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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.
| 701. |
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 | |
| 702. |
The first Swarajist Conference was held at%! |
| A. | Ahmedabad |
| B. | Allahabad |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Bardoli |
| Answer» C. Madras | |
| 703. |
Who started the journal 'New India'?%! |
| A. | C.W.Leadbeater |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Ram Mohun Roy |
| D. | Keshub Chandra Sen |
| Answer» C. Ram Mohun Roy | |
| 704. |
Narayana Guru's later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written in__________%! |
| A. | Tamil |
| B. | Malayalam |
| C. | Sanskrit |
| D. | Hindi |
| Answer» C. Sanskrit | |
| 705. |
Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production. Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate%! |
| 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 | |
| 706. |
The Mohamedan Association was founded in __________in 1856%! |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Adayar |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» B. Adayar | |
| 707. |
Aligarh Muslim University was founded by%! |
| A. | Jinnah |
| B. | Syed Ahmed Khan |
| C. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Bhutto |
| Answer» C. Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 708. |
Who among the following leader draws his inspiration from M.K Gandhi?%! |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| C. | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| D. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subhas Chandra Bose | |
| 709. |
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 | |
| 710. |
Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant?%! |
| A. | The Hindu |
| B. | Indian Express |
| C. | The Times of India |
| D. | New India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 711. |
Hevarappathinkangal is a Tamil work of __________%! |
| A. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| B. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| C. | K.Ayyappan |
| D. | K.madhvan Nair |
| Answer» C. K.Ayyappan | |
| 712. |
Which reforms Act had created the office of the secretary of state for India?%! |
| A. | Montague-Chelmsford Reforms |
| B. | The Government of India Act, 1858 |
| C. | The Indian Councils Act, 1861 |
| D. | Minto-Morley Reforms, 1908 |
| Answer» C. The Indian Councils Act, 1861 | |
| 713. |
__________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha%! |
| A. | Gokhale |
| B. | W.C.Banerjee |
| C. | Ranade |
| D. | S.N.Banerjee |
| Answer» B. W.C.Banerjee | |
| 714. |
The first definite and forceful expression of the concept of a separate homeland for the Muslims came from (or the Catcher of the idea of Pakistan was)%! |
| A. | Sir Mohammad Iqbal |
| B. | Rahmat Ali |
| C. | MAJinnah |
| D. | Liaqat Ali |
| Answer» B. Rahmat Ali | |
| 715. |
Dandi March started on __________ 1930%! |
| A. | 12th March |
| B. | 12th April |
| C. | 12th February |
| D. | 12th May |
| Answer» B. 12th April | |
| 716. |
The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because%! |
| A. | The Marathas did not fight bravely |
| B. | The Marathas were not equal to Afghans instrength |
| C. | The Maratha army was short of food supplies |
| D. | The Marathas were considered alien by thelocal population |
| Answer» C. The Maratha army was short of food supplies | |
| 717. |
Which of the following was not to be ceded by Mir Kasim to the Company as per the treaty signed between Mir Kasim and Calcutta Council?%! |
| A. | Burdwan |
| B. | Midnapur |
| C. | Chittagong |
| D. | Monghyr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 718. |
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 | |
| 719. |
Where did the so-called 'Black Hole Tragedy' take place ?%! |
| A. | Daccan |
| B. | Monghyr |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Murshidabad |
| Answer» D. Murshidabad | |
| 720. |
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 | |
| 721. |
Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________%! |
| A. | Dr.Palpu |
| B. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| C. | C.Kesavan |
| D. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 722. |
Subhash Bose established the Provisional Government of Free India at%! |
| A. | Berlin |
| B. | Bangkok |
| C. | Singapore |
| D. | Tokyo |
| Answer» D. Tokyo | |
| 723. |
On October 16, 1905, when the partition of Bengal was enforced, the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, to emphasise the unity of Bengal, Suggested the programme of%! |
| A. | singing Bande Mataram |
| B. | tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists |
| C. | composing of patriotic songs |
| D. | establishing national educational institutions |
| Answer» D. establishing national educational institutions | |
| 724. |
