INDIAN INDEPENDENCE

1. When Mahatma Gandhi was 13. System of communal make the first use of Hunger
arrested who among took over electorate in India was first Strike as a weapon?
the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ? introduced by :
Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
Abbas Tyabji Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
Who led Salt Satyagraha
2. In which session of Congress 14. Who represented India in the Movement with Gandhi?
demand of “Poorna Swaraj” was Second Round Table Conference?
accepted as the aim of the  Sarojini Naidu
Congress ? Sarojini Naidu
Sati was prohibited by
Lahore 15. What was the ultimate goal of
Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt  Lord William Bentinck
3. Who was leader of Bardoli Satyagraha?
25. The Simon Commission was
Satyagraha ?
‘Purna Swaraj’ for India formed to review
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
16. Who persuaded the ratings of  fitness of India for
4. “Go back to Vedas.” This call the RIN (Royal India Navy) to further reforms
given by surrender on the 23rd February
Where did Aurangzeb die?
1946?
Daynand Saraswati
Aurangabad
Vallabh Bhai Patel and M.A. Jinnah
5. Naokhali is situated in—
27. When was the first train
17. On September 20, 1932
Bangladesh steamed off in India ?
Mahatma Gandhi began a fast
unto death in Yervada Jail against :  1853
6. Mahatma Gandhi was first
arrested during ‘Satyagrah’ in year Communal award of Ramsay 28. Which one of the following
— MacDonald. libraries has the largest collection
1908 of manuscripts of historical value?
18. In 1939, for the first time,
Gandhiji tried out his specific Khuda Baksh Oriental Public
7. What was the basis of transfer
techniques of controlled mass Library
of power to India on 15th August
struggle in a native state. He
by ?
allowed a close associate of his to 29. In which of the following
 Anniversary of the surrender lead a satyagraha. Who was he? systems of land settlement
of Japanese army before adopted by the English did
Vallabh Bhai Patel in Rajkot provide more protection to the
Admiral Mountbatten
interests of farmers ?
19. One time associate of
8. Permanent Revenue settlement
Mahatma Gandhi, broke off from Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
of Bengal was introduced by :
him and launched a radical
Cornwallis movement called ‘self-respect 30. Which of following pairs
movement’. Who was he ? contributed significantly to
9. The father of extremist integrate the princely states into
movement in India is : E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker Indian Union ?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak 20. The first attempt to introduce Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
a representative and popular
10. Through which principle or element in the governance of 31. When was first telegraph line
device did Gandhiji strive to India was made through : started in India ?
bridge economic inequalities?
Indian Council Act, 1909 1851
Trusteeship theory
21. What did Jyotiba Phule’s 32. The Home Rule Leagu was
11. Mahatma Gandhi got Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in started by
inspiration for Civil Disobedience the last century?
from : Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Saving the lower castes from
Tuoreau hypocritical Brahmans and their 33. When did the British Govt.
opportunistic scriptures start ruling India directly ?
12. The first Indian selected for
Indian Civil Service was : 22. In which of following After the Battle of Plassey
movements did Mahatma Gandhi
Sathyendra Nath Tagore
34. What did the Hunter a settlement on the Eastern Coast (2) Khan Bahadur Khan —
Commission appointed by the of India ? Ruhelkhand
Viceroy probe ?
Danish (3) Kunwar Singh—Sahabad
Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
47. In which session of Indian (4) Nana Saheb—Kanpur
35. Who was the Chairman of the National Congress the tricolour
Union Powers Committee of the flag was unfurled for the first time 54. Who was the National leader
Constituent Assembly of India? ? who wrote History of India on the
walls of the Andaman Cellular
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (3) Lahore Congress, 1929 Jail ?

36. From where did Acharya 48. Which among the following (3) Vir Savarkar
Vinoba Bhave start the Individual regulations made English as a
Satyagraha in 1940? medium of education compulsory 55. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was
in government aided schools and first applied to the Princely State
Pavnar in Maharashtra colleges ? of

37. Which British Governor (3) Macaulay Minute, 1835 (1) Satara
General introduced Postage
Stamp in India ? 49. During colonial period, British 56. The Indian Universities were
capital was mainly invested in : first founded in time of
Lord Dalhousie
(3) Agriculture (3) Lord Canning
38. The first telegraph line
between Calcutta and Agra was 50. M. A. Jinnah, in his early 57. One of the following was not
opened in political life– involved in the Chittagong
Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
1853 (2) initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
(4) Dinesh Gupta
39. The original name of Swami 51. Who among the following
Dayananda Saraswati was controlled maximum trade in the 58. Which of the following events
western coastal region during made the English East India
Mula Shankar 17th century ? Company the legitimate masters
of the Bengal Suba ?
40. The Swadeshi Movement was (1) Portuguese
launched (1) Battle of Buxar, 1764
52. Match the following :
(1) as a protest against division of 59. Apart from the Quit India
Bengal A. Jayprakash Narayan Movement which started on 9th
August 1942, what other
41. The 19th Century reawak- B. C. F. Andrew sensational activity of the
ening in India was confined to the freedom fighters was done on 9th
C. Dadabhai Nauroji
August?
(2) Upper middle class
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
(4) Kakori Mail train “robbery”
42. Who was the first Indian to be
elected to the British Parliament? List : II
60. Which of the following treaties
1. Dinbandhu brought an end to the
(1) Dadabhai Naoroji
independent existence of Peshwa
43. Who introduced the 2. Grand old man of India Baji Rao II ?
permanent settlement in Bengal ?
3. Lok Nayak (3) Treaty of Bassein
(1) Lord Cornwallis
4. Punjab Kesari 61. Which Indian statesman used
44. When was the first passenger these magic words, “Long years
5. Raja Jee ago we made a tryst with destiny,
train run in India ?
(A) (B) (C) (D) ------ 3 1 2 4 and now the time comes when we
(2) April 1853 shall redeem our pledge....” ?
53. Given below are the names of
45. Who designed the national (4) Jawaharlal Nehru
prominent leaders and their
flag of Independent India ?
respective operational areas 62. Satyagraha finds expression in
(4) Pingali Venkaiah during the revolt period. Select
the incorrect pair. (3) Non-cooperation
46. Which of the following
European Colonisers did not have (1) Rani Laxmibai—Indore 63. The Muslim League advocated
a separate Muslim State
(4) At Lahore Session of 1940 76. Who wrote “Sarfaroshi Ki (2) Montague - Chelmsford
Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Reforms
Who scriptd Gandhiji’s favorite Hai” ?
song ‘Vaishnav Jan To .” ? 83. Who is called the ‘Father of
(2) Ramprasad Bismil the Indian National Congress’?
(1) Narsinh Mehta
77. Which of the following Acts (2) A.O. Hume
65. Who was the first Indian to be gave representation to the Indians
made a fellow of the Royal Society for the first time in legislation ? 84. Who founded the Home Rule
of London ? League in Calcutta in 1916 A.D.?
(1) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(2) A.C. Wadia (4) Mrs. Annie Besant
78. Punjab was annexed to the
66. Which of these battles proved British empire during the reign of 85. Mahatma Gandhi owed his
decisive in the Anglo-French Governor-General inspiration for civil disobedience
rivalry in India ? and non-payment of taxes to
(2) Lord Dalhousie
(1) Battle of Wandiwash (1) Thoreau
79. Match List-I with List-II and
67. ‘Do or Die’ is the famous select the correct answer : 86. Which of the following
slogan given by statements best explains the
List-I nature of revolt of 1857 ?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
A. Lord Clive (1) The last effort of the old
68. The English established their political order to regain power.
first factory in India at B. Lord Wellesley
87. Match the following
(2) Surat C. Lord Dalhousie
A. Brahmo Samaj 1. Bombay
69. In which year, 26th January D. Lord Curzon
was celebrated as independence B. Veda Samaj 2. Bengal
day ? List-II
C. Arya Samaj 3. Madras
(1) 1930 1. Subsidiary Alliance
D. Prarthana 4. North Samaj India
70. Permanent Revenue 2. Indian Universities Act
Settlement of Bengal was A B C D ---- 2 3 4 1
3. Doctrine of Lapse
introduced by
88. Land Revenue under Tipu—
4. Dual Government in Bengal
(4) Cornwallis
(2) was mainly collected by
(1) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 Government officials appointedby
“At the stroke of midnight, when
the world sleeps, India awakes to Tipu
(2) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
life and freedom” Who said?
89. Who was the advocate at the
(3) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru famous INA Trials ?
(4) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
72. Who started the first English (1) Bhulabhai Desai
newspaper in India ? 80. Who from the following
90. Which year did Bankim
leaders was not assassinated ?
(3) J.A. Hickey Chandra Chatopadhyay write
(3) Muhammed Ali Jinnah Anandmath?
73. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of
Gandhi was directed against 81. Place chronologically the (3) 1882
following treaties :
(2) Indian mill owners and non 91. The Governor-General of India
government officials (a) Treaty of Amritsar who initiated the introduction of
English in India was—
74. The former princely state (b) Treaty of Bassein
Nahan is part of which State now (3) Lord Bentinck
(c) Treaty of Seringapatam
(4) Himachal Pradesh 92. Who among the following
(d) Treaty of Salbai visited Gandhiji in South Africa ?
75. Which town/city in India has
got a tower (minaar) named after (3) (d), (c), (b), (a) (3) G.K. Gokhale
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ? 82. The Government of India, 93. In which year Salt Satyagraha
(4) Guntur 1919 is also known as took place ?

