Ripon |
| D. | Lord Hardinge-I |
| Answer» C. Lord Ripon | |
| 18. |
The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940$? |
| A. | Lahore |
| B. | Allahabad |
| C. | Karachi |
| D. | Dacca |
| Answer» B. Allahabad | |
| 19. |
In May__________, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha$? |
| A. | 1783 |
| B. | 1784 |
| C. | 1872 |
| D. | 1884 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The Charter Act of 1813 left intact the Company's monopoly of __________ trade$? |
| A. | China |
| B. | Jawa |
| C. | Ceylon |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» B. Jawa | |
| 21. |
__________'s Darsana Mala is written Sanskrit$? |
| A. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| B. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| C. | C.Kesavan |
| D. | Dr.Palpu |
| Answer» B. Chattambi Swamikal | |
| 22. |
__________ made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said, "Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it."$? |
| A. | Tilak |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Gokhale |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 23. |
With whom was the seven-year rule of' "missions, omissions and commissions' associated?$? |
| A. | Lord Dalhousie |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Lytton |
| D. | Lord Mayo |
| Answer» C. Lord Lytton | |
| 24. |
Who shot dead John Saunder on 17th December 1928?$? |
| A. | Bhagat Singh |
| B. | Mangal Pandey |
| C. | Sukhdev |
| D. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Answer» B. Mangal Pandey | |
| 25. |
One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. who was he?$? |
| A. | Kalpana Dutt |
| B. | Surya Sen |
| C. | Pritialata Woddekar |
| D. | Dinesh Gupta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Indirect election was introduced in India by the Act of$? |
| A. | 1853 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1892 |
| D. | 1833 |
| Answer» D. 1833 | |
| 27. |
The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of$? |
| A. | Lord Hastings |
| B. | Lord Minto |
| C. | Lord metcalfe |
| D. | Lord Macaulay |
| Answer» B. Lord Minto | |
| 28. |
At Jallianwaia Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire$? |
| A. | Benn |
| B. | Irwin |
| C. | Dyer |
| D. | Montagu |
| Answer» D. Montagu | |
| 29. |
Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?$? |
| A. | Act of 1909 |
| B. | Act of 1919 |
| C. | Act of 1935 |
| D. | Act of 1947 |
| Answer» B. Act of 1919 | |
| 30. |
The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from$? |
| A. | The Constitution of the USA |
| B. | The Constitution of Australia |
| C. | From the Government of India Act of 1919 |
| D. | From Pitt's India Act |
| Answer» D. From Pitt's India Act | |
| 31. |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with$? |
| A. | Mazzini |
| B. | Cavour |
| C. | Garibaldi |
| D. | Bismarck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
According to Dadabhai Naoroji 'Swaraj' means$? |
| A. | Complete independence |
| B. | Self government |
| C. | Economic independence |
| D. | Political independence |
| Answer» C. Economic independence | |
| 33. |
Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?$? |
| A. | Lord Wavell |
| B. | Lord Irwin |
| C. | Lord Willingdon |
| D. | Winston Churchill |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Zamindari Association was the . political association of modern India$? |
| A. | First |
| B. | Second |
| C. | Third |
| D. | Fourth |
| Answer» B. Second | |
| 35. |
The office of Governor-General of India was created by the$? |
| A. | Government of India Act, 1833 |
| B. | Government of India Act, 1858 |
| C. | Charter Act, 1833 |
| D. | Charter Act, 1813 |
| Answer» D. Charter Act, 1813 | |
| 36. |
Who gave the title or "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya?$? |
| A. | Dada Bhai Naurozi |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 37. |
The Frontier Gandhi actively participated in$? |
| A. | Khilafat Movement |
| B. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| C. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 38. |
Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?$? |
| A. | Ramabai Saraswati |
| B. | Sarala Devi Chaudhurani |
| C. | Lord Edwin Montague |
| D. | Dorothy Jinarajadasa |
| Answer» B. Sarala Devi Chaudhurani | |
| 39. |
"India Wins Freedom" is the autobiography of$? |
| A. | Abdul Kalam Azad |
| B. | Muhammad Ali |
| C. | Zakir Hussain |
| D. | Sayyed Ahmad Khan |
| Answer» B. Muhammad Ali | |
| 40. |
Which of the following pair is incorrect?$? |
| A. | Comrade - Mohammed Ali |
| B. | Indian Sociologist - Lala Har Dayal |
| C. | Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Common Weal - Annie Besant |
| Answer» D. Common Weal - Annie Besant | |
| 41. |
In November 1881, Narendra went to meet __________who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar$? |
| A. | Sri Ramakrishna |
| B. | Rashik Krishna Mallik |
| C. | Dakhinaranjan Mukhopadhyay |
| D. | Ramgopal Ghose |
| Answer» B. Rashik Krishna Mallik | |
| 42. |
The immortal national Song 'Vande Mataram' has been written by$? |
| A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| B. | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya |
| C. | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya |
| D. | Surendranath Bandopadhyaya |
| Answer» D. Surendranath Bandopadhyaya | |
| 43. |
On June 14, 1927 __________consecrated a mirror - with the message "Om shanti" written on the surface - in a temple in Kalavankode$? |
| A. | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| B. | T. K. Madhavan |
| C. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| D. | Govindan Vaidyar |
| Answer» D. Govindan Vaidyar | |
| 44. |
The Sikhs were defeated by the English at __________ in 1856$? |
| A. | Sobraon |
| B. | Amritsar |
| C. | Lahore |
| D. | Kashmir |
| Answer» B. Amritsar | |
| 45. |
The battle of Balakot was in __________$? |
| A. | 1806 |
| B. | 1821 |
| C. | 1831 |
| D. | 1896 |
| Answer» D. 1896 | |
| 46. |
Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?? |
| A. | The Religious Disabilities Act |
| B. | The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act |
| C. | Both the above |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 47. |
When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was? |
| A. | Salisbury |
| B. | Curzon |
| C. | Wedgwood Benn |
| D. | Montagu |
| Answer» D. Montagu | |
| 48. |
For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?? |
| A. | Jews |
| B. | Muslims |
| C. | Christians |
| D. | Sikhs |
| Answer» C. Christians | |
| 49. |
In which session of Congress the demand of "PurnaSwaraj" was accepted as the aim of the congress ?? |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Madras |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | Lahore |
| Answer» D. Lahore | |
| 50. |
The leader of the Anuslian Samiti was? |
| A. | Barindra Kumar Ghosh |
| B. | Pulin Das |
| C. | Kanai Lal Dutta |
| D. | Prafulla Chaki |
| Answer» B. Pulin Das | |