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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.
| 1301. |
Jyotiba Phule died On 28 November,__________? |
| A. | 1850 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1870 |
| D. | 1890 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1302. |
On account of his differences with Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress (April 1939) and organised a new party called? |
| A. | Congress Socialist Party |
| B. | Azad Hind Fauz |
| C. | Congress Liberal party |
| D. | Forward Block |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1303. |
Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as 'Mahatma' by? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Motilal Nehru |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1304. |
In __________ , Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth)? |
| A. | 1773 |
| B. | 1853 |
| C. | 1873 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» D. 1889 | |
| 1305. |
The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees __________ annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge? |
| A. | One lakh |
| B. | Two lakhs |
| C. | £10000 |
| D. | £5000 |
| Answer» B. Two lakhs | |
| 1306. |
The Muslim League demanded creation of Pakistan (Pakistan Resolution) in its session held on March 24, 1940 at? |
| A. | Karachi |
| B. | Lahore |
| C. | Islamabad |
| D. | Aligarh |
| Answer» C. Islamabad | |
| 1307. |
The Pakistan panacea was sponsored by? |
| A. | Azad Kalam |
| B. | Jinnah |
| C. | Md Iqbal |
| D. | Liyakat All Khan |
| Answer» D. Liyakat All Khan | |
| 1308. |
In a message to the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam in 1926 __________ declared, No community can make progress except through organization? |
| A. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| B. | Dr.Palpu |
| C. | Narayana Guru |
| D. | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» D. Rajaram Mohan Roy | |
| 1309. |
Who said that "India's Soul live in villages"?? |
| A. | Vinoba Bhave |
| B. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1310. |
Who instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to create a scientific temperament among the Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language?? |
| A. | Mohammad Iqbal |
| B. | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan |
| C. | Karim Ali |
| D. | Inayat Ali |
| Answer» C. Karim Ali | |
| 1311. |
The Diwani Adalat was presided over by? |
| A. | Collector |
| B. | Governor |
| C. | Resident |
| D. | Nawabs |
| Answer» B. Governor | |
| 1312. |
One of the best known tribal rebellions In Bihar, known as Ulgulan (meaning Great Tumult), was launched by the Mundas under the leadership of? |
| A. | Kanhu |
| B. | Sidhu |
| C. | Birsa Munda |
| D. | Rampa Munda |
| Answer» D. Rampa Munda | |
| 1313. |
The first political association of India founded in 1891 was the? |
| A. | Landholders Society of Calcutta |
| B. | Indian Association |
| C. | British Indian Association |
| D. | Madras Native Association |
| Answer» B. Indian Association | |
| 1314. |
Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India? |
| A. | Clive |
| B. | Comwallis |
| C. | Warren Hastings |
| D. | Wellesley |
| Answer» D. Wellesley | |
| 1315. |
The number of members in the Simon Commission/was __________? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» D. 12 | |
| 1316. |
In which state was the first non-Congress Government set up independent India?? |
| A. | Punjab |
| B. | Bihar |
| C. | Maharashtra |
| D. | Kerela |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1317. |
Which among the following is correctly matched?? |
| A. | Non-Cooperation Movement - Surendra NathBanerjee |
| B. | Swadeshi Movement - Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| C. | Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose |
| D. | Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» D. Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 1318. |
As per Pitt's India Act the Committee of Secrecy would consist of three members of __________? |
| A. | The Board of Control |
| B. | The Court of Directors |
| C. | The House of Commons |
| D. | The House of Lords |
| Answer» C. The House of Commons | |
| 1319. |
A focal point of all revolutionary activities in London was? |
| A. | India House |
| B. | Kaiser House |
| C. | Singh Sabha Building |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji's House |
| Answer» B. Kaiser House | |
| 1320. |
The Province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by? |
| A. | Lord Lytton |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Dufferin |
| D. | Lord Curzon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1321. |
Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a? |
| A. | Justice |
| B. | General |
| C. | Member of Parliament |
| D. | Secretary of State for India |
| Answer» B. General | |
| 1322. |
"Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education" who said?? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| C. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| D. | Tilak |
| Answer» B. Sree Narayana Guru | |
| 1323. |
Nanu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of__________, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals? |
| A. | Silanka |
| B. | Maruthwamala |
| C. | Karunagapally |
| D. | Kayamkulam |
| Answer» C. Karunagapally | |
| 1324. |
Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?? |
| A. | Masulipatnam |
| B. | Pulicat |
| C. | Surat |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» C. Surat | |
| 1325. |
Writing Social History is the book of __________? |
| A. | Ania Loomba |
| B. | Sumit Sarkar |
| C. | Cohn Bernard |
| D. | Ranajith Guha |
| Answer» C. Cohn Bernard | |
| 1326. |
Which of the following leaders died as a result of Injuries sustained during a protest demonstration against Simon Commission?? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | Goplakrishna Gokhale |
| D. | LaIa Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1327. |
Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest against Rowlatt Act on 6th April __________? |
| A. | 1918 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» C. 1926 | |
| 1328. |