(2) 1930
94. Through which Educational (2) Lord Mountbatten 116. The Mohemmadan Anglo–
Report Calcutta University came Oriental College at Aligarh was
into existence ? 105. Gandhi’s inspiration for Civil founded by
Disobedience came from the
(4) Wood’s Despatch writings of (4) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

95. Cabinet Mission came to India (1) Henry David Thoreau 117. Who among the following is
in the year generally regarded as the pioneer
106. The idea of Pakistan was first of Local Self-Government in
(1) 1946 conceived by Modern India ?
96. Muslim League was founded in (1) Muhammad Iqbal (1) Ripon
the year
107. Who is generally 118. Which one of the following
(3) 1906 acknowledged as the pioneer of was not a French settlement in
local self-government in modern India ?
97. The famous revolutionary India ?
song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab (3) Goa
hamare dil mein hai ...’ was (1) Ripon
composed by 120. “India Wins Freedom” is the
108. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, autobiography of
(4) Ramprasad Bismil the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai
Patel was given by (1) Abul Kalam Azad
98. The first Viceroy of India
(3) Mahatma Gandhi 121. Gandhi wanted to realise
(1) Lord Canning ‘truth’ through :
109. ‘Sati’ was abolished by
99. From which of the following (1) Ahimsa (Non-violence)
Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva (4) William Bentinck
Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari 122. Round table conference at
Script below the abacus of the 110. Mohan Das Karamchand London met for the discussion of
State Emblem are ? Gandhi was called as ‘Mahatma’
by (2) A future Administration of
(2) Mundaka India
(4) Rabindra Nath Tagore
119. Gandhiji considered Khadi as 123. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was
a symbol of 111. The ‘Mohammadan Anglo- equated with
Oriental College’ later became the
(2) economic independence Bismarck
(4) Aligarh Muslim University
124. For which community were
112. ‘Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete seats reserved by the Morley-
100. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh’s Independence) was declared to be Minto reforms ?
Political Capital. Which city was the
called his Religious Capital ? Muslims
goal of the Indian National
(1) Amritsar Congress in its Session of 125. In Gandhian Socialism

101. ‘Permanent Settlement’, the (2) Lahore, 1929 (2) State is not required
system of revenue collection was
113. Who was the author of the 126. Who said “The Simon
introduced in India by book My Experiments with Truth ? Commission Report should be
thrown on a heap of rubbish” ?
(4) Lord Cornwallis (3) Gandhi
(2) Shivaswami Ayyar
102. Who was first woman 114. Motilal Nehru and
President of Congress ? Chittaranjan Das were the founder 127. The Marathas were defeated
members of the at Panipat because
(1) Mrs. Annie Besant
(4) Swarajya Party (2) The Marathas were not equal
103. The Simon Commission to Afghans in strength
which came to India in February 115. The immortal national song
1928 was boycotted because Bande Mataram has been written 128. Which day was declared as
by the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the
(1) all its members were Muslim League ?
Englishmen (3) Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyaya (2) 16th August, 1946
104. Who was the Chairman of
the Partition Council ?
129. When was Mahatma Gandhi The correct chronological order in 149. The first General Secretary of
arrested during the ‘Quit India which British established their the Indian National Congress was
Movement’ of 1942 ? trading centre in places
mentioned below is (2) A.O. Hume
(3) 9th August 1942
(3) Surat, Madras, Bombay, 150. Raja Rammohan Roy
130. Gandhiji believed that Calcutta organised a historic agitation
against the
(2) Means justify end 139. The Revolt of 1857 was
started by (2) Evil custom of sati
131. which ‘Movement’, the
following were/are associated? (1) the Sepoys 151. “Long years ago we made a
tryst with destiny, and now the
List-I 140. After leaving the Congress, time comes when we shall
Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in redeem our pledge.....”
a. Vinoba Bhave
1939, his own party, named
This was stated on the night of
b. Medha Patkar
(3) Forward Bloc August 14, 1947 by
c. Sunderlal Bahuguna
141. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was (3) Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Jaya Prakash Narayan given the epithet of Lokamanya
during 152. The Indian National Congress
List-II
(2) Home Rule Movement had passed the famous resolution
1. ‘Chipko’ on “Non-Cooperation” in 1920 at
142. ‘Do or Die’ (Karenge ya its session held at
2. ‘Sampurna Kranti’ Marenge) — Gandhiji gave this
Mantra to the nation on the eve (4) Calcutta
3. ‘Narmada Bachao’ of which mass movement ?
153. ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
4. ‘Bhoodan’ (3) Quit India Movement
(1) Dadabhai Naoroji
(1) a – 4, c – 1, b – 2, d – 3
Which can be considered as most
(2) a – 4, b – 3, c – 1, d – 2 143. Which of the following was useful and outstanding reforms
established by B.R. Ambedkar ? made by Lord Curzon, especially in
respect of people living in
132. Which of the following pairs (3) All India Scheduled Castes undivided province of Punjab?
is not correctly matched ? Federation
(4) Agricultural Reforms
(4) Lord Curzon – Vernacular 144. Who was in favour of a
partyless democracy ? ‘Dyarchy’ was introduced in the
Press Act, 1878 Government of India Act of
133. The province of Bengal was (1) Jai Prakash Narain
(2)1919
partitioned into two parts in 1905 145. Provincial autonomy was
by introduced in India by the Transfer of Government from the
‘Company’ to the ‘Crown’ was
(4) Lord Curzon (3) Government of India Act, 1935 pronounced by Lord Canning
134. The Indian Councils Act of (November 1, 1858) at
146. Who was the first Indian
1909 is also known as Governor-General of India? 4) Allahabad
(3) The Morley-Minto Reforms (2) C. Rajagopalachari 157. The Indian National Congress
135. The Home Rule League was and the Muslim League came
147. In which state was the first closer to each other in 1916 at
started by Non Congress Government set up
(2) B.G. Tilak in independent India? (3) Lucknow

136. The Simon Commission was (4) Kerala 158. Permanent Revenue
boycotted by Indians because Settlement of Bengal was
148. November 26, 1949 is a introduced by
(3) it was an all-white commission significant day in our
without Indian representation constitutional history because (4) Cornwallis

