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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.
| 801. |
*$_The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by? |
| A. | Md. Ali Jinnah |
| B. | Mohammad Ali |
| C. | Saukat Ali |
| D. | Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 802. |
*$_Of the following who transferred the capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?? |
| A. | Mir Kasim |
| B. | Mir Jaffar |
| C. | Siraj-ud-Daulah |
| D. | Mir Mudan |
| Answer» B. Mir Jaffar | |
| 803. |
*$_My strongest bulwark is gone' lamented Mahatma Gandhi on the death of? |
| A. | Gopalakrishna Gokhale |
| B. | Motilal Nehru |
| C. | Pheroze Shah Mehta |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 804. |
*$_Which scripture was called his 'mother' by Gandhiji?? |
| A. | Ramayana |
| B. | The New Testament |
| C. | Bhagwat Gita |
| D. | The Holy Quran |
| Answer» D. The Holy Quran | |
| 805. |
*$_Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the Coli owing Is not true about him? |
| A. | He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s |
| B. | Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures |
| C. | His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism |
| D. | The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 806. |
*/*_Who is the first female governor of Independent India?? |
| A. | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| B. | Sharda Mukherjee |
| C. | Fathima Beevi |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 807. |
*/*_Narayana Guru was the son of__________? |
| A. | Madan Asan |
| B. | Krishnan Vaidyan |
| C. | Kummampilli Raman Pillai Asan |
| D. | Kumaran |
| Answer» B. Krishnan Vaidyan | |
| 808. |
*/*_Which of the following leader was one of the founding member og the Muslim League?? |
| A. | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| B. | Shaukat Ali |
| C. | Nawab Salimullah |
| D. | Aga Khan |
| Answer» D. Aga Khan | |
| 809. |
*/*_Whom had Gandhi named as Mira Behn?? |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Kamla Devi |
| C. | Indira Gandhi |
| D. | Madeline Slade |
| Answer» E. | |
| 810. |
*/*_Gokhale was born in a Marath Brahmin family at __________? |
| A. | Kolhapur |
| B. | Poona |
| C. | Allahabad |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» B. Poona | |
| 811. |
*/*_Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided 'a machine with strong brakes but no engine'?? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Rajendra Prasad |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» B. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 812. |
*/*_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 | |
| 813. |
*/*_Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly?? |
| A. | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| B. | V.K. Krishna Menon |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Rajeswar Dayal |
| Answer» B. V.K. Krishna Menon | |
| 814. |
*/*_On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in? |
| A. | Dacca |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Meerut and Karachi |
| Answer» C. Delhi | |
| 815. |
*/*_The Act of __________ had introduced the system of separate electorates? |
| A. | 1874 |
| B. | 1893 |
| C. | 1909 |
| D. | 1926 |
| Answer» D. 1926 | |
| 816. |
*/*_Who was the founder of 'Gadhar party'? |
| A. | Sachindranath Sanyal |
| B. | Chandarshekhar Azad |
| C. | Lala Har Dayal |
| D. | Batukeshwar Dutt |
| Answer» D. Batukeshwar Dutt | |
| 817. |
*/*_In 1917 Anasuya Sarabhai had led the __________textile workers' strike? |
| A. | Ahmedabad |
| B. | Bombay |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Malabar |
| Answer» B. Bombay | |
| 818. |
*/*_Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah or Bengal was defeated by the English in the battle of Plassey, mainly? |
| A. | because the English forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab |
| B. | because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commanderin- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal |
| C. | because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield |
| D. | because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the Nawab's service by the English |
| Answer» C. because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield | |
| 819. |
*/*_Identify the body among the following that was not founded by Dr B R Ambedkar?? |
| A. | Samaj Samato Sangh |
| B. | People's Education Society |
| C. | Deccan Education Society |
| D. | Depressed Classes Institute |
| Answer» D. Depressed Classes Institute | |
| 820. |
*/*_What was the basis of transfer of power to India on 15th August?? |
| A. | On this day the Indian National Congress haddemanded "Pooma Swaraj" |
| B. | On this day Mahatma Gandhi started 'QuitIndia Movement' |
| C. | Anniversary of formation of Interim Government |
| D. | Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese armybefore Admiral Mountbatten |
| Answer» E. | |
| 821. |
*/*_The Constituent Assembly was formed on the recommendations of the? |
| A. | Government of India Act, 1935 |
| B. | Cabinet Mission Plan |
| C. | Cripps' Mission |
| D. | Mountbatten Plan |
| Answer» C. Cripps' Mission | |
| 822. |
*/*_Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | CR Das |
