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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.
| 951. |
%_The Cripps Mission visited India in the year_% |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» C. 1945 | |
| 952. |
%_According to the provisions of the Regulating Act the Supreme Court in Bengal consisted of the Chief Justice and_% |
| A. | Five Judges |
| B. | Two Judges |
| C. | Six Judges |
| D. | Three Judges |
| Answer» E. | |
| 953. |
%_Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one ofmy greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to apeaceful demise?_% |
| A. | Lord Dufferin |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Lansdowne |
| D. | Lord Elgin |
| Answer» C. Lord Lansdowne | |
| 954. |
%_The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by_% |
| A. | Indian Council Act of 1892 |
| B. | Minto-Morley reforms of 1909 |
| C. | Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919 |
| D. | Government of India of 1935 |
| Answer» C. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919 | |
| 955. |
%_Who played an important role in bringing all the States In the Independent India Into the country's unity?_% |
| A. | Sardar Patel |
| B. | Hume |
| C. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| D. | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» B. Hume | |
| 956. |
%_Who designed the national flag of Independent India?_% |
| A. | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| B. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| C. | Mahatma Ghandhi |
| D. | Pingali Venkaiya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 957. |
%_The idea of starting a Home Rule League in 1915 was first propounded by_% |
| A. | B G Tilak |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | Both (a) and (b) above |
| Answer» D. Both (a) and (b) above | |
| 958. |
%_The National Anthem was first sung in year 1911 at the Annual session of the India National Congress held at_% |
| A. | Pune |
| B. | Mumbai |
| C. | Kolkata |
| D. | Lucknow |
| Answer» D. Lucknow | |
| 959. |
%_'Swaathanthrya gadha' – was written by the great poet ___________% |
| A. | Cherusseri |
| B. | O.N.V.Kurup |
| C. | G.Sankara kurup |
| D. | Kumaranaasan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 960. |
%_The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company's monopoly for __________ years_% |
| A. | 20 years |
| B. | 10 years |
| C. | 30 years |
| D. | 15 years |
| Answer» B. 10 years | |
| 961. |
%_In 1946, the Interim Government was formed under_% |
| A. | Patel |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Rajaji |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 962. |
%_The Home Rule League was started by_% |
| A. | M.K.Gandhi |
| B. | B.G. Tilak |
| C. | Ranade |
| D. | K.T. Telang |
| Answer» C. Ranade | |
| 963. |
%_Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?_% |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| C. | Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar |
| D. | Swami Dayanand Saraswati |
| Answer» D. Swami Dayanand Saraswati | |
| 964. |
%_Which day was declared as the 'Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League?_% |
| A. | 3rd September, 1946 |
| B. | 16th August, 1946 |
| C. | 16th May, 1946 |
| D. | 4th Decembar, 1946 |
| Answer» C. 16th May, 1946 | |
| 965. |
%_Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from_% |
| A. | Thoureau |
| B. | Ruskin |
| C. | Confucius |
| D. | Tolstoy |
| Answer» B. Ruskin | |
| 966. |
%_Swami Vivekananda was born in an affluent family in __________ on 12 January 1863_% |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Ajmer |
| C. | Kolkata |
| D. | Orrisa |
| Answer» D. Orrisa | |
| 967. |
%_Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi's heart, that he wrote: 'That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the 'Bhagavad Gita'_% |
| A. | Hare Ram |
| B. | Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram |
| C. | Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye |
| D. | Ishwar Allah Tero Nam |
| Answer» D. Ishwar Allah Tero Nam | |
| 968. |
%_Who said "Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God"?_% |
| A. | Swamy Vivekananda |
| B. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| C. | M.K. Gandhi |
| D. | Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» D. Radhakrishnan | |
| 969. |
%_Montagu who toured In India in 1918 was a_% |
| A. | Member of Privy Council |
| B. | Member of Viceroy's Council |
| C. | Secretary of State for India |
| D. | Viceroy of India |
| Answer» D. Viceroy of India | |
| 970. |
%_Which of the following periods is considered as the revolutionary era in Indian history?_% |
| A. | 1857-60 |
| B. | 1857-1947 |
| C. | 1857-90 |
| D. | 1845-1947 |
| Answer» D. 1845-1947 | |
| 971. |
%_Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an_% |
| A. | White Paper |
| B. | Regulating Act |
| C. | Ordinance |
| D. | Resolution |
| Answer» C. Ordinance | |
| 972. |
%_When was the First Round Table Conference held?_% |
| A. | 1933 |
| B. | 1931 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1903 |
| Answer» D. 1903 | |
| 973. |
%_Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a Scholar in_% |
| A. | Persian |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Sanskrit |
| D. | French |
| Answer» C. Sanskrit | |
| 974. |
%_Hardayal, an intellectual gaint, was associated with_% |
| A. | Home Rule Movement |
| B. | Ghadar Movement |
| C. | Swadeshi Movement |
| D. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| Answer» C. Swadeshi Movement | |
| 975. |
%_Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with_% |
| A. | the Sky |
| B. | the Ganges |
| C. | the Gangotri |
| D. | the Mansarovar Lake |
| Answer» C. the Gangotri | |
| 976. |
%_Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan andSirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?_% |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Varanasi |
| C. | Hyderabad |
| D. | Bengal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 977. |
%_Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?_% |
| A. | Priority to be given to communal question |