137. The founder of the ‘Brahmo (2) The Constitution was adopted 159. Who propounded the theory
Samaj’ was on this day of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during
British imperialism?
(3) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(2) Dadabhai Naoroji 171. Which of the following (1) East India Company to
reform movements was the first theBritish Crown
160. Which is the oldest trade to be started in the 19th century?
union organisation in India? 183. The issue on which the Civil
(2) Brahmo Samaj Disobedience Movement of 1930
(3) All India Trade Union Congress was launched was
(AITUC) 172. Who was President of INC
when Mountbatten Plan of (3) salt monopoly exercised by
161. Sarvodaya stands for independence was accepted ? the British Government
(3) Upliftment of all (4) Acharya J. B. Kripalani 184. Who was the last Governor-
General of India ?
162. In which city of South Africa 173. Who developed the idea that
was Gandhi beaten up and thrown “means justify the ends” ? (3) C. Rajagopalachari
off the pavement by the white
people? (4) Mahatma Gandhi 185. Which Directive Principle
bears the direct impact of
(2) Durban 174. Who said that ‘the real seat Gandhi’s moral philosophy ?
of taste is not the tongue, but the
163. Who attended the Congress mind’? (3) Prohibition of the slaughter of
of Oppressed Nationalists at cows
Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the (2) Mahatma Gandhi
National Congress ? 186. Who represented India in the
175. Provincial Autonomy was one Second Round Table Conference?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru of the important features of the
Act of (1) Sarojani Nadu
164. Who Viceroy made it possible
for the Indians to enter the Indian (1) 1935 187. Who declared as his ultimate
Civil Service through an open aim the wiping of every tear from
competitive examination? 176. Who was the Governor- every eye?
general of India during the Revolt
(2) Dalhousie of 1857? (2) Gandhiji

165. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai (2) Lord Canning 188. In ends and means
was deported to Mandalay for relationship, Gandhiji believed
organising the agrarian movement 177. When Mahatma Gandhi was
in Punjab? assassinated, who said, “None will (3) Means determine the end
believe that a man like this in
(2) 1907 body and soul ever walked on this 189. The First Victory & Governor
earth” ? General of British India was
166. Which Governor General had
entertained Ranjit Singh with (3) Albert Einstein (4) Lord Canning
great honour at Ropar?
178. In violation of the Salt Laws, 190. The split between the
(2) William Bentinck Gandhiji started a movement ‘Extremists’ and ‘Moderates’
called came up in the open at the Surat
111. Arya Samaj founded by Congress Session in the year
(3) Civil Disobedience Move-ment
(1) Swami Dayananda Saraswati (3) 1907
179. The Cabinet Mission came to
168. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad India in 191. Bhulabhai Desai’s most
started an Urdu Weekly, The Al- memorable achievement was his
Hilal in 1912, but, on its being (4) 1946 defence of the Indian National
banned by the Government, he Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red
founded at Al-Balagh in 180. The first to come and last to Fort Trial towards the end of
leave India were
(3) 1915 (3) 1945
(1) the Portuguese
169. High Courts were established 192. The First Viceroy of the
in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras 181. Who was the first Muslim Portuguese in the East was
in President of the Indian National
Congress ? (3) Francisco de Almedia
(4) 1861
(2) Badruddin Tyabji 193. When was the All India
170. Who was the first Women Women’s Conference founded
President of Indian National 182. The administrative
Congress? consequence of the Revolt of (4) 1927
1857 was transfer of power from
(4) Annie Besant
194. The Kuka movement started List - I 212. Which religious reformer of
in mid-Nineteenth century in Western India was known as
a. Sarojini Naidu ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(1) Western Punjab
b. M.A. Jinnah (1) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
195. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark,
“A post-dated cheque on a c. Tej Bahadur Sapru 213. Who was the first Governor–
crumbling bank” is regarding the General of Bengal?
d. V.D. Savarkar
proposals of
(2) Warren Hastings
List - II
(2) Cripps Mission
214. Which scripture was called
1. Muslim League
196. Under whose leadership was his ‘mother’ by Gandhiji ?
the Congress Socialist Party 2. Indian National Congress
founded in 1934 ? (3) Bhagwat Gita
2. Hindu Mahasabha
(2) Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai
Prakash Narayan 4. Liberal Party
215. The Quit India Movement
197. Which one of the following is Code : was launched in 1942 in the
incorrectly matched ? month of
abcd
(4) Balboa – 1530 (3) August
(1) 2 1 4 3
198. When did the British make 216. Match the following :
English the medium of instruction 205. Who was only Indian to be
elected as President of the United Column-I
in India ?
Nations General Assembly ?
(A) Keshab Sen
(3) 1835
(1) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
199. During whose Veceroyship
did the High Courts come into 206. What was the reason for
(C) Atmaram Pandurang
existence at the three presidential Gandhiji’s support to
cities of Calcutta, Madras and decentralisation of power ? (D) Syed Ahmad Khan
Bombay ? (3) Decentralisation was essential Column-II
(3) John Lawrence for the economic development of
the country 1. Prarthana Samaj
200. Who was popularly known as
‘Nana Saheb” ? 207. Which of the following, 2. Brahmo Samaj
according to Mahatma Gandhi, is
(2) Balaji Baji Rao the strongest force in the world? 3. Aligarh Movement

201. In which session of the Indian (1) Non-violence of the brave 4. Arya Samaj
National Congress did the historic ABCD
union of Congress and Muslim 208. Who among the following
League take place? were members of the Swaraj
(3) 2 4 1 3
Party?
(4) Lucknow 217. Who was the first English
(b) Sardar Patel
President of the Indian National
202. Who attended the Imperial Congress ?
209. Where are traces of
Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand- Portuguese culture found in India?
(1) George Yule
spun Khadi ?
(1) Goa
218. Which one of the following
(4) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi personalities is known as ‘Grand
210. The British introduced the
203. Who was the founder-editor railways in India in order to
Old Man of India’ ?
of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’
during the National Struggle ? (2) facilitate British commerce
(2) Dadabhai Naoroji
and adminis-trative control
(3) Lokmanya Tilak 219. The pledge for “Poorna
211. According to Dadabhai
Swaraj”was taken at the Congress
204. Match List-I with List-II and Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ meant
Session of
select the correct answer using (2) Self government
(2) Lahore
the code given below the Lists : 220. Who was the founder of the
‘Servants of India Society’ ? 231. Name the important French 240. The Civil Disobedience
possession in India. Movement was launched by
(1) G.K. Gokhale Mahatma Gandhi in
(2) Pondicherry
221. Mahatma Gandhi was 1930
profoundly 232. As per provisions of the
Charter Act of 1833, a Law 241. At which place in Bengal was
influenced by the writings of Commission (for consolidating, the East India Company given
codifying and improving Indian permission to trade and build a
(4) Leo Tolstoy
laws) was constituted under the factory by the Mughals in 1651?
222. Who is rightly called the Chairmanship of
(2) Qasim Bazar
“Father of Local Self Government”
(3) Lord Macaulay
in India ? 242. Who gave the slogan
"Inquilab Zindabad" ?
(2) Lord Ripon
233. Who was the first Indian to (3) Bhagat Singh
223. Which Governor General is
become member of British
associated with Doctrine of 243. The System of Dyarchy was
Parliament ?
Lapse? introduced in India in
D.N. Wacha
(2) Lord Dalhousie  1919
(4) Dadabhai Naoroji
224. India attained ‘Dominion 244. The Editor of ‘Young India’
Status’ on 234. Who said “Patriotism is and ‘Harijan’ was
religion and religion is love for
(2) 15th August, 1947 (3) Mahatma Gandhi
India” ?
225. What is Gandhi’s definition of 245. Who of the following
(1) Raj Narain Bose
Rama Raj ? attended all the Three Round
(2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Table Conferences ?
(3) The greatest good of all
(3) Swami Vivekananda (1) B.R. Ambedkar
226. Who among following was
the first to sign ‘Instruments of (4) Acharya Vinoba Bhave 246. The call of "Back to the
Accession’ ? Vedas" was given by :
235. According to Gandhiji, which
(2) The Dewan of Travancore of the following are the major * Swami Dayanand Saraswati
means of Satyagraha ?
227. The decline of Indian 247. Simon Commission was
Handicrafts industry in the 19th (a) Non-cooperation boycotted by the nationalist
century was attributed to leaders of India because :
(b) Strike (c) Demonstration
(1) competition from British (2) all the members of the
manufacturing industries only (d) Civil disobedience Commission were English
(2) disappearance of Indian (2) a and d are correct 248. Who among the following
Princely Courts only British persons admitted the
236. Hardayal, an intellectual
Revolt of 1857 as a national
(3) establishment of alien rule giant, was associated with
revolt ?
only
(2) Ghadar Movement
(4) Disraeli
228. Why was the Simon
Commission boycotted by the 237. The credit of discovering the
249. The communal electorate
Indians? sea route of India goes to the
was introduced for the first time
(3) Portuguese in India in
(1) It did not include any Indian as
a member (4) 1909
238. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’
229. Who among the following composed by Rabindra Nath
250. The two states which had
started the first newspaper in Tagore was first published in
nonCongress Ministries in 1937
India? January 1912 under the title of
were
(4) James A. Hickey (3) Bharat Vidhata
(1) Bengal and Punjab
230. English education was 239. On imprisonment in 1908 by
251. Through which
introduced in India by the Brities, Bal Gangadhar Tilak
principle/device did Mahatma
was sent to
Gandhi strive to bridge economic
(3) Lord Macaulay
(4) Mandalay inequalities?
(4) Trusteeship theory 264. Indian Universities Act, 1904 ‘All India Depressed Classes
was passed during the Federation’ was founded by?
252. Which one of the following governorship of
was the first English ship that (4) B.R. Ambedkar in 1920
came to India ? (2) Lord Curzon
277. The first Trading Centre
(3) Red Dragon 265. The hero of the Kakori which was established by the
‘Dacoity’ case was British was
253. The All India Muslim League
was founded by (1) Ramprasad Bismil (2) Surat

