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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.
| 1501. |
Which great war was fought between the years 1914 and 1918? |
| A. | The Battle of Tarain |
| B. | The First World War |
| C. | The Battle of Plassey |
| D. | The Second World War |
| Answer» C. The Battle of Plassey | |
| 1502. |
Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences? |
| A. | B.R Ambedkar |
| B. | M.M.Malavia |
| C. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| D. | Gandhiji |
| Answer» B. M.M.Malavia | |
| 1503. |
August Offer' was issued on __________ 1940 |
| A. | 08 August. |
| B. | 15 August. |
| C. | 20 August. |
| D. | 30 August. |
| Answer» B. 15 August. | |
| 1504. |
The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, __________ Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21 |
| A. | Madan Asan |
| B. | Kummampilli Raman Pillai |
| C. | Krishnan Vaidyan |
| D. | Kumaran Asan |
| Answer» C. Krishnan Vaidyan | |
| 1505. |
Who started the first English newspaper in India? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
| C. | J.A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey) |
| D. | Lord William Bentinck |
| Answer» D. Lord William Bentinck | |
| 1506. |
Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ? |
| A. | Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker |
| B. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| C. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» B. Acharya Vinoba Bhave | |
| 1507. |
A Study in Consciousness was written by __________ |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Mrinal Gore |
| C. | Prasanna Kumar Tagore |
| D. | Rajkamal Sen |
| Answer» B. Mrinal Gore | |
| 1508. |
The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where |
| A. | The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/her and directly pays the revenue assessedon the land to the State |
| B. | The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her landand pays the land revenue to the Zamindar |
| C. | The person cultivates the land leased from alandlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord |
| D. | The land is collectively owned and cultivatedon a cooperative basis |
| Answer» B. The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her landand pays the land revenue to the Zamindar | |
| 1509. |
The socialist group in the INC during, the 1930s had been led by |
| A. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| B. | Rajendra Prasad |
| C. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| D. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1510. |
Amar Shonar Bangla' the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom? |
| A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| D. | Anand Mohan Bose |
| Answer» B. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 1511. |
Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in protest against |
| A. | Martial law in the Punjab |
| B. | Jallianwala Bagh tragedy |
| C. | Rawlatt Acts |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Rawlatt Acts | |
| 1512. |
The Rama Krishna Mission was established by |
| A. | Vivekananda |
| B. | Rama Krishna |
| C. | M.G. Ranade |
| D. | Keshab Chandra Sen |
| Answer» B. Rama Krishna | |
| 1513. |
The main brain behind hurling a bomb at Lord Hardinge, while he was making his state entry into Delhi was |
| A. | Ras Behari Bose |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Sachindra Sanyal |
| D. | Jatin Das |
| Answer» B. Bhagat Singh | |
| 1514. |
The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of |
| A. | Anusilan Samiti |
| B. | Abhinava Bharat |
| C. | Abhinava Bharat Society |
| D. | Ghadar Party of India |
| Answer» B. Abhinava Bharat | |
| 1515. |
Who had formulated and perfected the use of the subsidiary alliance system? |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Wellesley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1516. |
Swami Vivekananda attended the World's Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in __________ |
| A. | 1863 |
| B. | 1876 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1897 |
| Answer» D. 1897 | |
| 1517. |
Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution? |
| A. | C R Das |
| B. | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| C. | Mrs Besant |
| D. | Nehru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1518. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokamanya during |
| A. | His imprisonment in 1908 |
| B. | Home Rule Movement |
| C. | Revolutionary Movement |
| D. | Swadeshi Movement |
| Answer» C. Revolutionary Movement | |
| 1519. |
The All India Muslim League was founded in December 1906 at |
| A. | Karachi |
| B. | Dacca |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Aligarh |
| Answer» C. Calcutta | |
| 1520. |
India attained 'Dominion status' on |
| A. | 15th January, 1947 |
| B. | 15th August, 1947 |
| C. | 15th August, 1950 |
| D. | 15th October, 1947 |
| Answer» B. 15th August, 1947 | |
| 1521. |
When was the All India Women's Conference founded? |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1927 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1522. |
Chandra Shekhar Azad was __________ of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army |
| A. | President |
| B. | Secretary |
| C. | Commander-in-Chief |
| D. | Field Marshal |
| Answer» D. Field Marshal | |
| 1523. |
Which of the following leader is not correctly matched with their association/party/ books/ newspaper? |
| A. | Devendranath Tagore: Young India |
| B. | Rabindranath Tagore: Patrika |
| C. | M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali |
| D. | B. G. Tilak: Kesari |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1524. |
The Tomar Rajputs, were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of __________ |
| A. | Tilak |
| B. | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| C. | Shyamaprasad mukherjee |
| D. | J.N.Mukherjee |
| Answer» B. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | |
| 1525. |