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» B. George Thompson | |
| 725. |
The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was%! |
| A. | Madam Blavatsky |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Sister Nivedita |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» D. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 726. |
*$_The Deccan Educational Society founded by? |
| A. | D.Ewacha |
| B. | Ranade |
| C. | W.C.Banerjee |
| D. | S.N.Banerjee |
| Answer» C. W.C.Banerjee | |
| 727. |
*$_Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?? |
| A. | Battle of Wandiwash |
| B. | First Carnatic War |
| C. | Battle of Buxar |
| D. | Battle of Plassey |
| Answer» B. First Carnatic War | |
| 728. |
*$_Who founded as Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College (MAOC) at Aligarh in 1875?? |
| A. | Sir Saiyad Ahmed Khan |
| B. | Mirza Mohammad |
| C. | Maulana Qasim Nanotvi |
| D. | Maulana Abdullah Ansari |
| Answer» B. Mirza Mohammad | |
| 729. |
*$_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 | |
| 730. |
*$_Siraj-ud-Daulah renamed which city as Alinagar?? |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Agra |
| C. | Ferozpur |
| D. | Fatehpur |
| Answer» B. Agra | |
| 731. |
*$_Which of the following was the 'Newspaper' of Annie Besant?? |
| A. | The Hindu |
| B. | Indian Express |
| C. | The Times of India |
| D. | New India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 732. |
*$_Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its beingbanned by the Government he founded at Al-Balagh in? |
| A. | 1913 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1916 |
| Answer» B. 1914 | |
| 733. |
*$_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 | |
| 734. |
*$_How many volunteers had accompanied Gandhi on the famous Dandi March of March 12, 1930?? |
| A. | 13 |
| B. | 44 |
| C. | 78 |
| D. | 108 |
| Answer» D. 108 | |
| 735. |
*$_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 | |
| 736. |
*$_On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against? |
| A. | British repression of the Satyagrahis |
| B. | Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact |
| C. | Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald |
| D. | Communal Roits in Calcutta |
| Answer» D. Communal Roits in Calcutta | |
| 737. |
*$_Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and __________? |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | China |
| C. | Tibet |
| D. | Afghanistan |
| Answer» B. China | |
| 738. |
*$_The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was? |
| A. | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | C.R. Das |
| Answer» B. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 739. |
*$_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. | |
| 740. |
*$_Who said "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India"?? |
| A. | Raj Narain Bose |
| B. | Bankim chandra Chatterjee |
| C. | Swami Vivekanand |
| D. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| Answer» C. Swami Vivekanand | |
| 741. |
*$_Which of the following was not included in the Treaty to be negotiated as provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan?? |
| A. | The Indian Union |
| B. | Constituent Assembly |
| C. | Indian National Congress |
| D. | The United Kingdom |
| Answer» D. The United Kingdom | |
| 742. |
*$_The author of the "The Peri plus of the Erythraean Sea" was a? |
| A. | Historian |
| B. | Poet |
| C. | Sailor |
| D. | Musician |
| Answer» D. Musician | |
| 743. |
*$_The __________ was run by Tarachand Chakravarty? |
| A. | Quill |
| B. | Hesperus |
| C. | Enquirer |
| D. | Bengal Spectator |
| Answer» B. Hesperus | |
| 744. |
*$_Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act 1794?? |
| A. | Charles Metcalfe |
| B. | Andrew Frazer |
| C. | Lord Wellesly |
| D. | Lord Auckland |
| Answer» D. Lord Auckland | |
| 745. |
*$_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 | |
| 746. |
*$_The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances by the act of? |
| A. | 1858 |
| B. | 1861 |
| C. | 1860 |
| D. | 1871 |
| Answer» C. 1860 | |
| 747. |
*$_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 | |
| 748. |
*$_Who had introduced the Indian Universities Act 1904?? |
| A. | Lord Ripon |
| B. | Lord Hardinge |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Lord Auckland |
| Answer» D. Lord Auckland | |
| 749. |
*$_The First World Conference on Women in __________, generated a new interest in and debate on women's issues? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Hyderabad |
| C. | Mexico |
| D. | Copenhagen |
| Answer» D. Copenhagen | |
| 750. |
*$_After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named? |
| A. | Socialist Bloc |
| B. | Revolutionary Socialist Bloc |
| C. | Forward Bloc |
| D. | Socialist-Congress Bloc |
| Answer» D. Socialist-Congress Bloc | |