(3) Agha Khan 266. The person responsible for 278. Which Governor-General
introducing the conception of decided to make English medium
254. Gandhiji was influenced by Dyarchy in the1919 Act was of instruction in India?
the writings of
(1) Montague (3)1835-Lord William Bentick
(4) Leo Tolstoy
267. Tricolour was adopted as the 279. Who among the following, is
255. The Governor-General who National Flag in— acknowledged as the pioneer of
abolished the practice of Sati was Local Self-Government in India?
(1) Lahore Congress
(3) William Bentinck (1) Rippon
268. Who presided over the first
256. In which year did Gandhiji Session of the Indian National 280. Who among the following is
start Satyagraha Movement ? Congress? popularly known as ‘Periyar’?
(1) 1919 (2) W.C. Bannerjee (3) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
257. Where was the Royal Durbar 269. When was the Dandi March 281. In which of the following
held on November 1st, 1858 to undertaken? places was the Ryotwari
issue the Queen’s proclamation? settlement introduced?
(2) 12th March, 1930
(1) Lucknow (2) Cawnpore (3) Madras and Bombay
270. Who was the first
(3) Delhi (4) Kanpur propounder of the Doctrine of 282. Which among following
Passive Resistance? places, was not an important
258. Who is called as the ‘Prophet
centre of the Revolt of 1857?
of New India’ ? (2) Aurobindo Ghosh
(1) Agra
(2) Sri Ramakrishna 271. Who was the Congress
President during 1940-46? 283. Who, among the following,
259. Who declared “Swaraj is my
abolished the Dual System of
birth right and I shall have it”? (3) Maulana Azad Government in Bengal?
(2) Bal Gangadhara Tilak 272. What are Morley-Minto (4) Lord Warren Hastings
Reforms of 1909 known for?
260. The Indian council Act of
284. Who among the following
1909 was popularly known as : (1) Separate Electorates was famous for framing the
(3) Minto-Morely Reforms education minute?
273. What was meant by the
Secretary of State for India during (2) Lord Macaulay
261. Federal form of Government
the British rule?
at the centre was introduced in
285. Who was known as the
India under : (3) A British minister given full ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
control over the Government of
(3) Government of India Act of
India (1) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1935
274. ‘Lucknow Pact’ was a deal 286. The Ryotwari System of Land
262. ‘Royal Asiatic Society’ was
between Tenure refers to a situation where
founded by
—
(2) Hindus and Muslims regarding
(1) Sir William Jones
seat sharing in legislatures (1) the Ryot is the owner of the
263. The Indian National Army land held by him/her and directly
275. The joint session of the pays the revenue assessed on the
(Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the
Congress and Muslim League was land to the State
Second World War against–
held in 1916 at—
(4) Great Britain 287. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(3) Lucknow established the first Arya Samaj in
1875 at
(1) Bombay (1) Sir Thomas Munro 311. Gandhiji opposed the
Communal Award because he
288. Who, among the following, 300. The theory of ‘economic thought this would bring
was the pioneer of social reform drain’ was propounded by
movements in 19th century India? (2) division in the Hindu Society
(3) Dadabhai Naoroji
(2) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

