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This section includes 360 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge (GK) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in - |
| A. | 1851 |
| B. | 1853 |
| C. | 1854 |
| D. | 1855 |
| Answer» B. 1853 | |
| 2. |
The Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by - |
| A. | Md. Ali Jinnah |
| B. | Mohammad Ali |
| C. | Saukat Ali |
| D. | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Bhulabhai Desai's most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of - |
| A. | 1943 |
| B. | 1944 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» D. 1946 | |
| 4. |
Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of Local Self- Government in Modern India? |
| A. | Ripon |
| B. | Lytton |
| C. | Mayo |
| D. | Curzon |
| Answer» B. Lytton | |
| 5. |
Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India'? |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Answer» B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale | |
| 6. |
The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was - |
| A. | Albuquerque |
| B. | Joa de Castro |
| C. | Francisco de Almedia |
| D. | Nuno da Cunha |
| Answer» D. Nuno da Cunha | |
| 7. |
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 | |
| 8. |
The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in - |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1919 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» D. 1945 | |
| 9. |
The Editor of Young India and 'Harijan' was - |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Ambedkar |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Subash Chandra Bose | |
| 10. |
'Neel Darpan' a play depicting the revolt against the indigo planters was written by - |
| A. | Dinbandhu Mitra |
| B. | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| C. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| D. | Naveen Chandra Sen |
| Answer» B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | |
| 11. |
What was Kuomintang? |
| A. | A nationalist party in Japan |
| B. | A fascist party in Japan |
| C. | A terrorist organisation in China |
| D. | A nationalist party in China |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
'Deshbandhu' is the title of - |
| A. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| B. | C.R. Das |
| C. | B.C. Pal |
| D. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Answer» C. B.C. Pal | |
| 13. |
The Bhoodan Movement was launched by - |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Jaiprakash Narain |
| C. | Vinoba Bhave |
| D. | Rammanohar Lohia |
| Answer» D. Rammanohar Lohia | |
| 14. |
Who is referred to as 'Frontier Gandhi ? |
| A. | Sheikh Abdullah |
| B. | Manilal Gandhi |
| C. | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| D. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| Answer» D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale | |
| 15. |
The first Governor-General of Bengal was - |
| A. | Lord Clive |
| B. | Lord Warren Hastings |
| C. | Lord John Shore |
| D. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Answer» C. Lord John Shore | |
| 16. |
The last Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the crown was |
| A. | Lord Elgin |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord Warren Hastings |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» C. Lord Warren Hastings | |
| 17. |
Gandhi's 'Dandi March' is associated with: |
| A. | Khilafat Movement |
| B. | Civil Disobedience Movement |
| C. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| D. | Quit India Movement |
| Answer» C. Non-Cooperation Movement | |
| 18. |
Dring British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency? |
| A. | Macartney |
| B. | Elphinstone |
| C. | Thomas Munro |
| D. | John Lawrence |
| Answer» D. John Lawrence | |
| 19. |
Who initiated the movement to form the India Nations Congress: |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | A.O. Hume |
| C. | W.C. Banerjee |
| D. | Gandhiji |
| Answer» C. W.C. Banerjee | |
| 20. |
Gandhi wanted to realize 'truth through |
| A. | Ahimsa (Non-violence) |
| B. | Dharma (Religion) |
| C. | Karma (Service) |
| D. | Dhyana (Meditation) |
| Answer» B. Dharma (Religion) | |
| 21. |
"India House" is located in - |
| A. | New Delhi |
| B. | Kolkata |
| C. | London |
| D. | New York |
| Answer» D. New York | |
| 22. |
The book Prison Diary" was written by - |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | V.D. Savarkar |
| C. | Jaya Prakash Narayan |
| D. | Morarj Desai |
| Answer» D. Morarj Desai | |
| 23. |
What was 'Komagata Maru'? |
| A. | An army unit |
| B. | A harbour |
| C. | A ship |
| D. | An industrial township |
| Answer» D. An industrial township | |
| 24. |
Who expounded The Theory of Drain ? |
| A. | Tilak |
| B. | Dadabhai Nauroji |
| C. | Gokhale |
| D. | Govinda Ranade |
| Answer» C. Gokhale | |
| 25. |
Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with - |
| A. | Home Rule Movement |
| B. | Ghadar Movement |
| C. | Swadeshi Movement |
| D. | Non-Cooperation Movement |
| Answer» C. Swadeshi Movement | |
| 26. |
