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This section includes 1597 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 651. |
Who opened the First Round Table Conference? |
| A. | ing George V |
| B. | K Gandhi |
| C. | ord Irwin |
| D. | amsay McDonald |
| Answer» B. K Gandhi | |
| 652. |
When the Governor-General was away from Bengal a VicePresident appointed by __________ would Act for him%! |
| A. | Crown |
| B. | Parliament |
| C. | Board of Control |
| D. | Governor-General |
| Answer» E. | |
| 653. |
In which of the following provinces the Congress Ministry was not formed in June 1937?%! |
| A. | United Provinces |
| B. | Central Provinces |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 654. |
During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of%! |
| A. | Trichinopoly |
| B. | Arcot |
| C. | Wandiwash |
| D. | Pondicherry |
| Answer» D. Pondicherry | |
| 655. |
Who proclaimed: It is years since I left castes and religions. Yet some people think that I belong to their caste. That is not correct. I do not belong to any particular caste or religion%! |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | T. K. Madhavan |
| C. | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 656. |
The Battle of Plassey is a particularly important event in Indian history because%! |
| A. | The Nawab of Bengal lost in it |
| B. | It enabled the British to have power in Bengal |
| C. | It laid the foundation for British rule in India |
| D. | It enabled the British to reap higher trade profits |
| Answer» D. It enabled the British to reap higher trade profits | |
| 657. |
Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in 1926 to%! |
| A. | consolidate Khadi programme |
| B. | work for harijan welfare |
| C. | cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence |
| D. | write his autobiography |
| Answer» C. cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence | |
| 658. |
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in%! |
| A. | Vienna |
| B. | Rangoon |
| C. | Tokyo |
| D. | Singapore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 659. |
As per the Cabinet Mission Plan, the power would be first transferred to __________%! |
| A. | The Indian National Congress |
| B. | The Interim Government |
| C. | The Viceroy |
| D. | The Princes of the States |
| Answer» C. The Viceroy | |
| 660. |
Madame HP Blavatsky had laid the foundation of the Theosophical Society in the year%! |
| A. | 1853 |
| B. | 1864 |
| C. | 1875 |
| D. | 1886 |
| Answer» D. 1886 | |
| 661. |
Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?%! |
| A. | B.G. Tilak |
| B. | Chittaranjan Das |
| C. | M.K. Gandhi |
| D. | G.K. Gokhale |
| Answer» C. M.K. Gandhi | |
| 662. |
The Congressmen who wanted to contest the elections under the Act of 1919 and enter the legislature, formed a party (1923) called%! |
| A. | Swaraj Party |
| B. | Congress Swarajya Party |
| C. | Nationalist Party |
| D. | Liberal Party |
| Answer» B. Congress Swarajya Party | |
| 663. |
The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by%! |
| A. | Md. Ali Jinnah |
| B. | Mohammad Ali |
| C. | Saukat Ali |
| D. | Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 664. |
For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the "Doctrine of Lapse" was not followed?%! |
| A. | Satara |
| B. | Nagpur |
| C. | Jhansi |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» E. | |
| 665. |
Azad Hind Fauz or the Indian National Army (IRA) was founded by%! |
| A. | Subhash Bose |
| B. | Rash Behari Bose |
| C. | General Mohan Singh |
| D. | Shah Nawaz |
| Answer» D. Shah Nawaz | |
| 666. |
__________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha%! |
| A. | Gokhale |
| B. | W.C.Banerjee |
| C. | Ranade |
| D. | S.N.Banerjee |
| Answer» B. W.C.Banerjee | |
| 667. |
Narayana Guru's later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written in__________%! |
| A. | Tamil |
| B. | Malayalam |
| C. | Sanskrit |
| D. | Hindi |
| Answer» C. Sanskrit | |
| 668. |
After a few years Olcott and Blavatsky moved to India and established the International Headquarters at Adyar, in__________%! |
| A. | New Zealand |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» E. | |
| 669. |
The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in __________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy%! |
| A. | 1842 |
| B. | 1843 |
| C. | 1845 |
| D. | 1875 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 670. |
In 1884 __________founded the Indian National Union%! |
| A. | A.O.Hume |
| B. | A.M. Bose |
| C. | Lord Dufferin |
| D. | W.C. Banerjee |
| Answer» B. A.M. Bose | |
| 671. |
The social reformer of Maharashtra who became famous by his pen name lokhitwadi was%! |
| A. | Atmaram Panduranga |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Gopal Hari Deshmukh |
| D. | KS Chaplunkar |
| Answer» D. KS Chaplunkar | |
| 672. |
Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao-II? |
| A. | The Treaty of Purandhar |
| B. | Convention of Wadgaon |
| C. | Treaty of Bassein |
| D. | Treaty of Salbai |
| Answer» D. Treaty of Salbai | |
| 673. |
Assertion (A): Provincial autonomy was introduced in the Government of India Act, 1935. Reason (R): The Act itself made a clear-cut division of powers between the Centre and the Provinces%! |
| A. | Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A |
| B. | Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A |
| C. | A is true but R is false |
| D. | A is false but R is true |
| Answer» D. A is false but R is true | |
| 674. |
Har Bilas Sarda was Instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for%! |
| A. | enforcing monogamy |
| B. | removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages |
| C. | penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age |
| D. | civil marriages |
| Answer» D. civil marriages | |
| 675. |
In which year was the partition of Bengal scrapped?%! |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1923 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» C. 1923 | |
| 676. |
The Home Rule League was formed during the%! |
| A. | First World War |
| B. | Partition of Bengal |
| C. | Struggle following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre |
| D. | Implementation of Minto-Morley Reforms |
| Answer» B. Partition of Bengal | |
| 677. |
Which of the following was not one of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhi doctrine of Satyagraha?%! |
| A. | Truthfulness |
| B. | Non-Violence |
| C. | Fearlessness |
| D. | Abstinence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 678. |
Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?%! |
| A. | Sir Edward Lutyens |
| B. | Herbert Bakers |
| C. | Robert Tor Tussell |
| D. | Antonin Raymond |
| Answer» B. Herbert Bakers | |
| 679. |
The first to come and last to leave India were%! |
| A. | The Portuguese |
| B. | The French |
| C. | The English |
| D. | The Dutch |
| Answer» B. The French | |
| 680. |
The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was%! |
| A. | Madam Blavatsky |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Sister Nivedita |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» D. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 681. |
Who spoke "At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom"?%! |
| A. | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Rajagopalachari |
| Answer» D. Rajagopalachari | |
| 682. |
Where did the so-called 'Black Hole Tragedy' take place ?%! |
| A. | Daccan |
| B. | Monghyr |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Murshidabad |
| Answer» D. Murshidabad | |
| 683. |
Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as%! |
| A. | Court of Directors |
| B. | Board of Directors |
| C. | Board of Control |
| D. | Board of Merchants |
| Answer» D. Board of Merchants | |
| 684. |
Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________%! |
| A. | Dr.Palpu |
| B. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| C. | C.Kesavan |
| D. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 685. |
The Battle of Plassey is a particularly important event in Indian history because%! |
| A. | The Nawab of Bengal lost in it |
| B. | It enabled the British to have power in Bengal |
| C. | It laid the foundation for British rule in India |
| D. | It enabled the British to reap higher trade profits |
| Answer» D. It enabled the British to reap higher trade profits | |
| 686. |
There are no politics deviod of religion' is stated by%! |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Vinoba Bhave |
| D. | Jaya Prakash Narayan |
| Answer» C. Vinoba Bhave | |
| 687. |
A Federal Railway Authority was established by the Act of%! |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1861 |
| Answer» D. 1861 | |
| 688. |
Federal form of Governments at centre was introduced in India under%! |
| A. | Government of India Act of 1909 |
| B. | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
| C. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| D. | Indian Independence Act of 1947 |
| Answer» D. Indian Independence Act of 1947 | |
| 689. |
The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by __________%! |
| A. | Secretary of State for India |
| B. | The Government of India |
| C. | Parliament of England |
| D. | By Indian National Congress |
| Answer» C. Parliament of England | |
| 690. |
The song Jan-Gana-Mana composed by Rabindranath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of%! |
| A. | Tatva Bodhini |
| B. | Morning Song of India |
| C. | Bharat Vidhata |
| D. | Rashtra Jagrati |
| Answer» D. Rashtra Jagrati | |
| 691. |
In 1893 __________represented The Theosophical Society at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago%! |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | George Thompson |
| C. | GF Remfry |
| D. | Ramgopal Ghosh |
| Answer» C. GF Remfry | |
| 692. |
Who formed SNDP Yogam?%! |
| A. | T.K.Madhavan |
| B. | Nataraja Guru |
| C. | Narayana Guru |
| D. | Dr.Palpu |
| Answer» D. Dr.Palpu | |
| 693. |
Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in%! |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» C. 1918 | |
| 694. |
The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan' was%! |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Ambedkar |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Subhash Chandra bose |
| Answer» D. Subhash Chandra bose | |
| 695. |
Dyarchy' was introduced in the Government of India Act of%! |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 1935 | |
| 696. |
The use of the mother tongue in India in the law Court was permitted by%! |
| A. | Lord Hastings |
| B. | Cornwallis |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Bentinck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 697. |
In the Interim Government formed in 1946, the Minister for Education was%! |
| A. | Patel |
| B. | Rajaji |
| C. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Annie Besant |
| Answer» D. Annie Besant | |
| 698. |
Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master's message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses.swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________%! |
| A. | Mumbai |
| B. | America |
| C. | Kanyakumari |
| D. | Chennai |
| Answer» D. Chennai | |
| 699. |
The Wahabis operated from%! |
| A. | Hindukush |
| B. | Khyber Pass |
| C. | Western Ghat |
| D. | Palghat |
| Answer» B. Khyber Pass | |
| 700. |
Who worte "Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai"?%! |
| A. | Mohammad Iqbal |
| B. | Ramprasad Bismil |
| C. | Kazi Nazrul Islam |
| D. | Firaq Gorakhpuri |
| Answer» C. Kazi Nazrul Islam | |