| B. | Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement |
| C. | Grant of Dominion Status |
| D. | Date of transfer of power |
| Answer» B. Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement | |
| 978. |
%_Who is regarded as as the 'father of modern India'_% |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Swami Dayananda Saraswati |
| C. | Sri Aurobindo |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» B. Swami Dayananda Saraswati | |
| 979. |
%_The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of_% |
| A. | Provision of Provincial Autonomy |
| B. | A future Administration of India |
| C. | Gandhi's demands for calling off CivilDisobedience Movement |
| D. | Congress claim to be the sole representativeof Indians |
| Answer» C. Gandhi's demands for calling off CivilDisobedience Movement | |
| 980. |
%_The Regulating Act was passed in the year_% |
| A. | 1793 |
| B. | 1773 |
| C. | 1763 |
| D. | 1783 |
| Answer» C. 1763 | |
| 981. |
%_Narayana Guru was born on August 22, 1856, in the village of __________ near Thiruvananthapuram_% |
| A. | Chempazhanthi |
| B. | Karunagapally |
| C. | Kayamkulam |
| D. | Kannur |
| Answer» B. Karunagapally | |
| 982. |
%_Who said Ask not, Say not Think not caste. Think only Gods_% |
| A. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| B. | William Logan |
| C. | Connolly |
| D. | S.N. Banerjee |
| Answer» B. William Logan | |
| 983. |
%_Motilal presided over the Congress Session of 1919 held at_% |
| A. | Lahore |
| B. | Amritsar |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Bombay |
| Answer» C. Calcutta | |
| 984. |
_ Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of$? |
| A. | Wavel Plan |
| B. | Cripps Mission |
| C. | August Offer |
| D. | Cabinet Mission |
| Answer» E. | |
| 985. |
_ Who He said, "I accept as Dharma whatever is in full conformity with impartial justice, truthfulness and the like; that which is not opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas. Whatever is not free from partiality and is unjust, partaking of untruth and the like, and opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas—that I hold as adharma".He also said "He, who after careful thinking, is ever ready to accept truth and reject falsehood; who counts the happiness of others as he does that of his own self, him I call just"$? |
| A. | Baba Ram Singh |
| B. | Ranjit Singh |
| C. | Lal Singh |
| D. | Dayananda Saraswathi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 986. |
_ A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by$? |
| A. | Lord Clive |
| B. | Sir Thomas Roe |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Captain Hawkins |
| Answer» C. Lord Curzon | |
| 987. |
_ Who was the first to raise the slogan 'Inquilab zindabad'?$? |
| A. | Bhagat Singh |
| B. | M Kelappan |
| C. | Veer Savarkar |
| D. | Shankaran Nair |
| Answer» B. M Kelappan | |
| 988. |
_ Provision was made in the Act of 1919, for the appointment of a Commission in __________ to investigate the working of the Constitution$? |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1929 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 989. |
_ The INA was largely composed of$? |
| A. | Indian Revolutionaries |
| B. | Overseas Indians |
| C. | Indian Prisoners of war under the Japanese |
| D. | Deserters from the British Indian Army |
| Answer» D. Deserters from the British Indian Army | |
| 990. |
_ The United Nation's declared __________ as the International Year of Women$? |
| A. | 1875 |
| B. | 1878 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» D. 1956 | |
| 991. |
_ Who was the first Indian civil servant?$? |
| A. | Motilal Nehru |
| B. | S N Banerjee |
| C. | C R Das |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» C. C R Das | |
| 992. |
_ When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?$? |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1931 |
| C. | 1929 |
| D. | 1932 |
| Answer» C. 1929 | |
| 993. |
_ When did the Cripps Mission, which had practically repeated the August Offer 1940 visit India?$? |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1944 |
| Answer» C. 1943 | |
| 994. |
_ Ram Prasad Bismil had been associated with the case?$? |
| A. | Alipore bomb |
| B. | Kanpur conspiracy |
| C. | Kokori bomb |
| D. | Meerut conspiracy |
| Answer» D. Meerut conspiracy | |
| 995. |
_ Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a "half naked Fakir"?$? |
| A. | Winston Churchill |
| B. | Lord Mountbatten |
| C. | Lord Wavell |
| D. | Lord Lirrlithgow |
| Answer» B. Lord Mountbatten | |
| 996. |
_ Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the Indian legislature?$? |
| A. | Scheduled Caste |
| B. | Scheduled Tribes |
| C. | Anglo-Indian |
| D. | Landed Gentry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 997. |
_ Who said "Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance"$? |
| A. | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Mohammad Iqbal |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 998. |
_ Which of the following pair of author & book is incorrectly matched?$? |
| A. | Rabindra Nath Tagore: Gora |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji: Poverty and the British rule in India |
| C. | Dinabandhu Mitra: Nil Darpan |
| D. | R.C Dutt: History of India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 999. |
_ Sivagiri pilgrimage was conceived by __________ and T K Kittan Writer. It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, 1928$? |
| A. | Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar |
| B. | T. K. Madhavan |
| C. | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Govindan Vaidyar |
| Answer» B. T. K. Madhavan | |
| 1000. |
_ Which of the following statement is related with the provision of the Charter Act of 1833?$? |
| A. | Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China |
| B. | Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China |
| C. | Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China |
| D. | Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China for ten years |
| Answer» C. Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China | |