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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.
| 1. |
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from__________in January 1915 |
| A. | outh Africa |
| B. | ngland |
| C. | SA |
| D. | ussia |
| Answer» B. ngland | |
| 2. |
Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute? |
| A. | ord Elgin |
| B. | ord Macaulay |
| C. | adler |
| D. | one of these |
| Answer» C. adler | |
| 3. |
Who was the founder of the, Ghadar Party? |
| A. | asant Kumar Biswas |
| B. | ohan Singh Bhakna |
| C. | am Prasad Bismil |
| D. | hagat Singh |
| Answer» C. am Prasad Bismil | |
| 4. |
The Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency was founded by __________ in 1852 |
| A. | adabhai Naoroji |
| B. | ulinbehari Sarkar |
| C. | maresh Chakravarty |
| D. | rankrishna Parija |
| Answer» B. ulinbehari Sarkar | |
| 5. |
The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in |
| A. | 919 |
| B. | 935 |
| C. | 906 |
| D. | 909 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
'AI Hilal' was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by |
| A. | yed Ahmed Khan |
| B. | ahatma Gandhi |
| C. | bul Kalam Azad |
| D. | E Wacha |
| Answer» D. E Wacha | |
| 7. |
Who said that the constant 'drain of wealth' from India was responsible for Indla's economic miseries? |
| A. | C Pal |
| B. | P Wadia |
| C. | adabhai Naoroji |
| D. | S Arundale |
| Answer» D. S Arundale | |
| 8. |
The Congressmen who wanted to contest the elections under the Act of 1919 and enter the legislature, formed a party (1923) called |
| A. | waraj Party |
| B. | ongress Swarajya Party |
| C. | ationalist Party |
| D. | iberal Party |
| Answer» B. ongress Swarajya Party | |
| 9. |
In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends |
| A. | rahmin |
| B. | hristian |
| C. | ulaya |
| D. | ayar |
| Answer» B. hristian | |
| 10. |
Which of the following statement relates the Dadabhai Naoroji's definition of 'Drain of Wealth'? |
| A. | hose resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain |
| B. | hat a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material return |
| C. | hat the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power |
| D. | hat the British goods were being imported into the country making it poorer day by day |
| Answer» C. hat the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power | |
| 11. |
The Objective of Non-alignment of India's foreign policy means |
| A. | o stand in isolation from world affairs |
| B. | o judge every international issue on its own merit |
| C. | o interfere in the internal matters of a country |
| D. | ot to help any country |
| Answer» C. o interfere in the internal matters of a country | |
| 12. |
The founder-president of India Independence League was |
| A. | ash Behari Bose |
| B. | ubhas Chandra Bose |
| C. | K Gandhi |
| D. | otilal Nehru |
| Answer» B. ubhas Chandra Bose | |
| 13. |
The Government of India, 1919 is also known as |
| A. | orley-Minto Reforms |
| B. | ontague- Chelmsford Reforms |
| C. | egulating Act |
| D. | itts India Act |
| Answer» C. egulating Act | |
| 14. |
'August Offer' was issued by __________ |
| A. | rown |
| B. | arliament |
| C. | iceroy |
| D. | ecretary of State |
| Answer» D. ecretary of State | |
| 15. |
Provision was made in the Act of 1773, for the office of a Governor-General of |
| A. | ndia |
| B. | ort William |
| C. | adras |
| D. | ombay |
| Answer» C. adras | |
| 16. |
What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History? |
| A. | e was responsible for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan by the Congress |
| B. | s the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic |
| C. | e was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements |
| D. | s President of the Indian National Congress he engineered the passing of the Quit India Resolution |
| Answer» C. e was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements | |
| 17. |
This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene |
| A. | G Ranade |
| B. | yotiba Phule |
| C. | ayanand Saraswati |
| D. | tmaram Panduranga |
| Answer» C. ayanand Saraswati | |
| 18. |
Chanakya was known as__________ |
| A. | umit Sarkar |
| B. | .C.Majumdar |
| C. | anikkar K.N |
| D. | .K.N.Kurup |
| Answer» D. .K.N.Kurup | |
| 19. |
Whom had Gandhi named as Mira Behn? |
| A. | nnie Besant |
| B. | amla Devi |
| C. | ndira Gandhi |
| D. | adeline Slade |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The strategy of 'divide and rule' had been actually practised by |
| A. | ord Curzon |
| B. | ord Wellesley |
| C. | ord Minto |
| D. | ord Dufferin |
| Answer» D. ord Dufferin | |
| 21. |
Wahabis were __________ fanatics |
| A. | indu |
| B. | uslim |
| C. | hristian |
| D. | ikh |
| Answer» C. hristian | |
| 22. |
'Anthology of the Bomb' was written by |
| A. | ilak |
| B. | ipin Chandra Pal |
| C. | okhale |
| D. | nnie Besant |
| Answer» C. okhale | |
| 23. |
Narayana Guru was the son of__________ |
| A. | adan Asan |
| B. | rishnan Vaidyan |
| C. | ummampilli Raman Pillai Asan |
| D. | umaran |
| Answer» B. rishnan Vaidyan | |
| 24. |
Who among the following was the counter part of Tipu Sultan during the Treaty of Seringapatnam? |
| A. | arren Hastings |
| B. | obert Clive |
| C. | ornwallis |
| D. | alhousie |
| Answer» D. alhousie | |
| 25. |
Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War? |
| A. | ord Wellesley |
| B. | ord Cornwallis |
| C. | ir John Shore |
| D. | arren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Who is the author of 'Social Background of Indian Nationalism'? |
| A. | .R.Desai |
| B. | haram Kumar |