289. Who started the Home Rule 312. Which of the following
Movement? 301. Where was the first session authorised the British
of the Indian National Congress Government to imprison any
(1) Annie Beasant held? person without trial and
conviction in a court of law?
290. When was the Gandhi Irwin (3) Bombay
Pact made? (1) Rowlatt Act of 1999
302. Who was the first Muslim
(2) 1931 President of the Indian National 313. Gandhi-Irwin Pact is
Congress? associated with
291. What was not true about Sir
Syed Ahmad Khan? (2) Badruddin Tyabji (2) Civil Disobedience Movement
(2) He was a leader of the Muslim 303. Who led the armed raid on 314. Who, among the following
League the government armoury at was associated with the Ghadar
Chittagong in 1930? Movement?
292. ‘Neel Darpan’ a play
depicting the revolt against the (3) Surya Sen (3) Bhagat Singh
indigo planters was written by
304. The Indian tricolour was 315. Which of the following
(1) Dinbandhu Mitra unfurled for the first time by movements was NOT led by
Jawaharlal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi?
293. Champaran Satyagraha was
related to (2) on the banks of Ravi at Lahore (2) Wahabi Movement
in 1929
(1) Indigo 316. Who said “Give me Blood, I
305. Morley-Minto Reforms were will give you Freedom” ?
294. Who among the following introduced in which of the
implemented the Doctrine of following years? (1) Subhash Chandra Bose
Lapse?
(1) 1909 317. Simon Commission was sent
(2) Lord Dalhousie by British Parliament to India to
306. In which region did Birsa review the
295. The first newspaper which Munda operate against the
was published in India was British? (3) working of dyarchy
(4) The Bengal Gazette (2) Chota Nagpur 318. Who was the first
GovernorGeneral of Independent
296. The Portuguese built their 307. The slogan of Quit India India?
first fort on Indian soil in the Movement was given by
territory of the Raja of (2) Lord Mountbatten
(2) Mahatma Gandhi
 Cochin 319. The Arya Samaj is against
308. Which British Viceroy is
297. The partition of Bengal was associated with the Partition of (2) rituals and idol-worship
revoked by the British in Bengal?
320. Who, among the following
(1) 1911 (2) Lord Curzon benefitted most by the British
revenue system in India?
298. Who among the following, 309. In which year did Gandhiji
analysed the causes of the undertake the famous Dandi (3) Zamindars
uprising of 1857 advocating a March ?
reconciliation between the British 321. Who, among the following
and the Muslims? (2) 1930 Europeans, established their trade
and influence in India first?
(3) Syed Ahmed Khan 310. Who was the Governor-
General of India at the time of (4) Portuguese
299. Who created the Madras Revolt of 1857?
Presidency as it existed till Indian 322. Who was the leader of the
Independence? (3) Lord Canning Young Bengal Movement?
(3) Henry Vivian Derozio 334. Who among the following 343. The Indian National Congress
had
attended all the three Round
its first meeting in the city of
Table Conferences?
(2) Bombay
(2) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
344. Begum Hazrat Mahal led the
323. When and where did the 335. Find the correct match:
Theosophical Society establish its 1857 revolt from :
headquarters in India? I II
(1) Lucknow
(1) 1882-Adyar A. Abdul Gaffar Khan 1. Mahatma
345. The Sati System was
324. A prominent leader of the B. Dadabhai NaoroJi 2. Frontier abolished
Ghadar Party was
Gandhi in 1829 A.D. by
(2) Lala Har Dayal
C. Mohandas Karam- 3. Grand Old (4) Lord William Bentinck
325. Who propounded the theory
chand Gandhi dia Man of ln 346. The Poona Pact signed in
of ‘Drain of wealth’ from India to
Great Britain ? 1934
D. Rabindra Nath Tagore 4.
Gurudev provided for
(2) Dadabahai Naoroji
(2) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 (4) joint electorate with
326. Swarajya was declared as the
goal of the Congress at its session reservation for Harijans
336. The Gandhian economy was
held in 1906 at
347. Bardoli Satyagraha is
based on the principle of
(2) Calcutta associated
(3) Trusteeship
327. Gandhi started the ‘Dandi with
March’ from 337. Who among the following
(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
was
(1) Ahmedabad
348. If
instrumental in the abolition
328. The Congress adopted the
a. Dandi March
‘Quit India Resolution’ in the year of Sati in 1829?
b. Tragedy of Jallianwallah
(4) 1942 (3) Lord Bentick
c. Quit India Movement and
329. The Asiatic society of Bengal 338. Bengal was partitioned in
(founded in 1784) owes its origin 1905 d. Swadeshi Movement
to
under the viceroyalty of are arranged in the chronological
(2) Sir William Jones order then they come as -
(1) Lord Curzon
330. The book “Prison Diary” was (3) d, b, a, c
written by 339. Where did Mahatma Gandhi
first 349. Capt. Saunders, the English
(3) Jaya Prakash Narayan Police Officer was shot dead by
apply his technique of
331. “India House” is located in Satyagraha? (4) Bhagat Singh
(3) London (4) South Africa 350. The Muslim League adopted
the
332. Who is called the ‘Nightingale 340. The Azad Hind Fauj was
of formed in resolution for a separate nation
India’? (2) 1942 in the year
(2) Sarojini Naidu 341. ‘Deshbandhu’ is the title of (4) 1940
333. The first Governor General (2) C.R. Das 351. The man behind the first
railway
of the East India Company 342. The Bhoodan Movement was
line in India was:
in India was launched by
(3) George Clark
(3) Warren Hastings (3) Vinoba Bhave
352. To end the III Anglo-Mysore the British Empire in India was (3) as the State being
War. maladministered
in the hands of the British Crown
Tipu Sultan signed the following 370. In which city did the
was Jallianwala
Treaty with the British
(1) the Company’s Charter Act of Bagh Massacre take place ?
(2) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
1813 (4) Amritsar
353. The original name of Swami
Vivekananda was (2) the Company’s Charter Act of 371. Who is associated with the
term
(1) Narendranath Dutta 1853
‘Loknayak’ in India ?
354. The British Governor-General (3) the Indian Councils Act of 1851
(3) Jay Prakash Narayan
who introduced the Postal (4) the Indian Councils Act of 1893
372. Which of the following are
system in India was 362. Which among the following
the
(1) Lord Dolhousie States was forced to merge itself
most important teachings of
with the Union of India after
Gandhiji ?
355. The Communal Awared of 1947?
1932, A. Truth
(1) Hyderabd
gave separate representation to B. Non-Violence
363. Who gave the solgan – ‘Jai
(1) Harijans Hind’? C. Religion
356. Who among the following (1) Subhash Chandra Bose D. Satyagraha
Portuguese captured Goa ? 364. Which of the Directive Select the correct code :
Principles
(2) Alfonso de Albuquerque (2) B and D Only
can be described as Gandhian
357. The Indian National Congress 373. Gandhiji was the staunch
was in character? supporter of
formed during the Governor- (2) Organisation of Village (2) cottage industries
Generalship of Panchayats as effective units of
374. Who was the last Viceroy of
(3) Lord Dufferin self-Government India?
358. Federal form of government 365. Which was the first Indian (2) Lord Mountbatten
was newspaper that was printed ?
375. The Swarajya Party was
introduced under the (2) The Bengal Gazette formed
(2) Government of India Act, 1935 366. Who revived the following the failure of
Theosophical
359. Subhash Chandra Bose set up (1) Non-Cooperation Movement
Society ?
the provisional Government of 376. Who was the founder of
(2) Annie Besant Aligarh
Free India in
367. Who was the pioneer of the Movement ?
(2) Singapore western system of eduction in
India ? (4) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
360. Who was the first Indian
woman (3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 377. In which year, Gandhiji
established Sabarmati Ashram in
President of the Indian National 368. Who gave the slogan, ‘Dilli Gujarat ?
Chalo’?
Congress?
1917
(3) Subhash Chandra Bose
(1) Annie Besant
378. Where was the First Session
369. Lord Dalhousie annexed of
361. The most significant Act
Oudh
which
Indian National Congress held?
for the British Empire in India
declared that the sovereignty of
(1) Bombay
379. Gandhiji’s movement of (3) Fort William (3) Lord Canning
boycotting the foreign goods
aimed at 389. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru 399. Who among the following
established the Ghadar Party ?
(4) promotion of cottage formed the 'Swaraj Party' after,
industries (3) Lala Hardayal
(2) Non Cooperation Movement
380. Mangal Pandey fired the first 400. Mahatma Gandhi launched
390. What was Lala Lajpat Rai the
shot
demonstrating against when he
of the Revalt of 1857 at succumbed to police brutality ? Civil Disobedience Movement in

(1) Barrackpore (3) Simon Commission 1930 from

381. Who said ‘Swaraj is my 391. The last Governor-General of (1) Sabarmati Ashram
birthright the
401. ‘Kesari’, the Newspaper was
and I shall have it’ ? East India Company ,and the first started by :