The upliftment or the backward classes had been the prime concern of the |
| A. | Arya Samaj |
| B. | Prarthana Samaj |
| C. | Satyashodhak Samaj |
| D. | Ramakrishna Mission |
| Answer» D. Ramakrishna Mission | |
| 1526. |
Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities? |
| A. | Abolition of machinery |
| B. | Establishment of village industries |
| C. | Adoption of non-violence |
| D. | Trusteeship theory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1527. |
The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by |
| A. | Surendra Nath Bennerjee |
| B. | BC Pal |
| C. | Aurobindo Ghose |
| D. | Rash Behari Bose |
| Answer» D. Rash Behari Bose | |
| 1528. |
Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution? |
| A. | The Constitution of China |
| B. | The Constitution of USSR |
| C. | The Constitution of USA |
| D. | The Constitution of Japan |
| Answer» D. The Constitution of Japan | |
| 1529. |
Muslim communalism was lent an impetus by the activities of |
| A. | Ashfaqullah |
| B. | Liaqat Hussain |
| C. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Sayyid Ahmad Khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1530. |
The Hindu of Madras started in 1868 as a weekly, became a Daily in |
| A. | 1889 |
| B. | 1899 |
| C. | 1890 |
| D. | 1855 |
| Answer» B. 1899 | |
| 1531. |
Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor |
| A. | Kaliamma |
| B. | Kaliamma |
| C. | Rohini |
| D. | Meenkshi Amma |
| Answer» C. Rohini | |
| 1532. |
The Prime causes of the 1857 mutiny did not include |
| A. | The new system of education |
| B. | The Widow Remarriage Act |
| C. | The despatch of Indian Sepoys to Afghanistan |
| D. | Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1533. |
November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because |
| A. | India took a pledge of complete independenceon this day |
| B. | The constitution was adopted on this day |
| C. | India became a Republic on this day |
| D. | The first amendment of the constitution waspassed on this day |
| Answer» C. India became a Republic on this day | |
| 1534. |
Mahatma Gandhi had been joined the Champaran struggle by |
| A. | Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave |
| B. | Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha |
| C. | Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad and Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1535. |
As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as __________ |
| A. | Legislative Council |
| B. | Legislative Assembly |
| C. | House of Representatives |
| D. | House of Commons |
| Answer» C. House of Representatives | |
| 1536. |
When was first telegraph line started in India? |
| A. | 1851 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1884 |
| D. | 1900 |
| Answer» B. 1875 | |
| 1537. |
The Nehru Report of 1928 with proposals for constitutional reforms had been prepared by |
| A. | Motilal Nehru |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Kamla Nehru |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 1538. |
Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854? |
| A. | Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah |
| B. | Wajid Ali Shah |
| C. | Sirajud daulla |
| D. | Alivardi Khan |
| Answer» C. Sirajud daulla | |
| 1539. |
Which of the following was established first? |
| A. | Banaras Hindu University |
| B. | University of Bombay |
| C. | Aligarh Muslim University |
| D. | University of Allahabad |
| Answer» C. Aligarh Muslim University | |
| 1540. |
Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 15th March __________ |
| A. | 1928 |
| B. | 1930 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» D. 1935 | |
| 1541. |
In __________, the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)) was established |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1908 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1542. |
__________ is the acknowledged high priest of the drain theory |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | S N Bose |
| C. | J.N. Ghosh |
| D. | J.N.Mukherjee |
| Answer» B. S N Bose | |
| 1543. |
With which of the following was Annie Besant Associated? |
| A. | Ramakrishna Mission |
| B. | Arya Samaj |
| C. | ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) |
| D. | Theosophical Society |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1544. |
Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationlists at Brusels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Dr. Ansari |
| D. | Motilal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 1545. |
One Caste One Religion, One God for Man is the teaching of __________ |
| A. | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| C. | C.Kesavan |
| D. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1546. |
Which of the following ruler was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance? |
| A. | Scindia of Gwalior |
| B. | Nizam of Hyderabad |
| C. | Dalip Singh of Punjab |
| D. | Gaikwad of Baroda |
| Answer» C. Dalip Singh of Punjab | |
| 1547. |
Sardar Patel brought all the Indian States into the Country's unity |
| A. | By a bloody revolution |
| B. | By using armed forces |
| C. | By a bloodless revolution |
| D. | With the help of the English |
| Answer» D. With the help of the English | |
| 1548. |
Which of the following according to Mahatma, Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world? |
| A. | Non-violence of the brave |
| B. | Non-violence of the weak |
| C. | Non-violence of the coward |
| D. | Non-violence of the down-trodden |
| Answer» B. Non-violence of the weak | |
| 1549. |
In which session of India National Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time? |
| A. | Calcutta Session, 1920 |
| B. | Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920 |
| C. | Lahore Congress, 1929 |
| D. | Haripura congress conference, 1938 |
| Answer» D. Haripura congress conference, 1938 | |
| 1550. |
Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English? |
| A. | Alexander Cunningham |
| B. | William Jones |
| C. | James Prinsep |
| D. | Charles Wilkins |
| Answer» E. | |