| C. | ay Chaudhuri |
| D. | .Rajayyan |
| Answer» B. haram Kumar | |
| 27. |
Who is the first female governor of Independent India? |
| A. | ijayalakshmi Pandit |
| B. | harda Mukherjee |
| C. | athima Beevi |
| D. | arojini Naidu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
The majority of the moderate leaders of India's freedom struggle may be traced to hail from |
| A. | engal |
| B. | ural areas |
| C. | rban areas |
| D. | oth rurals as well as urban parts |
| Answer» D. oth rurals as well as urban parts | |
| 29. |
The name of the periodical published by Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was |
| A. | avjivan |
| B. | ndia Gazette |
| C. | frikaner |
| D. | ndian Opinion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Who said this message, the name Ezhava does not denote a caste or a religion and he made temple rights to everyone. Therefore people can be admitted to this organization without paying heed to differences of caste |
| A. | hattambi Swamikal |
| B. | . K. Madhavan |
| C. | arayana Guru |
| D. | ajaram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» D. ajaram Mohan Roy | |
| 31. |
Who declared that he would talk of religion only when he succeeded in removing poverty and misery from the country, for religion could not appease hunger? |
| A. | wami Vivekananda |
| B. | ahatma Gandhi |
| C. | awaharlal Nehru |
| D. | adabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» B. ahatma Gandhi | |
| 32. |
Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act? |
| A. | wami Vivekananda |
| B. | aja Rammohan Roy |
| C. | shwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| D. | amakrishna Paramahansa |
| Answer» D. amakrishna Paramahansa | |
| 33. |
The 19th Century reawakening in India was confined to the |
| A. | riestly class |
| B. | pper middle class |
| C. | ich peasantry |
| D. | rban Landlords |
| Answer» C. ich peasantry | |
| 34. |
Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 5th March __________ |
| A. | 928 |
| B. | 930 |
| C. | 931 |
| D. | 935 |
| Answer» D. 935 | |
| 35. |
Which of the following leader was one of the founding member of the Muslim League? |
| A. | uhammad Ali Jinnah |
| B. | haukat Ali |
| C. | awab Salimullah |
| D. | ga Khan |
| Answer» D. ga Khan | |
| 36. |
Sindhia's troops were defeated by General Wellesley at |
| A. | essein |
| B. | ssaye |
| C. | anjore |
| D. | oona |
| Answer» C. anjore | |
| 37. |
The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in |
| A. | eptember 1920. |
| B. | ecember 1922. |
| C. | ctober 1924. |
| D. | ovember 1925. |
| Answer» B. ecember 1922. | |
| 38. |
Which one among the following pairs of battle is correctly matched? |
| A. | he 2nd battle of Tarain : Defeat of Jaichand of Kannauj by Muhammad Ghori |
| B. | he first battle of Panipat : Defeat of Sikander Lodi by Babur |
| C. | he battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by SherShah |
| D. | he battle of Khanwa : Defeat of Rana Pratap by Akbar |
| Answer» D. he battle of Khanwa : Defeat of Rana Pratap by Akbar | |
| 39. |
The author of 'A Nation in the Making' was |
| A. | N Banerjee |
| B. | ahatma Gandhi |
| C. | ume |
| D. | ilak |
| Answer» B. ahatma Gandhi | |
| 40. |
In 1916 Mahatma Gandhi travelled to__________ to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system |
| A. | andi |
| B. | abarmati |
| C. | hamparan |
| D. | hauri Chaura |
| Answer» D. hauri Chaura | |
| 41. |
The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was |
| A. | he English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William |
| B. | he English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah |
| C. | isuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials |
| D. | iraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
The battle of Balakot was in __________ |
| A. | 806 |
| B. | 821 |
| C. | 831 |
| D. | 896 |
| Answer» D. 896 | |
| 43. |
My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in |
| A. | 901 |
| B. | 902 |
| C. | 906 |
| D. | 946 |
| Answer» D. 946 | |
| 44. |
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in |
| A. | 913 |
| B. | 914 |
| C. | 915 |
| D. | 916 |
| Answer» B. 914 | |
| 45. |
In which of the following tribal rebellions did two tribal brothers, Kanhu and Sidhu, proclaim the end of the Company's rule in their region, and to supress their rebellion the government had to use military force? |
| A. | hasi Rebellion in Assam (1855) |
| B. | aika Tribal Uprising in Gujarat (1868) |
| C. | unda Rebellion in Ranchi (1899) |
| D. | anthal Rebellion in Bihar (1855-56) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Which of the following was not included in the early three English Settlements in India? |
| A. | adras |
| B. | he Punjab |
| C. | ombay |
| D. | alcutta |
| Answer» C. ombay | |
| 47. |
The Sikhs were defeated by the English at __________ in 1856 |
| A. | obraon |
| B. | mritsar |
| C. | ahore |
| D. | ashmir |
| Answer» B. mritsar | |
| 48. |
Which of the following was the 'Newspaper' of Annie Besant? |
| A. | he Hindu |
| B. | ndian Express |
| C. | he Times of India |
| D. | ew India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Which of the following treaty ended the First Carnatic War? |
| A. | albai |
| B. | assein |
| C. | ix-Ia-Chapelle |
| D. | aris |
| Answer» D. aris | |
| 50. |
The immediate cause of split in the INC at its Surat Session was |
| A. | lection of the President of the INC |
| B. | xpulsion of Tilak from the INC |
| C. | emand of Swaraj as the goal of the INC |
| D. | esolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education |
| Answer» B. xpulsion of Tilak from the INC | |