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. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| Answer» D. C. Rajagopalachari | |
| 27. |
Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement? |
| A. | Sir Agha Khan |
| B. | Maulana Altaf Husain Hali |
| C. | Maulana Shibli |
| D. | Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
What was the Wood's Despatch about? |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Army |
| C. | Education |
| D. | Agriculture |
| Answer» D. Agriculture | |
| 29. |
The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by - |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Duke of Cannaught |
| D. | Duke of Wellingdon |
| Answer» D. Duke of Wellingdon | |
| 30. |
Who founded the Naujawan Bhar at Sabha? |
| A. | B.C.Pal |
| B. | G. Subramania Iyer |
| C. | Sardar Bagat Singh |
| D. | Rukmani Lakshmipath |
| Answer» D. Rukmani Lakshmipath | |
| 31. |
India attained 'Dominion Status' on - |
| A. | 15th January, 1947 |
| B. | 15th August, 1947 |
| C. | 15th August, 1950 |
| D. | 15th October, 1947 |
| Answer» C. 15th August, 1950 | |
| 32. |
The call of "Back to the Vedas was given by: |
| A. | Swami Vivekananda |
| B. | Swami Dayanand Saraswati |
| C. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| D. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» C. Aurobindo Ghosh | |
| 33. |
Satyagraha finds expression in - |
| A. | Sudden outbursts of violence |
| B. | Armed conflicts |
| C. | Non-cooperation |
| D. | Communal riots |
| Answer» D. Communal riots | |
| 34. |
Who is associated with the term Loknayak in India? |
| A. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Jay Prakash Narayan |
| D. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| Answer» D. Madan Mohan Malviya | |
| 35. |
Tricolour was adopted as the National Flag in - |
| A. | Lahore Congress |
| B. | Belgaum Congress |
| C. | Allahabad Congress |
| D. | Haripura Congress |
| Answer» B. Belgaum Congress | |
| 36. |
who was referred to as the Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity" by Sarojini Naidu? |
| A. | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| B. | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| C. | Shaukat Ali |
| D. | Maulana Azad |
| Answer» B. Abdul Ghaffar Khan | |
| 37. |
"Go back to Vedas." This call given by - |
| A. | Ramakrishna Paramah-amsa |
| B. | Vivekananda |
| C. | Jyotiba Phule |
| D. | Daynand Saraswati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Naokhali is situated in - |
| A. | West Bengal |
| B. | Bangladesh |
| C. | Tripura |
| D. | Bihar |
| Answer» C. Tripura | |
| 39. |
The credit of discovering the sea route of India goes to the - |
| A. | French |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | Portuguese |
| D. | English |
| Answer» D. English | |
| 40. |
Sarvodaya stands for - |
| A. | Total revolution |
| B. | Non-cooperation |
| C. | Upliftment of all |
| D. | Non-violence |
| Answer» D. Non-violence | |
| 41. |
Which Directive Principle bears the direct impact of Gandhi's moral philosophy? |
| A. | Equal pay for equal work |
| B. | Provision of free legal aid and advice |
| C. | Prohibition of the slaughter of cows |
| D. | Protection of the monuments of historical importance |
| Answer» D. Protection of the monuments of historical importance | |
| 42. |
The first country which discovered sea route to India was - |
| A. | Portugal |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | French |
| D. | Britain |
| Answer» B. Dutch | |
| 43. |
M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life - |
| A. | supported two nation theory |
| B. | initiated Hindu-Muslim unity |
| C. | imagined Pakistan as an independent State |
| D. | was a communalist |
| Answer» C. imagined Pakistan as an independent State | |
| 44. |
Aurobindo was arrested in connection with - |
| A. | Alipore Bomb Case |
| B. | Kolhapur Bomb Case |
| C. | Lahore Conspiracy Case |
| D. | Kakori Case |
| Answer» B. Kolhapur Bomb Case | |
| 45. |
The Gandhian economy was based on the principle of - |
| A. | State control |
| B. | Competition |
| C. | Trusteeship |
| D. | Rural co-operation |
| Answer» D. Rural co-operation | |
| 46. |
The Communal Awared of 1932, gave separate representation to - |
| A. | Harijans |
| B. | Muslims |
| C. | Sikhs |
| D. | Christians |
| Answer» B. Muslims | |
| 47. |
The British Governor-General who introduced the Postal system in India was - |
| A. | Lord Dolhousie |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Lord Auckland |
| D. | Lord Bentinck |
| Answer» B. Lord Wellesley | |
| 48. |
The Poorna Swaraj' resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at - |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Lahore |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» C. Calcutta | |
| 49. |
Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on - |
| A. | March 10, 1930 |
| B. | March 20, 1931 |
| C. | March 12, 1930 |
| D. | March 5, 1931 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Who among the following is the founder of the "Azad Hind Fauj"? |
| A. | Lala Har Dayal |
| B. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Vir Savarkar |
| D. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| Answer» D. Chandrashekhar Azad | |