(2) B.G. Tilak Viceroy under the crown was (2) B. G. Tilak

382. After the Chauri -Chaura (2) Lord Canning 402. The Third battle of Panipat
incident, Gandhiji suspended the was
392. The first Governor-General of
(3) Non-Cooperation Movement fought in the year :
Bengal was
383. According to Mahatma (3) 1761 A.D
(2) Lord Warren Hastings
Gandhi,
403. The ‘Poorna Swaraj’
393. On April 12, 1944 Subhash resolution
which of the following is correct?
Chandra Bose hoisted the INA was adopted in the annual session
(2) Politics and religion must go
of the Indian National Congress
Flag in a town. In which State/
hand in hand. held at
Union Territory is that town now ?
384. Who expounded “The Theory Lahore
of (3) Manipur
404. Whom did Bal Gangadhar
Drain” 394. Name the ‘Political Guru’ of Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi.
(2) Dadabhai Nauroji refer to as his Political Guru ?
(1) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
385. Which place among the (1) Swami Vivekananda
following 395. Who said that “India’s soul
(2) Ram Mohan Roy
lives
was the headquarters of-the
Portuguese in India ? (3) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
in villages” ?
(2) Goa (4) Dadabhai Naoroji
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
386. Bal, Pal and Lal were the 405. Who introduced ‘doctrine of
396. What was the name of the
most Newspaper edited by Gandhiji till lapse’ ?
prominent leaders of the : 1933 ? (3) Lord Dalhousie
(4) Congress Party (4) Young India 406. The Lahore Conspiracy Case
387. The Governor General of was
397. Who among the following
India revolutionaries was executed by registered against whom?
the
impeached by the House of
(2) Bhagat Singh
British ?
Commons in England was:
407. Who among the following
(3) Rajguru was the
(1) Waren Hastings
398. Who among the following founder of the Dravida
388. What is the name of the Fort
was the Kazhagam ?
built
first Viceroy of India ? (1) Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy
by the English in Calcutta ?
Naicker
408. Aurobindo was arrested in instruction. 425. Who among the following
connection with : founded the All India Muslim
(4) Lord William Bentinck League?
(1) Alipore Bomb Case
418. ‘Give me blood, I will give (3) Aga Khan
409. The National Anthem was you
first 426. The first Satyagraha of
freedom’. These words are Gandhiji
sung in the year 1911 at the attributed to :
Annual session of the Indian for the cause of indigo farmers
National Congress held at : (1) Subhash Chandra Bose
was observed at
(3) Kolkata 419. Who was the first Muslim
President of Indian National (1) Champaran
410. Who is known as the ‘Indian Congress ?
Bismarck’ ? 427. The Portuguese Governor
(1) Badruddin Tyabji who
(1) Vallabhai Patel
420. Who was the first Indian abolished Sati in Goa was
411. Which Party was established Governor General after Lord
by (1) Albuquerque
Mountbatten?
Subhash Chandra Bose after he 428. According to Gandhi, the
(2) C. Rajagopalachari scope
came out of Indian National
Congress ? 421. Where did the so-called for class struggle and love for
‘Black
(3) Forward Block property can be reduced by
Hole Tragedy’ take place ?
412. The Rama Krishna Mission (4) Trusteeship
was (3) Calcutta
429. The battle of Plassey was
established by: 422. India was granted freedom fought
during the British Prime Minister :
(1) Vivekananda between
(1) Clement Attlee
413. In 1937, the Congress formed (3) East India Company and
(4) William Pitt Sirajuddaula
ministries in
423. Who are the three, among 430. The Non-Cooperation
(1) 7 states the following who fought against Movement
British in 1857 Revolt ?
414. Which was the main cause started in
for a. Kunwar Singh
(2) 1920
starting of the Quit India b. Tantia Tope
Movement in 1942 ? 431. Who was the Nawab when
c. Nana Saheb
(3) Failure of the Cripps Mission Dalhousie annexed Awadh in
d. Maulavi Ahmudullah
415. Which movement got the 1856 ?
support (1) a, b and c (2) a, c and d
(2) Wajid Ali Shah
both from Hindus and Muslims? (3) a, b and d (4) b, c and d
432. In the integration of Princely
(1) Non Cooperation Movement (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
States, the following played a
416. In which session of the Indian Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012
major role :
National Congress was ‘Purna (1st Sitting)
(3) Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P.
Swaraj’ adopted as its goal? 424. The Khilafat Movement was Menon

4) Lahore launched to protest against the 433. Who among the following
Viceroys became a victim of one
417. Name the Governor-General humiliation of of
who
(1) The Turkish Caliph the convicts during his visit to
accepted the view of Macaulay to
the Andamans ?
make English as the medium of
(2) Mayo 444. In which session of the Indian 452. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed
National Congress was the on
434. The Third Battle of Panipat “Poorna
was (4) March 5, 1931
Swaraj” resolution adopted ?
fought between 453. Who was the first Indian to
(3) Lahore Session in 1929 qualify for the Indian Civil
(1) the Marathas and the Afghans Services?
445. Who was regarded by
435. Who termed Cripps’ Gandhiji as (2) Satyendra Nath Tagore
proposals as
his political Guru ? 454. Match the following :
‘a post dated cheque in a crashing
bank’ ? (4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale List-I (Sobriquets)

(4) Gandhiji 446. Which among the following (a) Frontier Gandhi
movements was not led by
436. The State Jhansi was made a Mahatma (b) Grand Old Man of India
part
Gandhi ? (c) Mahamana
of the British Empire in India
(2) Swadeshi Movement (d) Strong Man of India
through
447. Who among the following is List-II (Names)
(1) Doctrine of Lapse
known as the “Father of the i. Madan Mohan Malaviya
437. Mahatma Gandhi started his Indian Renaissance” ?
ii. Vallabhbhai Patel
Dandi March from (1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
iii. Dadabhai Naoroji
(4) Sabarmati Ashram 448. Who wrote the song ‘Sare
iv. Balgangadhar Tilak
Jahan
438. Who founded the Servants of
India Society ? v. Abdul Gaffar Khan
Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’ ?
(3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (2) a – v, b – iii, c – i, d – ii
(3) Mohammad Iqbal
439. Who said about Mahatma 455. Who founded the Indian
449. Who was called the “Father
Gandhi that he is a “half naked National Party in Berlin during
of Local Self-government” in
fakir” ? 1914?
India?
(1) Winston Churchill (4) Champakaraman Pillai
(1) Lord Ripon
440. Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’ is 456. During Quit India Movement,
450. Which among the following is
associated with : correctly matched ? ‘Parallel Government’ was
(2) Civil Disobedience Movement constituted at:
(1) Non-Cooperation Movement
— (4) Ballia
441. Who among the following is
not a Surendra Nath Banerjee 457. The Poona Pact (1932) was
moderate ? an
(2) Swadeshi Movement —
Rabindra Nath Tagore agreement between:
(4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(3) Indian National Army — (2) Gandhi and Ambedkar
442. Permanent Settlement of
Subhash Chandra Bose
Bengal
458. Who gave the title of
(4) Swaraj Party — Mahatma “Sardar” to
was done by British Governor
Gandhi
General : Ballabh Bhai Patel ?
3
(1) Lord Cornwallis (1) Mahatma Gandhi
451. In which year did the Indian
443. Who gave the title of ‘Sardar’ National Congress split between 459. What Satyagraha was held at
to
moderates and extremists ? Nagpur in 1923?
Vallabhbhai Patel ?
(1) 1907 (4) Flag Satyagraha
(2) Gandhiji
460. Who was the viceroy when (3) M.K.Gandhi 479. The idea of federation was
Delhi first
470. Which of the following tribes
became the capital of British is proposed in
India ?
associated with the “Tana Bhagat” (4) Nehru Report of 1928
(3) Lord Hardinge
movement ? 480. Pitts India Act of 1784 was
461. Who established the Indian a/an
Civil (1) Uraon
(2) Regulating Act
Liberties Union in 1936 ? 471. Who founded the Naujawan
Bharat Sabha ? 481. Which one of the following
(3) Jawahar Lal Nehru statements is not true in respect
(3) Sardar Bagat Singh of
462. Which of the following was
established first ? 472. The Narendra Mandal or A.O. Hume ?
Chamber of Princes was
(2) University of Bombay inaugurated (1) He was an ornithologist.