| C. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Gokhale |
| Answer» B. CR Das | |
| 823. |
*/*_Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for? |
| A. | common electorate for all Hindus |
| B. | reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures |
| C. | reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 824. |
*/*_Which nationalist had stoutly preached "Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian"?? |
| A. | MK Gandhi |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Swami Vivekanand |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 825. |
*/*_In which year was the partition of Bengal scrapped?? |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1923 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» C. 1923 | |
| 826. |
*/*_Wavell Plan was announced in the year? |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1946 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» B. 1942 | |
| 827. |
*/*_Who was given the title of "The Ambassador of Hindu - Muslim Unity" for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?? |
| A. | Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan |
| B. | Fazl-ul-Haq |
| C. | Sayyid Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri |
| D. | Muhammad All Jinnah |
| Answer» E. | |
| 828. |
*/*_The first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature was? |
| A. | G K Gokhale |
| B. | M K Gandhi |
| C. | J L Nehru |
| D. | Netaji S C Bose |
| Answer» B. M K Gandhi | |
| 829. |
*/*_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 | |
| 830. |
*/*_The idea of incorporating, safeguards In the Indian Constitution was inspired by the? |
| A. | Third Round Table Conference |
| B. | Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| C. | Visit of Simon Commission |
| D. | Poona Pact |
| Answer» D. Poona Pact | |
| 831. |
*/*_The battle of Plassey was fought between? |
| A. | East India Company and Ahmad Shah |
| B. | East India Company and Tipu Sultan |
| C. | East India Company and Sirajuddaulla |
| D. | East India Company and Anwaruddin |
| Answer» D. East India Company and Anwaruddin | |
| 832. |
*/*_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 | |
| 833. |
*/*_Who among the following has been given honorary status among the seven wonders of the modern world?? |
| A. | Taj Mahal |
| B. | Great Pyramid of Giza |
| C. | Petra |
| D. | Colosseum |
| Answer» C. Petra | |
| 834. |
*/*_In 1907, after the passing of Col. H. S. Olcott, __________ became the second International President of the Theosophical Society? |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Ahalya Rangnekar |
| D. | Bhabani Charan Mitra |
| Answer» B. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 835. |
*/*_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 | |
| 836. |
*/*_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 | |
| 837. |
*/*_The first Swarajist Conference was held at? |
| A. | Ahmedabad |
| B. | Allahabad |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Bardoli |
| Answer» C. Madras | |
| 838. |
*/*_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 | |
| 839. |
*/*_Narayana Guru's later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written in__________? |
| A. | Tamil |
| B. | Malayalam |
| C. | Sanskrit |
| D. | Hindi |
| Answer» C. Sanskrit | |
| 840. |
*/*_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 | |
| 841. |
*/*_In 1913, the Guru founded an Ashram at __________ called the Advaita Ashram? |
| A. | Vaikom |
| B. | Palluruthi |
| C. | Aluva |
| D. | Trichur |
| Answer» D. Trichur | |
| 842. |
*/*_As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Constituent Assembly would be? |
| A. | 389 |
| B. | 289 |
| C. | 250 |
| D. | 350 |
| Answer» B. 289 | |
| 843. |
*/*_The Hindu College was started in 1817 at? |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Bombay |
| C. | Madras |
| D. | Pondicherry |
| Answer» B. Bombay | |
| 844. |
*/*_The first newspaper which was published in India was? |
| A. | The Calculatta Gazette |
| B. | The Bombay Gazette |
| C. | The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta |
| D. | The Bengal Gazette |
| Answer» E. | |
| 845. |
*/*_The Golden Jubilee of the Indian Rational Congress (1885-1935) fell in 1935, which was observed during the session held at? |
| A. | Karachi |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Faizpur |
| D. | Nowhere |
| Answer» E. | |
| 846. |
*/*_The Cripps Offer was regarded as a 'post dated cheque' by? |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Jinnah |
| C. | Gandhi |
| D. | Rajaji |
| Answer» D. Rajaji | |
| 847. |
*/*_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 | |
| 848. |
*/*_Narendra MandaI was inaugurated by Duke of Connaught in the year? |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» C. 1931 | |
| 849. |
*/*_Who among the following had attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London?? |
| A. | M K Gandhi |
| B. | B R Ambedkar |
| C. | J L Nehru |
| D. | M M Malaviya |
| Answer» C. J L Nehru | |
| 850. |
*/*_The author of 'A Nation in the Making' was? |
| A. | SN Banerjee |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Hume |
| D. | Tilak |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |