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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.
| 201. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of - |
| A. | Arya Samaj |
| B. | Ram Krishna Mission |
| C. | Brahmo Samaj |
| D. | Prathna Samaj |
| Answer» D. Prathna Samaj | |
| 202. |
Who is called the 'Nightingale of India'? |
| A. | Vijay Lakshmi Pandit |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Aruna Asaf Ali |
| D. | Sucheta Kriplan |
| Answer» C. Aruna Asaf Ali | |
| 203. |
Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at - |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Lahore |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | Ahmadnagar |
| Answer» B. Lahore | |
| 204. |
The Aslatic society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to - |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | Sir William Jones |
| C. | Sir James Mackintosh |
| D. | James Princep |
| Answer» C. Sir James Mackintosh | |
| 205. |
Who revived the Theosophical Society? |
| A. | Mother Teresa |
| B. | Annie Besant |
| C. | Florence Nightingale |
| D. | Sarojini Naidu |
| Answer» C. Florence Nightingale | |
| 206. |
Gandhiji believed that - |
| A. | End justifies means |
| B. | Means justify end |
| C. | Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end |
| D. | End and Means both should be justified |
| Answer» C. Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end | |
| 207. |
The Governor-General who abolished the practice of Sati was - |
| A. | Dalhousie |
| B. | Ripon |
| C. | William Bentinck |
| D. | Curzon |
| Answer» D. Curzon | |
| 208. |
Who founded the Servants of India Society? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | V.O. Chidambaram Pillai |
| C. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Answer» D. Surendranath Banerjee | |
| 209. |
The Sati System was abolished in 1829 A.D. by - |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Lord Lytton |
| D. | Lord William Bentinck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 210. |
The theory of economic drain' was propounded by - |
| A. | B.G. Tilak |
| B. | R.C. Dutt |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | G.K, Gokhale |
| Answer» D. G.K, Gokhale | |
| 211. |
Who propounded the theory of Drain of wealth' from India to Great Britain? |
| A. | Gopal Krishana Gokhale |
| B. | Dadabahai Naoroji |
| C. | Surendranth Banerjee |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» C. Surendranth Banerjee | |
| 212. |
Who was the Nawab of Bengal during Battle of Plassey"? |
| A. | Mir Jafar |
| B. | Mir Qasim |
| C. | Siraj-ud-duala |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 213. |
Who is rightly called the "Father of Local Self Government" in India? |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Lord Clive |
| Answer» C. Lord Curzon | |
| 214. |
Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of - |
| A. | Lord Chelmsford |
| B. | Lord William |
| C. | Lord Minto |
| D. | Lord Bentinck |
| Answer» B. Lord William | |
| 215. |
'Sati' was abolished by - |
| A. | Lord Ripon |
| B. | Warren Hastings |
| C. | Lord Cornwallis |
| D. | William Bentinck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 216. |
Who was called the "Father of Local Self-government" in India? |
| A. | Lord Ripon |
| B. | Lord Hardinge |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Lytton |
| Answer» B. Lord Hardinge | |
| 217. |
Sati was prohibited by - |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» D. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 218. |
Who introduced 'doctrine of lapse? |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Lytton |
| Answer» D. Lord Lytton | |
| 219. |
In ends and means relationship, Gandhij believed - |
| A. | Means become good if they serve the end |
| B. | Means and ends are watertight compartments |
| C. | Means determine the end |
| D. | End is everything, no matter what or how the means are |
| Answer» D. End is everything, no matter what or how the means are | |
| 220. |
The British introduced the railways in India in order to - |
| A. | promote heavy industries in India |
| B. | facilitate British commerce and administrative control |
| C. | move foodstuff in case of famine |
| D. | enable Indians to move freely within the country |
| Answer» C. move foodstuff in case of famine | |
| 221. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the ep thet of Lokamanya during - |
| A. | his imprisonment in 1908 |
| B. | Home Rule Movement |
| C. | Revoelutionary Movement |
| D. | Swadeshi Movement |
| Answer» C. Revoelutionary Movement | |
| 222. |
Who among the following Portuguese captured Goa? |
| A. | Francisco de Almeida |
| B. | Alfonso de Albuquerque |
| C. | Vasco da Gama |
| D. | Roberto de Nobili |
| Answer» C. Vasco da Gama | |
| 223. |
Who is known as the Father of Indian Unrest'? |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| B. | Lalalajpat Rai |
| C. | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| D. | Bipin Chandrapal |
| Answer» B. Lalalajpat Rai | |
| 224. |
The Government of India, 1919 is also known as - |
| A. | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| B. | Montague - Chelmsford Reforms |
| C. | Regulating Act |
| D. | Pitts India Act |
| Answer» C. Regulating Act | |
| 225. |
The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was - |
| A. | Albuquerque |
| B. | Cabral |
| C. | Almeida |
| D. | De Braganza |
| Answer» B. Cabral | |
| 226. |
Which place among the following was the headquarters of-the Portuguese in India? |
| A. | Cochin |
| B. | Goa |
| C. | Calicut |
| D. | Cannanore |
| Answer» C. Calicut | |
| 227. |
"Abhinav Bharat" was founded in 1904 as a secoret society of revolutionaries by: |
| A. | Damodar Chapekar |
| B. | V. D. Savarkar |
| C. | Praffula Chaki |
| D. | Khudiram Bose |
| Answer» C. Praffula Chaki | |
| 228. |
On imprisonment in 1908 by the Brities, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to - |
| A. | Andaman and Nicobar |
| B. | Rangoon |
| C. | Singapore |
| D. | Mandalay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 229. |
Who developed the idea that means justify the ends"? |
| A. | Kautilya |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| C. | Swami Dayanand Saraswati |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 230. |
Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring - |
| A. | Communal disunity |
| B. | Division in the Hindu Society |
| C. | Economic miseries to India |
| D. | Destruction to handicrafts |
| Answer» C. Economic miseries to India | |
| 231. |
The idea of federation was first proposed in - |
| A. | Indian Councils Act of 1892 |
| B. | Morley-Minto Reforms |
| C. | Montague-Chelmsford Reforms |
| D. | Nehru Report of 1928 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 232. |
Who introduced the "Doctrine of Lapse" to expand British territories in India? |
| A. | Lord Hastings |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 233. |
Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gan-dhi'? |
| A. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| B. | Khan Saheb |
| C. | Chaudhary Shaukatullah |
| D. | Liaquat Ali Khan |
| Answer» B. Khan Saheb | |
| 234. |
Where was the Royal Durbar held on November 1st, 1858 to issue the Queen's proclamation? |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Cawnpore |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Kanpur |
| Answer» B. Cawnpore | |
| 235. |
The Arya Samaj" was founded by - |
| A. | Swami Dayananda Saraswati |
| B. | Swami Vivekananda |
| C. | Keshav Chandra Sen |
| D. | Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar |
| Answer» B. Swami Vivekananda | |
| 236. |
With which conspiracy case Aurobindo Ghosh's name is connected? |
| A. | Kakori Conspiracy Case |
| B. | Lahore Conspiracy Case |
| C. | Meerut Conspiracy Case |
| D. | Alipore Conspiracy Case |
| Answer» E. | |
| 237. |
The foundar of the Arya Samaj' was - |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| C. | Dayananda Saraswati |
| D. | Vivekananda |
| Answer» D. Vivekananda | |
| 238. |
When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, "None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth"? |
| A. | Bertrand Russell |
| B. | Leo Tolstoy |
| C. | Albert Einstein |
| D. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Answer» D. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | |
| 239. |
In which year, Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram in Guarat? |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» C. 1918 | |
| 240. |
The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by - |
| A. | Muhammad Iqbal |
| B. | M. A. Jinnah |
| C. | Shaukat Ali |
| D. | Aga Khan |
| Answer» B. M. A. Jinnah | |
| 241. |
Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British? |
| A. | Jatin Das |
| B. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| C. | Rajguru |
| D. | Kalpana Dutt |
| Answer» D. Kalpana Dutt | |
| 242. |
Bal, Pal and Lal were the most prominent leaders of the - |
| A. | Swaraj Party |
| B. | Militant National Party |
| C. | Gadar Party |
| D. | Congress Party |
| Answer» E. | |
| 243. |
The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in - |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 244. |
Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under: |
| A. | Government of India Act of 1919 |
| B. | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
| C. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| D. | Indian Independence Act of 1947 |
| Answer» D. Indian Independence Act of 1947 | |
| 245. |
British achieved political power in India after which of the following? |
| A. | Battle of Plassey |
| B. | Battle of Panipat |
| C. | Battle of Buxar |
| D. | Battle of Wandiwash |
| Answer» B. Battle of Panipat | |
| 246. |
hich Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company's monopoly in India's foreign trade? |
| A. | Charter Act of 1853 |
| B. | Charter Act of 1793 |
| C. | Charter Act of 1813 |
| D. | Charter Act of 1833 |
| Answer» D. Charter Act of 1833 | |
| 247. |
During Quit India Movement, Parallel Government' was constituted at: |
| A. | Varanasi |
| B. | Allahabad |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Ballia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 248. |
The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was - |
| A. | Lord Harding |
| B. | Lord Northbrook |
| C. | Lord Ellenborough |
| D. | Lord Mayo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 249. |
The Arya Samaj is against - |
| A. | existence of God |
| B. | rituals and idol-worship |
| C. | Hinduism |
| D. | Islam |
| Answer» C. Hinduism | |
| 250. |
Who among the following is popularly known as Periyar? |
| A. | C.V. Raman Pillai |
| B. | C.N. Mudaliar |
| C. | E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker |
| D. | L. Ramkrishna Pillai |
| Answer» D. L. Ramkrishna Pillai | |