I. It favoured Dominion Status.II. It favoured a federal system.III. It rejected the system of Communal Electorate.IV. It was against the setting up of a Supreme Court.Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct related to the Nehru Report?? |
| A. | I & IV |
| B. | I & III |
| C. | II, III & IV |
| D. | I, II & III |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1329. |
Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi's assassination. "None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth"?? |
| A. | Bertrand Russel |
| B. | Nelson Mandela |
| C. | Albert Einstein |
| D. | Leo Tolstoy |
| Answer» D. Leo Tolstoy | |
| 1330. |
Who was the first woman President of Congress?? |
| A. | Mrs. Annie Besant |
| B. | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Mrs. Nelline Sengupta |
| D. | Aruna Asaf Ali |
| Answer» B. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 1331. |
Who declared "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"?? |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | Bal Gangadhara Tilak |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | K.T Telang |
| Answer» C. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 1332. |
"India for the Indiana" was the political message of? |
| A. | D E Wacha |
| B. | Vivekanand |
| C. | Dayanand |
| D. | Hume |
| Answer» D. Hume | |
| 1333. |
"Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education" who said? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| C. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| D. | Tilak |
| Answer» B. Sree Narayana Guru | |
| 1334. |
The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India was? |
| A. | Nandlni Satpathy |
| B. | Dr. J. Jayalalitha |
| C. | Sucheta Kripalani |
| D. | Ms. Mayawati |
| Answer» D. Ms. Mayawati | |
| 1335. |
What is Gandhi's definition of Rama Raj?? |
| A. | The rule as it was during the time of Rama |
| B. | Sovereignty of the people based on pure moralauthority |
| C. | The greatest good of all |
| D. | The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofaking |
| Answer» C. The greatest good of all | |
| 1336. |
Who among of the following started Marathi fortnightly newspaper 'Bahishkrit Bharat'?? |
| A. | Dr.B.R.Ambedkar |
| B. | Vir Savarkar |
| C. | Vinobha Bhave |
| D. | Lokmanya Tilak |
| Answer» B. Vir Savarkar | |
| 1337. |
Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?? |
| A. | The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhi's participation in it |
| B. | The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations |
| C. | The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj |
| D. | Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference |
| Answer» D. Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference | |
| 1338. |
'A day of deliverance and thanks giving' was celebrated in 1939 by? |
| A. | Congress Party |
| B. | Muslim League |
| C. | Forward Bloc |
| D. | Communist Party |
| Answer» C. Forward Bloc | |
| 1339. |
In the Carnatic, the English supported the claims of? |
| A. | Anwaruddin |
| B. | Chanda Sahib |
| C. | Nasir Jang |
| D. | Muzaffar Jang |
| Answer» B. Chanda Sahib | |
| 1340. |
Which of the following is not one of the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of Nation?? |
| A. | He was universally adored, admired and respected by all castes, communities and classes |
| B. | Starting with opposition to the Rowlatt Acts, till the Quit India Movement he was the supreme leader and the main spirit behind the national movement |
| C. | His social political, economic and religious ideologies were based on Indian values with a very strong moral and ethical content |
| D. | He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress |
| Answer» B. Starting with opposition to the Rowlatt Acts, till the Quit India Movement he was the supreme leader and the main spirit behind the national movement | |
| 1341. |
The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of? |
| A. | different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia |
| B. | Indians living in Tokyo |
| C. | Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody |
| D. | Indian revolutionaries living outside India |
| Answer» B. Indians living in Tokyo | |
| 1342. |
Which of the following personality is related with the "Deepavali Declaration"?? |
| A. | Lord Irwin in 1929 |
| B. | Lord Linlithgow in 1940 |
| C. | Gandhiji in 1930 |
| D. | Subhas Chandra Bose in 1941 |
| Answer» B. Lord Linlithgow in 1940 | |
| 1343. |
The English established their first factory in India at? |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Surat |
| C. | Sutanati |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» C. Sutanati | |
| 1344. |
Which of the following writers did not have a profound influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?? |
| A. | Tolstoy |
| B. | Thoreau |
| C. | Ruskin |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1345. |
Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper? |
| A. | Pioneer |
| B. | National Herald |
| C. | Kesari |
| D. | Patriot |
| Answer» C. Kesari | |
| 1346. |
Who among the following was the first to sign the 'Instruments of Accession'?? |
| A. | The Maharaja of Baroda |
| B. | The Dewan of Travancore |
| C. | The Nizam of Hyderabad |
| D. | The Raja of Jodhpur |
| Answer» C. The Nizam of Hyderabad | |
| 1347. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokamanya during? |
| A. | his trial in 1907-08 |
| B. | the Lucknow pact of 1916 |
| C. | the Home Rule Movement |
| D. | the Congress Session in 1917 |
| Answer» D. the Congress Session in 1917 | |
| 1348. |
Which of the following statements is not correct? Provision was made In the Act of 1935 for? |
| A. | The Central Subjects |
| B. | Provincial Subjects |
| C. | Concurrent Lists |
| D. | AList of Subjects for Princely States |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1349. |
Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?? |
| A. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| B. | C.Raja Gopalachari |
| C. | Dr.Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Dr. S.Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» C. Dr.Rajendra Prasad | |
| 1350. |
Jathi Nirnayam is the work of __________? |
| A. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| B. | C.Kesavan |
| C. | Nataraja Guru |
| D. | T.K.Madhavan |
| Answer» B. C.Kesavan | |