463. Who gave the title of in 1921 by (2) He was a member of the Indian
“Mahamana” Civil Service.
(3) Duke of Cannaught
to Madan Mohan Malviya ? (3) He founded the Indian
473. Who is commonly known as National Congress,
(3) Mahatma Gandhi the
(4) He presided over the Congress
464. Who was the Viceroy at the Iron Man ? Annual Sessions twice.
time
(1) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 4
of Quit India Movement ?
474. Gandhiji withdraw the Non 482. Which of the following
(3) Lord Lin Lithgow Cooperation Movement due to movements saw the biggest
peasant
465. Who was the other Congress (1) Chauri-Chaura Incident
guerilla war on the eve of
leader who joined with Motilal 475. In 1937, an educational
independence?
conference endorsing Gandhi’s
Nehru to start the Swaraj Party proposals for ‘basic education’ (4) Telangana Movement
through
in 1923 ?
483. Gandhi’s concept of
the vernacular medium was held Trusteeship:
(2) Chittaranjan Das
at (2) Transforms the capitalistic
466. Who is known for
establishing the (4) Wardha society into an egalitarian one
“Anand Van” ? 476. Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha was 484. Match the following :
a
(3) Baba Amte
(a) Hunter’s Commission
part of—
467. Rowlatt Act 1919 was
(b) Wardha Scheme
enacted (4) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) University’s Act
during the period of 477. The Peshwaship was
abolished (d) Radhakrishnan Commission
(1) Lord Chelmsford
by the British at the time of (i) 1948 (ii) 1904
468. Constituent Assembly of
Peshwa
India (iii)1937 (iv) 1882
(4) Baji Rao II
was formulated on the (4) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
recommendation of 478. By which Charter Act, the
East 485. The Dandi March of Gandhi is
(4) Cabinet Mission
India Company’s monopoly of an example of
469. Who said “Truth is the
ultimate trade with China came to an end? (1) Direct Action

reality and it is God” ? (3) Charter Act of 1833 486. Which one of the following
cities
and the personalities associated Congress (2) Shri Womesh Chandra
Bannerjee
with their establishment is 495. Who among the following
organised the “All India Depressed 506. The Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’
wrongly matched ? was
Classes Association.” in colonial
(4) Calcutta - Robert Clive a part of
India ?
487. Which one of the following (3) Civil Disobedience Movement
wars (4) B.R. Ambedkar
507. Find the incorrect match
decided the fate of the French in 496. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 among
occurred during the Governor
India ? Generalship of : the
(1) Battle of Wandiwash (4) Lord Canning (1) Sir Syed Murtza Khan – Aligarh
Muslim University
488. For the annexation of which 497. Who coined the term
Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of 'Satyagraha'? 508. The first country which
discovered sea route to India was
Lapse” was not followed ? (1) Gandhi
(1) Portugal
(4) Punjab 498. India became independent
during the viceroyalty of 509. Who introduced the Indian
489. Which was the earliest
University Act ?
settlement (4) Mountbatten
(1) Lord Curzon
of the Dutch in India ? 499. The Ramakrishna Mission
was 510. The Quit India Resolution
(2) Pulicat
(1942)
founded by
490. During British rule, who was
proposed the starting of a
instrumental for the introduction (4) Vivekananda nonviolent mass struggle on the
of
widest possible scale. Who gave
500. Who was the founder of’
the Ryotwari system in the then the
‘Ghadar Party’ ?
Madras Presidency ? mantra “Do or Die” for this
(3) Lala Har Dayal
struggle ?
(3) Thomas Munro 501. Socialism is essentially a
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
movement of
491. Which one of the following
novels was a source of inspiration 511. Which Charter Act brought to
(4) the workers
an
for the freedom fighters in India? 502. Who passed the Indian
end, the East India Company’s
Universities Act ?
(2) Anandmath
monopoly in India’s foreign
(2) Lord Curzon
492. Name three important forms
of trade ?
503. Who among the following is
the (3) Charter Act of 1813
Satyagraha.
founder of the “Azad Hind Fauj” ? 512. ‘There are no politics devoid
(1) Non-cooperation, civil
disobedience and boycott of
(2) Subash Chandra Bose
493. When the East India religion’ is stated by
504. Who is known as the Father
Company of (2) Gandhi
was formed, the Mughal emperor ‘Indian Unrest’ ? 513. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula
in India was
in
(1) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(4) Akbar
the Battle of Plassey in 1757 ?
505. The first meeting of the
494. Which one of the following Indian Mir Jaffar
events
National Congress held in 1885 514. British Crown assumed
did not take place during the
sovereignty over India from the
Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon? was presided by
East
(3) Formation of Indian National
India Company in the year 523. Cripps Mission came to India (1) Pattabhi Sitharamayya
in
1858 532. Jallianwala incident took
______ place at
515. The first woman President of
Indian National congress was (3) 1942 (4) Amritsar

Annie Besant 524. Who was the governor– 533. The Battle of Plassey was
general fought
516. Who among the following
was during the Second Anglo–Mysore in year

responsible for the revival of War ? 1757

Hinduism in 19th century?
(4) Warren Hastings 534. Mahatma Gandhi began his
(2) Swami Vivekanand political activities in India first
525. The foundar of the ‘Arya
517. Who was the French Samaj’ from :
Governor
was : (4) Champaran
of Pondicherry. Who tried to
(3) Dayananda Saraswati 535. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the
make the French Company as a
526. Who among the following founder of :
powerful company ? introduced Ryotwari system in
Madras ? (3) Brahmo Samaj
(4) Joseph Francois Dupleix
(3) Sir Thomas Munro 536. Who was the Indian women
518. The first Mysore War fought president of the United Nations
between the British and Hyder Ali 527. Under whose leadership was General Assembly?
the
in 1767 - 69 A.D., came to an (3) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Chittagong Armoury Raid
end by the organised ? 537. In which year was the Indian
National Congress formed :
(2) Treaty of Madras (3) Surya Sen
(1) 1885
519. The British Government 528. Who was the ruler of Delhi
intervened in the affairs of the when 538. Who initiated the movement
Company and passed an Act in to
1773 Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the
form the India Nations Congress :
A.D., known as the Marathas in the third Battle of
Panipat in 1761 ? (2) A.O. Hume
(1) Regulating Act
(4) Shah Alam II 539. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India
520. Which rebellion in Bengal
was 529. Under whose leadership was Movement call to the British was
the
highlighted by Bankim Chandra given in –
Chittagong Armoury Raid
Chatterjee in his novel ‘Anand (3) 1942
organised ?
Math’ ? 540. Swaraj is may Birth Right and
(3) Surya Sen
I
(2) Sanyasi Rebellion 530. Who was the ruler of Delhi
shall have it. This was advocated
when
521. Who founded ‘The Gadar by :
Party’ Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the
(3) Lokmanya Tilak
in Sanfrancisco in the USA? Marathas in the third Battle of
541. Who was the Nawab of
Panipat in 1761 ?
(1) Lala Hardayal Bengal
(4) Shah Alam II
522. Who was the founder of during “Battle of Plassey”?
Satya 531. In 1939 Subhash Chandra
(1) Mir Jafar
Bose
Shodak Sabha in Maharashtra ?
(2) Mir Qasim
was elected as President of the
(4) Jyothiba Phule
(3) Siraj–ud–duala
Congress Party defeating
(4) None of these 551. Dadabhai Naroji has Grand Old Man of India?
described
542. Which of the following is not (1) Dadabhai Naoroji
his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in
correct about Mahatma Gandhi? 562. Who was the founder of the
the book. Indian National Army?
(1) Gandhi advocated complete
(1) Poverty and Un-British Rule (2) Subhash Chandra Bose
sepration of politics from religion.
in India 563. Who was referred to as the
543. The only AICC session “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim
Gandhiji 552. When was the office of Unity” by Sarojini Naidu ?
District
presided was held at (1) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Collector created ?
(3) Belgaum 564. ‘Do or Die’ is associated with
(2) 1772
544. Who among the following which of the movements in India’s
was the 553. Who established the ‘Sharda freedom struggle?
first European to be selected as Sadan’, a school for Indian (4) Quit India Movement
Widows in colonial India ?
President of Indian National 565. Who was responsible for the
Congress ? (4) Pandita Ramabai integration of princely states into
(2) George Yule 554. Who is the founder of the the Indian Union after
concept “Sarvodaya”? Independence ?
545. Which of the following pair is
(2) Mahatma Gandhi (3) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
incorrect ?
555. The battle of Plassey was 566. Who was the first Governor
(3) Young India – Lala Lajpat Rai fought General of free India?
546. With which conspiracy case between (1) Lord Mountbatten
Aurobindo Ghosh’s name is
connected ? (1) Sirajudduala and Robert 567. The Panchsheel agreement
was between India and:
(4) Alipore Conspiracy Case Clive.
(2) China
547. Who was the founder of 556. Who was the first Indian to
Swatantra Party ? become member of British 568. Which of the following event
Parliament? in 1976 was an outcome of “Simla
(4) C. Rajagopalachari
Agreement” between India and
(3) Dadabhai Naoroji
548. Arrange in chronological Pakistan?
order : 557. The non–cooperation
(1) End of IndoPak war over
movement
1. Cabinet Mission
Kashmir.
was called off due to
2. Cripps Mission
(2) Halt in production of nuclear
(2) Chauri Chaura Incident
3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms weapon
558. When was the railway system
4. Minto-Marley Reforms (3) Aries wars condition in both
established in India?
the countries
(3) 4, 3, 2, 1 (3) 1853
(4) Aries conflicts in trade and
549. The Political Guru of 559. Where did the Black-Hole mutual benefits between both the
Mahatma tragedy took place ? countries

Gandhi was (2) Calcutta 569. Who introduced Mansabdari

system in India?
(2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 560. Which Brigadier was
associated (3) Akbar
550. Who among the following is
with Jallianwala Bagh tragedy? 570. During the period of which
known as the ‘Napoleon of Governor General/Viceroy was
India’ ? (1) General Dyer the Indian Civil Service
(2) Samudragupta introduced?
561. Who is popularly known as
the 4) Cornwallis
571. The India Independence Bill 582. Who is generally considered called as the ‘Father of Local
was to be the father of the Indian SelfGovernment’ in India?
Renaissance ?
first presented in the House of (4) Lord Ripon
(2) Raja Rammohan Roy
Commons in London on: 594. What was the chief objective
583. The ‘Blue Water Policy’ was of the ‘Wahabi movement’?
(4) July 4,1947 introduced by the Portugese
leader (2) Purify Islam
572. Who established the Sadr-
Diwani-Adalat during the British (1) Franscisco-de-Almeida 595. Which of the following was
published by Gandhiji during his
East India Company’s rule? 584. Which of the following stay in South Africa?
institutions was not founded by
(2) Warren Hastings (2) Indian Opinion
Mahatma Gandhi?
573. The quintessence of 596. Who is referred to as
(3) Vishwa Bharti
Gandhian ‘Frontier
585. Who among the following did
thought is: Gandhi’?
Gandhiji regard as his political
(1) Satyagraha Guru?
(3) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
574. In which pact, warm relations (4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
597. Who referred to Mahatma
were established between Gandhi as “Father of the Nation”
586. Who presided over the first
“Garam dal”and “Naram dal”, the for the first time?
session of the Indian National
two groups of the Indian National
Congress?
Congress? (4) Subhash Chandra Bose
(3) W.C. Banerjee
(2) Lucknow Pact 598. Which title, given by the
587. Which one of the following British Government to Mahatma
575. In which year was the Morley Gandhi, was surrendered during
party was founded by Subhash
Minto reform passed? the noncooperation movement?
Chandra Bose?
(3) 1909 (4) Kaisar-i-Hind
(4) Forward Block
576. Who was the founder of 599. What was the immediate
588. Which one of the following
Kolkata’s first “Atmiya Sabha” cause
papers was edited by Gandhiji in
(philosophical discussion circle)
South Africa?
held in 1815? of the Mutiny of 1857?
(1) Indian Opinion
(1) Ram Mohan Roy (1) The discontentment of the
589. General Dyer, who was
577. The only Viceroy to be soldiers
responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh
assassinated in India was
massacre, was shot dead by? (2) The use of greased cartridges
(4) Lord Mayo
(1) Hasrat Mohini in the new Enfield Rifle
578. Who was the founder of the
(2) Vir Savarkar (3) The social conditions of India
Theosophical Society?
(3) Udham Singh (4) The introduction of railways
(2) Madam Blavatsky
(4) Jatin Das and telegraphs
579. “Earth provides enough to
satisfy everyman’s need but not 590. The first Woman President of 600. Who introduced the
everyman’s greed”. Who said the Indian National Congress was “Doctrine of Lapse” to expand
this?
British territories in India?
(3) Annie Besant
(2) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Lord Dalhousie
591. Indian National Congress split
580- The Kakori conspiracy was a for the first time in its session at 601. The Sharda Act is related to
train robbery that took place
between Kakori and Lucknow in (3) Surat (3) Child Marriage
(3) 1925 592. English education was 602. Gandhiji’s ‘Satyagraha’
introduced in India by meant an attachment to the
581. Who is the first female
following two elements
governor of Independent India? (2) Macaulay
(2) Truth and non-violence
(4) Sarojini Naidu 593. Which Governor General was
603. Who was the founder of Arya (2) Aurobindo Ghosh (3) Education

Samaj? 315. The first Muslim to be 628. Khilafat Movement was

elected President of ‘Indian connected with which of the
(2) Dayanand Saraswati National Congress’ was? following?
604. During whose Viceroyalty, (3) Badruddin Tyabji (1) Turkey
the
616. Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha in 629. Who was known as the
capital of India was shifted from India was held at __________ ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’ ?
Calcutta to Delhi? (1) Champaran (3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(2) Lord Harding 617. Who was the founder of the 630. In which of its sessions did
Indian Reform Association in the Indian National Congress
605. The Working Committee of
1870? declare ‘Purna Swaraj’ as its
National Congress sanctioned the
specific goal?
(2) Keshub Chandra Sen
resolution named ‘Quit India’ at
(1) Lahore Session, 1929
618. Who was the founder of the
Wardha
Theosophical society of India? 631. Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das
606. Who coined the slogan were the founders of a party
(1) Annie Besant known as the :
“Inquilab Zindabad”?
619. Who was the first Indian to (3) Swarajya Party
(3) Bhagat Singh
be elected as the leader of the
607. Who introduced Western Communist International? 632. Which of the following
education? princely states did not accede to
(4) M.N Roy the Indian Union after
(1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy independence?
620. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946
608. The system of Budget was was led by (1) Hyderabad
introduced in India during the
(3) Sir Pethic Lawrence 633. Who was the first Indian
Viceroyalty of
Governor General of Independent
621. What did Gandhiji meant by
(1) Canning India?
‘Sarvodaya’?
609. Who was the President of (2) C. Rajagopalachari
(3) The birth of a new society
Indian National Congress at the
based on ethical values 634. Which of the following was
time of Indian independence ?
not advocated by Mahatma
622. Which of the following was
(2) J. B. Kriplani Gandhi?
not actively engaged in social and
610. Who gave the title religious reforms in India ? (2) Heavy Industries
‘Nightingale of India’ to Sarojini
(4) Bharatendu Harishchandra 635. One of the following was not
Naidu ?
associated with the Gadar party?
623. British achieved political
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
power in India after which of the (1) Lala Hardayal
611. The Swadeshi Boycott following ?
Movement is related to (2) Baba Gurdit Singh
(1) Battle of Plassey
(2) Partition of Bengal in 1905 (3) Mohammad Barkatullah
624. Which Governor General
612. Mutiny of 1857 was decided to make English as the (4) Sohan Singh Bhakna
described as the First Indian War medium of instruction in India?
636. Who was the first Indian to
of Independence by
(4) Lord William Bentinck be elected as a Member of the
V. D. Savarkar British House of Commons?
What is ‘Komagata Maru’?
613. “Abhinav Bharat” was (2) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(3) A ship
founded in 1904 as a secret
637What was Kuomintang ?
society of revolutionaries by 626. Who was the reformer of
oppressed and backward classes? (4) A nationalist party in China
(2) V. D. Savarkar
(3) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
614. Who propounded the
“Doctrine of Passive Resistance”? 627. What was the Wood’s
Despatch about ?